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Buckeye Firearms Assn's Joe Eaton discusses Stand Your Ground laws at Dayton Daily News roundtable as national debate continues

7:00am Monday, May 14, 2012

On Sunday, April 29, The Dayton Daily News published an extensive article documenting a roundtable discussion held in response to the massive nationwide media barrage on the Trayvon Martin/ George Zimmerman case in Florida, and on Stand Your Ground laws. The DDN "assembled representatives of Ohioans for Concealed Carry, the Buckeye Firearms Association, the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence and...

U.S. House Oversight Committee Makes Case for Contempt of Congress in "Fast and Furious" Investigation

3:00pm Friday, May 11, 2012

Back in February, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) promised to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress if Holder didn't hand over Justice Department documents that had been subpoenaed as part of an ongoing investigation into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' now-infamous "Operation Fast and Furious" gun-walking operation. [Last] week, Rep. Issa--chairman...

CBS News: 'Most open and transparent administration in history' returns blank pages as answer to "Fast & Furious" FOIA request

7:00am Friday, May 11, 2012

"My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government." - Barack Obama by Chad D. Baus CBS News, which for more than a year has been...

BACKFIRE: House Democrats withdraw push to overturn state's stand-your-ground self-defense laws

3:00pm Thursday, May 10, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The Washington Times is reporting that House Democrats backed off of their effort Tuesday to offer a "Trayvon amendment" to pressure states to drop their stand-your-ground laws. The amendment was intended to push to overturn stand-your-ground self-defense laws in states like Florida. From the article : Rep. Keith Ellison, Minnesota Democrat, said he will still try to force a...

FLASH: HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization) scheduled for sponsor testimony in House committee

2:40pm Thursday, May 10, 2012

On Tuesday, May 15, the House Committee on State Government and Elections, which is chaired by BFA "A" -rated Rep. Ron Maag (R-35), will hear sponsor testimony on Rep. Terry Johnson's (R-89) HB495 , which will reform Ohio concealed carry law to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and continue a trend toward making Ohio law similar to other states. The hearing will be held at 1:30pm in...

Op-Ed: Petty, anti-gun antics from the Ohio Democrat Party and its allies

7:00am Thursday, May 10, 2012

The well funded, anti-firearm lobby will harangue any politician by Raquel Okyay The anti-gun lobby, the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence and Democratic state officials are aiming their pointy little fingers at state Republican Rep. Margaret Conditt of Liberty Township because she plans to have an election fundraiser at Middletown Sportsmen's Club on May 12. The club is a -- danger alert --...

Dick Lugar, "The Most Anti-Gun Republican in the U.S. Senate," suffers landslide defeat in GOP primary

3:00pm Wednesday, May 09, 2012

by Chad D. Baus Senator Dick Lugar, who has been described as the most anti-gun Republican in the U.S. Senate, has suffered a landslide defeat in the Indiana state Republican primary. He was defeated on Tuesday by state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who MSNBC reports was backed by groups ranging from the National Rifle Association to local Tea Party activists to the Washington-based fiscal...

Questions that should have been asked at anti-gun press conference

7:00am Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Editor's Note - The following op-ed originally appeared at StatehouseNewsOnline.com . Republished with permission. by Maggie Thurber | Ohio Watchdog Democrats used an upcoming Republican fundraiser to attack Second Amendment rights and other gun laws in Ohio. Reps. Ted Celeste and Tracy Maxwell Heard (Democrats from the Columbus area) held a press conference Thursday where they blasted Rep...