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Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2010 CHL statistics

7:00am Wednesday, September 01, 2010

by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2010. At the end of June, we had an all time record of approximately 199,577 Ohio residents licensed to carry concealed firearms. (See chart) We are now in our seventh year of concealed carry in Ohio and it is clear that the program is popular, successful...

Columbus Dispatch article on growing popularity of non-resident concealed carry licenses exposes need for national reciprocity

3:00pm Tuesday, August 31, 2010

by Chad D. Baus Early last year Dayton Daily News reporter Laura Bischoff wrote an article about Ohio residents who chose to obtain a non-resident, or out-of-state, concealed carry license from Utah. In the article, Bischoff echoed the assertions of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence's Toby Hoover, who suggested that the reason people obtain these licenses is to avoid Ohio's training...

Gov. Strickland believes he is cutting into the Republican base on the gun issue; Kasich disagrees

7:00am Tuesday, August 31, 2010

by Chad D. Baus The Toledo Blade is reporting that, during a recent interview, Governor Ted Strickland said that he believes he has cut into John Kasich's Republican base due, in part, to the gun issue. From the story : The governor hails from a rural Appalachian Ohio area that repeatedly sent him to Washington. He has twice garnered the endorsements of the National Rifle Association and...

EPA Denies Ammo Ban Petition

3:00pm Monday, August 30, 2010

Responding to a grassroots outcry from gun owners, the Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday that it has denied a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and other radical groups that had sought to ban the use of lead in ammunition. Agreeing with the position of the NRA and the firearms industry, the agency explained in a news release that it "does not have the legal...

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Harry Reid loses NRA endorsement over Kagan confirmation vote

7:00am Monday, August 30, 2010

Statement From NRA-PVF Chairman Chris W. Cox On The 2010 Nevada U.S. Senate Race In the coming days and weeks, the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) will be announcing endorsements and candidate ratings in hundreds of federal races, as well as thousands of state legislative races. Unless these announcements are required by the timing of primary or special elections, the NRA-PVF generally does...

President Signs Industry Excise Tax Bill into Law

7:00am Friday, August 27, 2010

by Larry Keane The President has signed into law the Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 (H.R. 5552). The bill passed the House of Representatives at the end of June by a vote of 412-6 and on August 5 it cleared the Senate by unanimous consent. This important legislation corrects a longstanding inequity in the Internal Revenue Code by permitting firearm and ammunition manufacturers to pay...

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Letter to EPA: Ban on lead ammunition will result in less hunters, less wildlife funding and more wildlife problems

3:00pm Thursday, August 26, 2010

Editor's Note: The following letter was written in regards to an issue BuckeyeFirearms.org has been following very closely. For more information, see EPA Considering Ban on Traditional Ammunition: ACT NOW!! It is my opinion that the movement to ban lead ammunition should be re-considered with careful regard to all the factors that may not be apparent to the supporters of this movement. Not only...

"Sportsmen for Strickland" bus hits the campaign trail

7:00am Thursday, August 26, 2010

Following the rollout of two pieces of campaign literature aimed at Ohio's pro-gun voters , the "Sportsmen for Strickland" branch of Governor Ted Strickland's re-election campaign continues to roll with its message promoting the pro-gun governor - quite literally. As Ohioans make their ways down the highways and byways of the Buckeye State this fall, they stand a chance of being exposed to the...