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HB158 (certified instructors' CHL fee exemption) scheduled for testimony in House committee

3:00pm Monday, February 08, 2010

[UPDATE: This meeting has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Further hearing announcements will be posted at BuckeyeFirearms.org.] House Bill 158, which seeks to add instructors who are certified to teach courses that meet the requirements of Ohio's concealed handgun license (CHL) law to the list of persons who are exempted from paying a fee to obtain a CHL, has been added to the House...

Mike DeWine wants to be Ohio's Attorney General. But is that what YOU want?

7:00am Monday, February 08, 2010

By Chad D. Baus For the better part of the past year, Buckeye Firearms Association has been warning against the potential re-emergence of Mike DeWine into Ohio politics. We've warned that this is the same Mike DeWine who was thrown out of his U.S. Senate seat by voters in 2006, after running around sporting a Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (formerly Handgun Control Inc.) endorsement...

2010 Governor's Youth Wild Turkey Hunter’s Essay Contest Announced

3:00pm Friday, February 05, 2010

March 15 is the deadline for all essays Ohio youth turkey hunters can enter to win a dream hunt with Governor Ted Strickland or nationally-known hunting guides during the Governor's Celebrity and Youth Turkey Hunt according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. To enter the contest, Ohio youth hunters must write an essay on the topic, "My Best Hunt Ever." The essay...

Violent Encounters: A Tale of Two Pizza Shops

7:00am Friday, February 05, 2010

By Ken Hanson, Esq. Akron Pizza Shop Summer 2004 Our readers will remember the horrific July 2004 beating of Joseph Scarpino by convicted felon Mark Jones which occurred while Mr. Scarpino waited in line at DaVinci's Pizza Shop in Akron. Mr. Jones was, at the time he administered the unprovoked beating, on two years probation for possession of cocaine and marijuana trafficking. For those who do...

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Hunting license sales up by 3.5 percent in NSSF Index of States

3:00pm Thursday, February 04, 2010

In a year when one word, "fewer," described life in America -- fewer jobs, fewer home sales, fewer purchases -- hunters were responsible for generating a welcome "more" category, as hunting license sales rose by 3.5 percent in 2009 in states that make up NSSF's Hunting License Sales Index. The 12-state index comprises several states from four main regions of the United States. Nine of those...

Columbus-area neighbors voice concerns about proposed indoor shooting range

7:00am Thursday, February 04, 2010

By Chad D. Baus Amidst news that unemployment rose in most cities in December comes word that some people are opposed to a new business bringing jobs into their Columbus neighborhood.

Senate committee hears opposition to legislation threatening Ohio's deer herd

3:00pm Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Outdoor writer and hunter education instructor Larry S. Moore, a long-time volunteer leader for Buckeye Firearms Association and winner of the 2005 USSA Patriot Award and 2007 League of Ohio Sportsmen/Ohio Wildlife Federation Hunter Educator of the Year , offered opponent testimony today expressing his personal opposition to Senate Bill 225 , which the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) contends...

Otis McDonald: "The public face of gun rights"

7:00am Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Recently, the Chicago Tribune published a story profiling Otis McDonald, a 76 year-old African American, Democrat and hunter whose name is featured on the gun rights case McDonald v. City of Chicago that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court later this year. From the story : From behind the wheel of his hulking GMC Suburban, 76-year-old Otis McDonald leads a crime-themed tour of his Morgan Park...