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Buckeye Firearms Foundation and USCCA file brief in U.S. Supreme Court case

12:10am Monday, November 23, 2009

Buckeye Firearms Foundation (BFF) has teamed up with the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) to file a "friend of the court" brief in the McDonald v. Chicago United States Supreme Court case on gun rights. Click here to download the brief as a pdf. The brief, filed on Monday, November 23, 2009, on behalf of the petitioners, is known as a "Brandeis Brief." While traditional briefs...

Cleveland officials should take a lesson from the City of New Philadelphia on gun rights

12:05am Monday, November 23, 2009

By Chad D. Baus Even as the City of Cleveland continues to enforce its local gun control laws and waste tax payer money to fight state law prohibiting same in court, the City of New Philadelphia, OH is taking another route entirely.

FLASH: AG Cordray files motion for stay pending appeal of 8th Circuit ruling on Cleveland preemption challenge

1:44pm Friday, November 20, 2009

Attorney General Richard Cordray has asked for the Cleveland Appellate Court to stay their order finding R.C. 9.68 unconstitutional . A stay means that the Appellate Court's decision will not be in force while the Supreme Court considers the case and issues their decision. AG Cordray is representing the state of Ohio in this case against the City of Cleveland. A stay, which should be granted,...

Will Ted Strickland choose Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsee as 2010 running mate?

12:10am Friday, November 20, 2009

By Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting on a list of potential running mates for Governor Ted Strickland in his 2010 re-election bid. While Strickland has lived up to his billing as a staunch pro-gun Democrat during his first term in office, the same could never have been said of Lt. Gov Lee Fisher, who is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Strickland's choice...

No-guns signs not working: Columbus city bus passengers now asked to submit to "voluntary" searches

12:05am Friday, November 20, 2009

By Gerard Valentino 10TV in Columbus reported recently that the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), which illegally posts its busses with "no-guns signs", is still finding it necessary to increase security on city busses (see " Argument on COTA bus leads to teen's shooting " for an example of why). Their latest plan includes asking people to submit to searches of their bags and person. In...

It's time to eradicate VD (Victim Disarmament) on miltary bases

12:10am Thursday, November 19, 2009

By Jeff Knox There has been a close association between sexually transmitted diseases and the military for as long as the two have existed, but the focus of this article is not Venereal Disease, but a different kind of VD that has shocked the military community and the nation. The VD which currently plagues the military and puts our soldiers at grave risk is the policy of Victim Disarmament which...

Ohio's Popular Deer-Gun Season Opens November 30

12:05am Thursday, November 19, 2009

Donation of extra venison - at no cost to the hunter - is encouraged for Ohioans in need Ohio's popular deer-gun season opens statewide on Monday, November 30, offering hunters a full week to harvest a whitetail. The upcoming season will again include an extra weekend of gun hunting on December 19-20, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Deer can be...

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The Bloomberg Media Follies

12:10am Wednesday, November 18, 2009

By Tim Inwood Recently in the Cincinnatus Standard I wrote about "teachable moments with the media." Sadly the lesson must continue as we talk about how the media looks at issues with bias and distortion. One must conclude they are quite lazy, as they don't do their homework and seem quite willing to accept anything spoon-fed to them that fits their liberal mental template without critical...