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Doomed to fail: Latest Chicago gun "buy-back" scheme focuses on "assault-type" weapons

12:10am Thursday, August 20, 2009

By Gerard Valentino CBS 2 in Chicago is reporting that Mayor Daley announced a continuation of his failed gun "buy-back" program. According to the story, if a resident turns in an "assault-type gun" they get a $100 gift card from the City.

Background checks on fiream sales up 8.4% in July

12:05am Thursday, August 20, 2009

Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 966,162 checks in July 2009, an 8.4 percent increase from the 891,224 reported in July 2008. This latest jump in background checks follows the release of the Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Collection Report by the Department of the Treasury just two weeks ago. The report noted that firearm and...

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California micro-stamping law stalled just months before scheduled implementation

12:10am Wednesday, August 19, 2009

By Chad D. Baus The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that, two years after California passed a gun control law requiring the next generation of semi-automatic handguns to leave a microscopic identifying code on spent casings, the controversial technology appears no closer to being introduced in that state, let alone anywhere else. The story notes that California Attorney General Jerry Brown...

ODNR to Offer Youth Deer Gun Hunts at State Nature Preserves

12:05am Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Permits to participate in youth gun hunts will be awarded by lottery COLUMBUS, OHIO - An increasing deer population, resulting in extensive damage to plant communities, has led the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Natural Areas and Preserves to coordinate special controlled deer hunts including youth hunts at four state nature preserves—Desonier (Athens County), Goll Woods...

Another pro-gun mayor wises up to Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" charade

12:10am Tuesday, August 18, 2009

By Chad D. Baus For the past several years, Buckeye Firearms Association has published a series of articles entitled "All Politicians Are Not The Same," highlighting elected officials who have proven strong support for the Second Amendment. Today, I believe we can add two more names to the list: Rep. Josh Mandel and Village of Walton Hills Mayor Marlene Anielski. Many pro-gun voters will already...

Ohio Wildlife Council Approves 2009-10 Hunting and Trapping Regulations

12:05am Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Statewide muzzleloader season moves to early January COLUMBUS, OH - September 1 will again kick-off the state's fall hunting seasons – with the opening of the squirrel-hunting season that runs through January 31 – under regulations approved Wednesday by the Ohio Wildlife Council. The statewide muzzleloader season will move to early January. Season dates are January 9-12, 2010, which includes two...

Sheriffs break up illegal Toledo-area CCW course certificate scheme

12:10am Monday, August 17, 2009

By Chad D. Baus Toledo Fox affiliate WUPW reported recently that the Lucas County and Wood County Sheriff's Offices worked with an informant to arrest two men who they say were helping people get Ohio concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) illegally.

Fremont marksman wins championship at Camp Perry despite physical disability

12:05am Monday, August 17, 2009

Toledo Blade outdoor writer Steve Pollick is reporting that Fremont marksman Greg Drown has fired his way to a national championship at Camp Perry in the difficult discipline of three-position smallbore or .22 rifle, and he did it from a wheelchair. Pollick writes that Drown, who copes with multiple sclerosis, scored 1195-73X out of a possible 1200 among 324 competitors to win the any-sight...