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Leading Conservation Groups Respond to Attacks on Alaska Governor

12:10am Wednesday, February 18, 2009

(Columbus) – A consortium of conservation organizations today sent a letter of support of Alaska's wolf management program to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The letter, spearheaded by the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and signed by 8 other organizations representing nearly 3 million conservationists nationwide, came in response to unwarranted attacks on the Alaska wolf management program by the animal...

Changing attitudes in Chicago: 150 First-Timers give shooting a try

12:05am Wednesday, February 18, 2009

In an effort to help educate the Chicago-area public about gun ownership, shooting and firearm safety, three ranges around the Windy City teamed up with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to hold a total of nine First Shots seminars -- all of them filled to capacity. About 150 people took their First Shots, including husbands and wives, mothers and daughters, members of the media,...

Obama's "Drug Czar" pick offers more proof of anti-gun agenda

12:10am Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Reports that Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske has been tapped to become the nation's next "drug czar" offer more proof of the anti-gun intentions of the Obama administration, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. "During his eight-year tenure as Seattle's police chief, Gil Kerlikowske has established himself as a devoted lobbyist for every restrictive gun law...

Proper trigger management

12:05am Tuesday, February 17, 2009

By Jim Irvine Every spring baseball players arrive at spring training and practice the basics of their game. If the best players in the game take time to review the basics, it stands to reason that shooters should review our basics occasionally too. One of the NRA safety rules is, "Always keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire." Always is a powerful word. Following this rule...

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Obama, Ginsburg and Guns

12:10am Monday, February 16, 2009

By Ken Blackwell Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being treated for pancreatic cancer. While Americans pray for her recovery, this sad news is a sobering reminder that President Obama is likely to appoint several justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. And in the aftermath of last year’s landmark decision on the Second Amendment, gun owners need to zero in on what these events mean for the future of...

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Poachers Pay $13,277.60 for Illegally Killing Trophy Buck

12:05am Monday, February 16, 2009

Largest fine to date involving Ohio's updated restitution value for wildlife COLUMBUS, OHIO - Two men convicted of the illegal taking of white-tailed deer from Side Cut Metro Park in Maumee have been ordered to pay restitution of $13,277.60 according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The revised restitution law went into effect March 2008 and allows the ODNR...

The Traveler's Guide to the Firearm Laws of the Fifty States

8:14pm Friday, February 13, 2009

Why risk harassment, fines, confiscation, or even arrest when you travel? With this handy state-by-state legal guide, you can travel with confidence. Only $13.95 (plus $4 shipping). Read more ... MAIL ORDER: Send a personal check for $17.95 payable to Buckeye Firearms Foundation. Mail to Traveler's Firearm Guide, 15 West Winter Street, Delaware, Ohio 43015.

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's 18-21 Firearms Ownership Ban to be reintroduced

12:10am Friday, February 13, 2009

By Chad D. Baus & Ken Hanson, Esq. Even as the City of Cleveland continues to be the only municipality in Ohio illegally enforcing local firearm laws , while at the same time lying about it to the media, Buckeye Firearms Association has learned that the anti-Second Amendment, anti-self-defense, anti-hunting legislation which Mayor Frank Jackson tried unsuccessfully to get passed in the 127th...