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Castle Doctrine hearing & vote rescheduled for May 14

11:32am Friday, May 09, 2008

House Criminal Justice Committee Chairman Rep. John White's office has been doing a yeomans' job as he works to juggle both the House and Senate versions of Castle Doctrine legislation. The House version, HB264, has received four hearings in White's committee, and a fifth hearing and possible vote scheduled for yesterday was put off until next week, when the committee will instead take up...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. Chairman posts open letter to Justice Paul Pfeifer as another brutal crime occurs in Ohio park

9:13am Friday, May 09, 2008

"What's the need to be packing in a public park? What's the compelling need?" - Republican Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer, April 9, 2008 Two weeks ago, it was a man stabbed in the face in a Toledo park at the conclusion of an evening jog. This week, it's a woman kidnapped from the Equestrian Center of the Lorain County Metro Parks’ Carlisle Reservation, raped and shot in the back before...

My new normal

12:10am Thursday, May 08, 2008

By Breda of The Breda Fallacy The state of Ohio says that I am now allowed to carry a concealed handgun. The license itself is a little plastic thing, similar to my drivers license. I keep looking at it, somewhat bemused. It bears a photo of me looking grim, some personal information, and a number that I can only assume represents my place in the line of people who have applied and been accepted...

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The Right to Bear Arms, Deliver Food

12:05am Thursday, May 08, 2008

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The Good Fight

12:10am Wednesday, May 07, 2008

By Gerard Valentino Every vocal pro-gun advocate is familiar with the condescending look of so-called friends or family members who are sure we're nothing but bloodthirsty members of the NRA cult. We've all been there when someone belittles our judgment by asking, "I hope you have those guns locked up so your kids won’t get them" or "aren’t you afraid you will shoot a family member by accident?"...

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Meijer Ends Promotion with HSUS

12:05am Wednesday, May 07, 2008

(Columbus, OH) - Midwest Retail Giant Meijer, Inc. has ended its promotion with the nation’s largest anti-hunting organization. The leadership at Meijer, a Michigan-based regional chain of retail superstores, has responded to the concerns of the sportsman community and ended its partnership with the anti-hunting group, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), in an online pet photo contest.

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Another Ohio journalist stands up for the Second Amendment...and you won't believe who her editor is

12:10am Tuesday, May 06, 2008

By Chad D. Baus Mention the words " Sandusky Register " or "Editor Matt Westerhold" to a Concealed Handgun License (CHL)-holder and the reaction will not be pleasant, even nearly a year after one newspaper editor's declaration of war on Ohio CHL-holders. Though Westerhold refused to remove from the Register website information that is considered private under Ohio law (or even apologize for...

A Celebration of Freedom: 1st Annual Patriots' Day Open Carry Walk

12:05am Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Original post at PatriotsDayWalk.blogspot.com The 1st Annual Patriots' Day Walk was held on April 19th, 2008 in Urbana, Ohio. This event was a celebration of freedom to commemorate the 233rd anniversary of "the shot heard round the world." On April 18th, 1775 Governor Gage ordered the redcoats to march into towns and seize and destroy all munitions. On April 19th, 1775 the first shots were fired...