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Jarrod Martin - 70th Ohio House District

12:05am Friday, February 29, 2008

By Larry S. Moore The 70th Ohio House District (representing Xenia, Beavercreek, Fairborn and Bath Township) has a crowded field of entrants in the Republican primary. I’ve met all the candidates. They are all good men with a variety of backgrounds, small business owners, professionals and family men. So what sets Jarrod Martin apart? What made the difference that would cause me to volunteer to...

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Why a convention center in Wilmington was Ohio's safest place last weekend

12:10am Thursday, February 28, 2008

By Chad D. Baus Regular readers of this website will recall that the last time a member of the media from Cincinnati went to a gun show, the results were atrocious. A November 2007 hatchet-job by NBC Cincinnati's Eric Flack contained ridiculous references to everything from 90-round SKS rifles to the Columbine school massacre, all in an effort to aid his gun ban lobby friends in their efforts to...

Op-ed: Even at VT all issues not addressed

12:05am Thursday, February 28, 2008

By Karl Spaulding On April 16, 2007, 32 people were murdered by a fellow student at Virginia Tech. On Feb. 14, there was another college shooting with five people killed. In the week previous to that, several more shootings at colleges and high schools made the news. Anyone who reads the Virginia Tech Review Panel report (available on the Internet through the Virginia governor's Web site) will...

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HB473: Aiding mobility-impaired hunters

12:10am Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Last week, Buckeye Firearms Association volunteer Bob Harsanje and Dave Graham, Chief of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife, offered proponent testimony before the Ohio House Finance & Appropriations Committee on House Bill 473. Proposed by State Rep. Peter Ujvagi (D - Toledo), at the urging of and guidance from Harsanje and fellow hunter, HB473 would, among...

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Interior Department To Propose New Rules Regarding Right-to-Carry In National Parks

12:05am Wednesday, February 27, 2008

After nearly five years of effort by NRA-ILA, the U.S. Department of the Interior has finally responded to the many requests for a change in its policy on carrying and transporting firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. In a letter hand-delivered today to the U.S. Senators who wrote him asking for this policy change, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has directed Lyle Laverty,...

Presidential candidates need to address the real issues for gun owners

12:10am Tuesday, February 26, 2008

"I’ve been a hunter all my life" and other phony appeals By Brian S. Stewart In the pantheon of cringe-worthy attempts to fabricate 2nd amendment bona fides, presidential candidates of the last several years have provided more than their fair share. From the infamous "Small Varmints"-Gate of the early Mitt Romney campaign to Hillary Clinton’s desperate revelation that she too used to be quite the...

LTE: Don't ask gun-permit holders to be police

12:05am Tuesday, February 26, 2008

February 21, 2008 Columbus Dispatch The Sunday article "Gun-permit renewals near" contained a statement that must be addressed. Dispatch Staff Reporter Randy Ludlow rightly quoted Chief Deputy Steve Martin of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office that there had been no incidents involving concealed-carry license holders during the first four years under the law. But then Ludlow added, "On the...

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Perfect Storm for Gun Owners: Ohio Presidential Primary edition

12:10am Monday, February 25, 2008

By Chad D. Baus My story " Perfect storm for gun owners? McCain, DeWine and Giuliani join forces ", was published at BuckeyeFirearms.org only a little more than 24 hours after the outcome of Super Tuesday was known. In that commentary, I wrote about how anti-gun former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's endorsement of Senator John McCain , and anti-gun former Senator Mike DeWine's work as McCain's...