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A Few Gave All ...

4:26pm Thursday, August 04, 2005
The news this week on the deaths of a number of Ohio Marines brings home exactly how much all of us owe to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. These young soldiers gave their lives to allow others to have the freedoms we all hold dear. Buckeye Firearms Association would like to express our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of these Marines. These soldiers shared a love...

Pro-gun Democrats struggle for prominence

10:33am Wednesday, July 27, 2005
As we reported recently, the 2006 gubernatorial race is shaping up with pro- and anti-gun candidates on both sides of the ballot. Closer on the calendar is a special election race in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District, which pits the pro-gun former state representative Jean Schmidt, a Republican, against pro-gun Iraq War veteran and Democrat Paul Hackett. Fighting for votes in an extremely...

Could have been a victim...

2:19pm Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Submitted by reader as PAC news... This bright and beautiful morning could have turned ugly in an instant and I was reminded how quickly a situation can change. As I exited my local Circuit City (Best Buy is still posted with the NO GUNS sign) I found myself a few feet from a guy sitting on broken glass and ripping out a stereo from a new Lincoln Navigator. It was parked in the very first spot,...

Newspaper: Tips for surviving a stalker - Are you prepared?

7:59am Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Commentary by John Salyers The Sandusky Register ran a story recently on what it takes to survive a stalker. Unfortunately they left out the one best defenses that law-abiding Ohioans now have as an option. That is the right to obtain a license and carry a concealed handgun for self defense. While stalking cases may not make the news and be as high profile for everyday citizens as other crimes...

Tale of two home invasions

6:55am Monday, June 06, 2005
The Youngstown Vindicator is reporting that the fatal shooting of a man across the border in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania early Saturday has been ruled by police to have been an act of self-defense. From the story: Robert Flynn of 531 Cedar Ave., Sharon, was shot when he broke into the home of Kevin McEwen at 36 N. 11th St. at about 3 a.m., police reports said. According to the police statement,...

Armed Ohio citizens stop crimes

7:49am Thursday, June 02, 2005
Cincinnati's WCPO.com - CHL-Holder Shoots Attacker In Westwood A would-be robbery victim fired back at his masked attackers overnight, despite being shot three times himself. That gunshot victim is now recovering from surgery at the hospital. The attack happened just before 1 a.m. Wednesday on Robert Avenue in Westwood. Police are still looking for the suspects. The shooting victim, Charles Pryor...

Teachable moment: School teacher's gun fires live round

11:24am Monday, May 23, 2005
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that Kettering police confiscated a muzzle-loading .50-caliber rifle from a Van Buren Middle School teacher Friday who was demonstrating a Civil War lesson and accidentally shot off a round in front of about 30 students outside the school. From the story: Kettering police said seventh-grade social studies teacher Thomas Saylor apparently didn't know the weapon...

Wild Boar Blamed for Golf Course Damage

9:40am Monday, May 23, 2005
Less than a month after rabid coyotes attacked several people in a Cleveland MetroPark, Dayton’s WDTN.com reported further proof last week that concealed carry in parks is a necessary defense against (two AND four-legged) predators: From the story: Monday we told you about bobcat sightings in Germantown. It's a different story in Preble and Butler counties though. Officials at Hueston Woods State...

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