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Buckeye Firearms' Chairman Jim Irvine interviewed on KPCC Los Angeles re: NYT investigation on restoration of firearm rights

7:00am Wednesday, November 30, 2011
On November 17, 2011, following the publication of a New York Times' investigation of firearms rights restoration which included a quote from Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson, BFA Chair Jim Irvine was invited to discuss the article with Times reporter Michael Luo and Adam Winkler, constitutional law professor at UCLA, live on KPCC 89.3 FM in Los Angeles. Listen online...

No Hiding the Wide Receiver Now: ATF gun-running scandal #2

7:00am Tuesday, November 29, 2011
by Jim Shepherd A major news feature written by Bloomberg/Businessweek Assistant Managing Editor Paul M. Barrett will likely make it difficult, if not impossible, for the administration to continue to defend Operation Fast and Furious as a one-time bad idea. Barrett's story "The Guns That Got Away" tells the story of Operation Wide Receiver, a 2006 Tucson, Arizona based ATF operation. Begun under...

American Academy of Pediatrics study claims firearm injuries to kids underestimated

7:00am Tuesday, November 22, 2011
by Tom Wert On October 17, at the American Academy of Pediatrics conference in Boston Massachusetts an abstract was presented providing an overview of injuries to youths ages 0-19 resulting from incidents involving firearms. Although the study has not, at the time of this writing, yet appeared in a peer reviewed journal, the American Academy of Pediatrics is nonetheless using the findings to...

Op-Ed: What's Wrong With Making It Easier to Carry a Gun Across State Lines?

3:00pm Monday, November 21, 2011
[Editor's Note: The following op-ed was published before the U.S. House of Representatives voted on November 16 House to pass HR822, but the points are worth considering as debate on the bill will now be taken up by the Senate.] by John Lott Congress is expected to vote Tuesday on whether concealed carry gun licenses should be treated the same way we treat driver's licenses for cars. With 245 co-...

Canton city council president who called CCW laws "completely insane" goes shooting with former Gov. Ted Strickland

7:00am Monday, November 21, 2011
by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the release of explosive dash cam video which showed Canton police officer Daniel Harless unleashing a violent, profanity-laced tirade on a concealed handgun license-holder, saying "People like you don't deserve to @#$%#$ move throughout public. Period!" before threatening to murder the CHL-holder, Canton City Council President Allen Schulman delivered his own...

OSU students form pro-campus carry group as string of robberies continues

3:00pm Friday, November 18, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Another student of The Ohio State University has been attacked and robbed near campus, and some students have had enough. First, from WBNS (CBS Columbus) : Police said that a student was attacked and robbed near the Ohio State campus on Tuesday night. The crime was part of a string reported in the area over the last few weeks. According to police, a man was walking in the 1500...

Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board to skip public hearing on Statehouse gun rules

7:00am Friday, November 18, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Gongwer News Service reported recently that the agency that oversees Capitol Square moved Monday to avoid a public hearing on gun regulations. On October 20, the unelected CSRAB voted to prohibit concealed guns on the property surrounding the Statehouse. From coverage at the time from The Columbus Dispatch : "The thought was that the board wants to be proactive as we continue to...

U.S. House Passes NRA-backed National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Legislation

3:00pm Thursday, November 17, 2011
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an important self-defense measure that would enable millions of Right-to-Carry permit holders across the country to carry concealed firearms while traveling outside their home states. H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act, passed by a majority bipartisan vote of 272 to 154. All amendments aimed to weaken or damage the integrity of this...

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