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2011 - The Year In Review

7:00am Tuesday, December 27, 2011
By Chad D. Baus While there is far too much to cover in a single article, we reflect on some of the important events of 2011. January: The year begins with a chorus of media editorials cheering the death of Senate Bill 239, the restaurant and car carry bill that was killed at the hands of then-Speaker Armond Budish (D), who broke a promise to gun owners and refused to call the legislature back...

What lies ahead: There is much work still to be done for Ohio gun rights in 2012 and beyond

7:00am Thursday, December 15, 2011
Editor's Note: The following article was written and submitted on December 8, just hours before yet another campus shooting occurred on the "no-guns" Virginia Tech campus . by Tim Inwood I had an argument with an anti-gun liberal the other day, not exactly a unique event for me. He wanted to know what I would do with myself now that changes to Ohio law concerning restaurant and car carry had come...

Buckeye Firearms Association leader Sean Maloney honored by Ohio House of Representatives

7:00am Monday, November 28, 2011
Sean Maloney, member of the leadership team with Buckeye Firearms Association, was recently presented the NRA-ILA's "Jay M. Littlefield Volunteer of the Year Award" at the National Rifle Association's Board of Directors meeting held in Arlington, VA. Sean was further honored Wednesday, Nov. 16 in the Ohio Statehouse, when presented House Resolution No. 197 by Representatives Conditt, Combs,...

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...

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...

Exposé on grassroots gun rights activism in Ohio funded by the anti-gun Joyce Foundation, but did they get what they hoped for?

7:00am Wednesday, November 16, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The Chicago-based Joyce Foundation has been the primary source of funds for anti-gun rights groups for at least a decade. The Foundation, for which Barack Obama once served as a board member, has funneled millions upon millions of dollars into groups such as the Violence Policy Center (over $3.6 million since 2005), Mayors Against Illegal Guns (over $1.6 million since 2006), the...

Six Ohio State students victimized in violent robberies, five at gunpoint [UPDATE: Again...so make that seven, six at gunpoint]

Chad D. Baus
2:00pm Monday, November 07, 2011
Columbus' CBS affiliate, WBNS 10TV, reported last week on two separate incidents in which students of The Ohio State university were victimized by armed robbers. From the first article , from October 28: Students shared their stories on Friday after they were robbed at gunpoint. All of the students were robbed near The Ohio State University campus 10TV's Kevin Landers. Jake Calvert said he was...

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