Ohio Legislation

Ohio gun rights improved in 2008; Much more still to be done

12:10am Wednesday, January 14, 2009
By Jim Irvine Recently I helped our treasurer go through line by line all our donations for a campaign finance report. It struck me how many of you had donated, and how much some people donated. Thank you. It means a great deal that you put such trust in our group of leaders - who I promise will continue to work and earn that trust. Our educational corporation, Buckeye Firearms Foundation has...

The truth about HB450 (what the Columbus Dispatch doesn't want you to read)

12:05am Friday, January 02, 2009
By Jim Irvine The Columbus Dispatch editorial "Kowtow to the NRA – Sheriffs got a raw deal when lawmakers backed down on concealed carry fee" demonstrates that the Dispatch editors are still more interested in spreading lies to prop up their failed ideas rather than accepting the truth and reporting the news. It is important to note that the Dispatch has been contacted many times by Buckeye...

Gun rights groups score collective victory for sportsmen with defeat of HB446 & HB223

12:05am Wednesday, December 31, 2008
By Larry S. Moore The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that the defeat of HB446, the so-called "puppy mill" bill that sought to increase fees and impose new regulations on dog breeders and kennel owners, had ruffled some feathers in the Statehouse. Although the Dispatch acknowledges that the U.S. Sportsman's Alliance had been long-engaged in the debate, reporter Jim Siegel editorializes in his...

Buckeye Firearms Association volunteers attend Mobility-Impaired Hunting Access Area Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

12:05am Monday, December 22, 2008
BFA volunteer Bob Harsanje (seated on right) joins (from left) the ODNR's David Graham & Philip King, Rep. Peter Ujvagi and others in the ribbon cutting Buckeye Firearms Assocation volunteer Bob Harsanje and Vice Chairman Chad Baus were on hand recently as the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the development of the Mobility...

Gov. Strickland signs Amended Substitute HB450 (Armed Services 18-21 gun rights restoration)

1:20am Thursday, December 18, 2008
Governor Ted Strickland, a former Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee, finished off his second year as governor by signing yet another pro-gun bill into law. According to his website , the Governor signed Rep. Bruce Goodwin's Am. Sub. House Bill 450 into law on January 6, 2009. Rep. Goodwin was the primary sponsor of the legislation, which lifts a state law which banned members of the armed...

Amended HB450 (Armed Services 18-21 gun rights restoration) voted out of committee

12:10pm Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Buckeye Firearms Association leaders were on hand today as the Senate's Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice passed Rep. Bruce Goodwin's House Bill 450 , legislation that would restore gun rights to members of the armed services or the Ohio National Guard who are between the ages of 18 and 21, by a 7-2 vote. Sens. Nina Turner and Shirley Smith voted against the restoration of gun rights to...

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