Ohio Politics

Questions that should have been asked at anti-gun press conference

7:00am Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Editor's Note - The following op-ed originally appeared at StatehouseNewsOnline.com . Republished with permission. by Maggie Thurber | Ohio Watchdog Democrats used an upcoming Republican fundraiser to attack Second Amendment rights and other gun laws in Ohio. Reps. Ted Celeste and Tracy Maxwell Heard (Democrats from the Columbus area) held a press conference Thursday where they blasted Rep...

Buckeye Firearms Association Responds to Attack on Representative Conditt's "Shooting" Fundraiser

7:00am Thursday, May 03, 2012
Several Democrats have joined with a gun control group to publicly attack State Representative Margy Conditt (Liberty Township, District 55) because of a fundraising event she has scheduled for May 12 at the Middletown Sportsmens Club where participants will have the opportunity to shoot GUNS. The group linked her fundraiser to a recent Ohio shooting where three students died and called her...

Democrats attack State Rep. Margaret Conditt for supporting our Constitutional right to bear arms

11:13am Wednesday, May 02, 2012
by Sean Maloney, Esq. Some time ago I was approached concerning a fundraiser for my friend, and my Ohio State Representative, Margy Conditt. I came up with an idea that I thought would be a great one. Have a fundraiser where all those who attended would have the opportunity to exercise our God-given rights, as protected by our Founding Fathers by the Second Amendment to the United States...

Concealed carry - Why the uproar?

7:00am Tuesday, May 01, 2012
The following op-ed by Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was originally published by The Columbus Dispatch . Republished with permission. by Ken Hanson April 8, 2012, marked the anniversary of a law that affects the lives of more than 270,000 Buckeyes. Ohio's concealed-handgun license law turned 8 years old on that Sunday afternoon. Notably absent from the festivities were...

Ohio concealed handgun licenses numbers on the rise, but opponents of reforms remain despite success of program

7:00am Friday, April 27, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Dayton Daily News is reporting that in the eight years since Ohio passed a concealed weapons law, county sheriffs have issued 296,588 concealed handgun licenses, with more than half of those coming since President Barack Obama was elected. Despite the obvious popularity and success of the law, the DDN provides quotes from local law enforcement bureaucrats who are expressing...

Rep. Michael DeBose (D), remembered for becoming pro-concealed carry after mugging, dies at 58

7:00am Wednesday, April 25, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that State Rep. Michael DeBose, a Cleveland Democrat, has passed away at the age of 58. From the article : DeBose, 58, had struggled for several years with Parkinson's syndrome. He entered the Clinic Sunday with an infection. The lifelong Clevelander represented District 12 from 2002 to 2010, when term limits forced him out. He'd also been a...

Buckeye Firearms Association works with governor's office to protect gun owners on drug trafficking bill

3:00pm Tuesday, April 17, 2012
by Jim Irvine Senate Bill 305, introduced to combat hidden compartments in vehicles used to transport illegal drugs, is not a "gun bill." However, as with any law, SB305 could have unintended consequences for gun owners who use safes and compartments to secure their firearms in their vehicles. As a pro-gun group, we view our narrow mission as protecting firearm rights. When we made Governor John...

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