Ohio Politics

Fight over Tennessee's "Employee Safe Commute bill" provides food for thought for Ohio legislators and business-owners

7:00am Monday, March 12, 2012
The following was prepared by the Tennessee Firearms Association's Legislative Action Committee. Some permit holders and firearms owners are giving pause to support of the Employee Safe Commute bill (SB3002 HB 3560). They are asking questions that some in the legislature who are true conservatives are concerned with. These legislators are not the ones opposing this legislation because Big...

“Can’t Miss” Candidate's Reception Coming Soon

3:00pm Tuesday, March 06, 2012
The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) will host a Candidate's Reception for current elected officials, candidates for Ohio's General Assembly, and for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. This free-of-charge event is part of the organization's annual effort to connect Ohio's sportsmen community with current and potential policymakers. The...

The Annual Big Yawn: Brady Campaign State Gun Control Scorecard 2011

3:00pm Monday, March 05, 2012
Year after year, the Brady Campaign’s state gun control scorecards have become the laughing stock of the gun control debate for at least three reasons. First, they typically give good scores to states that have high crime rates and bad scores to states that have low rates. The Brady Campaign’s scores aren’t based on whether anyone gets murdered, raped, robbed, or beaten in any particular state;...

Activating the Second Amendment Grassroots Movement

7:00am Friday, February 17, 2012
by Joel Friedman I, like most of you, have been watching and reading about the events of our country over the last several years and again, like most of you, I have been thinking about what it all means. I have read some really fantastic articles and posts and have thought about them as they relate to our firearms rights, the elections, the Supreme Court nominations and the next 20 years. I am...

Attorney General announces Fourth Quarter 2011 CHL statistics; Record-setting quarter caps second-best year ever

7:00am Tuesday, February 14, 2012
by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the fourth quarter of 2011. Ohio sheriffs set a new record issuing almost 12,000 CHLs for the busiest fourth quarter in the program's eight year history. Demand was up 12% compared to the same period a year earlier. At the end of the year, we set another all-time record of...

Police and bar owners: No issues since reforms pertaining to concealed carry took effect

7:00am Friday, February 10, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Mount Vernon News recently provided readers an updated look at what police and bar owners have experienced in the months since Ohio's concealed carry law was modified to allow license-holders to carry in places where alcohol is being served, so long as they are not drinking, and to remove onerous restrictions mandating how license-holders were allowed to carry in a motor...

Ohio Supreme Court declines to hear Castle Doctrine appeal; Man who acted in self-defense is free

7:00am Thursday, February 09, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that the Ohio Supreme Court (OSC) has declined to hear the case of a 55-year-old Cleveland homeowner convicted in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court last year of killing an intruder. In 2010, Carl Kozlosky was convicted by a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court jury and sentenced last year to 18 years to life in prison for the shooting death...

Headline: Handgun ownership rising among women

7:00am Wednesday, February 08, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Dayton Daily News is reporting that according to a DDN analysis of permit data, opinion polls and interviews with firearm and criminal justice experts, more women in the Miami Valley are choosing to purchase and carry handguns for protection, reflecting a national trend. From the article : More than one in five who have applied to carry concealed handguns in Butler, Greene,...

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