Ohio Politics

What went wrong – why gun owners got next to nothing in the last General Assembly

7:00am Monday, January 10, 2011
by Jim Irvine The 128th General Assembly (2009-2010) is history. SB239 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fixes) and SB247 (Restoration of Rights) are dead. Despite having the broad support in the Senate, the House and Governor Strickland, these important bills never passed. We will examine what when wrong, and where we go from here. Long-time readers of this web site may remember that we tried to...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsees dominate Senate majority leadership in 129th General Assembly

7:00am Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Buckeye Firearms Association endorsees have been elected by Republicans and Democrats to a majority of leadership positions in their respective caucuses for the 129th General Assembly. Senate Republicans have picked former BFA endorsee Sen. Tom Niehaus (New Richmond) as Senate President. The caucus also chose the following former endorsees to join Niehaus in leadership: Sens. Keith Faber (Celina...

Media cheer as pro-gun bills with strong legislative support die at the hand of one man

7:00am Monday, January 03, 2011
by Gerard Valentino The editorial boards of The Columbus Dispatch , Toledo Blade , Dayton Daily News and Cleveland Plain Dealer have become little more than glorified television weatherman – they all seem to get everything wrong and still have the blind arrogance to tell Ohioans what is coming next. Then again, perhaps it isn't fair to put the weatherman in the same category as Ohio’s leftist...

Ted Strickland's final legacy for Ohio’s gun owners is anti-gun

7:00am Thursday, December 30, 2010
by Chad D. Baus Despite a Sportsmen for Strickland effort that pushed Ted Strickland over the top in the 2006 election for Governor, and another Sportsmen for Strickland effort in 2010 that attracted disenfranchised Republican gun owners and nearly boosted him over John Kasich in a year that should have given the GOP an easy win, and despite having earned "A"-ratings and endorsements from the...

To the Editor: 'No need' to carry firearms into bars or restaurants that serve alcohol?

7:00am Tuesday, December 28, 2010
In response to The Dayton Daily News ' recent editorial excoriating attempts to pass SB239 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix), two letter writers, including BFA Region Leader Larry Moore, wrote to set the facts straight.

Attorney General announces Third Quarter 2010 CHL statistics

7:00am Monday, December 27, 2010
by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the third quarter of 2010. During the quarter ending September 2010, Ohio surpassed 200,000 outstanding concealed handgun licenses. The quarter ended with a record of approximately 208,350 Ohio residents licensed to carry concealed firearms. (See chart) We are in our seventh...

Columbus gun store tops nation in firearms tracings; Media exaggerates correlation of U.S. gun sales to Mexican crime yet again

3:00pm Friday, December 17, 2010
The Washington Post recently obtained information on the names of gun dealers that had the most traces for firearms recovered by police in the last four years, and in a collaborative story by The Columbus Dispatch , the newspapers are reporting that Vance Outdoors in Columbus led the country in the number of guns recovered by police that were traced back to a dealer. From the article : A high...

Gavel still has not fallen on 128th General Assembly: Pro-gun bills' fate still not sealed

7:45pm Thursday, December 16, 2010
The Ohio House of Representatives adjourned yesterday without holding a voting session, but Speaker Armond Budish has still not declared the 128th session of the Ohio House of Representatives to be officially over. Until and unless that happens, there is still a chance that two pro-gun bills, SB239 and SB247, could receive a vote. Yesterday, the House adjourned "until Tuesday, December 21, 2010...

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