Ohio Politics

Cuyahoga County concealed carry office closing today for relocation

7:00am Thursday, September 02, 2010
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office is closing its Cleveland concealed handgun licensing (CHL) office today and moving it to Parma. According to the article, the new office will open Sept. 15 at the auto title office at 12100 Snow Road. From the article : "The new location also offers free and plentiful, immediate access parking and evening hours on...

Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2010 CHL statistics

7:00am Wednesday, September 01, 2010
by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2010. At the end of June, we had an all time record of approximately 199,577 Ohio residents licensed to carry concealed firearms. (See chart) We are now in our seventh year of concealed carry in Ohio and it is clear that the program is popular, successful...

Gov. Strickland believes he is cutting into the Republican base on the gun issue; Kasich disagrees

7:00am Tuesday, August 31, 2010
by Chad D. Baus The Toledo Blade is reporting that, during a recent interview, Governor Ted Strickland said that he believes he has cut into John Kasich's Republican base due, in part, to the gun issue. From the story : The governor hails from a rural Appalachian Ohio area that repeatedly sent him to Washington. He has twice garnered the endorsements of the National Rifle Association and...

"Sportsmen for Strickland" bus hits the campaign trail

7:00am Thursday, August 26, 2010
Following the rollout of two pieces of campaign literature aimed at Ohio's pro-gun voters , the "Sportsmen for Strickland" branch of Governor Ted Strickland's re-election campaign continues to roll with its message promoting the pro-gun governor - quite literally. As Ohioans make their ways down the highways and byways of the Buckeye State this fall, they stand a chance of being exposed to the...

State Supreme Court to hear preemption case October 12

7:00am Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Earlier this month, the Ohio Supreme Court announced that it will hear oral arguments for an important gun rights case, City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio , on October 12, 2010. The case came about after the Ohio General Assembly voted to override Governor Bob Taft's veto of HB347 - Ohio's "preemption" law - which codified R.C. 9.68, ensuring that firearms laws would be uniform throughout the...

Strickland, Kasich agree to two televised debates

3:00pm Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that the two major-party candidates for governor of Ohio have agreed to two televised debates hosted by the eight largest newspapers in the state. From the article : Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and Republican challenger John Kasich will debate on Sept. 14 in Columbus and on Oct. 7 in Toledo. The one-hour debates will be televised by the local TV partners...

Letter to the Editor: "Good for you BFA!"

3:00pm Friday, August 06, 2010
Dear Editor: I'd like to thank Buckeye Firearms and [the leaders] who wrote the reasoning behind the Strickland endorsement. I'm no fan of Democrat candidates in general. But over the last few years I've been pretty disgusted that there's not more than a dime's worth of difference between most Democrats and Republicans anyway... so for BFA to endorse Strickland over Kasich PROVES that Ohio gun...

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