Ohio Politics

Attorney General announces First Quarter 2009 CHL statistics

12:10am Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Demand is soaring for concealed carry licenses in Ohio By Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the first quarter of 2009. The demand for concealed carry licenses has been torrid. It appears that a lot of new gun owners are not content to leave their weapon locked up at home; they want to carry it for self defense. The...

Georgia college student saves 10 lives with gun; Ohio's defenseless students targeted by criminals

12:10am Friday, May 15, 2009
By Chad D. Baus One of the principle claims made in Diane Sawyer's rigged campus carry experiment , recently aired on ABC's 20/20, was that having a gun wouldn't protect a college student, that ordinary people like college students aren't trained to handle stress, that they might shoot innocent people, and that the bad guy might take their gun away. Apparently someone forgot to tell a student in...

Toledo Mayor tells residents police can't protect them

12:10am Friday, May 08, 2009
By Chad D. Baus When word of significant cuts to the Toledo police force first came out, one senior police officer issued the following recommendation to city residents: "Buy guns. Invest in precious metals: lead, gun power and brass." And now, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner is admitting the reason why this is such good advice: "Violent crimes, shootings, are not ever prevented by the presence of a...

Your help improves access to hunting ground in the Buckeye state

12:10am Wednesday, May 06, 2009
The difficulty of obtaining access to hunting ground is increasingly given as a reason fewer hunters are going afield each year. Rumors of badly-behaved hunters and liability concerns are increasingly given as a reason fewer farmers are willing to give permission, even though Ohio's deer herd causes millions of dollars in damage to farmers' crops each year in the Buckeye state. The Ohio Division...

Ohio Governor To Hold Second Annual Youth Turkey Hunt

12:10am Tuesday, April 28, 2009
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Saturday, May 2 marks the second annual Youth Turkey Hunt hosted by Gov. Ted Strickland, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. "Ohio has a rich outdoor heritage and seeks to motivate seasoned sportsmen to pass on the traditions to the next generation," said Sean Logan, director of the ODNR. "Governor Strickland's youth turkey hunt will...

Delaware Co. Prosecutor Dave Yost Announces Bid for Attorney General in 2010

12:05am Monday, April 27, 2009
On April 18, 2009, Republican Prosecutor Dave Yost announced he will seek his party's nomination for Attorney General in 2010, saying Ohio needs "a prosecutor, not a politician" in the State's top law enforcement job. "The Attorney General's office is the backbone of Ohio law enforcement," Yost said. "I've been on the front lines of criminal justice and in the courts -- I know what's needed by...

25-year police veteran to Toledo residents: "Buy guns. Invest in precious metals: lead, gun power and brass."

12:05am Monday, April 20, 2009
By Chad D. Baus For the past several weeks, the Toledo Blade has been reporting on a severe budget short-fall that the City of Toledo has spent itself into. After weeks of back-and-forth debate between Mayor Carty Finkbeiner - who is likely to be facing a recall at the ballot box this September - Toledo city council, and unions representing police and firefighters' unions, the Finkbeiner...

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