Ohio Politics

Misinformed South Euclid Council President David Miller sponsors resolution opposing guns in bars...two years late

8:00am Monday, September 09, 2013
South Euclid Police Chief Kevin Nietert also seems unaware of current state law on the subject by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer 's Cleveland.com is reporting that South Euclid, Ohio Council President David Miller has sponsored a council resolution opposing a portion of House Bill 203 involving proposed modifications to Ohio's self-defense law, as well as another modification to Ohio law...

GRASSROOTS ALERT - Bloomberg coming to Columbus

5:15pm Wednesday, August 28, 2013
NOTE: Location of event has changed. It is now at McPherson Commons (Arch Park), 218 West St. near Nationwide Arena. We need REAL GUN OWNERS to show up Friday in Columbus to push back against Bloomberg's anti-gun propaganda! On Friday, August 30 the anti-firearm freedom group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns will be hosting a rally in Columbus attacking Senator Rob Portman and promoting measures that...

AG DeWine declares some school safety plans "useless"

8:00am Wednesday, August 21, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that, while all Ohio schools meet the legal requirement of having a school safety plan, many are outdated, incomplete or useless to law enforcement. State law requires schools to file reports on how they would handle an active killer incident or other emergency, the article observes, but there are no penalties for failing to file, and the...

Ohio's children need protection...period.

8:00am Tuesday, August 20, 2013
by Mindy Whited On July 27, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published an op-ed by Renuka Mayadev entitled " Ohio's children need protection from guns ." In the article, Mayadev cites several tragic accidental shootings involving Ohio children as reasons for which Ohio should pass new gun control laws. I am a mom to five children ages 3-20. I agree that as a mom, our first priority should be keeping...

Mayor Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun “No More Names” Tour Stops in Ohio

4:00pm Friday, August 16, 2013
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Columbus Dispatch reported that only about 40 anti-gun rights people attended this rally - less than the number of pro-gun counter protesters counted by the author, who states "I did a visual head-count at three different times throughout the morning, and the pro-Second Amendment side never had less than 23, and had 46 at its peak at 11:00 AM." As the author points out, in...

Senator Rob Portman responds to nagging anti-gun mayors group: Join me in supporting something that will work (or shut up)

4:00pm Wednesday, August 14, 2013
by Chad D. Baus After several expensive negative ad campaigns in Ohio failed to sway Sen. Rob Portman's firm support for the Second Amendment, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's and President Obama's gun control groups, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) and Organizing for Action (OFA), have switched to using the free media. Every few weeks, the groups will stage a press conference or other media...

Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2013 CHL statistics; Demand for CHLs stays in stratosphere

8:00am Friday, August 09, 2013
by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2013. After a record setting period like the first quarter, a return to "normal" is expected, but that is not what happened. The second quarter surpassed the record numbers established in the first quarter and proves that was not just a one quarter fluke. Every...

Headline: Black Legislative Caucus Circulates Petition To Stop Stand Your Ground Bill

8:00am Tuesday, August 06, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Despite nationally publicized proof that blacks benefit from Florida 'Stand Your Ground' law at disproportionate rate , Columbus' WBNS (CBS Columbus) is reporting that the Legislative Black Caucus is circulating petitions to keep a Stand Your Ground law from being adopted here in Ohio. From the report : "I think it's absolutely dangerous to have to elevate it to Stand Your Ground...

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