After the campaign waged by the Ohio Newspaper Association and various liberal editorial boards to advance Taft’s latest agenda, we would’ve espected declarations of victory in today’s headlines. Yet only the Plain…
Author: Buckeye Firearms Association
Ohio CCW fight is feature story in latest NRA America’s 1st Freedom magazine
Ohio’s Legal Logjam by Blaine Smith, Assistant Editor, America’s 1st Freedom December 2003 With the Ohio Supreme Court letting stand a ban on the right to carry, the ongoing fight for the…
Online poll asks how Taft will respond if public records made to his liking
A new survey has been added to this website, inquiring as to how Taft will respond if public records made to his liking.
AP: House speaker backs public records of concealed carry permits
The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — House Speaker Larry Householder said Tuesday he agrees with Gov. Bob Taft’s demand that the state disclose the names of people issued permits to carry…
Dispatch: Gun – concealment supporters to walk at governor’s house
CAPITAL NOTES November 25, 2003 by Lee Leonard First the Statehouse, now the Governor’s Residence Gun-toting demonstrators protesting the lack of action on a concealed-weapons bill plan to conduct a “defense walk”…
Op-Ed: Taft’s late monkey wrench throws concealed-carry for a loop
November 24, 2003 LEE LEONARD The recent wrangling over a concealed-handgun bill in the General Assembly resembled a badly played game of rock-paper-scissors. That’s the game, played with handgestures, where scissors (two…
Double Murder Suspect Scott Eizember Captured in Texas…by CCW Licensee
November 24, 2003 Oklahoma’s NewsChannel 8, KTUL Lufkin, TX – There is new information about the events that led to the capture of double murder supsect Scott Eizember. Eizember is in a…
Michigan: Few problems cited with concealed gun law
South Bend Tribune November 23, 2003 By ROBERT A. REED Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said he’s pleased with a recent Michigan State Police report that shows almost no problems that can…
Letter to the Editor: Concealed-carry would halt many criminals
Columbus Dispatch November 23, 2003 Last week, a woman was raped and robbed in a restroom Downtown in the middle of the day. I will get straight to the point: When will…
‘Defense’ Walkers to Openly Carry Firearms at the Governor’s Mansion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 24, 2003 CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW ‘Defense’ Walkers from Across Ohio to Openly Carry Firearms at the Governor’s Mansion COLUMBUS • Ohioans For Concealed Carry has announced that activists…