by Larry S. Moore For years, while gun control extremists were busy asking “why would anyone need a gun in a park?,” gun rights activists and organizations have urged people to carry…
Author: Buckeye Firearms Association
Think the Ohio gun ban lobby is dead? Think again.
by Chad D. Baus
Given their lack of success at lobbying in the Statehouse and at the ballot box, it’s easy to get the idea that the Ohio gun ban lobby has folded up shop. But as a behind-the-scenes look at some of their current activities will show, that kind of thinking can lead to a complacency that gun owners in the Buckeye State cannot afford.
Squirrel Season Offers Hunters Preparation For Fall Hunting
Season Begins September 1 and runs through January 31
Ohio’s squirrel season will open on September 1, providing hunters with an opportunity to take as many as six squirrels each day, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife.
A long-time tradition for many hunters, Ohio’s squirrel season offers ample hunting opportunities for fox and gray squirrels across the state. It is a great time to get out in the woods and scout for the upcoming deer and fall wild turkey hunting seasons or take a youth hunting. Legal hunting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily.
The season closes January 31. Squirrel season will be closed during the one-week statewide deer gun season, beginning November 29 through December 5; deer gun weekend, December 18 and 19; and during early muzzleloader deer season, October 18-23 at the following areas: Salt Fork State Wildlife Area, Shawnee State Forest and Wildcat Hollow.
Buckeye Firearms Association’s Ken Hanson awarded the 2009 “Jay M. Littlefield NRA-ILA Volunteer of the Year Award”
John Hohenwarter-NRA, Gov. Strickland, Ken Hanson-BFA
at the signing of Ohio’s Castle Doctrine law
at the signing of Ohio’s Castle Doctrine law
The “Jay M. Littlefield NRA-ILA Volunteer of the Year Award,” presented annually by the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), is an honor that recognizes an NRA member who demonstrates exceptionally meritorious activism in defense of the Second Amendment and serves as an example to fellow members of the gun rights community.
The 2009 “Jay M. Littlefield NRA-ILA Volunteer of the Year Award” will be jointly presented to Ken Hanson of Powell, OH and Mark Becker of Stuart, FL.
Ken Hanson currently serves as the Legislative Chair to the Buckeye Firearms Association. His committed work to protect the Second Amendment for Ohioans is exceptional, as Hanson has assisted greatly with NRA-ILA’s lobbying efforts by helping draft key legislation, testifying before committees, and attending legislative meetings. Ken is also an attorney working to defend gun rights every day and frequently acts as a consultant on political campaigns for sportsmen’s issues.
Poachers Pay $7794.00 for Illegally Taking One Deer
Two Seneca County men were sentenced in July for the illegal taking of a deer in the 2009 deer hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Restitution of $4625 was ordered paid by Judge Mark Repp of the Tiffin Municipal Court. The revised restitution law went into effect March 2008 and allows the ODNR Division of Wildlife to seek an increased recovery value on all illegally harvested wildlife.
Investigative report proves failure of Chicago’s gun control policies
By Gerard Valentino The Chicago Sun-Times is running an investigative report on the 59 hours of violence that took place over an unforgettable April weekend in 2008. When the dust settled, 40…
NSSF provides $231,796 in grants to shooting ranges, including one in central Ohio
The National Shooting Sports Foundation has awarded grants totaling $231,796 to nine shooting facilities through its Range Partnership Grant Program. New marketing strategies designed to motivate individuals, particularly youth and inactive shooters,…
Crime victim persecuted for being gun owner
by Tim Inwood
It used to be in this country that if you were arrested for a crime you were presumed innocent until trial. Now if you are a crime victim you may be perceived as a criminal if you are a gun owner. After reading an article about a burglary in the Land of Lincoln, my blood went to a slow boil.
In the wee hours of an August morning, Rockford (IL) police were called by the victim’s neighbors to report a burglary. What the police found was the disorganized and cluttered home of a gun owner. The burglar had fled, but the police were surprised to find a collection of about three hundred firearms. The 67 year-old homeowner was out of town. Research by police showed he is a legal FOID cardholder in Illinois and the guns apparently were registered. Nevertheless the police proceeded to stack his firearms outside his home and then take the guns into custody. I have to ask, since when is the property of the victim confiscated as suspect?
BFA endorsee circulating letter requesting co-sponsors for “Parking Lot Firearm Legislation”
State Representative Joe Uecker (R-66), a multiple-time past and present endorsee of Buckeye Firearms Association, is circulating a letter inviting colleagues to sign on as co-sponsors to a bill that would seek to “permit a concealed carry licensee who is an employee of a private employer to store the employee’s handgun in a locked motor vehicle while parked on premises owned or leased by the employer.”
“The parking lot legislation is aimed towards enabling people to protect themselves on the commute to and from work. Currently 13 other states have enacted Parking Lot Legislation including Kentucky and Indiana.”
State Supreme Court to hear preemption case October 12
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…