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Gun manufacturers continue to aid gun banners

Posted on June 2, 2008June 3, 2008 by Buckeye Firearms Association

Editor’s Note: This article has also been published on U.S. Concealed Carry Magazine’s national website.

By Ken Hanson, Esq.

Having just devoted a substantial chunk of pro bono legal work fighting governments committed to destroying your gun rights, I was horrified to read the March 2008 editions of several of my favorite gun magazines. Prominently featured in each edition was a feature story about a large manufacturer of 1911-type guns, breathlessly detailing the “gee whiz” details of their newest model dedicated to a California police agency. Each of the stories went into the history of the department the gun was designed for, yet one critical piece of background information was omitted from the tide of “fanboy” coverage.

These guns were all designed for a local government committed to stripping civilians of the right to own this same gun.

Shooting Range Grant Program Created by NSSF

Posted on June 2, 2008June 2, 2008 by Buckeye Firearms Association

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has announced a new program designed to help local public and private ranges increase participation in the shooting sports.

The Range Partnership Grant Program is making available a total of $250,000 per year for projects that specifically address one or more of the following objectives: recruitment of new shooters, reactivation of lapsed shooters and increased opportunities for active shooters to try another discipline. The NSSF is especially interested in new, creative approaches to these challenges.

Storm Clouds Gather Over Ohio Attorney General Election

Posted on May 30, 2008May 30, 2008 by Buckeye Firearms Association

By Ken Hanson, Esq.

This November, Buckeyes will head to the poll to elect a new Attorney General. This election is being held without the customary year-long primary campaigns, due to the nature and timing of the resignation of Marc Dann. As a result, a small group of men and women hold the future of your gun rights in their hands. Chances are very good that you do not know any of these men and women, and you certainly did not vote for them.

SB184: Castle Doctrine / Firearms bill headed to Governor for signature!

Posted on May 29, 2008June 4, 2008 by Buckeye Firearms Association

One day after the Ohio House passed amended SB184 with a strong bipartisan majority, the Ohio Senate has concurred to the improvements with an equally strong and bi-partisan 25-7 vote. A video archive of the floor debate is available here.
(Click here to see how they voted.)

The bill’s sponsor, State Senator Steve Buehrer (R-Delta), noted that “while SB184 has undergone several changes over the last few months, the bill that was sent to the Governor today meets the goal of allowing people to feel safe in their homes and communities. I would like to thank all those who worked on the bill, and I urge the Governor’s support for this very important measure.”

“We thank Senator Buehrer for his hard work in leading the effort to reform and modernize Ohio’s firearm and use of force laws,” said Jim Irvine, Chair of the Buckeye Firearms Association. “Ohio’s Castle Doctrine is about helping crime victims, by shifting the focus of our police and prosecutors back on the criminal where it belongs. Law-abiding Ohioans no longer have to fear getting trapped up in the legal system for having lawfully defended themselves in their home.”

The bill now awaits a signature from Governor Ted Strickland (D).

“I am proud to support this important legislation that protects gun owners throughout the state of Ohio,” Strickland stated. “I look forward to signing these common sense protections into law.”

Amended SB184 (Castle Doctrine) Passes Ohio House with a 73-23 vote!

Posted on May 28, 2008June 2, 2008 by Buckeye Firearms Association

Buckeye Firearms Association applauds the Ohio House of Representatives’ 73-23 vote to pass the amended SB184.

SB184 passed the Ohio Senate in April with a 31-0 vote and has now passed the Ohio House in an amended form to include technical corrections and improve laws for law-abiding gun owners in Ohio.

No one rose to speak against the bill. A video archive of the floor debate is available here. (Click here to see how they voted.)

SB184 is now headed back to the Ohio Senate where final approval is expected before summer recess. Once the amended bill is approved in the Senate, it will then go to Governor Strickland for his signature.

“I am proud to support this important legislation that protects gun owners throughout the state of Ohio,” Strickland stated. “I look forward to signing these common sense protections into law.”

Whose side are police unions and the media on?

Posted on May 28, 2008June 5, 2008 by Buckeye Firearms Association

By Chad D. Baus

With pending legislation that reinforces the popular concept that a person’s home is their castle, and a pro-gun Democrat governor who fully supports it, the anti-gun media has had a tough time sustaining the type of barrage against SB184 that was typical of their past assaults against HB12 (Ohio’s Concealed Handgun Licensure Law) and HB367 (Ohio’s Statewide Gun Control Preemption Law).

Their opportunity came last week, however, when the leadership of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police labor union realized that someone has taken their veto stamp away from them. These elitists are having trouble adjusting to the fact that they are subject to citizen control and the citizens have reasserted control over their objections, and the anti-gun media are only happy to give union leaders’ dog and pony show plenty of coverage.

But as an Associated Press story that is being run in newspapers, radio and television across the state shows, more media coverage isn’t necessarily a good thing, either for the police unions OR the journalists who cover them.

Amended SB184 (Castle Doctrine) passed out of House Criminal Justice Committee with a 9-3 vote

Posted on May 27, 2008October 10, 2017 by Buckeye Firearms Association

Buckeye Firearms Association applauds the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee’s 9-3 vote to pass the amended SB184, Ohio’s Castle Doctrine legislation.

SB184 passed the Ohio Senate in April with a 31-0 vote. Before being voted out of committee in the House, it was amended to include technical corrections and improve laws for law-abiding gun owners in Ohio.

The amendment provides a legal way for a person who does not have a concealed handgun license to transport an unloaded firearm in a motor vehicle. It allows a concealed handgun licensee to pick up a child from school, to carry a concealed firearm in one’s own home without a license, to carry concealed in places such as grocery stores that sell alcohol for off-site consumption, to carry concealed in publicly-owned facilities such as park shelters, parking garages, and highway rest stop buildings, and to carry in an unlocked, closed glove compartment or center console.

The amendment also eliminates the written test to re-qualify for a Concealed Handgun License (CHL), defines a “loaded” firearm more clearly, provides for mandatory attorney’s fees when police fail to return a firearm to its rightful owner, lessens the penalty for failure to inform a police officer of one’s status as a CHL-holder if the officer had actual notice of the CHL, and prevents a landlord from evicting a tenant because they lawfully own and/or carry a firearm.

Chairman White on Castle Doctrine: Committee vote Tuesday, Floor vote Wednesday, Senate vote “soon after”

Posted on May 27, 2008May 28, 2008 by Buckeye Firearms Association

According to comments made to the press by House Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John White (R-38), the hundreds if not thousands of calls and letters that have poured into the Statehouse over the weekend have been heard.

White told the Dayton Daily News Saturday that a vote would be taken in committee on Tuesday, followed by a floor vote by the House on Wednesday, and a Senate concurrence vote “soon after”.

What White has not yet indicated is the final form Buckeye Firearms Association- and NRA-backed amendments will take.

CCRKBA says Chicago alderman should suffer like other gun owners

Posted on May 27, 2008May 27, 2008 by Buckeye Firearms Association

BELLEVUE, WA – Chicago Alderman Richard Mell ought to be prosecuted like any other negligent gun owner for failing to re-register his firearms under an ordinance he helped pass, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said recently.

“I don’t care if anti-gun Mayor Richard Daley supports giving Mell a break, and it doesn’t matter that Mell is the father-in-law of Gov. Rod Blagojevich,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “For years, the draconian ordinance supported by Mell and enforced by Daley has terrorized Chicago gun owners. It’s time for Mell to face his own music, and it’s time for Daley to just shut up.”

Mell has proposed an amendment to the existing law that would allow gun registration to re-open for a month, giving him amnesty.

Memorial Day 2008 – Remembering Those Who Gave All to Defend Our Rights

Posted on May 26, 2008May 26, 2008 by Buckeye Firearms Association

By Jim Irvine

We are often thanked for all we do to secure firearms rights in Ohio, but this Memorial Day, it’s important to remember all those who have come before us, and won all of the big battles. It is only through their sacrifice and perseverance that we are able to fight today’s battles.

While it’s easy to get caught up in the moment of your own struggles, our lives as we know them would not be possible without the many victories of our veterans. Again and again they have paid the ultimate sacrifice to secure our freedom.