By Alan Korwin It is a most dangerous game we’re playing here. The major “news” outlets seemed to agree with my assessment (and I went out on a limb with that, 12…
Author: Buckeye Firearms Association
Our Biggest Problem: Anti-gun Gun Owners
By Gerard Valentino
The District of Columbia v. Heller case was argued before the United States Supreme Court just a few days ago. If the arguments were indicative of the final ruling, gun owners are in for the victory of our lifetime – or any lifetime. It will take months for the ruling to come down and as usual, different factions of gun owners are hoping for different outcomes.
Self-defense advocates and those who believe the 2nd Amendment affirms the right to carry a gun at all times for protection are hoping for a broad ruling that strikes down all restrictive gun bans.
There is another large faction of gun owners, however, who don’t really care whether the D.C gun ban is upheld. They are the type who live with their head in the sand and refuse to acknowledge they are part of the problem. Instead, they are either only interested in owning a gun for hunting, or only want a gun for home defense and don’t see a need to go through life armed.
While gun owners who believe in the right to bear arms for self-defense accept the right of hunters and other factions of gun owners to hold their beliefs, the opposite isn’t always the case. A visit to a recent hunting trade show exposed many of the hunting gun owners for being as agreeable to the confiscation of handguns, or ban on their ownership, as anyone from the anti-gun Brady gang.
Diligence Required (Angst Need not Apply)
By Gerard Valentino
There is a great deal of angst in the pro-gun movement over the impending ascendancy of anti-gun politicians to the presidency. All three current presidential contenders have serious black marks on their gun resume.
Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have long-standing ties to the anti-gun movement and want to reinstate the expired ban on semi-automatic rifles. Clinton has often listed her husband’s 1994 assault weapons ban as one of “their” greatest legacies. McCain has for years crusaded to close the mythical gun show loophole and has tried unsuccessfully to ban gun shows completely.
Anti-gun organizations like the Brady gang are quick to point out that the stained pedigree of the three presidential contenders is proof the anti-gun movement is about to rise again. But as usual, the anti-gun con-men are misreading the tea leaves.
Sportsmen and Candidates Will Get an Opportunity to Visit and Discuss Issues at Candidates Reception
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Leaders from the Ohio sportsmen’s community will be meeting with state and federal legislative candidates next month, rubbing elbows and voicing their concerns at the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance 2008 Candidates Reception.
Most notably this year, the event is being sponsored and co-hosted by the Ohio Republican Party and the Ohio Democratic Party. Leaders from both organizations will address those in attendance, and will encourage their candidates to make the event a priority.
Op-Ed: Heller Case Goes Better Than Expected
By Alan Korwin
The bottom line is, I think we’re going to be OK.
When Justice Kennedy flat out said he believes in an individual right under the Second Amendment, there were no gasps in the hush of the High Court, but you could tell the greatest stellar array of gun-rights experts ever assembled, all there in that one room, breathed a sigh of relief — we had five votes to affirm the human and civil right to arms.
Rapist charged with illegally having handguns
By Gerard Valentino
The Port Clinton News Herald is reporting that a convicted rapist was arrested and charged with possessing a firearm while under disability. This incident marks yet another example of how the laws currently in place, if properly enforced, take illegal guns out of the hands of criminals.
Legislators fail the Second Amendment when gun owners fail first
By Gerard Valentino
There can be little doubt that gun control debate in the United States is far from over. Even with Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton refusing to admit their continued willingness to kneel at the altar of gun control, there can be little doubt they will work to disarm honest Americans if elected.
Everyone who takes the time to objectively investigate the gun control issue is forced to admit that it has been a dismal failure, and Americans have only one group of people to blame for that failure. It isn’t the gun control schemers, or even anti-gun mayors who are willing to sue the gun companies for the sins of common criminals. Oddly enough, it isn’t even the criminals who can be held responsible only for their own brutal actions, but not for the thousands of Americans who were disarmed in the face of senseless attacks.
Only one group can lay claim to holding the key to falling for the gun control con and then not doing enough to fix the damage – our nation’s legislators.
They are the only people who have acted in complete disregard for the safety of honest people by passing laws that took away the best tool of self-defense, the firearm.
Concealed Carry On Campus…workplace…airports..public buildings…
Keep Your Hands Off My . . . Burdens.
By John Longenecker
Numerous articles are surfacing in support of concealed carry of handguns for students, faculty and visitors. I support Concealed Carry Of Weapons [CCW] for students and visitors, but not for faculty.
Faculty is too ever-present and recognizable. All a shooter need do is identify them and avoid them. Liberty enthusiasts observe that it is yet another freezing out of the individual citizen – the supreme authority in all things in this country – and a return to centralization of power collected away from the constituent. It just means more dependency on officials and a denial of our carrying our own burdens.
Articles oppose CCW for the silliest of reasons, namely how uncomfortable they feel, how they fear shootings from drunk or otherwise impaired students, accusations of settling dispute sin anger. Even the Virginia Tech Review Panel gets it wrong when it cites intoxicated police as its best evidence example of how guns and alcohol don’t mix. They don’t, but armed citizens do mix with any human endeavor. Virginia Tech is hardly the model of how to complete the assignment and hand it in. Since when is discomfort a measure of a civil right? Since Independence impeaches the need for liberals and earns them the social disrespect they suffer.
Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday’s Buckeye State Roundabout
By Chris Chumita
There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention.
What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens.
From criminals running for Cleveland City Council to a man who was trying to stop a hostage situation being shot by the police, these articles being told to stop calling 911 before she was murderedshould be a part of your required reading!
What follows is several days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis.
Anti-Gun Schemers – More Crow for Dinner Tonight
By Gerard Valentino and Brian Stewart
The Texas Department of Public Safety released the number of concealed carry license holders convicted of crimes in 2005. In yet another embarrassing defeat to the anti-gun schemers, permit holders in Texas proved to be in the 99th percentile of all law-abiding citizens. What that means is you are less likely to be a victim of a crime perpetrated by a license holder in Texas, than you are likely to see Sarah Brady make a straw purchase of a shotgun for her son.