Ohio Second Amendment March a complete success

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Several hundred Ohioans who share a passion for gun rights advocacy, but who knew they would be unable to make the journey to our nation’s capital on April 19 for the Second Amendment March, gathered at our state capitol in Columbus this past weekend to voice their support for pending concealed carry reform legislation.

Video snippets from Saturday’s march:

It’s not too late to get your bus tickets to D.C. for the big show!

Tickets are still available in the OFCC store.

To hear more about the event from people who were there, join the discussion in the BFA’s Firearms Forum Online.

The anti-gun Brady Campaign’s (anti) Second Amendment census

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By Chad D. Baus

Dear John,

What best describes your feelings about guns? What do you think the Second Amendment means?

We want to know your answers to these questions and to learn more about your preferences.

…As the fight against gun violence continues, our goal is to learn more about you and to develop a better understanding of what you and others think is important in the battle against gun violence.

So begins a recent email to a friend of mine from Paul Helmke, president of the anti-gun group formerly known as Handgun Control, Inc.

Given the promise that “Your responses will directly influence the decisions we make in communicating with more people like you to support our efforts,” I decided it was worth the time taken (about 5 minutes) to complete the survey (even if just for the entertainment value alone).

SB239 (Restaurant Carry & Car Carry Rules Fix) scheduled for proponent testimony in Senate committee

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The Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), will hear proponent testimony on SB239, sponsored by Senator Shannon Jones and Senator Tim Schaffer to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants, and to reduce burdensome restrictions regarding how a license holder must transport a firearm in a car, on Wednesday, April 14 at 10:15 AM in the Senate Building’s South Hearing Room.

“This bill makes Ohio’s laws more consistent with the norm for what other states are doing,” said Senator Jones. “Six years after concealed carry became law in Ohio we have not experienced the lawlessness or ‘doom and gloom’ predictions that some claimed would come true. Ohio gun owners have proven themselves just as responsible as those in other states, and this refinement of our concealed carry laws is a logical next step to help our citizens legally protect themselves and their families.”

Has The Gun Purchase Bubble Burst?

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By Jim Shepherd

For the past few days we’ve been asking our industry contacts, insiders and observers a simple question: has the Obama gun-bubble burst?

Since President Obama’s election, certain segments of the firearms industry have been running at full -and beyond- capacity. Some, myself included, were quick to attribute the early surge in firearms and ammunition purchases to a fear that the Obama administration would move – quickly- against firearms. That, fortunately, has not happened.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been hearing – quietly- of cutbacks, layoffs and other “right-sizing” going on at companies where extra shifts were the order of the day only a few weeks ago. With ammo supplies building up, components for reloading becoming more readily available, and the economy still wavering, it seemed the firearms industry might be slowing.

With that in mind, we’ve visited retailers, talked with distributors, manufacturers and industry observers with a single, simple question: has the Obama bubble burst?

We even asked you- our readers- for your insights, based on your own local experiences.

From those conversations, phone calls, observations and email exchanges, it has become abundantly clear there are two distinctly different schools of thought on the matter.

NSSF/Harris Poll: Target Shooting, Home Defense Top-ranked

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A new National Shooting Sports Foundation poll conducted by Harris Interactive found that more Americans are target shooting now than six months ago, and that “home and personal defense” were the main reasons Americans recently purchased firearms.

The poll also showed that 43 percent of respondents, which equates to nearly 98 million people, expressed some level of interest in participating in the shooting sports or hunting

“Last year was a banner year for lawful firearm sales, and the results of this poll suggest the desires for personal security and recreation were drivers of most of those purchases,” said Steve Sanetti, president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, trade association for the firearms industry. “The poll also reaffirms something we’ve known for a long time—that many millions of Americans want to try target shooting or hunting and are just waiting for an invitation from an experienced shooter to go to the range or afield. So, firearms owners, what are you waiting for? Make that invitation and share the enjoyment of recreational shooting or hunting with someone eager to go.”

The online survey was conducted March 16-18 by Harris Interactive, which performs periodic surveys for NSSF on shooting and hunting participation. The questions were asked of general population adults 18 and over.

Findings from the NSSF/Harris poll include:

Retail stores and open carry: Responsible gun owners can knock down inaccurate stereo-types

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By Jim Irvine

Across the nation, the media have been reporting on the controversy that some nationwide chains have found themselves in regarding store policy on firearms. In “Stores Land in Gun-Control Crossfire,” the Wall Street Journal examines how Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and other stores who allow guns are attracting law-abiding, gun-carrying customers. Best Buy spokesman Sue Nehring says, “Our practice is to comply with local and state laws.” So what is the controversy?

Don’t send your other to jail: Get your concealed handgun licenses together!

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By Bruce Knodel

Spring is in the air and the daffodils are coming up. It is time once again to be thinking about self defense training and obtaining that CCW license you have been mulling around in your mind for the past two or three years.

O.K. Now you’ve made up your mind, and you’re going to go get the training you need to apply for an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL). You may even have talked to me about one of my spring classes. If you’ve talked to me, you know I’ve mentioned this to you. If you have talked to some of the other people who are offering classes and training, chances are they did not mention the most important person in your life. That person is your spouse, your spouse-to-be in a coming wedding, your significant other, or just a close companion living in the same house with you.

Have you ever stopped to think the potential ramifications of your having and holding a CHL and their not having one? Let’s take a couple minutes to look at this seriously:

The national news’ perverted priorities: Heroics ignored while villains become famous

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By Tim Inwood

Atrocities go national, but heroic news is buried. Why?

For many years it has irritated me a great deal what the national media decides is worthy to become national news. On April 1, I sat reading of a drive-by shooting in my old stomping grounds, Washington D.C. In the shooting, four were killed and five were wounded. Sensational stories dealing with the misuse of firearms always seem to make the headlines, and if the body count is high enough they go national. However, we almost never hear of a positive use of a firearm in the defense of the innocent stopping a slaughter.

In May of 2007 I wrote an article for BuckeyeFirearms.org entitled “Time for the sun to set on the Culture of Sheep .” In the article, I discussed how our culture indoctrinates us to the victim or sheep mentality of not fighting back or defending one’s self. I regret to report that there has been little improvement in the three years since I penned that article. In those years the media have continued to harp on the negative.

Ohio Spring Turkey Hunting Season Opens April 19

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Youth-only hunt set for Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18

Spring wild turkey hunting opens in all 88 Ohio counties on Monday, April 19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The season continues through Sunday, May 16.

“Although last year we experienced one of the poorest wild turkey hatches we have seen in recent years, good numbers of two-year-old gobblers should be available in many areas this spring,” said ODNR Wildlife Biologist Mike Reynolds.

Hunters harvested 20,710 wild turkeys during last year’s youth and spring turkey seasons. Reynolds added that Ohio’s current wild turkey population is around 200,000. He anticipates as many as 70,000 people, not counting private landowners hunting on their own property, will enjoy Ohio’s popular spring wild turkey season.

Firearms Industry Concerned Over United Nations Request for Firearms Trace Data

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U.N. Gun BanThe National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry – has learned that the United Nations has filed its first firearms trace request. The move by the United Nations, which has long advocated for civilian disarmament, raised concerns from the NSSF.

“Firearms trace data is a law enforcement tool to help aid in specific criminal investigations,” said NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane. “Our concerns with this trace request stem from UN-efforts to impose arms trade control treaties that would lead to a ban on the civilian possession and ownership of firearms, possibly even in the United States despite Second Amendment protections and the recent Supreme Court decision (Heller v. District of Columbia) reaffirming that Americans have an individual right to keep and bear arms.”

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