By Jeff Knox Dr. Ignatius Piazza, founder of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, is fond of talking about “the comfort of skill at arms.” It’s not only a part of his sales…
Toledo Blade editors wish recent robbery victims had been unarmed
By Gerard Valentino
The Ohio media’s opposition stance on changing laws to protect innocent people was inexplicable, until now. In the wake of two separate incidents recently where Toledo retail store workers used firearms to defend against armed robbers, The Toledo Blade has finally come right out and said that society would be a better place if criminals, not honest people, had the upper hand in an armed encounter.
In an appalling show of compassion for lawless thugs, editors at The Blade openly argued that responding to a deadly threat with deadly force is a detriment to society. Only by twisting logic can The Blade make the argument that when a bad guy’s plan to rob defenseless innocent people is thwarted by an honest citizen, the responsibility for the outcome lies with the victim.
Somehow, The Blade wants people to give the thug setting the situation in motion a pass, and instead wants society to pass judgment on an honest person who took their personal safety seriously.
But, at least The Toledo Blade had the guts to finally admit what many already suspected – the editors really prefer Ohioans to be unarmed victims.
Ladies Day Outdoors: BFA’s Larry Moore interviews two of the many women who are joining the hunt
By Larry S. Moore
Women represent the fastest growing segment of the shooting sports and hunting.
The National Sporting Goods Association survey results indicated that women participating in hunting increased by 75 percent over the last five years. The Association estimates there are 3 million women hunting and as many as 5 million shooting regularly. The number of women hunting with bows has increased by 176 percent.
I talked to two women who recently started hunting to get their views.
USSA: Administration Document Could Spell Trouble for Sportsmen
A leaked memo from the U.S. Department of the Interior reveals plans to set aside millions of acres of federal lands, currently open to a multitude of users, as new “National Monuments.” Basically, these designations could be established by a stroke of President Obama’s pen with no oversight.
The memo identifies approximately 13 million acres in nine western states for “National Monument” designation under the 1906 Antiquities Act. The Act allows the President to make these designations without Congressional approval or local input.
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) is deeply concerned as prior Monument designations have caused trouble for hunters and wildlife conservation. For example, President Carter created millions of acres of National Park Service Monuments in Alaska which immediately closed the areas to sport hunting. It took a subsequent act of Congress to undo many of these hunting closures.
Early opponents to SB239 singing the same tired song
By Chad D. Baus
Many of the usual characters have come out with early opposition to SB239, Ohio’s restaurant carry and car carry reform bill.
But after years of hearing the same old, tired warnings, and years of experience which prove their predictions false, I’m hopeful their predictably dire warnings, some of which are outlined below, will be given much less attention in the Statehouse this year.
SB239 (Restaurant Carry & Car Carry Rules Fix) scheduled for sponsor/ proponent testimony in Senate committee
The Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), will hear sponsor and proponent testimony on SB239, introduced this week 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, March 24 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.”
When you exhaust your options to avoid a crime, then what?
By Gerard Valentino According to a story published on Toledoonthemove.com the Toledo Police are recommending that women lock their car doors to combat a crime spree in the area that includes violent…
FLASH: SB239 assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice
Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce that SB239, introduced this week 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, has received a committee assignment.
Attempted robbery foiled when intended victim pulls gun
Columbus’ NBC affiliate, WCMH, is reporting that another Ohio concealed handgun license-holder was able to protect himself from an attempted robbery.
Headline: “Women a ‘driving force’ in Ohio handgun sales”
The Mansfield News-Journal is reporting that the influx of new concealed handgun licenses comes as the image of the average gun owner — a middle-aged man — is changing.