Pilots at America’s Airlines have an inside perspective on how red tape and politics are getting in the way of airline security. Here’s what they’ve told us. Despite the will of the…
Apprenticeship hunting licenses help continue Ohio’s sporting traditions
By Jon Husted
Like many hunters this season, I continued a tradition I started as a youth – deer hunting. Breathing the crisp, cool air and being in nature provides a nice change of pace from the hustle and bustle of the Statehouse. While my work as an elected official is important, it is always nice to take a few hours to enjoy the challenge and practice the discipline of deer hunting.
Recently, I have spoken with several people who were able to start new outdoor traditions with their sons and daughters thanks to Ohio’s Apprenticeship Hunting program. The program was created by House Bill 296 during my time as Speaker of the House. I thought it important to give young Ohioans who are accompanied by a fully-licensed mentor, 21 years or older, the opportunity to hunt. With the passage of the measure, the door has been opened to new outdoor sportsmen and women, and allows a time-honored tradition to be more easily passed on to future generations.
The policial climate is right for pro-gun leaders to swing for the fences!
By Jeff Knox
In politics, like baseball, there is a time to bunt and a time to swing for the fence. This year is ripe for home runs. The political climate this year offers a unique opportunity for rights advocates to make major gains – both legislatively and politically. To make those gains we need to pull out all of the stops and go big.
The election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts was clear proof that voters are unhappy. Politicians who were already concerned about disgruntled voters are now terrified as they look toward the November elections. Pundits and analysts can spin the Brown victory any way they wish but the facts are clear. Voters are not happy with the way Democrats have exercised control of both houses of Congress and the Presidency. The backlash won’t stop at congressional elections and the local politicians know it. Many state legislators rode the wave of Democrat ascendancy to gain control of their state legislatures and as they watch that wave crashing on the rocks, they know they have a serious fight on the way this November.
Buckeye Firearms Association’s Jim Irvine on Armed American Radio
Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine was a guest on the Armed American Radio Network Sunday, January 31 at 8:45 p.m. Jim discussed aviation security and the armed pilots program with Armed…
Republican councilwoman rethinking stance on guns in parks
By Chad D. Baus
Yesterday, the Dayton Daily News published a story entitled “Law allowing guns in parks irks Beavercreek councilwoman,” which addressed comments made by Beavercreek Councilwoman Phyllis Howard at a January 25 council meeting.
In the story, Howard is quoted as saying she opposed efforts to change to an ordinance prohibiting guns in public parks to comply with a state law passed in 2007 and upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, calling the idea that anyone would want to carry a concealed firearm in a public park “ridiculous.”
Today, Howard met with fellow Greene County Republican Central committee member and Buckeye Firearms Association Region Leader Larry S. Moore, and we are pleased to report that Howard is now rethinking her stance on the issue.
Protest organizer at Ohio gun show admits necessary laws already in place
By Chad D. Baus
Last October, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg released video taken by people he paid to attend gun shows in Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada. The anti-gun mayor, who has had several Ohio mayors quit his gun control front group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (with many saying they were misled, and others saying they had never agreed to join the first place), claimed the heavily-edited video was proof of “just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns — no questions asked.”
While it is clear that Mayor Bloomberg has exceeded his authority and has no business doing investigations in Ohio, while it appears likely that his “investigators” have also broken the law, and while all the conduct he complains of is already illegal and prohibited, the fact is there is a critical threat to gun shows that won’t go away.
The latest salvo launched in the war against gun shows came last weekend, as a “statewide liberal advocacy group” gathered across the street from a gun show at the Sharonville Convention Center, drawing the attention of a willing media.
But even as protest organizer Brian Rothenberg called upon city leaders to impose mandatory background checks on all gun sales, he inadvertently admitted that no such changes in the law are necessary.
Republican councilwoman calls law allowing guns in parks “ridiculous”
January 29, 2010 UPDATE : Republican councilwoman rethinking stance on guns in parks
By Chad D. Baus
Dayton Daily News writer Christopher Magan is reporting that the City of Beavercreek is considering a change to an ordinance prohibiting guns in public parks to comply with a state law passed in 2007 and upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008. “Unfortunately,” Magan editorializes (in what is purported to be a news story), “the City Council has no choice.”
The story, entitled “Law allowing guns in parks irks Beavercreek councilwoman,” notes that the move to restore rights to persons with concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) has at least one local official upset.
When it comes to gun rights, there is still plenty of need to preach to the choir
By Jeff Knox
I recently wrote about the need for preaching to the choir – too many of our own friends, family members, and fellow shooters are woefully uninformed about the fight for liberty. A chance conversation in a hardware store this week really brought home just how much work there is to do beyond the choir room doors.
At the hardware store I got into a conversation with a fellow shopper. As conversations with me tend to do, it wasn’t long before we were talking about guns and gun laws. The fellow’s wife had joined the conversation by this time and while his reaction was troubling, her reaction was down right scary.
Ohio Wildlife Council Hears 2010-11 Hunting Regulations Proposals
Regulations on white-tailed deer to be heard at February 3 meeting
Ohio sportsmen may notice a few changes in next year’s hunting and trapping regulations, based on proposals presented January 6 to the Ohio Wildlife Council by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
September 1 is again proposed as the kick-off date for the state’s fall hunting seasons–with the opening of squirrel and dove hunting. Other proposed hunting and trapping rules and season dates will be similar to those now in effect, with only slight changes to fall and spring hunting dates.
Young hunters age 17 and under should again be able to hunt statewide for rabbit, pheasant and all other legal game in season during two designated weekends, October 16 -17 and 23 – 24. Spring youth turkey season is proposed for April 16 – 17, 2011.
The remainder of the proposals concerning Ohio’s white-tailed deer hunting will be heard during a separate Wildlife Council meeting on February 3.
Concealed carry applicants jumped 500% in some northwest Ohio counties; Sheriffs offer words of caution to criminals
By Chad D. Baus
The Lima News is reporting that the number of people obtaining licenses to carry a concealed handgun exploded in 2009 to as high as 500 percent in some northwest Ohio counties.
And that has county sheriffs offering words of caution – to criminals:
“I hope criminals think twice before they attempt to steal from someone or harm someone,” remarked Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon.
Allen County Sheriff Sam Crish added, “With the numbers growing, it’s a huge risk if you’re committing some type of offense you don’t know who may be carrying.”