By Jeff Knox
When a New York City police officer caught a .32 caliber slug in his ribs last week, Mayor Mike Bloomberg was quick to question how the career criminal and convicted felon was able to obtain the gun. I’m afraid that the question is going to lead to attempts at broader restrictions on more items in New York and elsewhere because it’s possible that the gun involved in the shooting might not be a firearm.
That might not make much sense, but firearms laws generally don’t.
By Jim Irvine
Thanks to your generous support and involvement, Buckeye Firearms Association continues to grow in dollars, in people, and (as a result) in influence. Money and people equals power in politics – and you have contributed greatly this year, even in such harsh economic times. Your all-volunteer leaders at Buckeye Firearms Association continued to be humbled by the trust you put in us and motivated to keep up with your rising expectations.
The most anti-gun Presidential in our nation’s history has demanded that we become more involved in Federal issues. Thanks to your support, we have been able to step up in an area where we used to be non-existent. This change is not a replacement for our involvement in Ohio; in fact we have continued to strengthen our leadership role on our home front.
For the first time in recent history we saw the Ohio legislature pass positive reforms for us before the first summer recess. Your voices are being heard by your legislature, and even those who are not “pro-gun” are at least gaining an understanding for why firearms rights are important to all of Ohio.
By Jim Irvine
Are you sick of the same old politicians? Do you with there was a candidate who understood your life and your issues? Do you and your friends wish there was someone like you on the ballot? Tired of having to “compromise” in the voting booth? Now is your chance to have that perfect candidate. He or she is looking back at you in that mirror. Maybe now is the time for you to run for office.
Never held office before? No problem. Every politician starts somewhere and run that first time. Many of our state legislators had never been elected to anything until they were elected to their current jobs. You can be one of them and start working from within to make government more like what you think it should be.
The New York Daily News is reporting that, like America’s first soldiers at the Battle of Brooklyn, NYC resident Michael Littlejohn is fighting for his right to bear arms.
And his fight proves beyond any doubt that, despite their claims, gun banners want ALL guns.
By Gerard Valentino
The gloves are officially off in the Ohio gubernatorial race.
During a recent campaign speech in Youngstown, presumptive Republican nominee John Kasich ripped Governor Ted Strickland’s time in office as a third term of Bob Taft. There are few things in Ohio politics worse than being compared to former Governor Taft, who presided over statewide economic disaster and the ethical meltdown of the Ohio GOP.
When he left office, some polls showed Taft’s approval rating at an unheard of 15%. His political career was in such a shambles at the end of his second term that his own Party chose to override his veto of HB347, which reformed Ohio’s concealed carry laws.
There are few characters in Ohio politics as reviled as Taft, yet it isn’t equating Strickland to one of Ohio’s political failures that will help the Kasich campaign. By tying Strickland to Taft, it distances Kasich’s run from the failures of his own Party.
By Gerard Valentino
WCMH TV, Columbus’ NBC affiliate is reporting a home owner shot and killed an armed home invader who entered his house on the city’s Southwest Side. Also home at the time, according to the report, was a 5 year-old relative of the homeowner, a woman, and another man who is bedridden.
By Gerard Valentino
There is an old saying that “if it plays in Peoria, it will play anywhere.” Thankfully, Peoria, IL mayor Jim Ardis is now on record as supporting concealed carry in Illinois, and wants Peoria to be the test city.
Additionally, the Peoria Journal Star is reporting that the Illinois Sheriff Association has also passed a resolution in favor of legal concealed carry.
By Chad D. Baus
One week after ignoring thousands of phone calls from his constituents and helping a Democrat filibuster kill nationwide CCW reciprocity, Republican Senator George Voinovich of Ohio told editors at the Columbus Dispatch he knows what the Republican party’s biggest problem is.
According to the anti-gun Senator, who has decided to retire after recognizing a 2010 re-election bid would meet the same fate as anti-gun Mike DeWine’s did in 2006, Ohioans just can’t relate to pro-gun Republicans from the South.
Imagine you’re visiting Idaho or Arizona. A cop pulls you over and asks to see your driver’s license. Then, even though your license is current, he draws his sidearm, cuffs you, and…
As we reported July 17, NRA has announced its opposition to the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Subsequent to that announcement, on July 24, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, and NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox sent a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and all members of the U.S. Senate giving notice that NRA-ILA will be scoring Senators based on their vote.