Two hours for gun rights: A gorgeous autumn afternoon (and a Great Dane)

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Earlier this month, Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson wrote an article entitled “Ohio Voting Has Begun – What Have You Done For A Pro-Gun Candidate Today?”, saying “Buckeye Firearms Association believes that every effort must be made to aid pro-gun candidates, whatever office. Please feel free to submit your own stories, which we will run periodically to help encourage others to emulate your efforts.”

The following is from Buckeye Firearms Association volunteer Breda, of The Breda Fallacy weblog. Please continue to volunteer for pro-gun candidates, and send in your stories!

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For two hours* yesterday, during a gorgeous autumn afternoon, Mike and I went door-to-door for the GOP campaign and since I like taking walks in the sunshine and meeting new people, it was actually kind of fun.

Except for the dogs – I forgot about the dogs. Being a cat person, I block out forget that other people oftentimes have very large beasts in their homes that will freak out when you ring the bell, throwing themselves at the door and making enough of a ruckus to wake the dead. I had two terriers when I was growing up so I don’t dislike dogs, not at all. They are perfectly lovely creatures and fine companions. But after years of living with only cats, to me dogs seem a little…crazy. Unpredictable. All that barking and jumping. And the slobber. (& don’t get me started on the crotch sniffing – how rude.)

Anyway, at the third house I went up to, I heard a loud barking. A loud baritone barking. I looked up from my clipboard only to find the dog making eye contact with me though the window. Now, I know I’m not that tall, but when a predator is big enough to look me in the eye I tend to start considering my fight or flight options. But I had a duty, I was volunteering! So I took two steps back and plastered a big, nervous smile on my face, hoping for the best.

The Death of Proportional Representation

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By Ken Hanson, Esq.

One man, one vote. A famous slogan most of us have heard before, and none of us disagree with.

That notion has officially died in Ohio, all courtesy of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

As you are probably aware, Ohio held “early voting” this year, wherein people could walk into a polling place, register to vote and then cast the vote immediately. This occurred due to some poor wording in Ohio’s law, wherein there was a period of several days where early/absentee voting had begun, yet the instant voter registration period had not yet expired. While this, in itself, is not particularly heinous, the way Jennifer Brunner has implemented the process is treasonous.

2008 Ladies Only Defensive Pistol Clinic

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Buckeye Firearms and the Central Ohio Defensive Pistol League have teamed up to offer you a unique opportunity to gain an overview of IDPA as a competitive shooting sport.

“IDPA is shooting sport that uses practical equipment including full charge service ammunition to solve simulated ‘real world’ self defense scenarios.” Although IDPA competitions have practical, real world applications this is not a tactical or self defense class.

This clinic is designed to give you practical experience with your firearm by shooting IDPA scenarios. We will start the clinic in the classroom to review safety issues, range rules and to give you an overview of IDPA. We will then move to the shooting bays in order to shoot the scenarios that will already be set up.

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday’s Buckeye State Roundabout

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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 police recruits with records to an elderly woman being injured in a home invasion, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

What follows is several days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis.

Chairman of “non-partisan” Ohio Wildlife Council stumps for Obama

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By Larry S. Moore

Mr. Lee Howley, Chairman of the Ohio Wildlife Council, recently distributed an editorial to media outlets across Ohio. Mr. Howley’s editorial is titled, “Guns shouldn’t be the only issue for sportsmen”. It puts forth a position that the Presidential election should be about more than guns for Ohio sportsmen. While his letter carefully does not mention Barack Obama, it certainly parrots the position of the Obama campaign, the Americans Hunters and Shooters Association, and others who support the Democratic candidate for President.

Mr. Howley’s letter is troubling on several points. I do not believe Mr. Howley should have signed his letter as “Chairman of the Ohio Wildlife Council”. I regularly attend the Ohio Wildlife Council meetings, although I have missed the last couple. I have checked and do not find any reference to the Ohio Wildlife Council approving any resolution or action authorizing Mr. Howley to pen his letter under the direction of the Ohio Wildlife Council. In my opinion, Mr. Howley signed the letter as the Chairman in order to convey influence and knowledge in an attempt to get more editors to publish the letter and to sway unknowing sportsmen to Obama.

Op-Ed: Taking aim at Obama’s stance on gun control

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The candidate says he supports the right to bear arms. The record says otherwise.

By John R. Lott Jr.

Barack Obama claims he is a friend of gun owners. He certainly has convinced the media.

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times said the NRA’s opposition to Obama seemed strange because “Obama does not oppose gun rights. He has made a point of pounding this home to rural audiences, telling them he has no intention of taking their guns away: not their shotguns, not their handguns, not anything.”

From the Boston Globe to FactCheck.org, the media and their watchdogs have uncritically recited Obama’s statement that he believes there is an individual right to own guns. How does Brooks Jackson, FactCheck.org’s director, explain the NRA’s opposition to Obama? He says: “They are lying. . . . They are just making this up.”

Yet, while the media and their checkers take Obama’s current statements about his beliefs at face value, the NRA doesn’t. So who is right?

Not Your Typical School Shooting

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By Linda Walker

In modern times, the words “school” and “shooting” put together, always rocks us parents to our knees. We hear the headline news about another school shooting and instantly fear for our childrens lives, regardless of whether they are elementary age or college age or anything in between.

Recently I witnessed something I have not witnessed in three decades! Yes, you can put the words school and shooting together in the very best sense of the words. Let me explain.

Strickland to Ohio gun owners: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

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One day after the National Rifle Association endorsed “Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin for President and Vice President respectively”, Barack Obama attempted to continue his efforts to hide his anti-gun record from voters.

News outlets across the nation on Friday reported on Ohio Governor Ted Strickland’s attempts to assure gun owners that they have nothing to fear from an Obama administration.

Strickland, the NRA “A”-rated governor who is also a former Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee, told the press that “as a result of direct conversations that I’ve had with Barack Obama, if you are a sportsman, if you are a gun owner, if you are someone that honors and respects the Second Amendment – you have nothing to fear from Barack Obama and I want you to spread the word throughout this great part of our great state.”

The mantra heard repeatedly across this state over the weekend has been “you have nothing to fear. Spread the word. Ted Strickland said so.”

When Ted Strickland picked vehemently anti-gun Lee Fisher as a running mate, we did not worry – because we knew where Strickland stood on our issue, and that Fisher was not going to change him.

Likewise, we know where former Joyce Foundation board member Obama stands on our issue, and no amount of glowing comments from Governor Strickland will change the fact that Obama is a grave enemy to all gun owners. Hunters. Trap and Skeet shooters. Competitive shooters. Concealed carry license-holders. Plinkers. And most of all anyone who would use a gun to defend themselves or their family.

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