Couple moves in next to 60 year-old Boy Scout camp, complains about noise from shooting range

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By Chad D. Baus

Northeast Ohio media outlets are reporting on a Henrietta Township (Lorain Co.) trustee meeting that heard complaints from a couple who bought their “dream house” next to the 60 year-old Firelands (Boy) Scout Reservation and shooting range.

“It’s constant banging all day long,” Deborah Banyas whined to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Even if we go in the house, close the windows and turn up music, it’s loud. It never stops.”

Banyas and her husband, Terry Speer, live on their 20-acre property, home to their Riverdog Art Studio, where the two artists make sculptures. The story says they have a hard time working with all the racket coming from the 450-acre reservation next door.

Is it just me, or is this something akin to moving in next to railroad tracks and complaining about the trains?

Ohio CHL-holder defends life when ambushed in broad daylight

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Several media outlets are reporting that police are looking for a man who attempted the ambush-style robbery of a Concealed Handgun License-holder in broad daylight Tuesday in Lancaster. Instead of receiving the $7,000 his victim was carrying in anticipation of purchasing some construction equipment, the robber was instead on the receiving end of his intended victim’s .38 caliber revolver.

Polls show tepid support for McCain among gun owners

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By Chad D. Baus

Politico.com is reporting that, while few hunters are pining for a day in the woods with Barack Obama, a surprising number of sportsmen say they’ll vote for him – far more than backed Al Gore or goose-hunting John Kerry.

Citing a Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation poll released Wednesday, the Politico story notes that John McCain leads former Joyce Foundation board member Barack Obama by 45 to 31 percent. The story notes this is only about half the 27-point edge respondents say they gave George W. Bush over Kerry four years ago and far short of the 65-to-15 percent margin gun owners gave to Bush over Gore in 2000.

What SB184 means to you: Part VII – “Class D” victim zones

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By Jim Irvine

SB184 is 75 pages. It will go into effect on September 09, 2008. This is part of a series of articles looking at specific sections of the bill and how it will affect you. Keep in mind that I am not an attorney and this does not constitute legal advice. Concealed carry license holders are required to read the Attorney General guide. I highly recommend “The Ohio Guide to Firearms Laws” by Ken Hanson, Esq. (NOW AVAILABLE: Update for SB184).

Of all the places concealed handgun licensees (CHL’s) are banned from carrying a gun, the ban in “any room in which liquor is being dispensed” was the one we were most often asked to address. While this section is greatly improved, we expect it to continue to be one of the most hated by gun owners, as it still bans carry in restaurants that serve alcohol, regardless of whether the CHL is under the influence of alcohol or not.

If this is an important issue to you, make sure your legislator understands your concern on this issue. It will continue to be a political hot button to fix.

Meet the Brady Center’s newest “Assault Weapon”: Your Upland/Waterfowl/Skeet/Trap shooting shotgun

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By Jeff Riley

In an earlier article published on Buckeye Firearms Association we exposed the Brady Center for the Prevention of Gun Violence’s call for banning “any ammunition that can penetrate ballistic armor” worn by Law Enforcement. This of course would ban almost any rifle ammunition used by big game and deer hunters in the United States. For years gun-grabbers like the Brady Center have claimed that they aren’t after your hunting guns. As the old saying goes “Actions speak louder than words”. Not content to go after deer hunters rifles by calling them intermediate sniper rifles, now they have targeted your grandaddy’s bird gun.

Britain’s Newest Epidemic

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By Gerard Valentino

The knife violence in Britain has reached epidemic proportions according to an article at Dailymail.co.uk, an online news agency in England.

From the story:

SIX stabbed to death in just 24 hours as Blade Britain’s knife epidemic spirals out of control

The scourge of knife crime gripping Britain has reached new depths with six murders across the country in less than 24 hours.

Four of the killings were in London in an appalling day of bloodshed.

Americans recognize the sensational headlines and use of the term epidemic to describe the actions of common criminals because of articles by the U.S. media that use the same format but vilify guns instead of knives. The nature of this type of news reporting makes it obvious they are used to sway public opinion against guns, or knives or the use of self-defense by the average citizen.

When Britain outlawed guns (and self-defense), their elected officials claimed that the impending domestic tranquility would make them the envy of the world.

Gun-rights activists in the United States knew better and made the now vindicated argument that it would not stop criminals from plying their deadly trade. Without guns to blame, the media in Britain has started to warm of the dangers of citizens with knives. Clearly ignoring the obvious fact that regardless of whether the tool is a gun, knife, computer or well executed con-game, there are people in society willing to prey on others.

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