Idaho tries to attract firearm manufacturers By Joshua Palmer Idaho has taken its first step in an aggressive campaign to attract gun manufacturers and other outdoor recreation industries. Known as the Recreational…
Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday’s Buckeye State Roundabout
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 a shooting at a recreation center to a pizza delivery driver getting robbed, these articles should be a part of your required reading!
Click “Read More…” for several days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis.
Another sign John McCain is the wrong choice for gun owners
By Chad D. Baus
As if there wasn’t already plenty of evidence that Senator John McCain is the wrong choice for pro-gun Republicans in the Presidential primary, the Columbus Dispatch has added one more item to the list:
The specter of Mike DeWine as U.S. Attorney General.
Op-Ed: Damon Wells wants his gun – and his life – back
Grassroots gun owners have likely not forgotten the name Damon Wells, the concealed handgun license (CHL)-holder who defended himself from a violent attempted robbery in his front yard back in April 2007….
Your Ohio legislators need to hear from you
When the 127th General Assembly was sworn in at the beginning of 2007, there were high hopes among gun owners. Although Republicans lost their super-majorities in both chambers of the legislature, Ohio voters had preserved a strong pro-gun majority in the House and Senate, and for the first time in recent memory, they had elected a truly pro-gun Governor in Democrat Ted Strickland.
More than half of the tenure of the 127th General Assembly is now over, and soon gun owners will once again be called upon to support their elected officials through volunteering, campaign donations, spreading the word to friends and family, etc.
Unfortunately, progress on several emergency action items and other pro-gun legislation has been incredibly slow, and unless significant progress is made in the coming months, it is highly unlikely that gun owners are going to be willing to pour their blood, sweat and tears into the 2008 campaigns.
Buckeye’s Ken Hanson authors article in latest national USCCA mag
The United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) is a national organization focusing on concealed carry. Their magazine is “Concealed Carry Magazine.” The latest issue is full of good information, including a Feature Article by Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson.
League of Ohio Sportsmen Celebrate 100 Years of Conservation
The League of Ohio Sportsmen will celebrate its 100th Anniversary with a Centennial Convention to be held February 15-17, 2008 in Columbus. The League was founded in 1908 by a coalition of Ohio sportsmen who were concerned with the plight of the state’s fish, wildlife and other natural resources.
In 1908 there were no deer or wild turkeys in Ohio. Fish populations in the state’s streams and rivers were depleted. Many common wildlife species of today were absent or at record lows. Very few conservation organizations in the United States have a longer tenure than the League of Ohio Sportsmen.
The Centennial Convention will highlight the history of the League and the magnificent conservation success stories over the last century while also looking into the future of hunting, fishing and wildlife conservation in Ohio.
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Create an account on this site. This will allow us to sort our large contact list by legislative district. Why is this important? Whether to help with a campaign or to show…
DDN anti-gun editorial is wrong, no matter how you package it
The following op-ed was submitted by Buckeye Firearms Association’s Jeff Riley in reponse to a recent unsigned Dayton Daily News editorial entitled “Gun control fixes must be packaged well”.
January 19, 2008
Dayton Daily News
By Jeff Riley
The basic premise in the Jan. 12 editorial “Gun control needs to be packaged well” is wrong. The problem with the anti-gun side isn’t packaging; the problem is the product. You can put lipstick and a dress on a pig and, at the end of the day, you still have, well, just a pig.
Gun control is a political loser, and those opposed to individual rights know it is a losing battle if framed that way. Using horrific events like the Virginia Tech massacre to promote that agenda is morally repugnant. It truly is “dancing in the blood of innocents.”
LTE: DDN quotes in anti-gun editorial were selective
The following letter to the editor was submitted by Buckeye Firearms Association’s Larry Moore in response to a recent unsigned Dayton Daily News editorial entitled “Gun control fixes must be packaged well”….