Ohio Republicans, They Thirst for Death

Elephant

Ohio’s Unfinished Suppressor Reform Leaves a State-Law Trap for Gun Owners [More]

Fresh on the heels of killing the Freedom to Carry Act. And not correcting state and county fair citizen disarmament edicts.

And they wonder why it looks like Sherrod Brown is polling ahead of 2A squish Jon Husted and Vivek isn’t running over Amy Acton.

Hudson Antifa” is not an anomaly. The state is in danger of going blue– I think it will. And clueless Vichycons are doing nothing to put fire in gun owner bellies.

Ohio Gun Owners names names. And while it’s easy for some to dismiss them based hostility against the Dorr brothers, resist ad hominem dismissal for a moment and see for yourself if A ratings and endorsements are deserved.

The Elephants in the Room

Shocking New Fraud Reports From Ohio May Amount to $1 Billion [More]

Really makes me wanna go out there and pay “my fair share” in taxes…

Ohio Republicans who run the state have been pretty much worthless on a lot of stuff, with Kasich and Dewine being representative of what rises to the top, and Casey Putsch being representative of what they won’t let anywhere near the corridors of power.

[Via Geordan]

A Fly in the Ointment?

If there is a message in my filing both a Writ of Mandamus and Writ of Prohibition with the Supreme Court of Ohio yesterday, to prevent Secretary of State Frank LaRose from certifying the candidacy of his endorsed candidate until he’s verified his parents’ immigration status at his birth on August 9, 1985, it is that Republican so-called “leaders” have reached the limits of our tolerance… LaRose must submit a DHS Form G-845 to verify the citizenship status of every candidate on the ballot. 8 U.S.C. 1373 authorizes him to ask. [More]

Ramaswamy’s not a legal citizen? Plus Eric Brewer has concerns with the legal citizenship status of Musk, Rubio, Patel, and Oz…

Now that he says he’s filed, will an investigation be forced? There’s nothing in the news about this, just his Facebook post. It’s probably too early to fantasize about Casey Putsch being declared winner of the primary by Ramaswamy’s disqualification…

And as much as I’d like to see if there’s any there there, I gotta ask: Is he onto something big that’s being suppressed by the powers that be, or just an obsessed gadfly with issues?

And the Winner Is…

Casey Putsch lost to Vivek Ramaswamy. [More]

I figured he would, but just because you’re outnumbered doesn’t mean you’re wrong.

Barring unforeseen upheaval, I give Ohio 10 years to go solid blue. And our “gun rights leaders” will have played a big part in that.

And talk about a relevant UPDATE

Secretary of State Frank LaRose is prohibited by Article 15, Section 4 of the Constitution of Ohio from certifying Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy’s results in the Ohio Republican Party nomination for Governor of the state until he confirms he is a Citizen of the United States. [More]

I guess the idea of “Heritage Americans” doesn’t seem so “loony” to him about now. Wouldn’t this be a hoot if Casey won by default? Until Swamp Vichycons started helping Amy Acton by sabotaging him because he ain’t in their Big Club…

UPDATE

Frank won’t know until the promised lawsuit:

Based on reports from the May 2026 Ohio primary, there is no evidence that Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose refused to verify Vivek Ramaswamy’s win or questioned his legal citizenship. 

The Better Choice

Vivek: “The idea of a heritage American is about as loony as anything the woke left has actually put up”; Casey Putsch is the real deal on guns; and in re Democrat/media/Vichycon Alliance allegations of racism… [More]

The post I’m replying to merits your attention, particularly if you’re an Ohio gun owner only influenced so far by Donald Trump, NRA, and Buckeye Firearms.

Flag on the Play

Governor DeWine Orders Flags Lowered in Honor of Former Ohio House of Representatives Member William ‘Bill’ Patmon [More]

The Democrat who opposed “stand your ground” and instead demanded to impose “lock up your safety”…? And said “Everything that looks like a gun and is not should not be on our streets”…?

I think I’ll see if I can raise mine up a notch.

There are no “friends across the aisle.”

And with friends like DeWine

Everyone We Don’t Like is a Nazi

Ohio governor candidate’s event canceled over ‘pro-Nazi’ remarks [More]

That’s the narrative the media is going to run with all the way up to the primary. I can understand the restaurant backing out– most operate on such slim profit margins ait probably doesn’t take much to scare them. Nonetheless, they said a lot more than they had to trying to distance themselves.

I first ran across it in an April 3 hit piece in The Toldeo Blade (a failing rag that used to employ Homer Simpson’s dumber brother, a former ambassador calling for cordoned gun confiscation sweeps and imprisonment of defiers).

No surprise they did not even acknowledge my letter to the editor:

You don’t hate the DSM enough. Communist f_n’ bedwetters, all.

I’m not suprised that BFA ignored Vivek putting down Heritage Americans, either.

A New Republican

Samuel Ronan, a former Democratic state and national candidate, attempted to run as a Republican in Ohio’s 15th Congressional District against GOP incumbent Rep. Mike Carey. To do so, he signed a declaration of candidacy — under penalty of election falsification — swearing he was a member of the Republican Party. [More]

Stephen and Ranjit oughta love this guy.

Politicized Vichy Frauds

Vivek says ““The idea of a heritage American is about as loony as anything the woke left has actually put up.”

Heather Hill endorsed Kasich. (Then again, so did PVF.)

And that they don’t have Amy as an “F” makes me wonder just how lazy these PVF “researchers” are. Then again, I learned a long time ago how “reliable” their grades are.

If you’re a 2A voter, Casey’s the real deal.

A Conspicuous Absence

2026 BFA-PAC Grades and Endorsements for the Ohio Primary [More]

Nothing to say about the main event?

I have.

In a way, the silence is a positive– it may show the leadership is aware of member sentiment, that not all are kneejerk swallowing the establishment line, and that they want to keep their options open.

Plain Talk, Long Overdue

I spoke with him in detail a few days back and submitted the results of our talk to Firearms News. My editor tells me it will be online either today or tomorrow and has gotten in under the wire to make the print version, going to press Monday and should in subscriber mailboxes/on news stands for several days before the primary.

I didn’t really know that much about him or what to expect in terms of how deeply and sincerely he would walk the talk, but I gotta say, my conclusion is we’re dealing with the real deal, we’re dealing with someone who doesn’t need to put himself out there for all the crap he’ll have to put up with, and we’re dealing with someone we’ll be damn fortunate to have in office, especially after enduring the wretched likes of Kass-Itch and the bipolar Mike DeWine.

Add in Vivek Ramaswamy declaring ““The idea of a heritage American is about as loony as anything the woke left has actually put up” while working to bring in a demographic that is 83% anti-gun, and readers here know how I feel about that.

If you’re an Ohio (or any other state) gun owner who agrees with me, you’ve gotta see what’s in it for you by spreading the word, getting out the vote, and supporting his campaign with much-needed donations. (I just made out a check he’ll get next week because of the Win-Red processing fee. And in the interest of disclaimers/disclosures, I hadn’t made up my mind to do this until after I’d submitted the mag article for publication.)

Tangentially-Related UPDATE

I couldn’t help juxtaposing watching him handling those guns with this bit of Republican phoniness designed to suck in the gunrubes: