Buckeye Firearms Association

PODCAST: Bye Bye Suppressor Tax! A 91-Year-Old Gun Control Law Takes a Hit!

6:00am Monday, July 21, 2025

The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on Podbean and is also available on Apple , Spotify , iHeartRadio and many other platforms. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. How to Listen to Podcasts on Your Mobile Phone *** Episode 126: The One Big Beautiful Bill has reduced the tax on suppressors and short barreled rifles from $200 to $0. But what about registration...

Protecting Houses of Worship - August 30, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio

6:00am Friday, July 18, 2025

Does your church or organization have a security team ready to go and are they prepared to counter an active killing event? This all-new training class is designed as an intro to help identify security needs, as well as organizational and team training standards. Reserve your space now.

Newsom has 'no ideological opposition' to 2A rights? Let's test that

by Larry Keane

6:00am Thursday, July 17, 2025

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently told podcast host Shawn Ryan, who gifted Gav a SIG Sauer P365X-Macro, that he is merely for some gun safe common sense. "Otherwise, man, people have the right to bear arms." Let's take a walk down memory lane and see if his new position holds up.

Is UK outpacing US to suppressor freedom?

6:00am Wednesday, July 16, 2025

One might think the United Kingdom's citizens would see suppressors as “inherently dangerous devices that criminals may use to suppress the sound of gunfire and mask muzzle flash.” Yet, in fact, the opposite appears to be happening.

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One man's take on GunCon 2025 in Cleveland, including the drama

by Steven Loos

6:00am Tuesday, July 15, 2025

As a gun owner and Buckeye Firearms Association volunteer, I try to attend as many gun-related events as possible. One such event was GunCon 2025 in Cleveland. Sure, it had its drama, due to the venue's owner. But overall, it was a massive hit.

UN attack on ammunition formally begins

6:00am Monday, July 14, 2025

The recently concluded negotiations on the United Nations’ Global Framework for Through-Life Conventional Ammunition Management should be of grave concern to anyone who values the constitutional protections afforded by the Second Amendment. Here's why.

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Hot Summer Deep Concealment 2-Gun Raffle - $3,016 Prize Package

5:30am Friday, July 11, 2025

ONLY OHIO RESIDENTS 21 OR OLDER MAY ENTER NOTE: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO "LOG IN" TO BUY TICKETS. There are NO physical tickets for this raffle. You will NOT get a number at the time of your purchase. We will randomly assign ticket numbers AFTER ALL 1,000 TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD or after raffle ticket sales are closed and will provide these numbers to participants before the drawing. When the weather...

What stripped-down 'Big Beautiful Bill' means to gun owners nationally, in Ohio

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

5:00am Thursday, July 10, 2025

With the Hearing Protection Act and SHORT Act stripped out of the federal reconciliation bill, questions remain about what it all means. Here's a look at the immediate impacts nationally and here in Ohio.