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Rumor Control: Does S. 1813 bill allow the IRS to seize your passport and your guns?

3:00pm Thursday, May 17, 2012
Reports have been circulating regarding S. 1813--a highway bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate. The story goes that this bill would allow the IRS to seize your passport and your guns if you owe more than $50,000 in back taxes. The claims are totally bogus. Although the bill is certainly long and complex, those who suggest that the bill is anti-gun are totally misreading it. The only firearms-...

The 4 Layers of Effective Home Defense

7:00am Thursday, May 17, 2012
by Brian LaMaster If there is anyplace you should feel secure, it's in your home. But statistically speaking, your home is the most dangerous place to be simply because you spend so much time there. There are over 2 million reported home invasions every year, including burglaries, rapes, kidnappings, murders, and hostage situations. In a 10-year period, you face a 1 in 5 chance that your home...

Freaks and Oddballs – You're One

3:00pm Wednesday, May 16, 2012
by Jeff Knox [Less than] 200 days away from what will undoubtedly be one of the most important elections in US history, and most of the country still isn't even paying attention yet. Of course, those of you reading this have been paying attention for years, even decades, but that's because you're all freaks and oddballs like me. At least that's what the majority thinks of us. We prefer to think...

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC "stronger than ever" heading in to pivotal 2012 elections

7:00am Wednesday, May 16, 2012
by Jim Irvine Buckeye Firearms Association has filed the post-primary report for the 2012 election year. We are near record levels of cash on hand, meaning we are in great shape for the huge battles that lie ahead this year. We are ready, willing and able to be a factor in many elections. We are stronger in terms of numbers, outreach ability, and an organized grassroots network than we have ever...

$100,000 in Grants Available for Boy Scouts Councils

3:00pm Tuesday, May 15, 2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Boy Scouts Councils, are you up for the challenge? For the second year, the National Shooting Sports Foundation will make available a total of $100,000 in challenge grants to encourage developing and expanding shooting sports programs at local Boy Scouts of America Councils. The challenge grants from NSSF, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting...

Oops! Anti-Gun Politicians Accidentally Make "Shooting Fundraiser" a Huge Success

7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Representative Margaret Conditt (Butler County District 55) held a fundraiser at the Middletown Sportsmens Club on Saturday, May 12, 2012. The plan was to invite a handful of supporters, spend a few hours shooting at targets, and raise a little money for her reelection campaign. But what actually happened took everyone by surprise. Rather than hosting a typical fundraiser which would ordinarily...

April sees 10.5% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 23rd straight month over month increase

3:00pm Monday, May 14, 2012
The April 2012 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 931,658 is an increase of 10.5 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 843,484 in April 2011. For comparison, the unadjusted April 2012 NICS figure of 1,416,074 reflects a 5.7 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,339,673 in April 2011. This marks the 23rd straight month that NSSF...

Buckeye Firearms Assn's Joe Eaton discusses Stand Your Ground laws at Dayton Daily News roundtable as national debate continues

7:00am Monday, May 14, 2012
On Sunday, April 29, The Dayton Daily News published an extensive article documenting a roundtable discussion held in response to the massive nationwide media barrage on the Trayvon Martin/ George Zimmerman case in Florida, and on Stand Your Ground laws. The DDN "assembled representatives of Ohioans for Concealed Carry, the Buckeye Firearms Association, the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence and...

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