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Air Force Establishes Gun Carrying Programs

5:22pm Tuesday, February 23, 2016

“Rangers Lead the Way” has been the motto of U.S. Army Rangers since June 6, 1944, when the 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion did precisely that on Omaha Beach. However, when it comes to allowing military personnel to carry firearms to protect themselves, their families, their fellow troops, and visitors from terrorist attacks on military bases in the United States, the U.S. Air Force may be at the...

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Cincinnati homeowner defends self against broad-daylight home invasion

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, February 23, 2016

WLWT (NBC Cincinnati) reported recently that a man was forced to defend his life when four men entered his home, and one threatened to kill him with a knife. From the article : The incident happened around 2:15 p.m. at a home near the intersection of Maple and Locust streets. Police said the man living in the home called police, saying he shot a man who entered the home. According to 911 calls...

“F” Stands for Fail: Georgia College Instructor Boots Uniformed Cop, Gets Lectured in Return

3:00pm Monday, February 22, 2016

Colleges usually take great pride in proclaiming their “diversity” and “inclusiveness,” but simply wearing a tool of his trade was cause enough for one uniformed police officer to be excluded from a class he was taking at Darton State College in Albany, Georgia. While details are lacking, several press accounts (exemplified by this Fox News report ) from the past week recount the strange tale of...

BFA's Sean Maloney in AmericanRifleman.org feature entitled "Lethal Force and the Law at the Great American Outdoor Show"

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, February 22, 2016

Buckeye Firearms Association's Sean Maloney is currently being featured in a piece by AmericanRiflemam.org's Kelly Young, entitled "Lethal Force and the Law at the Great American Outdoor Show." Maloney, a defense attorney with 25 years experience, and who has worked almost exclusively in firearm-related law for the past decade, is also a member of the National Rifle Association's Board of...

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC announces 2016 primary endorsements

3:00pm Friday, February 19, 2016

VOTE TODAY! POLLS ARE OPEN FOR EARLY VOTING! Buckeye Firearms Association PAC (BFA-PAC) is proud to announce endorsements for a host of local and state offices in the March 15, 2016 primary. As a political action committee, BFA-PAC has been issuing endorsements in every election season for the past fourteen years. Through a system of weighing candidate surveys, voting records (where applicable)...

Purchasing Your First Firearm: Ask questions, do your homework, make friends, have fun!

by Tisma Juett

7:00am Friday, February 19, 2016

I recently attended several First Shots events in the Las Vegas area. At the end of one of the events a young lady asked, “Where is the best place to buy a gun?” Her question confirmed a few things for me. One, with this shooter, First Shots had accomplished the goal of creating another potential life-long participant of the shooting sports. And two, where to purchase a firearm is not an easy...

Bill Aimed at Ending Operation Choke Point Passes House

3:00pm Thursday, February 18, 2016

On Thursday [February 4], a bi-partisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 766, the ‘‘Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015,” sponsored by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO). As we reported last year, this bill targets the abuses of Operation Choke Point (OCP), an Obama administration “enforcement” program that lumped together legal and illegal businesses into a...

Signed: Knife Rights' Wisconsin Knife Law Reform Bill

7:00am Thursday, February 18, 2016

Editor's Note: Today, a piece of good news from Wisconsin from our friends at Knife Rights. Knife Rights' Wisconsin Knife Law Reform Bill including Knife Law Preemption, AB 142, was signed on Saturday [February 6] by Governor Scott Walker. Wisconsin is the eleventh state in which Knife Rights has repealed a switchblade ban and the tenth in which we have passed Knife Law Preemption. The law goes...