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Gun news in Ohio and beyond: Top 10 stories of 2025

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Tuesday, December 30, 2025

2025 was an eventful year in gun news, both nationally and here in Ohio, and Buckeye Firearms Association played a role in much of it. Here's a look at 10 of the top stories of the year, in no particular order.

Keep watchful eye on local government aiming to infringe on gun rights in 2026

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Monday, December 29, 2025

As 2026 gets underway next week, it will be easy to focus on the national and global stories of the day. But don't let all of those big shiny objects distract you from the goings on in your own community.

Ohio’s 2025 deer gun weekend results

6:00am Friday, December 26, 2025

Hunters checked 15,835 white-tailed deer on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 20 and 21, during Ohio’s gun hunting weekend. Here are the top 10 counties.

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Merry Christmas from Buckeye Firearms Association

5:00am Thursday, December 25, 2025

Merry Christmas to one and all from all of us at Buckeye Firearms Association. Our best gift is the friendship and support given by each of you throughout the year.

Guest column: Is your congregation prepared for an active killer?

by Ron Borsch, PACT Consultant Group

6:00am Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Rapid mass murder (RMM) at schools, churches, and workplaces is relatively new, occurring in the past and present century. The tracking history of RMM by active killers, however, reveals it is a growing problem in churches and schools. Is your congregation ready for such a scenario? If not, you need to read this.

DOJ sues DC's Metropolitan Police Department over AR-15 ban

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice on Dec. 22 announced that it had filed a lawsuit against Washington, D.C.'s, Metropolitan Police Department, alleging that the city's ban on AR-15s and other firearms protected under the Second Amendment are unconstitutional.

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, others face scrutiny over practices against firearms industry

by Jose Nino

6:00am Monday, December 22, 2025

A top banking regulator released findings Dec. 10, revealing that nine of America’s biggest banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, improperly refused to do business with politically sensitive industries ranging from oil and gas to firearms manufacturers, per a report by the Wall Street Journal.

DOJ defends federal firearms registration in NRA challenge to National Firearms Act

6:00am Friday, December 19, 2025

In the NRA’s case, Brown v. ATF, the Department of Justice on Dec. 17 filed its opposition to the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, along with its own cross-motion, defending the National Firearms Act of 1934’s registration requirement for suppressors, short-barreled long guns, and NFA-defined “any other weapons.”