Buckeye Firearms Association

House Committee passes two BFA-backed bills to prohibit firearms liability insurance, sales tracking, and registries

by Dean Rieck

6:00am Wednesday, December 11, 2024

UPDATE: On Wednesday, Dec. 10, the Ohio House passed amended Senate Bill 58 with a floor vote of 61 to 27. Now the Senate must vote to concur, and it moves on to the governor.

Florida high school suspends student over 3 spent shell casings

by Lee Williams

6:00am Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Florida Carry Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the Hillsboro County School District over its decision to suspend a high school student identified in their lawsuit only as “J.S.,” who, officials claim, brought three spent shell casings into one of their schools.

Buckeye Institute asks SCOTUS to stop Mexico's suit against firearms industry

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Monday, December 09, 2024

Buckeye Institute, a think tank whose mission is "to advance free-market public policy," on Dec. 3 filed its second amicus brief in Smith & Wesson v. Mexico, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Mexico from shifting blame onto American firearms manufacturers for its own failure to control drug crime there.

AG nominee Pam Bondi's mixed record on Second Amendment raises 'red flags'

by F Riehl

6:00am Friday, December 06, 2024

During her tenure as Florida’s attorney general (2011-2019), Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald J. Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney general, gained attention for both defending and restricting gun rights.

NICS checks for firearm purchases top 613,000 for Black Friday week

6:00am Thursday, December 05, 2024

The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) completed 613,380 background checks related to firearms for the week leading up to and including Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, according to NSSF.

Hunters checked nearly 27,000 deer on opening day of Ohio's 2024 gun season

6:00am Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Hunters across Ohio checked 26,667 white-tailed deer Dec. 2 during the opening day of the weeklong gun hunting season. Guess which counties led the pack.

Report: As more states enact constitutional carry, CCW numbers dip

by John R. Lott Jr., Carlisle E. Moody, and Rujun Wang

6:00am Tuesday, December 03, 2024

After a spike in 2022, the number of concealed-carry permit holders across the United States fell for a second consecutive year. A major cause of the continuous decline is that 29 states now have constitutional carry laws.

Marion County: $5,000 reward offered after guns stolen in Rural King burglary

by F Riehl

6:00am Monday, December 02, 2024

Authorities are on the hunt for three thieves who broke into the Rural King farm supply store in Marion County and stole multiple firearms. The burglary occurred around 11:30 p.m. Nov. 22 at the store at 233 America Blvd.