2026 BFA-PAC Grades and Endorsements for the Ohio Primary

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Senators hear from opponents in latest round of hearings on pro-gun rights bills

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Friday, November 21, 2014

The Senate Civil Justice committee met on Wednesday, November 19 to consider multiple firearms-related bills. HB 234 (Allow Noise Suppressors While Hunting) drew opposition testimony from Katriel Israel (written only). Ms. Israel asserted that suppressors are only for police and military, cause an increase risk of accidental shootings, and put hunters at risk. She offered no studies or even...

Ohio's Youth Deer-Gun Season is Nov. 22-23

3:00pm Thursday, November 20, 2014

COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio’s 12th annual youth white-tailed deer hunting season gives young hunters the opportunity to pursue the state’s most popular big-game animal on Nov. 22-23, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The youth deer-gun season is open to hunters with a valid youth hunting license and a deer permit. Youth hunters must be 17-years-old or younger at the time they...

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Classic Country Outdoors Host Calvin Pyle presented with Honorary Lifetime BFA membership

by Larry S. Moore

7:00am Thursday, November 20, 2014

As previously reported , Classic Country Outdoors host Calvin Pyle has announced his plan to hang up his headphones and retire as the voice of the outdoorsman. He has been the voice of the sportsman in southwest Ohio for two decades. Pyle's unique call-in program welcomed callers with comments and questions in an hour of live broadcasting each weekend. In addition to broadcasting Pyle often spoke...

Op-Ed: Bar the Bar Association

by Chuck Michel

3:00pm Wednesday, November 19, 2014

No man’s liberty is safe when activist lawyers plot ways to implement their personal agendas. The American Bar Association (ABA) is the country-wide professional membership association for my fellow lawyers (of which I am not a member). The ABA claims that it is in the business of “defending liberty and delivering justice as the national representative of the legal profession.” Sadly, like many...

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BFA endorsees to pack House & Senate majority leadership for 131st General Assembly

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Buckeye Firearms Association endorsees have been elected by House & Senate Republicans to a majority of leadership positions in their respective chambers for the 131st General Assembly, which convenes in January. The incoming House Republican Caucus elected BFA "A"-rated Rep. Cliff Rosenberger to serve as speaker of the House for the 131st General Assembly. The other members of next year's...

DOJ Uses Election Eve to Obscure Fast and Furious Document Dump

7:00am Tuesday, November 18, 2014

On November 3, the day before the midterm elections, the Department of Justice released over 64,000 pages of materials pertaining to BATFE’s Operation Fast and Furious, to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Some, including former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson who helped break the Fast and Furious story, have suggested that the timing of the document dump was cynically...

Senate committee schedules fifth hearing for SB 338 (Concealed Carry Reform), other pro-gun bills

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, November 17, 2014

Chairman Bill Coley has announced that the Senate Civil Justice Committee will be hearing testimony on SB 338, Sen. Joe Uecker's (R-Miami Township) Concealed Carry Law Reform Bill, next Wednesday, November 19 at 9:45 a.m. in the Finance Hearing Room. This will be the fifth hearing for this bill. Coley has also scheduled a fifth hearing for Rep. Cheryl Grossman's (R-Grove City) HB 234 (Allow Noise...

Anti-NRA Ebola Theme Infects Media, Spreads Rapidly

3:00pm Friday, November 14, 2014

In the weeks since we last reported on media attempts to tie NRA to the Ebola crisis because of our opposition to the nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy as surgeon general, the anti-gun echo chamber has continued to promote this absurd line of argument. Absent most of the coverage is a forthright discussion of NRA’s legitimate concerns with the nominee, or any evidence that Murthy himself has a...