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To the Editor: Being armed is sensible, even in ‘safe’ situations

3:00pm Wednesday, January 21, 2015

In response to a letter in the Columbus Dispatch , in which a reader assigned mental illness to those who carry a gun, Buckeye Firearms Association President Jim Irvine submitted his own letter , which was published a few days later. Regarding Sean Allen’s letter, “Shootings have become public-health threat,” in Friday’s Dispatch: Responding to a tragic accident in Idaho in which a 2-year-old...

Vote Sean Maloney for NRA Board of Directors

3:01pm Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Buckeye Firearms Association's own Sean Maloney is seeking election to the NRA Board of Directors. If you are an NRA voting member, you will receive your ballots soon. We ask that you VOTE FOR SEAN MALONEY. Endorsements include Buckeye Firearms Association, Soldier of Fortune Magazine , Ohio Gun Collectors Association, Dick Heller (DC vs. Heller), The Colorado Second Amendment Association, Laura...

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Our lives and our safety is OUR job

3:00pm Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Do you believe the government can keep you safe? What's the cost to a country that thinks its rules can shield good people from bad things? Our safety is our job, because our lives are our job. >>> CLICK HERE to join the NRA or renew your membership now . If you know some good guys and gals, get them a gift membership.

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Save a life or sneer at an idiot - your choice

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Interesting experience at the shooting range this afternoon ... The range is packed. Everyone got new guns for X-mas and wants to shoot them. There was about an hour wait for a stall. I sit down and start reading as I wait my turn. In a few minutes, a young girl sits down to wait in the chair next to mine. She's by herself and appears to be in her early 20s. She's the only black person in the...

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Who's Right About Right-to-Carry?

3:00pm Monday, January 19, 2015

Later this year, Congress may consider Right-to-Carry reciprocity legislation that would require states to honor each other’s concealed firearm carrying permits. When they do, gun control supporters better hope they have someone more effective to argue for their side than anti-gun advocate Daniel Webster. The Washington Post reports that Webster, the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun...

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What HB 234 Means to You: Part I - NICS compliant background checks

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, January 19, 2015

On March 23, 2015 several changes to Ohio law that are of particular significance to Ohio gun owners will take effect. This article will look at improvements in the background check process to obtain an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL). There has been a considerable amount of discussion and misinformation related to HB 234 (and HB 203) relating to the provision making the background check for...

Media Fail: Americans' Gun Purchases Are Soaring

3:00pm Friday, January 16, 2015

Lately, along with gun control supporters claiming that the number of gun owners is declining, some in the media have been saying that Americans’ gun purchases are declining as well. Last summer, Time.com went so far as to say--and we’re not kidding, here--that guns are one of the 10 Things Americans Have Suddenly Stopped Buying. And this week, a Washington Post headline, Gun sales in Virginia...

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December 2014 Firearms Sales Checks Second Highest December on Record

7:00am Friday, January 16, 2015

The December 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,624,524 is the second highest December on record for the 16-year-old system, with an increase of 7.5 percent compared to the December 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,510,529. For comparison, the unadjusted December 2014 NICS figure of 2,301,386 reflects a 13.2 percent increase from the...