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

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Sportsmen and Women Pump More than $93 Billion into US Economy

7:00am Thursday, October 25, 2018

NEWTOWN, Conn. — New economic reports reveal that more than 53 million Americans consider themselves sportsmen, spending more than $93.5 billion in 2016 on gear, licenses, travel, clothing, gas and more in connection with their hunting, target shooting and sportfishing activities. A series of reports released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, American Sportfishing Association and the...

FBI Acknowledges Life-Saving Potential of Armed Citizens

7:00am Wednesday, October 24, 2018

“Armed and unarmed citizens engaged the shooter in 10 incidents. They safely and successfully ended the shootings in eight of those incidents. Their selfless actions likely saved many lives. The enhanced threat posed by active shooters and the swiftness with which active shooter incidents unfold support the importance of preparation by law enforcement officers and citizens alike.” Those are the...

Two weeks till Election Day!

by Jim Irvine

6:00am Tuesday, October 23, 2018

It is two weeks till Election Day. November 6, 2018 is a critical day that will make possible or impossible many things for the next two years, and probably establish a trend for a longer period of time. In Ohio, there are eight statewide offices that Buckeye Firearms Association PAC has endorsed in. Some are obvious why they are important, and others are more subtle, but every election matters...

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Ohio Gun Owners Should Vote Out Bad, Bad, Sherrod Brown

by Harold Hutchison

7:00am Monday, October 22, 2018

Some politicians have very bad records on the Second Amendment. We think of Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein very quickly in this regard. But there are some who have kept their anti-gun records below the radar. Jerrold Nadler, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is one of them. Another is Senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio. In seven terms as a member of the House of...

Gun control extremists' best plans for stopping school shootings proven a total failure in Russian attack

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, October 19, 2018

On Wednesday, October 18, an 18 year-old college student entered Kerch Polytechnic College in the city of Kerch (located in Russia-controlled Crimea) and began firing on fellow students and instructors. When his attack was done 15 minutes later, at least 20 people were dead and 70 others wounded . The attacker then took his own life. The American news media aren't giving wall-to-wall coverage on...

No, It’s Not Harder to Buy Allergy Medicine than a Gun

7:00am Thursday, October 18, 2018

A twist on an inaccurate old anti-gun talking point is making the rounds on social media. On September 10, anti-gun public relations professional Wendy Zipes Hunter tweeted about a purported recent trip to drug store. Hunter claimed, “Couldn’t buy Claritin D today because my drivers license just expired - govt rule- wish the govt was that strict about buying guns.” The message reached a wider...

Oregon Teen Shoots Down Discriminatory Walmart Gun Policy

7:00am Wednesday, October 17, 2018

In what might come as a shock to the legacy press, it turns out there are plenty of young people who value their Second Amendment rights and are willing to fight for them. Case in point: 18-year-old Hannah Brumbles of Deer Island, Ore. Last week, the Beaver State’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) ruled in the young woman’s favor after she challenged a Walmart policy that denied shotgun and...

NRA responds to Ohio Supreme Court's proposed rules to seize and destroy guns

7:00am Wednesday, October 17, 2018

On Monday, October, 8, we alerted gun owners across the state and around the country to a shocking move by the Ohio Supreme Court (OSC) that would empower law enforcement to seize guns without due process of law. This move was made through proposed amendments to the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio - proposals which would usurp the role of elected lawmakers and represent the most...