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Beto's Confiscation Plan Shows Why Gun Owners Must Reject Appeasement

7:00am Tuesday, November 05, 2019

Editor's Note: While rabid anti-Second Amendment presidential candidate Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke was forced to drop out of the race to win the Democrat nomination due to a lack of support, it is important to keep in mind that the other Democrat candidates are no more friendly to the Second Amendment than he was. Gun confiscation is the goal. Gun confiscation has always been the goal. Thanks...

More gun-related legislation to receive first hearings in Senate committee

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Monday, November 04, 2019

Senator William Coley (R-4), who chairs the Government Oversight and Reform Committee, has announced that sponsor testimony will be heard on gun-related bills that have been introduced in the Ohio Senate. The hearings will be held on Tuesday, November 5 at 3:15 p.m. in the South Hearing Room. SB 203 FIREARM TRANSFERS (THOMAS, C., LEHNER, P.) To regulate the transfer of firearms at a gun show. SB...

Handgun Self-Defense: Move to Stay Alive

by W.H. "Chip" Gross

7:00am Friday, November 01, 2019

If you ever become involved in a self-defense situation, it will likely occur suddenly, unexpectedly, and could turn very violent very quickly. And if you feel threatened to the point that you choose to draw your concealed handgun, remember that it’s now a gunfight, not target shooting. Your goal is to win and survive any way you can. Because reaction is always slower than action, you will be...

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Anti-gun Ghosts Consider Challenges to President Trump as Current Field Falters

7:00am Thursday, October 31, 2019

This is the time of year when hideous creatures emerge on television and computer screens to menace and prey upon the unwary. No, we’re not talking about vampires or zombies from Halloween horror films. We mean fixtures of the anti-gun community who seemed to have been exorcised from public life, only to reappear as possible candidates for the nation’s highest office, as Democrat anxiety grows...

Highly Touted Study Tests Non-Existent Policies, Uses Deceptive Data

7:00am Wednesday, October 30, 2019

A study published in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics [recently] generated considerable media attention that focused on the purported finding and not the underlying research design: “ Gun control tied to fewer child deaths: Study ” “ Who’d A Thunk It? Tougher Gun Laws Mean Fewer U.S. Kids Die, Study Shows ” “ Tougher Gun Laws Do Mean Fewer American Kids Die ” “ Fewer American...

Vintage 1957 Ohio Conservation Bulletin magazine gives look back at the fight against gun control

by Larry S. Moore

7:00am Tuesday, October 29, 2019

A local reader gave me a number of copies of the old Ohio Conservation Bulletin magazine a few years ago. At that time I glanced through them but laid them aside. This spring I got them out for a closer look. I found fascinating information about the history of ODNR, the conservationists, writers and issues from sixty-years ago. The ODNR headquarters was 1500 Dublin Road, Columbus, which is now...

SB 202 seeks to abolish statewide preemption of local gun control laws

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, October 28, 2019

Senators Cecil Thomas (D) and Hercial Craig (D) have introduced Senate Bill 202, titled “Local Authority – To restore local authority to generally regulate firearms related conduct.” It's a nice-sounding name, but it should scare the heck out of every gun owner. The bill is very simple. It would repeal ORC Sec. 9.68. What is the language in 9.68 that is so offensive it must be stricken from code...

Win a Sheepdog M-1911 when you attend the Bulletproof Mind Seminar

7:00am Friday, October 25, 2019

Buckeye Firearms Association is honored to present Lt. Col. Dave Grossman in an intense, one-day mind training workshop called The Bulletproof Mind: Tactical Mindset for Armed Citizens . When Saturday, November 16, 2019 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Where Cherry Valley Hotel & Event Center 2299 Cherry Valley Rd SE Newark, OH 43055-9393 More information here . WARNING: This intense, all-day class deals...