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News Flash: Legally Buying a Gun Isn’t So Easy After All

7:00am Thursday, December 05, 2019

[During the summer push to pressure Walmart to stop selling firearms], an intrepid news reporter for Business Insider decided to see for herself how easy it was to get a gun from Walmart, even as gun control activists were calling on the retail giant to stop selling firearms. She then recounted her experience in an admirably straightforward article . Spoiler alert: it didn’t work out so well for...

Survey: Americans Think Most Gun Deaths are Murders (They’re Not)

by Charles Fain Lehman

7:00am Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Poll casts light on misinformation surrounding guns Nearly 6 in 10 Americans think that homicides or mass shootings, rather than suicide, are the leading causes of gun deaths in the United States, a new survey shows. These results cast light on yet another way that Americans are dramatically misinformed about gun deaths, in turn reflecting poorly on the state of the political discourse...

Sanders Burns the 2020 Democratic Primary Gun Control Agenda

7:00am Tuesday, December 03, 2019

As anti-gun as the 2020 Democratic presidential contenders have exposed themselves to be, much of the field still gives lip-service to the Second Amendment and the Constitution. Take for instance Joe Biden. The leading candidate’s campaign has said that Biden will seek to “respect the Second Amendment” and that “as president, Biden will pursue constitutional, common-sense gun safety policies.”...

Another Ohio school board approves armed staff

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, December 02, 2019

WTRF (CBS Wheeling/Steubenville) is reporting that another Ohio board of education has voted to allow school staffers the ability to carry concealed firearms to protect their students. From the article : The resolution passed unanimously in a 5-0 vote on Tuesday evening. According to Board of Education President Dr. Ted Starkey, concealed weapons has been a major topic within the school district...

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Second Amendment Case Monday, Dec. 2

Dean Rieck

7:00am Friday, November 29, 2019

Earlier this year, Buckeye Firearms Foundation was asked to be a party in an amicus brief to be filed in the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York (NYSRPA v. NYC). After much anticipation, and an attempt by New York City to "moot" the case, or prevent it from coming before the Court, the Justices will finally hear oral arguments,...

Thanksgiving: George Washington's 1789 Proclamation

7:00am Thursday, November 28, 2019

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor -- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful...

Senate committee to hear proponent testimony on two gun-related bills

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Senator William Coley (R-4), who chairs the Government Oversight and Reform Committee, has announced that proponent testimony will be heard on two gun-related bills that have been introduced in the Ohio Senate. The hearings will be held on Tuesday, December 3 at 3:15 p.m. in the South Hearing Room. A second hearing will be held on SB 237 (Remove Duty to Retreat), and the committee will accept...

Support Buckeye Firearms Foundation and FASTER with every Amazon purchase!

7:00am Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Did you know that you can support Buckeye Firearms Foundation and the FASTER Saves Lives program with every Amazon purchase you make? AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the...