Buckeye Firearms Association

DOJ landmark opinion: Federal ban on mailing handguns is unconstitutional

by John Crump

6:00am Tuesday, January 20, 2026

The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a groundbreaking memorandum opinion Jan. 15, concluding that 18 U.S.C. § 1715, the nearly century-old federal statute prohibiting the mailing of concealable firearms, is unconstitutional as applied to constitutionally protected arms, such as handguns.

SCOTUS to hear challenge to Hawaii law banning guns on private property

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Monday, January 19, 2026

Update: The Supreme Court has heard oral arguments, which can be found in audio form and in transcript form (both linked in this article). This Second Amendment case out of Hawaii could set precedent nationwide if the new state law is allowed to stand.

Lott paper: Australians dramatically more likely than Americans to be victims of violent crime

by Crime Prevention Research Center

6:00am Friday, January 16, 2026

John Lott, PhD, and Crime Prevention Research Center senior fellow Kesten Green, who is also a researcher at the Adelaide University, College of Business and Law, compared the violent crime rates in Australia and the United States. Australian are clearly at much greater risk of violent crime than Americans. Here are the facts.

Post-COVID crime data debunks gun control’s ‘Wild West’ narrative

by Larry Keane

6:00am Thursday, January 15, 2026

Since COVID-era uncertainty began, millions of Americans have bought firearms, many for the first time. Critics insisted that more guns in private hands would inevitably mean a national slide into a modern “Wild West.” The most recent national and city-level data don’t support that claim.

Jim Samuel joins BFA as new Legislative Affairs Director

5:00am Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce Jim Samuel as our new legislative affairs director. Samuel is a policy professional, with more than 30 years of experience working with legislators and leaders at the Ohio Statehouse.

Is Amazon limiting respected Second Amendment author's book sales?

by David Codrea

6:00am Tuesday, January 13, 2026

A respected, self-published Second Amendment author reports that Amazon no longer allows new copies of his books to be sold, only used ones, directly denying him to be compensated for his work.

Only remaining municipal gun-industry lawsuit grinds to final defeat

6:00am Monday, January 12, 2026

In 1999, the city of Gary, Indiana, launched its lawsuit against handgun manufacturers, retailers, and a wholesaler, raising claims of public nuisance, negligent design, negligent distribution, marketing, and failure to warn. On Dec. 29, 2025, a unanimous Indiana Court of Appeals remanded the case to a lower court with instructions to dismiss after finding that a 2024 Indiana law barred the city...

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6:00am Friday, January 09, 2026

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