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PODCAST: An Interview with Dick Heller, the Man Who Saved the Second Amendment

3:00pm Monday, June 28, 2021

Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 19: Before 2008, some people argued that the Second Amendment was merely a collective right, an outmoded concept related only to...

If Gov. DeWine truly wants to curb repeat offenders with guns, he should start here

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, June 28, 2021

Governor Mike DeWine is back on the campaign trail, so to speak, stumping for his so-called STRONG Ohio gun control proposals. DeWine prefers to talk about the parts of the bill which he hopes will be most palatable to voters - namely increasing penalties for possession of weapons by repeat offenders. As we observed in our legal analysis of DeWine's plan , these proposals would raise weapons...

Associated Press investigation on stolen military firearms highlights fallacy of "universal" background checks

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Friday, June 25, 2021

According to so-called "common-sense" gun control extremists like Mark Kelly's "Giffords," all we have to do to keep criminals from gaining access to firearms is to mandate that a background check be done before all transfers of firearms. Pass "universal" background checks, we're told, close the "gun show loophole," we're told, and we can stop mass shootings! Indeed, Kelly's group (formerly known...

Nevada Drops Ohio CHL Reciprocity - BFA Works on Fix

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Friday, June 25, 2021

UPDATE: According to a message I received from the Ohio Attorney General's office at 11:15 a.m. on June 25, Ohio is back on Nevada's list of states whose carry license they honor. BFA thanks Ohio Deputy Attorney General Jonathan Fulkerson and Tara Olsen with the Nevada Department of Public Safety for resolving this issue promptly. I recently reviewed a letter from the Records, Communications and...

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Ohio CHL-holder forced to defend self and others when two armed men attempt robbery

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, June 24, 2021

A pizza delivery person with an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) was forced to defend themselves when two armed attackers attempted to rob him. From The Journal-News : An employee at a New Carlisle Papa John’s where one person died during an attempted robbery Sunday night described the shooting as self defense to a 911 dispatcher. “Someone just broke in and they were shot in self defense,”...

Narrow 4-3 Ohio Supreme Court ruling says armed teachers need police training

by Chad D. Baus

12:26pm Wednesday, June 23, 2021

A narrow 4-3 ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court (OSC) determined that Ohio school staff may not carry firearms unless they have police training. Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor joined the three Democrat justices (Justice Jennifer Brunner, Justice Michael Donnelly and Justice Melody Stewart) in a decision which found that a Madison Local School District policy which allowed armed staff violates state...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Racking a Shotgun

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Wednesday, June 23, 2021

How many times have you heard this statement? “Just get a 12 gauge pump shotgun for home defense. The noise of the slide racking will make any burglar piss his pants and run.” Does that actually happen? Sometimes, yes. Here’s an example where a store clerk sent an armed robber running by merely racking his shotgun. Look at the link below for more details. Flint man faces federal charges after...

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BREAKING NEWS: BFA to Submit Amicus Brief in Major U.S. Supreme Court Case

by Dean Rieck

3:00pm Tuesday, June 22, 2021

We have just confirmed that Buckeye Firearms Association will sponsor an amicus brief in the upcoming Supreme Court Case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett . It has been 13 years since the court ruled in D.C. v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects the individual right to have a handgun in the home for self-defense. The case of McDonald v. City of Chicago followed...