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SB 360 to Protect Firearms Dealers Passes Senate Committee

2:43pm Tuesday, September 22, 2020

UPDATE Sept. 23, 2020: SB 360 passed the Senate 28-5. It now moves on to the Ohio House. On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee passed Senate Bill 360 in a 10 to 1 vote. SB 360 bars public officials from prohibiting all federally licensed firearms dealers in the state or a specified geographic area from the commercial sale or transfer of firearms...

TAKE ACTION: Tell Your Senator and Representative to Vote YES on House Bill 614

by Rob Sexton

2:42pm Tuesday, September 22, 2020

UPDATE SEPT. 23, 2020: HB 614 has passed both the House and Senate and is going to the Governor to sign into law. Thank you for contacting your elected officials. No further action is required at this time. Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) has been working directly with the Ohio legislature to address the alarming logjam of people struggling to get their Concealed Handgun License (CHL)...

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC Endorses Donald Trump for President

7:00am Tuesday, September 22, 2020

In ordinary times, BFA PAC does not endorse at the Presidential level. But clearly, we are not in ordinary times. With violence sweeping our cities, the shocking leftward lurch of the Democrat Party, the nomination of a mentally failing Democrat candidate for President and the most liberal member of the Senate for Vice President, we are compelled to act. There has never been a more anti-gun team...

August 2020 firearms sales hit new record

3:00pm Monday, September 21, 2020

The wave of increased gun sales that followed the government's response to a pandemic, and unrest in some cities, continues this summer. The unadjusted figures of 3,085,227 checks conducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System in August 2020 is a 31.8 percent jump from the unadjusted FBI NICS figure of 2,341,363 logged in August 2019...

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Help Launch Conservation Education in Ohio High Schools

by Calvin Vander Boon

7:00am Monday, September 21, 2020

I would like to introduce you to Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation's new educational program, and ask for your help launching it in high schools in your community. Do you have kids in high school who might like conservation-based curriculum? Or can you connect us with a school administrator in your area? If so, we’d love your help expanding this program across Ohio. Let us know using this form ...

BFA Testifies in Support of SB 360 to Protect Firearms Dealers

3:00pm Friday, September 18, 2020

Rob Sexton, Buckeye Firearms Association's Legislative Affairs Director, testified in support of Senate Bill 360 on September 16, 2020. Senate President Larry Obhof introduced the bill to protect firearms dealers. Specifically, the bill bars public officials from prohibiting all federally licensed firearms dealers in the state or a specified geographic area from the commercial sale or transfer of...

NSSF, Project Childsafe Support Suicide Prevention Month with Resources For All Gun Owners

7:00am Friday, September 18, 2020

NEWTOWN, Conn., September 8, 2020 – As suicide prevention groups mark Suicide Prevention Month by calling for prevention to become a national priority during the COVID-19 pandemic, the firearm industry is supporting that effort by educating the public – particularly the gun-owning community, including veterans and their families – on how storing firearms responsibly and simply talking to loved...

Attorney General Dave Yost files Supreme Court brief in support of school districts letting employees go armed

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, September 17, 2020

Ohio’s Attorney General Dave Yost, who has earned multiple endorsements and A-ratings from the BFA-PAC, has put his support behind Madison Local School District's policy to arm school personnel. From coverage byOhioCapitalJournal.com : “This case presents the question whether school districts may allow non-security employees to carry firearms on school grounds,” Yost wrote in a brief to the court...