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NRA-ILA Presents Testimony on SB 237 to Remove Duty to Retreat

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Wednesday, December 11, 2019

On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, Buckeye Firearms Association Executive Director Dean Rieck submitted testimony to the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee in support of SB 237 to remove "duty to retreat" from Ohio law. This was the second hearing on the bill sponsored by Terry Johnson. NRA-ILA's Ohio State Director, David Weber, also submitted testimony, presenting a detailed argument...

Following BFA testimony last week, Senate committee to hold 3rd hearing on SB 237 (Remove Duty to Retreat)

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Senator William Coley (R-4), who chairs the Government Oversight and Reform Committee, has announced that further proponent testimony will be heard at a third hearing on SB 237 (Remove Duty to Retreat) , sponsored by Terry Johnson. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, December 11 at 4:00 p.m. in the Finance Hearing Room. SB 237 REMOVE DUTY TO RETREAT (JOHNSON, T.) To enact the Ohio Duty to...

BFA-PAC endorses Bill Coley for Court of Appeals Judge

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Tuesday, December 10, 2019

The Buckeye Firearms Association Political Action Committee (BFA-PAC) is pleased to announce our endorsement of Bill Coley (R) for Ohio’s 12th District Court of Appeals for the March 17, 2020 Republican primary election. When it comes to making endorsements, the process of vetting judges can be difficult. Because they must remain unbiased, they can’t answer candidate surveys like legislative...

More than 17.7 million Modern Sporting Rifles in Private Ownership

7:00am Monday, December 09, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearms industry trade association, released the 2017 Firearms Production Report to members. The report compiles the most up to date information based on data sourced from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF’s) Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Reports (AFMER). Key findings for public...

BFA Travels to MN to Help Gun Rights Advocates Raise Funds

by Dean Rieck

4:49pm Saturday, December 07, 2019

Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) focuses most of its efforts on fighting for Ohio gun rights. However, we know that what happens in one state affects what happens in other states. So we have always been generous about helping fellow 2A patriots no matter where they are located. That's why Administrative Assistant Angela Armstrong and I traveled to the Land of 10,000 Lakes to help our friends...

NRA-ILA announces opposition to SB 221

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, December 06, 2019

The National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) has joined Buckeye Firearms Association and other Ohio gun groups in opposing Sen. Matt Dolan's SB 221, legislation which seeks to make Gov. DeWine's "STRONG Ohio" plan state law. On December 3, NRA-ILA Ohio State Director David Weber informed Senate President Larry Obhof that because of the variety of problems and anti-...

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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...