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Win a Sheepdog M-1911 when you attend the Bulletproof Mind Seminar

7:00am Friday, October 25, 2019

Buckeye Firearms Association is honored to present Lt. Col. Dave Grossman in an intense, one-day mind training workshop called The Bulletproof Mind: Tactical Mindset for Armed Citizens . When Saturday, November 16, 2019 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Where Cherry Valley Hotel & Event Center 2299 Cherry Valley Rd SE Newark, OH 43055-9393 More information here . WARNING: This intense, all-day class deals...

Democrat Debate: Key Takeaways On Guns No One Noticed

by Larry Keane

7:00am Thursday, October 24, 2019

Democratic candidates gathered in Ohio to agree on how much they can’t stand lawful gun ownership, disagreeing only on who was the most deeply offended. Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Congressman Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke (D-Texas) scuffled about whose furrowed brows over law-abiding gun ownership was more courageous, but that masked the slips on stage. AR-15 = Terror O’Rourke took the...

Report: How technology problems and clerical errors could allow felons to purchase guns in Ohio

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, October 23, 2019

On March 1, 2018, the Cincinnati Enquirer published a report exposing the fact that hundreds or perhaps even thousands of felons in Ohio could still be allowed to pass a background check to purchase a firearm, all because dozens of Ohio courts are delinquent - sometimes by months or even years - in their responsibility to upload some paperwork. The report noted that this had been going on under...

Headline: Man who posed for photo with gun in Mayor Frank Jackson’s driveway named in gang case involving mayor’s great-grandson

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Ohio gun owners are very familiar with Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, even if they are blessed to live outside of Cuyahoga County. Throughout his years as mayor, Jackson has sought to punish law-abiding gun owners for the violence in his crime-plagued city again and again and again. But as recent headlines continue to show, if Jackson really wanted to do something about crime, he would start...

BFA-PAC endorses several candidates in 2019 elections

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, October 21, 2019

Buckeye Firearms Association has endorsed several candidates for the November 5, 2019 general election. While all the media attention is on presidential candidates, many of whom will drop off before a primary, and whose general election is over a year away, we are focused on what matters to you: Endorsed candidates who need your support to win in a few weeks. Let’s start with endorsed judicial...

FASTER Saves Lives to be featured on Shooting USA

7:00am Friday, October 18, 2019

On Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 9 pm on the Outdoor Channel, Shooting USA will air a 20-minute special on our Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program . Created by concerned parents, law enforcement, and nationally-recognized safety and medical experts, FASTER Saves Lives is a groundbreaking, nonprofit program that gives educators practical violence response training. More than 2,600 teachers...

2A Election Workshop on November 14 at Cabela's

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Thursday, October 17, 2019

Fighting gun control and protecting our Constitutional rights begins with electing pro-gun candidates who will be our advocates. Showing up on election day and voting for good people is important. But given how radical some of the left-leaning candidates are becoming, calling for gun bans and outright gun confiscation, we need to dramatically up our game in this election. Beto O'Rourke, one of...

NSSF Welcomes Federal Court’s Dismissal of Case Against Firearms Manufacturers

3:00pm Wednesday, October 16, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) welcomes the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division’s dismissal with prejudice of the Primus Group v. Smith & Wesson, et. al. case. The decision was delivered Oct. 9, brushing aside the frivolous claims against several AR-15 firearms manufacturers, including Smith & Wesson, Remington Arms Company...