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Dick’s’ Sales Soft Following Anti-gun Efforts

7:00am Thursday, September 27, 2018

Dick’s Sporting Goods has admitted that Chairman and CEO Edward W. Stack’s repeated attacks on law-abiding gun owners could be having a negative effect on the company’s bottom line. According to a press release reporting the company’s second quarter earnings results, “consolidated same store sales decreased 4.0%.” The document stated, “Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially...

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Gov. Kasich issues more executive orders demanding government do what it's already supposed to be doing

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Seven years and nine months into his administration, and still desperately seeking a way to get immediate media attention and future presidential campaign fodder for having done "something" about mass killings, Governor John Kasich (R) has issued two more executive orders intended to make government agencies do the job they're already supposed to be doing. From the Gongwer News Service :...

Stop the Bleeding - School staff flock to trauma medical training

by Rob Morse

7:00am Tuesday, September 25, 2018

People are screaming and you’re looking at chaos. This is a medical training exercise with multiple injuries. It looks like there are, count them, four people injured in the parking lot in front of your local school. Some of the victims may be dead and some may be dying. What are your going to do? I watched two dozen teachers face that scenario during a training exercise. This is what they...

National Gun Group Sues Pennsylvania Township, Official Over Gun Range Dispute

7:00am Monday, September 24, 2018

Bellevue, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the owner of a local gun club in western Pennsylvania against Robinson Township and its zoning officer, alleging violations of Second and Fourteenth Amendment rights “by subverting the club’s operation.” SAF is joined by William Drummond, owner of the property on which the Greater Pittsburgh Gun...

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC endorses Mike DeWine and Jon Husted for Governor/ Lt. Governor

7:00am Friday, September 21, 2018

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC enthusiastically endorses Mike DeWine and Jon Husted for Governor and Lt. Governor in the 2018 general election. Gun owners have proven they can be the difference in big races, and this year they should be supporting Mike DeWine for Governor of Ohio. Mike DeWine has been the best attorney general Ohio gun owners have had. He has earned this endorsement through his...

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC endorses Robert Sprague for Treasurer of State

3:00pm Thursday, September 20, 2018

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC endorses Robert Sprague for Treasurer of State in the 2018 general election. In his eight years in the Ohio House, Sprague has racked up a perfect 13-0 voting record. He has supported every bill BFA has advanced. “What really impresses me about Robert Sprague is his thinking,” said Jim Irvine. “He does not blindly follow. He listens, reads and then calls with...

Training Armed Teachers - This Isn’t the Classroom You Remember

by Rob Morse

7:00am Thursday, September 20, 2018

Arming school teachers is a hard subject to discuss. Last [summer] I took a training class where school staff learned to protect students from an armed attacker. What these teachers did was extraordinary. As you would expect, school staff take their students safety very seriously. The teachers want to protect “their kids”. They worked hard to put their bodies between a bullet and someone else’s...

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC endorses Keith Faber for Auditor of State

3:00pm Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC endorses Keith Faber for Auditor of State in the 2018 general election. As Senate President, Keith Faber ended the long line of promising Senate Presidents who over promised and under-delivered for law-abiding gun owners. He shepherded through significant gains that have led to improved reciprocity for all license holders and deleting of obsolete code to better...