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Experts Town Hall: Effective Response to Active Killer Events

7:00am Friday, April 13, 2018

Many Ohio school districts have held town halls with citizens, parents, and school staff to discuss their security concerns. Unfortunately, few of these events have included security and safety professionals, and many issues have gone unaddressed. Now you are invited to hear from a panel of experts on this difficult and complex topic in a unique town hall event sponsored by Buckeye Firearms...

Shoot machine guns, a .50 caliber rifle, and more at the TDI Honor Flight Fundraiser

by Jim Stitt

7:00am Thursday, April 12, 2018

Don't miss the Honor Flight Tri-State fundraiser at Tactical Defense Institute (2174 Bethany Ridge Road, West Union, OH), June 2 and June 3, 2018, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Space is strictly limited to 70 participants per day. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR TICKETS . Honor Flight is an all-volunteer non-profit organization whose mission is to honor our nation’s veterans by taking them on an all expenses paid...

So They’re Not Coming for Our Guns, Eh? We call BS.

3:00pm Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Why do we even have a Second Amendment? Because British tyrants came for the Founders’ guns, and the Founders knew, given the chance, overreaching officials in the U.S. would do the same thing. Now, some believe that chance has finally come. In the wake of the terrible crimes in Parkland, Florida, gun control activists and progressive social justice warriors have found their scapegoats in the...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. announces strong opposition to HB 585 (Kasich Gun Control)

7:00am Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Editor's Note: The following has been submitted in response to the introduction of House Bill 585 (Kasich Gun Control). --- Re: House Bill 585 To the Esteemed Members of the Ohio House of Representatives, Buckeye Firearms Association (“BFA”), for and on behalf of its state-wide membership, opposes House Bill 585 (the “Bill”). BFA has prepared this brief as an initial response to the introduction...

Congress: CDC Gun Studies That Never Stopped Can Continue

by Larry Keane

7:00am Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Tucked away in the 2,232 pages of the federal spending bill recently signed by President Donald Trump was a section that had gun control activists claiming they found the cure to the problem of gun violence. Funding for the Centers for Disease Control was increased and a phrase included that had opponents of gun rights cheering. “While appropriations language prohibits the CDC and other agencies...

Join the Patriots Day Rally at the Ohio Statehouse

7:00am Monday, April 09, 2018

You are cordially invited to a rally for Patriotism and Freedom hosted by Ohioans for Concealed Carry, Ohio Carry, and Buckeye Firearms Association on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Ohio Statehouse, One Capitol Square in Columbus. Hear historical information on the role private ownership of firearms played in our country's founding. Hear immigrants talk of their experiences with...

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HB 228/ SB 180 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization) scheduled for fourth hearings

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, April 06, 2018

Senator Kevin Bacon (R-Minerva Park), who chairs the Judiciary Committee, has announced a fourth hearing for Senate Bill 180 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization) to be held Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in the North Hearing Room. The committee will consider proponent, opponent and interesed party testimony. SB 180 was introduced as a companion bill to HB 228, introduced in...

Gun Rights Actually Are a Civil Rights Issue

by Jarrett Stepman

7:00am Thursday, April 05, 2018

It is becoming increasingly fashionable for those who support gun control to compare the post-Parkland, student-driven movement to the civil rights movements of earlier generations. However, the author’s historical argument, whether intentionally or not, actually reveals that it is gun control, not gun rights, that generally has been used for the purposes of white supremacy. Gun rights and civil...