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Firearms Industry Applauds Landslide Passage of Excise Tax Improvement Legislation in U.S. Senate

3:00pm Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, hailed the recent passage of the Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 (H.R. 5552) by unanimous consent in the Senate. The bill passed the House of Representatives at the end of June by a vote of 412-6. The House bill was sponsored by Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wisc.)...

More Lead Ban Efforts Are an Assault on Our Second Amendment Rights and Freedom to Hunt

7:00am Tuesday, August 10, 2010

by Larry S. Moore More efforts are being aimed at eliminating lead - or are they simply aimed at our enjoyment of the shooting sports, fishing and outdoor recreation? Is the motivation behind the latest effort a real safety and environmental concern or is it a back-door attempt to ban firearms from our national parks? We saw efforts to roll back the right to carry in our national parks based on...

NRA Statement on Elena Kagan's Confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court

3:00pm Monday, August 09, 2010

Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President, National Rifle Association & Chris W. Cox, Executive Director, National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action On Thursday, August 05, 2010, the U.S. Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to the highest Court in the land. To NRA members and gun owners nationwide, Ms. Kagan presents a clear and present danger to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Her...

Ashtabula Co. citizens take judges' advice to heart, help county sheriff's department apprehend violent criminal

7:00am Monday, August 09, 2010

By Chad D. Baus In April, Ashtabula County Common Pleas Judge Alfred Mackey made national headlines after he advised residents to "arm themselves" in the face of severe budget cuts that have reduced the number of sheriff's deputies in the state's largest county by land area from 112 to 49, and parked all but one patrol car. Last weekend, a group of residents armed themselves and helped the...

Letter to the Editor: "Good for you BFA!"

3:00pm Friday, August 06, 2010

Dear Editor: I'd like to thank Buckeye Firearms and [the leaders] who wrote the reasoning behind the Strickland endorsement. I'm no fan of Democrat candidates in general. But over the last few years I've been pretty disgusted that there's not more than a dime's worth of difference between most Democrats and Republicans anyway... so for BFA to endorse Strickland over Kasich PROVES that Ohio gun...

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Strickland campaign seeks to educate voters on Kasich's anti-gun record

7:00am Friday, August 06, 2010

Governor Ted Strickland's re-election campaign, under the banner Sportsmen for Strickland, has released two pieces of campaign literature aimed at Ohio's pro-gun voters. The first piece features a photograph of a camo-clad Strickland and his brother Roger standing next to a pickup trick holding shotguns. The caption reads "Ted and his brother Roger have enjoyed the outdoors their whole lives."...

NSSF Action Alert: Oppose Petition to Ban Traditional Ammunition

3:00pm Thursday, August 05, 2010

All Gun Owners, Hunters and Shooters, The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) -- the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry -- urges you to contact the Environmental Protection Agency to oppose a petition filed August 3 by the extremist Center for Biological Diversity to ban traditional ammunition. Your right to choose the ammunition you hunt...

Buckeye Firearms Association and third party candidates

7:00am Thursday, August 05, 2010

Buckeye Firearms Association has received several inquiries about why there are no third party candidates listed among our graded and endorsed candidates for the 2010 general election . BFA has received surveys from some third party candidates in this election cycle. In the primary, we did choose to grade candidates in several contests where there were contested races on a third party ballot...