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"The NRA vs. Obama" - Hollywood stars join fight for gun rights

By A.W.R. Hawkins With the 2008 presidential election upon us, the National Rifle Association is making their case against Barack Obama. They unflinchingly describe him as “the most anti-gun presidential candidate in American history” and have dedicated large sums of money to exposing his anti-gun agenda. An in-depth look at his record justifies their position. Not only is Obama the economic...

Op-Ed: Say goodbye to hunting rights

By Stephen Griffin As I have mentioned on occasion in my columns, I dearly love to go hunting. I have rarely been happier than the 30 years of spending that week following Thanksgiving living in a tent and sleeping on the ground with my dad in our Gallia County deer camp. We arrived home after the last day of the season and much to my mother's chagrin, all grubby and smelly, wearing the dirtiest...

Op-ed: Gun Control - Common Sense or Common Cause?

By Howard Nemerov Sen. Barack Obama said recently he is “a strong supporter of the Second Amendment” and will not try take Americans’ guns away if elected. “I believe it’s an individual right,” he said in an interview following a speech at [University of Nevada, Reno]. “Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear from an Obama Administration.” But, Obama said, he is for “some common sense gun safety...

ALERT: ODOT notifies Buckeye Firearms Assoc. rest stop “NO GUNS” signs to come down

Buckeye Firearms Association has just received word from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) that the NO GUNS signs at state rest stops have been ordered removed. In the telephone call to Buckeye Firearms Association Leader and NRA Election Volunteer Coordinator Rick Jones, ODOT stated that their legal department has confirmed with multiple state departments that the signs are to be...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. ramps up response to Ohio Democrats' anti-gun attack with hard-hitting mailer

Last week, Buckeye Firearms Association exposed Chairman Chris Redfern and the Ohio Democratic Party financing of two deceptive anti-gun mailers attacking State Representative Ross McGregor's vote for Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, SB184. We pointed out that 75 percent of the Ohio General Assembly voted in favor of this law, which ensures Ohioans' right to defend themselves and their children from...

The most important vote you haven't thought about

By Jim Irvine Everyone is focused on John McCain and Barack Obama for President of the United States. But there is another vote that is just as important – your vote for the two Ohio Supreme Court Justice positions. Supreme Court Justices Evelyn Stratton and Maureen O’Connor are up for election, and need your help. Most people do not know anything about these candidates. In fact, the vast...

FLASH: Obama 'transition team' already eying method to allow government storage of gun purchase records

The Outdoor Wire, an outdoor sports industry resource, is reporting that Barack Obama's prematurely-established 'transition team' is already considering changes to the National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) for firearms purchases that would allow gun purchase records to be stored on government servers .

Report: Gun Sales Thriving In Uncertain Times

The Washington Post is reporting that while Americans have cut back on buying cars, furniture and clothes in a tough economy, there's one consumer item that's still enjoying healthy sales: guns. According to state and federal data, purchases of firearms and ammunition have risen 8 to 10 percent this year. The story reports many dealers, buyers and experts attribute the increase in part to...

Op-Ed: Gun Rights an Important Component of 2008 Elections

By Joseph P. Tartaro With just [days] left in the longest presidential campaign in American history, the road to the White House appears to run through fewer than 10 states. These battlegrounds, many of them in either the Rust Belt or the West, could hold the key to whether Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain becomes the nation’s 44th president. And the outcomes there could turn in part on the...

A month in the life of a southern Ohio Buckeye Firearms Association volunteer Leader

By Rick Jones Seems it all started out when Senator Obama was made the nominee for President by the National Democratic Party. After hearing this I decided I needed to do something to PREVENT Mr. Obama from being elected President. I’ve already been the assigned National Rifle Association Election Volunteer Coordinator (EVC) for the Ohio 6th Congressional District and I’ve already been involved...

Road to Victory Rally with Buckeye Firearms Association-endorsee Sarah Palin in Bowling Green, OH

Governor Sarah Palin, candidate for Vice President and 2008 Buckeye Firearms Association-endorsee , will appear at a Road to Victory Rally, Friday, October 29th at Bowling Green State University's Perry Field House in Bowling Green, Ohio. Doors open at 8:15am. [UPDATE: Another appearance has been added for Wednesday in Chillicothe!] Road to Victory Rally with Sarah Palin-Bowling Green, OH Bowling...

Obama's "Joe the Hunter" moment has finally come

By Chad D. Baus Barack Obama has voted for or supported some of the most extreme gun control measures ever attempted in our nation. And yet, with the help of his media accomplices, the Democrat has managed to lull some gun owners into complacency, just as he has managed to lull many hard-working, red-blooded American workers into complacency by obscuring his socialist economic agenda. Thanks to...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. responds to Ohio Democrats' anti-gun attack with Sunday newspaper ad

Last week, Buckeye Firearms Association exposed Chairman Chris Redfern and the Ohio Democratic Party financing of two deceptive anti-gun mailers attacking State Representative Ross McGregor's vote for Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, SB184. We pointed out that 75 percent of the Ohio General Assembly voted in favor of this law, which ensures Ohioans' right to defend themselves and their children from...

Op-Ed: Obama and the Attempt to Destroy the Second Amendment

By David T. Hardy As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama must demonstrate executive experience, but he remains strangely silent about his eight years (1994-2002) as a director of the Joyce Foundation, a billion dollar tax-exempt organization. He has one obvious reason: during his time as director, Joyce Foundation spent millions creating and supporting anti-gun organizations. There is another...

Ohio Democratic Party Chairman continues attacks on Ohio gun owners

Benedict Redfern Strikes Again; Chokes on Obama's Kool-Aid By John Salyers There's nothing like a good knock down, drag out Presidential race to bring out politicians' true colors, and the colors of Ohio Democratic Party Chairman and State Representative Chris Redfern are turning darker by the hour. Earlier this week, Buckeye Firearms Association launched a campaign in support of our endorsee...

'We're lying, and you can't catch us'

By L. Dietle Truthfulness and forthrightness matter. When a presidential candidate and his running mate camouflage their actual positions to garner votes from the uninformed, it is appalling. When the mainstream media covers up the deception to promote their preferred candidates, it is outrageous. We have a right to know what the candidates' true positions are, from their own mouths, and any...

Ender’s Shadow Looms Over U.S. Media

By Ken Hanson, Esq. Orson Scott Card has an excellent essay on the sorry state of U.S. Media posted at Greesnboro, N.C.'s RhinoTimes, entitled "Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?" It is an excellent examination of what the media is telling (and not telling) the public this election cycle. He takes it a step forward in a follow-up essay looking at the current history of...

NRA's latest TV ad to air in ten battleground states

Hitting the airwaves in Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin... Per ABC reporter Jake Tapper's Political Punch : The ad refers to a 2003 incident when a Wilmette, Ill., restaurateur named Hale DeMar shot and wounded a burglar who broke into his house. DeMar was prosecuted by the town of Wilmette, which had, at the time, a ban...

Brady Backs Barack - Will Anti-Gun Group's Endorsement Help Or Hurt?

Anti-Gun-Rights Candidate Could Gut "Heller" Decision By Alan Korwin Now that Barack Obama has received the endorsement of the Brady Campaign gun-control group, will the Supreme Court's findings in the D.C. gun-ban "Heller" case matter? That's the question experts are asking in the wake of Obama's 11th-hour support from America's leading gun-ban advocates. The late-date endorsement was...

Op-Ed: American Gun Owner = Trained Jihadist

The Uighur saga provides a window on Obama-style counterterrorism. By Andrew C. McCarthy Are you a bitter clinger? One of those American gun owners belittled by Sen. Barack Obama, filled with antipathy for people who aren’t like you? You know, people like foreign Muslims whose idea of a few weeks’ vacation is a course of paramilitary training at an al-Qaeda-affiliated camp? Well, if you are, you’...

Four Road to Victory Rallies with Buckeye Firearms Association-endorsee Sarah Palin in Ohio

Governor Sarah Palin, candidate for Vice President and 2008 Buckeye Firearms Association-endorsee , will appear at three Road to Victory Rallies, Wednesday, October 22nd in Green, Cincinnati and Findlay, and another in Troy on Thursday, October 23rd.

FLASH: Anti-Castle Doctrine mailer attacking Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsee paid for by Ohio Democratic Party

Earlier this year, State Representative Ross McGregor and 75 percent of the Ohio General Assembly voted in favor of your right to defend yourself and your children from violent criminals - criminals who don't care about "No Guns" signs. Now the Ohio Democratic Party is attacking McGregor, a Republican, for siding with victims who don't want to be helpless if they or their children are violently...

Open Letter to Nation's Sportsmen Regarding Obama's History in the Illinois Senate

The following is the text of an open letter to the nation's hunters and sportsmen issued today by Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson: Fellow Sportsman, Hello, my name is Rich Pearson and I have been active in the firearm rights movement for over 40 years. For the past 15 years, I have served in the Illinois state capitol as the chief lobbyist for the Illinois...

Concealed Carry: Great Power, Great Responsibility

By Chris Chumita “With great power comes great responsibility. This is my gift, this is my curse. Who am I? I’m concealed handgun license holder.” If you think you recognized the above quote, then you probably know that it is a blatant rip off of what Peter Parker said at the end of the first Spider-Man movie. Its original intent may have referred to the responsibilities of being a super hero,...

More good news for the good guys: New FBI crime data proves gun grabbers wrong

This article also appears this week at USConcealedCarry.com . By Jim Irvine and Chad D. Baus According to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (and other supporters of Barack Obama's presidential campaign), "more guns = more crime." The logical conclusion they hope lawmakers reach is that guns should be banned, or at least be severely restricted. But changes to gun laws over the past five...

Two hours for gun rights: A gorgeous autumn afternoon (and a Great Dane)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Earlier this month, Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson wrote an article entitled "Ohio Voting Has Begun – What Have You Done For A Pro-Gun Candidate Today?" , saying "Buckeye Firearms Association believes that every effort must be made to aid pro-gun candidates, whatever office. Please feel free to submit your own stories, which we will run periodically to...

The Death of Proportional Representation

By Ken Hanson, Esq. One man, one vote. A famous slogan most of us have heard before, and none of us disagree with. That notion has officially died in Ohio, all courtesy of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. As you are probably aware, Ohio held “early voting” this year, wherein people could walk into a polling place, register to vote and then cast the vote immediately. This occurred due to...

Road to Victory Rally with Buckeye Firearms Association-endorsee Sarah Palin in West Chester, OH

Governor Sarah Palin, candidate for Vice President and 2008 Buckeye Firearms Association-endorsee , will appear at a Road to Victory Rally, Friday, October 17th at The Square of Union Centre in West Chester, Ohio. Doors open at 8:30am. Road to Victory Rally with Sarah Palin-West Chester, OH The Square of Union Centre 9285 Centre Point Dr. West Chester, Ohio 45069 Friday, October 17th Doors Open:...

2008 Ladies Only Defensive Pistol Clinic

Buckeye Firearms and the Central Ohio Defensive Pistol League have teamed up to offer you a unique opportunity to gain an overview of IDPA as a competitive shooting sport. "IDPA is shooting sport that uses practical equipment including full charge service ammunition to solve simulated 'real world' self defense scenarios." Although IDPA competitions have practical, real world applications this is...

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