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Memorial Day 2010 - Remembering Those Who Gave All to Defend Our Rights

By Jim Irvine We are often thanked for all we do to secure firearms rights in Ohio, but this Memorial Day, it's important to remember all those who have come before us, and won all of the big battles. It is only through their sacrifice and perseverance that we are able to fight today's battles. While it's easy to get caught up in the moment of your own struggles, our lives as we know them would...

Brady Campaign's slipping relevancy underscored by NRA convention

by Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman Adhering to a pattern of behavior that has developed over the years, a tiny contingent of gun prohibitionists paraded outside of the Charlotte Convention Center while the National Rifle Association was hosting its record-breaking members' meeting, but they remained only long enough to get some camera time with local news crews. Paul Helmke, president of the Brady...

FLASH: Ohio Senate passes SB239 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix) and SB247 (Restoration of Rights)

The Ohio Senate has passed Senate Bill 239, which will allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants. To do so, license holders may not consume any alcohol and must not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. According to OpenCarry.org , 42 states (including every state that borders Ohio) allow non-drinking license holders to carry firearms...

Bills would allow Ohio citizens to carry guns in restaurants and restore gun owner rights

Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is delighted to report that the Senate Criminal Justice Committee today passed two vital bills. SB239 would allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants. To do so, license holders may not consume any alcohol and must not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The bill also seeks to reduce burdensome...

Ohio Attorney General announces concealed carry reciprocity agreement with North Dakota

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has announced a new concealed carry reciprocity agreement with North Dakota. Here is the text of the official announcement: I am pleased to inform you that my office has negotiated another agreement to extend the concealed carry privileges of licensed Ohioans who are traveling in other states. Effective immediately, North Dakota is the 20th state to enter...

More Guns, Less Crime: 2009 FBI Crime Data continues to refute gun ban extremists' rhetoric

by Gerard Valentino The Dayton Daily News is reporting that preliminary FBI statistics show violent crime has decreased in Ohio for the third straight year. Yes, that's right - crime decreased in spite of predictions by the establishment media, politically-motivated law enforcement groups and anti-gun extremists, who claimed that permissive self-defense laws would lead to the end of civilization...

NSSF Grants Fuel Growth in Collegiate Target Shooting

Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative Benefits Varsity Teams, Clubs On college campuses across the country, men and women are taking up target shooting in increasing numbers. From Harvard to Jacksonville University to the University of Colorado, the shooting sports are "in" as students discover how they can enjoy these safe, fun activities with their friends. To encourage this growth trend, the...

Debunking Random Anti-Gun Myths

By Gerard Valentino The anti-gun movement and establishment media have done such a great job disseminating their dangerous message on the gun issue that several of their myths have become accepted as common knowledge in America today. Some of the myths are ridiculous, and some are so pervasive that they are considered to be true. In some cases they are perpetuated by well-meaning but misinformed...

Op-Ed: Kagan Bad on Guns

by Brian Darling "President Obama's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court," I wrote in HUMAN EVENTS on June 3, 2009, "owes the American people an explanation on her view of the 2nd Amendment." The nominee then was Sonia Sotomayor, who never provided an explanation. Now, with the choice of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama is two for two in selecting Supreme Court nominees with an...

BFA's Ken Hanson debates New York Mayor Bloomberg advisor on Columbus NPR talk show

On May 18, Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was a guest the WOSU 820AM (NPR News Columbus) program "All Sides." Ken discussed issues surrounding illegal guns, and proposals to make it more difficult for terrorists and criminals to obtain weapons and explosives with host Ann Fisher other the guests on the show, City of New York First Deputy Criminal Justice Coordinator/...

SB239 (Restaurant/Car Carry) & SB247 (Restoration of Rights) scheduled for possible vote in Senate committee

The Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee , chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, May 26 at 9:00 AM in the Senate Building's South Hearing Room. Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson will offer testimony on SB239 , sponsored by Senator Shannon Jones and Senator Tim Schaffer to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun...

2010 Ohio Spring Turkey Harvest Up For Third Year in a Row

Hunters checked 21,909 wild turkeys during Ohio's four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 16, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The preliminary total represents nearly a 16 percent increase over last year's preliminary harvest number of 18,936.

Cleveland newspaper rolls out more tired arguments in editorial opposing restaurant carry legislation

By Gerard Valentino and Larry S. Moore The Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial Page is a perfect example of the old cliché about insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. In their most recent anti-gun rant titled, " Ohio Senate should bury bill to permit concealed weapons in bars " they are speaking out against a bill that makes Ohio's concealed carry law...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 85 - Obama State Department moves to ban importation of M1 Garand & M1 Carbine

Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" -------- 1- State Department Infringement The lamestream media told you: Nothing. The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that: I've just learned from a highly placed and reliable personal source that, in a quiet move to restrict gun ownership, the Obama White House has directly instructed the State Department to...

Racist cartoon attacking NRA over terror watch list presents fear, not fact

A recent political cartoon run in several Central Ohio newspapers shows the severity of the anti-gun bias prevalent in the establishment media. The cartoon depicts a man wearing an NRA armband handing a rifle to a stereotype caricature of what is presumed to be a Muslim terrorist. Under the picture are the words "NRA fights effort to deny guns to people on terrorist watch list." ( Click here to...

FLASH: National Rifle Association files amicus brief in City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio preemption challenge

One week after Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, via the Solicitor General, filed a strong merit brief in support of Ohio's "preemption" law, R.C. 9.68, the National Rifle Association has followed suit, filing an Amicus , or "friend of the court," brief in support of upholding state law. Click here to download the NRA's brief. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has also filed an Amicus...

Three-Step Guide to 3-Gunning

Editor's Note: There are still a few spots open for the 2010 MultiGun Clinic , brought to you by Ohio Shooting Sports and Buckeye Firearms Association, with proceeds benefitting the Buckeye Firearms Foundation. If this article piques your interest, please register now ! By Jeff Johnston Tri-Gun Challenge competitor Neil Davies pulled into the Del-Tone/Luth gun club parking lot and wasted no time...

Winner announced in BFA's first gun giveaway!

Samuel Sitton from Hernando Mississippi has won the Ithaca 12-gauge shotgun in our first gun giveaway. We just received the picture you see here of Sam proudly holding his new gun. Response to the giveaway was overwhelming. Well over 5,000 pro-gun patriots from Ohio and around the U.S. entered for a chance to win. We launched the giveaway for two reasons. First, we thought it would be fun. Second...

Early recap on NRA Annual Meetings: Record attendance "drives anti-gun folks crazy"

By Jim Shepherd As the curtain was rung down on the NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibitions in Charlotte, North Carolina, it appears another record-setting event will be headed for the record books. First, with nearly a third of the NRA's membership living inside a 150 mile radius of Charlotte, it seems the attendance records are pretty much going to be rewritten. Although we've not seen official...

Letter to Legislator: "There is simply no such thing as a 'gun show loophole.'"

Editor's Note: The following letter was submitted by Buckeye Firearms Region Leader Larry S. Moore to a legislator who made comments to the media regarding the mythical "gun show loophole." Have you contacted your own legislator to inform them of the truth? The letter below provides an excellent template... May 2, 2010 The Honorable State Representative Clayton Luckie 77 S. High St 13th Floor...

Latest round of shoddy journalism in Ohio focuses on mythical "gun show loophole"

by Gerard Valentino Ohio's establishment media has a long history of taking sides in the debate on the right to keep and bear arms. In her coverage of the Dayton area gun show anti-gun protest at Hara Arena, Kelli Wynn of The Dayton Daily News managed to take that anti-gun bias to a new level. Her fawning and overly-sympathetic coverage of the protest was a slap in the face to fair-minded Ohioans...

Ohio Wildlife Officers Indicted

By Larry S. Moore The situation with the indictments of the Brown County Wildlife Officer plus the Ohio Division of Wildlife Chief, Assistant Chief, District 5 (Xenia) Manager, Law Enforcement Administrator and Human Resources Administrator is widely reported. (See links below and the Buckeye Forum) There are lots of questions, rumors, counter-rumors and confusion over the case. First, a full...

Obama Supreme Court nominee was 'not sympathetic' as law clerk to gun-rights argument

By Chad D. Baus Bloomberg News is reporting that Elena Kagan, who was recently nominated by President Obama to the United States Supreme Court, said as a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk in 1987 that she was "not sympathetic" toward a man who contended that his constitutional rights were violated when he was convicted for carrying an unlicensed pistol. According to Bloomberg News, Kagan made the...

April second highest all-time for background checks on firearm sales

Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,146,912(a) checks in April 2010, ranking the month the second highest April for most NICS checks. This figure, while being a 6.5 percent decrease from the 1,225,980 checks conducted in April 2009, is an increase of 21.9 percent over checks in April 2008. The total number of background checks reported...

Ohio Attorney General files merit brief defending constitutionality of statewide preemption law

By Ken Hanson, Esq. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, via the Solicitor General, filed a strong merit brief on Tuesday May 12 in support of Ohio's "preemption" law, R.C. 9.68. This law was enacted via HB347, which passed with overwhelming support in December 2006 over Governor Bob Taft's veto. HB347 remains the only veto-override in Ohio in the past three decades. As I noted at the time of...

Attorney General announces First Quarter 2010 CHL statistics

By Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the first quarter of 2010. At the end of March, we had an all-time record of 188,665 Ohio residents licensed to carry concealed firearms. (See chart) During this election year, more politicians are touting their pro-gun stances and seeking our endorsements for use in radio and...

Man Pleads Guilty to Poaching $23,000 Trophy Buck

Largest restitution for a poached deer ever imposed in Ohio A Scioto County man pled guilty to four wildlife violations in Adams County Court on Friday, April 30 and was ordered to pay $23,572.05 in restitution, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. Johnny B. Clay, 37, of Minford pled guilty to four charges including taking a deer in a closed season,...

NSSF Provides Free Videos to Help Educators Teach Firearm Safety and Conservation

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has launched an online campaign offering free educational videos about firearm safety and wildlife conservation to teachers and school administrators across the country. A longtime leader in promoting firearm safety and conservation education, NSSF is pleased to report that just several days into the campaign more than 4,500 DVDs have been ordered by...

Get Involved: National Training Week July 4-11

By Jeff Knox National Training Week, July 4 through 11, is set aside in conjunction with Independence Day to remind people that liberty and independence are closely tied to responsible possession of firearms. Every American owes a debt of thanks to our forebears who saw fit to enshrine the right to arms in our Constitution and to use that right to defend our liberty for the past 234 years...

Buckeye Firearms Association leaders speak at Second Amendment Town Hall

On April 28, the Dublin Republican Club of Northwest Columbus sponsored a Second Amendment Town Hall meeting in Dublin, OH. Guest speakers included Col. Danny Bubp, a State Representative from the 88th District; Linda Walker, Buckeye Firearms Association Central Ohio Chair and winner of the NRA's Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award; Ken Hanson, Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair and...

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