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Ohio's Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix (HB45) and Restoration of Rights legislation (HB54) scheduled for vote in House

3:51pm Tuesday, May 10, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Ohio House Speaker Bill Batchelder (R) has scheduled two pieces of pro-gun legislation for a vote in the House on Wednesday afternoon, May 11. The action comes a month after the Ohio Senate passed SB17 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix) by a 25-7 margin, and SB61 (Restoration of Rights) by a 27-5 margin, and follows weeks of intense grassroots activism by Buckeye Firearms...

April sees 15% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 11th straight month over month increase

3:00pm Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The April 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 843,484 is an increase of 15.2 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 731,955 in April 2010. For comparison, the unadjusted April 2011 NICS figure of 1,339,673 is an increase of 9.2 percent over the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,226,760 in April 2010. This marks the eleventh straight month-over-...

Mayors Against Illegal Guns – A Reality Check

7:00am Tuesday, May 10, 2011
by Philip Van Cleave I have been doing a bit of research on [New York City Mayor Michael] Bloomberg's group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns. They claim a membership of 593 mayors. Of these, 399 (over 67%!) are in only four states – New Jersey (40), New York (108), Ohio (71) and Pennsylvania(180). If you throw in California (21) and Florida (36), they account for 456 (over 76%) of their alleged...

Karen Stewart-Linkhart appointed to Ohio Wildlife Council

3:00pm Monday, May 09, 2011
by Larry S. Moore Those familiar with the Ohio Wildlife Council, conservation issues or trapping will likely recognized the name Karen Stewart-Linkhart. She has previously served two terms on the council from 1999 until 2007. After serving on the council, Stewart-Linkhart remained active and attended most of the meetings representing either the Ohio State Trappers or the National Trapping...

Obama Admits Stealth Attack on Rights, Media Yawns

7:00am Monday, May 09, 2011
by Jeff Knox "I just want you to know that we are working on it," Barack Obama told Sarah Brady regarding gun control. "We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar," Obama said according to Brady. This interesting bit of news was reported in an April 11 Washington Post Lifestyle section story about Obama's gun control and regulatory policy wonk Steve Croley. Toward the end of the...

Op-Ed: Gun Owners Have a Right to Privacy

3:00pm Friday, May 06, 2011
Editor's Note: While Ohioans have won a good deal of protection from the prying eyes of the anti-gun media via passage of House Bill 9 in 2006 , efforts to reverse these protections continue. One such attempt came when State Rep. Matt Lundy (D) proposed an amendment to HB45 that would have made the records public. Fortunately, the anti-gun amendment was defeated. by John Stossel If you own a gun...

Headline: "Gun control a top goal of Obama second term"

7:00am Friday, May 06, 2011
Politico.com is reporting that John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., is suggesting that Barack Obama is laying the foundation to push an ambitious gun control agenda if he wins a second term. According to the article, Bolton is accusing the administration of using its own failures in the war against Mexican drug cartels as a pretext for more gun control. From the article : "We can...

Wall Street Journal: Issa Steps Up Fight over ATF Documents

3:00pm Thursday, May 05, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa is threatening to hold the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in contempt of Congress for its refusal to produce documents. The agency says releasing them will compromise ongoing criminal cases. From the article : The fight involves the bureau's Project Gunrunner, in which law enforcement officers may have...

Elderly home invasion victim shoots one of his attackers

7:00am Thursday, May 05, 2011
Dayton CBS affiliate WHIO-TV is reporting that an elderly man shot a man suspected of breaking into his house Friday night. From the report : Around 11 p.m. Friday, 3 people broke into the house of an elderly man on Mia Avenue and demanded property, Lt. Kimberly Hill of the Dayton Police Department said. The man refused to give them anything, so the group left and later returned, Hill said. When...

Firearms Industry Responds to Mexico’s Threats of Litigation

3:00pm Wednesday, May 04, 2011
(National Shooting Sports Foundation) - [Recently] a Mexican official confirmed that President Felipe Calderon's government has hired U.S. trial lawyers to investigate possible litigation against U.S. gun manufacturers and firearms retailers, seeking to hold these lawful companies responsible for the criminal misuse of firearms in Mexico. Though the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,...

The logical conclusion of the gun ban lobby's rhetoric: Ban everything

7:00am Wednesday, May 04, 2011
by Gerard Valentino The anti-gun lobby spends a lot of time and money scaring Americans about what might happen if honest people are allowed more leeway in how, and where, they carry guns. All along, they assured us that gun-related disaster is a likely outcome each time a new pro-gun reform is suggested. Concealed Carry laws were sure to lead to Wild West shootouts, Castle Doctrine and Stand...

Ohio restaurant carry legislation is a political bellwether

3:00pm Tuesday, May 03, 2011
by Gerard Valentino We all know that most racists begin their bigoted, ignorant statements by reminding everyone within earshot about how many friends they have who are minorities. Usually, the assurance of having friends who are minorities is a tip-off that a truly racist and indefensible statement is imminent. Anti-gun politicians do the same thing when they are about to equate gun owners with...

Ohio House Representatives receive letters from BFA and concerned constituents upon return to Columbus

3:01pm Monday, May 02, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Ohio House Representatives returning from spring recess on Monday received a letter from Buckeye Firearms Association addressing the status of Ohio's Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix legislation (HB45/SB17). The House version of the legislation, HB45, received five hearings in the House Committee on State Government and Elections before being passed on a 12-10 mostly party...

Annual Meetings: NRA's LaPierre calls out Obama administration's Dept. of Justice and ATF for growing "gunwalker" scandal

3:00pm Monday, May 02, 2011
by Jim Shepherd "We've never witnessed anything like this rottenness, lying and corruption," said Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President and CEO "and we've had it. We've had it with Erica Holder and Hillary Clinton and the rest of this administration. And Lord knows, Americans have sure had it with the arrogant, sanctimonious, gun-hating liars who call themselves the national news media."...

Buckeye Firearms Association's Linda Walker elected to the NRA’s Board of Directors

7:00am Monday, May 02, 2011
The leadership team of Buckeye Firearms Association is proud to announce that our very own Linda Walker has been elected to a position on the National Rifle Association's Board of Directors. The NRA made the public announcement in Pittsburgh at the NRA Annual Meetings on Saturday. Linda Walker has been a tireless supporter and fighter for our Second Amendment rights for several years. She joined...

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