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Buckeye Firearms Association and Buckeye Firearms Foundation have a new address. Our new address is: 495 East Mound Street, Suite 200 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Please direct all future postal correspondence to this new address. As Buckeye Firearms Association and Buckeye Firearms Foundation continue to grow in popularity and in terms of the projects we are engaged in, we needed a location in downtown...

Starbucks and Guns

by Jeff Knox When Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz posted a public letter asking gun owners not to bring their guns into Starbucks stores, some in the media and anti-rights crowd declared it a victory, while some in the gun-rights crowd called it a declaration of war. It was neither. As a company, Seattle-based Starbucks tends to lean left, supporting "progressive" causes and candidates, but when the...

ODNR Expands Deer Check System

Landowners can check deer using mobile devices COLUMBUS, OH – An enhanced website will offer Ohio hunters a quick and easy way to check harvested white-tailed deer with their smartphones, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The enhanced site at www.ohiogamecheck.com was made available when the 2013-2014 deer-archery season began on Saturday, Sept. 28.

Want the facts concerning the proposed change to Ohio's ‘duty to retreat'? Don't look to the media or opponents of HB 203.

by Chad D. Baus In the lead-up to the return of the Ohio General Assembly from their summer break and the opening of hearings on several pro-gun rights bills, certain individuals and groups, along with their media accomplices, have ramped up their efforts to paint one particular provision in Rep. Terry Johnson's House Bill 203 as a "Stand Your Ground" bill. These groups, which have always opposed...

Federal Land Closures: Political Theatre at its Worst

USSA Calls on President Obama to Take Action (Columbus) – As Washington D.C. faces another government shutdown, hunters, anglers and trappers across the country are facing a shutdown of their own. From Alaska to Florida, sportsmen and women are finding that the budgetary standoff in Congress is having a direct impact on their hunting or fishing season. The federal government has issued directives...

Senate.gov Invents Second Amendment Controversy

Perhaps we were too harsh on textbook publishers last week for botching the proper interpretation of the Second Amendment, as even those in charge of the official website of a body sworn to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" apparently can't be expected to get it right. The official website of the United States Senate features a "Virtual Reference Desk" section on the...

Op-Ed: Bloomberg's Puppets Turn Their Sights on Ohioans' Second Amendment Rights

by Ken Blackwell By now, you really would have thought Michael Bloomberg would have learned his lesson. The out-of-touch New York City mayor has lately made it his business to be in everyone else's business - whether that means trying to decide for New York residents what they are allowed to eat or drink, or trying to tell people from other states what to think of their elected officials. More...

Not a Peep from Obama: Violent Crime Now at a 42-Year Low

Last week, the FBI released its national crime report for 2012. By a slight margin, the nation's violent crime rate decreased in 2012--relative to 2011--making it the lowest it has been since 1970. Compared to 1991, when it hit an all-time high, violent crime is down by 49 percent. The nation's murder rate was unchanged in 2012; still lower than any time since 1963 and at nearly an all-time low...

ODNR Offers Many Youth Hunting Opportunities This Fall

COLUMBUS, OH – Crisp fall air and brilliant fall foliage signal the start of Ohio's world-class hunting seasons and family traditions that can be carried on for generations. Ohio's young hunters have many opportunities to learn and improve their outdoors skills during several special youth hunting seasons, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). "Ohio offers great hunting...

Lies of the Lead Menace

by Jeff Knox The California legislature is on the verge of passing a bill banning the use of traditional ammunition - bullets containing lead - for hunting statewide. The justification for the ban is that the giant, endangered carrion eater, the California Condor, is seriously threatened by lead poisoning from ingesting bullet fragments in game animals. Proponents of the ban say that hunters...

Ohio Offers Antlerless-Only Deer Muzzleloader Hunt Oct. 12-13

No bucks may be harvested during this weekend regardless of hunting implement. COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio hunters have the opportunity to participate in a new antlerless-only deer muzzleloader season Oct. 12-13, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). It is legal to hunt antlerless deer statewide with a muzzleloader or bow during the two-day season. No bucks may be harvested...

See the Acclaimed Pro 2nd Amendment Documentary "Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire"

One of the main issues that law abiding gun owners face every day is a threat from politicians of taking their Constitutional rights away. This becomes even easier for politicians when "the polls" support whatever "common sense" law they want to put in place. Of course as many of us know most of these laws will ONLY affect law abiding gun owners and do nothing to deter crime. The problem is too...

Cleveland City Councilman Eugene Miller hosts “Stand Your Ground!” a firearm safety discussion for residents of Ward 10

Cleveland City Councilman Eugene Miller invites residents to attend a special community meeting to discuss firearm safety on Thursday, Oct. 3. The discussion, "Stand Your Ground!" will feature Jim Irvine from Buckeye Firearms to share information and answer residents' questions on firearms, safety and gun laws. "Guns and gun safety is a conversation every household in Cleveland should have,” said...

2013 Youth Shoot Breaks Attendance Records

by Mike Horning, PhD This year's annual Buckeye Firearms Foundation Youth Shoot saw record breaking numbers with twice as many youth and volunteers in attendance. On September 14 and 15, 2013, ninety-four youth spent the second weekend in September at Dillon Sportsman's Complex in Nashport, Ohio earning various qualifications and learning the basics of firearm safety. In addition to the youth,...

Brainstorming Response Options in the Nairobi Mall Incident

by Greg Ellifritz As I write this, Kenyan officials just declared the terrorist hostage siege in a Nairobi shopping mall to be over. A current count of fatalities is at 75, with nearly 200 more reported injured in the three day event. For those of you who haven't heard about this terrorist attack, here is a brief description.... Approximately 10-15 terrorists from the Islamic terrorist group al-...

Go West, Young Man! An Ohio Activist's Experience in the Colorado Recall Elections

by Sean Maloney Whether across the street, across town, across the state line, or across the country, we as EVCs or NRA-ILA Volunteers, should not limit our volunteerism by self-imposed geographic borders. What we offer as experienced grassroots activists is unique, highly respected by those we assist, and feared by those who oppose us and the liberty we fight to protect. Just because the area...

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