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Pride and Prejudice? Hollywood Mogul Aims to Attack NRA with New Film

3:00pm Friday, January 31, 2014
Hollywood producer and Obama mega fundraiser Harvey Weinstein used an appearance on The Howard Stern Show Wednesday to announce what he billed as a new anti-NRA movie, reportedly titled, The Senator's Wife. During the interview, Weinstein called NRA a "disaster area" and said of the film, "I'm going to make a movie with Meryl Streep, and we're going to take this head-on. And they're going to wish...

Anti-self-defense groups using church affiliations to deter legislators from allowing concealed carry in places of worship

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, January 31, 2014
While many improvements have been made to Ohio's concealed carry law since it was first passed in 2004, one of the most serious ones that still needs to be addressed is the many places which are forced to post "no-guns" signs alerting criminals that everyone inside is defenseless. Despite the fact that the vast majority of multiple-victim public shootings occur in places where guns are banned,...

Op-Ed: Defining the Debate – Active Shooters and Mass Shootings

by C. D. Michel
3:00pm Thursday, January 30, 2014
"Mass public shootings are on the rise!" "Mass public shootings are not rising!" Oddly enough, both statements are correct, and misused by the gun control lobby to confuse and alarm the public. You need to know the difference, the truth and the oddly calming perspective. Like the mythical "assault weapons"," everything depends on the definition. Across the nation there have been dozens of...

BuckeyeFirearms.org: Top Ten News Items of 2013

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, January 30, 2014
On average, we publish two articles a day and 10 to 12 articles a week. Over the years, we have published well over 9,000 articles, covering elections, legislation, and all manner of events and information of interest to Second Amendment supporters. As content editor for BuckeyeFirearms.org, it's always interesting to look back over the year to see which articles captured the most interest. So...

Numerically Challenged Journalist Wages Weak Attack on NRA, Kleck

3:00pm Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Nearly a century ago, the great jazz drummer Warren "Baby" Dodds was asked for his opinion of other drummers of his day. Dodds, a perfectionist, but also a gentleman, simply said, "All who are drumming aren't drummers." That brings us to the journalist Michael Allen, who, on Monday, [January 13] took advantage of the fact that anyone with a computer and an internet connection can write just about...

Park Commissioners: Everyone but rangers can carry guns in Franklin County MetroParks

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, January 29, 2014
What do you call a security guard without a gun? A target. And that's no joke. But two out of three Board of Park Commissioners in Franklin County recently voted to continue a ridiculous prohibition against arming park rangers. From ThisWeek Community News : Tracy Rader, representative of the Fraternal Order of Police/Ohio Labor Council, said the union was "saddened" that the park district's...

HB 231 (Eliminate 'No-Guns' Victim Zones) scheduled for third hearing in House

3:00pm Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Chairman Jim Butler has announced that the Judiciary Committee will be hearing testimony on Representative Ron Maag's (R-Lebanon) HB 231 Wednesday, January 29 at 4:00 p.m. in Statehouse Room 122. This will be the third hearing for this important bill. Buckeye Firearms Association has previously testified in support of the bill. Under the proposed legislation, Ohioans would be able to carry...

Ten Threats To Our Ohio Gun Rights In 2014

by Gerard Valentino
7:00am Tuesday, January 28, 2014
As 2014 dawns, the gun community has a lot to be thankful for because of so many hard fought victories in 2013. The Colorado recall election wins, the failure of President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden's anti-gun cabal to create momentum for universal gun registration and the end of Michael Bloomberg's tenure as New York Mayor not only helped our cause in 2013, but will yield benefits for...

Citing Second Amendment, Judge Issues Injunction Against Federal Gun Ban

3:00pm Monday, January 27, 2014
Last Friday, [January 10] Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho issued a preliminary injunction to enjoin the Army Corps of Engineers from enforcing a regulation that, with limited exceptions, banned possession of firearms on lands under the Corps' control. The case, Morris v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was brought by plaintiffs in western...

Civitas Media scraps plans for state-by-state database of CCW license-holders

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, January 27, 2014
Last week, a confidential source provided me with an internal email from the director of content of Civitas Media , a North Carolina-based company which owns some 88 newspapers in 12 states, including 38 here in Ohio. The January 19 email stated that the company was planning to use "public records act requests" to "build state-by-state databases that list" people with concealed carry licenses...

Ohio House passes bill to address school safety

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, January 24, 2014
On Wednesday, January 22, the Ohio House passed House Bill 8, a bill intended to, among other things, clarify the right of local boards of education to enact safety plans which include the authorization of concealed handgun license-holders, and to specify that those plans may be considered part of the school safety plan and thus not be part of the public record. From coverage by WBNS (CBS...

Vote LINDA WALKER for NRA Board of Directors

7:13am Friday, January 24, 2014
To My Fellow Second Amendment Brothers & Sisters and NRA Members, My name is LINDA WALKER and I need your vote for the NRA Board of Directors. If you are a voting member of the National Rifle Association, by now you should have received your ballot for the Board of Directors elections in your February magazine or you will receive it in the mail. As I come to the end of my first 3-year term as...

Newspaper conglomerate Civitas Media discusses building nationwide database of CCW licensees

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, January 24, 2014
According to an internal email provided to Buckeye Firearms Association by a confidential source, Civitas Media, which owns some 88 newspapers across the country, has discussed the use of "public records act requests" to "build state-by-state databases that list those who have the right to carry" firearm licenses. The email, dated January 19, 2014, was written by Civitas Media's director of...

Ruger, S&W First to Stop California Sales

3:00pm Thursday, January 23, 2014
by Jim Shepherd "Dear California, Since you insist on passing laws that are not only unenforceable, but technically impossible with which to comply, we have decided to do the inevitable and just write off your state as a marketplace for our products." OK, that was not a real note, but it's a message any number of industries would probably like to deliver to the nanny-statists in Sacramento. The...

Miles of Guns: A bright spot in the US economy

7:00am Thursday, January 23, 2014
by Jeff Knox It has been suggested that Barack Obama is the greatest firearm salesman in history, and with good reason. Gun sales have boomed under Obama’s watch. Gun companies have reported record sales, and, contrary to the claims of the anti-rights crowd, surveys indicate that the growth isn't just due to existing gun owners building bigger collections, but to many new, first-time gun buyers...

Toledo homeowner shoots at suspects during attempted break-in

3:00pm Wednesday, January 22, 2014
WTVG, Toledo's ABC affiliate, is reporting that a homeowner used a gun to thwart an attempted break-in at their home earlier this week. From the article : According to police, three young men tried to break into the garage of the home. The owner was home at the time and says he heard noises. "It's just a shame that you work for everything you get, and then, someone wants to come and take it out...

Television Series Invites Attendees to Bring Antiques for FREE Valuations – and Chance to Be on TV!

7:00am Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The new TV series, Treasures & Traditions TV, is heading to the Cincinnati Hunting & Fishing Show January 24-26 at the Duke Energy Convention Center to offer FREE valuations on outdoor collectibles. Many sportsmen have antique memorabilia such as valuable sporting artwork, firearms, decoys, vintage outboards and tackle, books and more stored away in their attics or basements just waiting...

Poll: Household gun ownership on the rise in U.S.

3:00pm Tuesday, January 21, 2014
by Chad D. Baus Breitbart.com is reporting that the latest Economist/YouGov poll shows that 39 percent of American households own guns, which represents a five percent increase over the number of gun owning households in 2012. According to the article , throughout 2013, gun control proponents frequently dismissed the importance of empirical data on gun sales by claiming gun companies were simply...

HB 234 (Allow Noise Suppressors While Hunting) scheduled for possible vote in House committee

7:00am Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Chairman David Hall has announced that the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee will be hearing all testimony on Representative Cheryl Grossman's (R-Grove City) HB 234 today, Tuesday January 21, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Statehouse Room 116. This will be the third hearing for this important bill. Chairman Hall has indicated that a vote is possible. Buckeye Firearms Association has...

Fallout from Colorado Gun Control Laws Deepens

3:00pm Monday, January 20, 2014
Colorado-based Magpul Industries, a manufacturer of popular AR-15 ammunition magazines and accessories, announced last week that it will move its corporate headquarters to Texas and its manufacturing operations to Wyoming. The company's decision, which will affect over 200 employees and 400 supply-chain workers in Colorado, is expected to cost the state over $80 million annually. Magpul's...

Omnibus appropriations bill prevents the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty

7:00am Monday, January 20, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has announced that the Omnibus appropriations bill prevents the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by prohibiting any funding of the treaty unless it is ratified by the U.S. Senate, which opposes the treaty. In October 2013, Sen. Moran led a bipartisan group of 50 U.S. Senators in reiterating to President Obama that...

Detroit Police Chief Agrees: More Guns, Less Crime

3:00pm Friday, January 17, 2014
Except among dyed-in-the-wool anti-gun fanatics, it is a commonly accepted fact that Right-to-Carry laws not only do not cause crime to increase, they may deter violent crimes. It is also firmly established that people who have carry permits are statistically more law-abiding then people who do not. And the number of RTC states and carry permit holders reached all-time highs as the nation's...

Existing law works to catch OH-NJ gun trafficker

7:00am Friday, January 17, 2014
by Chad D. Baus Gun control advocates constantly claim that illegal gun trafficking is occurring because current laws are inadequate. They say very little, however, when a case occurs that proves existing laws can be used with great effect. According to the Columbus Dispatch , a New Jersey man is to be sentenced to prison this week for his role in a gun-trafficking scheme that stretched from...

Chicago's Firearm Transfer Ban Falls to Second Amendment Ruling

3:00pm Thursday, January 16, 2014
Things are looking up for gun owners in Illinois. On Monday, as some 4,500 concealed carry applications flooded the state's online portal on its first full day of operation, Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang of the Northern District of Illinois issued a significant opinion that invalidated Chicago's ban on firearm sales and transfers within the city. The suit was brought by the...

Noise Suppressors: Advocates say they reduce hearing loss and increase accuracy

Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, January 16, 2014
by Chad D. Baus The Dayton Daily News is reporting on the fact that noise suppressors are one of the fastest-growing segments of the firearms market, and that registrations in Ohio skyrocketed last year, according to federal data and industry experts. From the article : Ohio saw the second largest increase in suppressor registrations in the nation, and experts said interest in the devices could...

Portman Cosponsors Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act

3:00pm Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has signed on as an original cosponsor of the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014, legislation introduced by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) which would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that also has concealed carry laws. The legislation is also...

Headline: Gun background checks set new record in 2013

7:00am Wednesday, January 15, 2014
by Chad D. Baus Gannett News Service is reporting that new FBI data shows more background checks were conducted last year for firearm purchases in Ohio than ever before. From the article : Licensed firearms dealers in the state ran a total of 680,930 names through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in 2013, according to the data. That's an increase over the previous record —...

Op-Ed: ObamaCares … To Know About Your Guns

3:00pm Tuesday, January 14, 2014
by C. D. Michel Soon, you might become a federally registered gun owner when you visit your doctor. Given Obama's antagonism to gun rights and his overtly statist nature, it isn't a matter of if this will come to pass, but when. Obamacare, a hideous and dysfunctional monster even when it (rarely) works, is a machine inherently designed to violate personal privacy. Part of this massive scheme...

Defending Children: Teachers should explore options for effective resistance with the tools available

7:00am Tuesday, January 14, 2014
by Jeff Knox As the new year dawns, just over a year after the atrocity at Sandy Hook, it's time to look at what's been done since that horror to add to the protection and defense of our children. First, it’s important to recognize the fact that mass murder attacks on school children are extremely uncommon, and the odds of your or my children, grandchildren, nieces, or nephews being directly...

Extreme gun makeover with Cerakote by EAC Concepts

3:00pm Monday, January 13, 2014
by Clint Lake Many moons ago, I gifted my brother with a blued, used, cop Sig Sauer P229. It had heavy holster wear on the slide and frame but was practically brand new on the inside. It quickly became his carry pistol, and he loved it so much he gave it a name, which I think my mom is going to use for her next cat. But I digress. For his combo Xmas/Birthday (no I'm not a skinflint, but both fall...

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