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U.S. Firearm Production Sets Record in 2012: AR-15 Production Up Over 100%

3:00pm Friday, February 28, 2014
The number of firearms manufactured in the U.S. for sale to American customers hit an all-time high in 2012, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (BATFE) new Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report. American firearm manufacturers produced roughly 8.3 million firearms for sale in the U.S., a new record, up 33 percent from the 6.2 million produced for American...

CNN cancels Piers Morgan's anti-gun prime-time show

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, February 28, 2014
CNN has announced that it is ending anti-gun British journalist Piers Morgan's prime-time talk show amidst dismal ratings. From coverage by Reuters : A source at CNN said network president Jeffrey Zucker had made the decision to cancel the show following a series of discussions with Morgan about its future. Morgan, 48, could not immediately be reached for comment but acknowledged in a New York...

Speech police: Bloomberg bunch pressures Facebook and Instagram to ban discussions about gun sales on social sites

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, February 27, 2014
It isn't just your Second Amendment rights billionaire Michael Bloomberg is after - it's your First Amendment rights as well. Forbes.com is reporting that Bloomberg's Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America and Mayors Against Illegal Guns are seeking to put pressure on Facebook to prohibit discussions about the legal sale or trade of guns between individuals on its platforms. From the article...

Bible in front pocket saves bus driver from gunshots, but why does Dayton RTA still ban CCW?

by Chad D.Baus
7:00am Thursday, February 27, 2014
The recent shooting of a Dayton city bus driver is the latest in a long string of violent incidents that draw attention to the illegal ban on guns in city busses in Dayton and other Ohio cities. From WCPO (ABC Dayton) : Authorities say a Bible may have saved the life of a Dayton bus driver Monday morning. A New Testament Bible was in the front pocket of Regional Transit Authority bus driver...

PCR - Division of Wildlife Open House Critical Step

by Larry S. Moore
3:00pm Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The ODNR Division of Wildlife has proposed a Buckeye Firearms Association supported regulation to add Pistol Caliber Rifles (PCR) to the Ohio deer gun season. The upcoming Open Houses on March 1 are a critical last hurdle for PCR in Ohio. The PCR proposal has enjoyed strong support from sportsmen across Ohio and the response to the Division of Wildlife PCR survey in 2013 as overwhelming. Buckeye...

Headline: Passerby shoots, kills dog attacking woman, then keeps walking

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, February 26, 2014
WLWT, Cincinnati's NBC affiliate, is reporting that a woman being attacked by a dog Friday was saved when a passerby drew a concealed handgun and shot the dog. From the report : The attack happened in the 2100 block of Selim Avenue in East Price Hill about noon on Friday. Cincinnati police officers said the victim was attacked by the dog after it broke free from its chain in a backyard. A mail...

Op-Ed: Executive Disorder

by Chuck Michel
3:00pm Tuesday, February 25, 2014
With another stroke of his executive pen, President Obama has again confirmed his anti-Second Amendment agenda. On August 29, 2013, the White House issued a press release declaring two executive actions going into effect. The first proposed change is to federal regulation to require background checks and law enforcement approval before firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act or “NFA” (...

Ohio: Suppressor Bill Awaits Approval by House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

7:00am Tuesday, February 25, 2014
After having received several hearings by the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, House Bill 234, sponsored by state Representative Cheryl Grossman (R-23) still awaits passage by this committee. This important pro-hunting legislation would revise state law to allow a person to use a noise suppressor attached to a firearm while hunting game birds or wild quadrupeds in the Buckeye...

Op-Ed: Bloomberg's latest stats on school gun violence ignore reality

by John R. Lott
3:00pm Monday, February 24, 2014
Are schools and colleges dangerous places, with lots of gun violence? Some groups paint a picture of these places being particularly unsafe. Supposedly both murders and firearm suicides are very common at educational institutions. Last Wednesday, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s two groups, Moms Demand Gun Sense in America and Mayors Against Illegal Guns, jointly released a report that...

Former BCII head says arming teachers is way to stop school killers

by Greg Sowinski
7:00am Monday, February 24, 2014
The following article was originally published by The Lima News . Republished with permission. LIMA — A man who has been one of the state’s top cops told fellow officers Friday communities need to take steps such as arming teachers and changing their approach to the war on drugs to protect and better society. Former Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation head John Lenhart was...

Public Invited to Comment on Ohio's 2014-2015 Hunting Season Proposals

3:00pm Friday, February 21, 2014
Input also accepted online at www.wildohio.com COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) invites public comments regarding the 2014-2015 hunting, trapping and fishing regulations at open houses on Saturday, March 1, from 12-3 p.m., and online through Sunday, March 2. Input concerning proposed hunting season dates, bag limits and rule changes will be accepted during open...

Elida pupil faces possible expulsion after bringing knives to school

by Greg Sowinski
7:00am Friday, February 21, 2014
The following article was originally published by The Lima News . Republished with permission. ELIDA — An Elida Middle School student plotting to kill the principal and others arrived at the school Wednesday armed with weapons but stopped just short of carrying out his plan. The 13-year-old boy is a seventh-grader at Elida Middle School. He had three knives, a box cutter, a miniature baseball bat...

Op-Ed: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Air Conditioners Cause Rapes

by Chuck Michel
3:00pm Thursday, February 20, 2014
I was reminded of an old criminologists' inside joke when recent news reports announced that global warming will lead to higher crime rates (which is odd since crime in America has been in a two decade decline while global temperatures have crept upwards). Long ago someone noticed that more rapes occurred during the summer months, and also noticed people ran their air conditioners during the...

No Guns on Gun Ban Signs?

7:00am Thursday, February 20, 2014
When it comes to the anti-gunners' viewpoint, don't be too hasty in thinking that things can't get more ridiculous than they already are, because--as this story illustrates--they most assuredly can. [Recently], the Daily Caller reported that, in response to a law requiring the posting of small, "no guns allowed" stickers where the carry of concealed firearms is still banned, some school officials...

Op-Ed: ‘Gun control’ advocates' arrests highlight irony and hypocrisy

by David Codrea
3:00pm Wednesday, February 19, 2014
In an incident seen by some as a bit of supreme irony, a local “gun control” proponent has been arrested on two felony charges for bringing a concealed handgun into a New York elementary school, causing “an hours long lockdown,” The Buffalo News reported Friday. "Dwayne Ferguson ... was a well-known face in the movement for the SAFE Act, the state law that made carrying a gun on school property a...

Two Anniversaries Gun Control Supporters Aren't Celebrating

7:00am Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Gun control supporters have lately used the 20th anniversary of Bill Clinton's signing of the Brady Act into law as an excuse to repeat their demand for "universal" background checks. Even though most people who commit crimes with guns defeat the Brady Act by getting their guns by theft, on the black market, or from straw purchasers, anti-gunners have portrayed the law as having saved countless...

Ninth Circuit Upsets California's Anti-Gun Applecart

by Jim Shepherd
3:00pm Tuesday, February 18, 2014
In a 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down California concealed carry rules. The reason? They violate the Second Amendment of the Constitution- the one that ends with "right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Seems two of the three judges believe California counties were wrong in requiring law-abiding applicants for...

New website marks a new era for Buckeye Firearms Association

7:00am Tuesday, February 18, 2014
In July of 2013, a cyber criminal launched a "denial of service" attack on our website, hoping to shut us down. He succeeded in taking our site offline for a few days, but he failed to stop our fight against those who infringe on your Second Amendment rights. In fact, he may be responsible for the most dramatic and evolutionary period in our history. It was during that attack that we decided to...

Shikar-Safari Club International names Division of Wildlife Officer of the Year

by Larry S. Moore
3:00pm Monday, February 17, 2014
The Shikar-Safari Club International named ODNR Wildlife Officer Supervisor Mike Miller as their Wildlife Officer of the Year. The award was presented at the Ohio Wildlife Council meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the Wildlife District One office in Columbus. The award was presented by Mr. Tony Gioffre representing the Shikar-Safari Club International and by ODNR Division of Wildlife Chief Scott...

Police Using Data Concerning Lawful Gun Ownership to Ratchet Up Scrutiny, Escalate Tactics

7:00am Monday, February 17, 2014
In recent years much progress has been made in protecting the privacy of gun owners by restricting access to gun licensing and right-to-carry permit data, with a majority of states now limiting the availability of this information to law enforcement officers for official use. Unfortunately, two recent incidents have highlighted how government data indicating firearm ownership can be used by law...

An Olympic Story

by Jim Shepherd
3:00pm Friday, February 14, 2014
Like most of the rest of the world, I'm watching a lot of winter Olympic coverage from Sochi, Russia this week. But I'm afraid the events I'm following the closest aren't going to get a ton of television time- if any, actually. I'm following the biathlon, the combination of cross-country skiing and shooting. Like many of the Olympic sports, it originates from a military background. In fact, the...

President to press his anti-gun agenda "with or without Congress"

7:00am Friday, February 14, 2014
Last year, in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., Barack Obama gave a State of the Union performance that was filled with theatrical pandering. Seeking to capitalize on that tragedy by exploiting the understandably intense emotions that followed in its wake, the President reiterated his support for increased background checks and bans on common semi-automatic firearms and their magazines...

Op-Ed: Exporting Oppression – The California Petri Dish Effect

by Chuck Michel
3:00pm Thursday, February 13, 2014
Chicago is one of the few places in America so un-American that politicians there actually banned the possession of handguns; that is, until the courts threw out that law, along with tossing a citywide ban on shooting ranges and gun stores, and invalidating a state law banning carrying guns in public. Now Chicago politicians are scrambling to adopt the next most-oppressive thing. Given Chicago...

Sheriff who recently refused to renew some concealed handgun licenses is indicted on 25 counts

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, February 13, 2014
WCMH (NBC Columbus) reported recently that Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly, who just weeks ago made headlines for refusing to renew some current concealed handgun license-holders, has been indicted by a grand jury on 25 counts. From the article : According to the indictment, Kelly, 63, was indicted on the following charges: Three counts of theft in office, a fourth-degree felony Ten counts of...

January 2014 firearms sales checks second highest on record

3:00pm Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The January 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 970,510 is the second highest January on record for the system, even with a decrease of 45.8 percent compared to the January 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,790,154. For comparison, the unadjusted January 2014 NICS figure of 1,650,565 reflects a 33.5 percent decrease from the unadjusted NICS...

Report: Ohio National Guard trains to fight 'anti-government' Second Amendment supporters

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, February 12, 2014
On January 18, 2013, WSAZ (NBC Huntingon/Charleston, WV) reported that Scioto Co., OH held a mock disaster drill held in conjunction with Scioto County first responders and the Ohio Army National Guard 52nd Civil Support Unit. The mock "enemy?" As BuckeyeFirearms.org reported at the time, WSAZ described them as "two school employees who were disgruntled over the government's interpretation of the...

Family Values: Adolfo's first trip to the range with father and older brother

by Antonio Hernandez, Esq.
3:00pm Tuesday, February 11, 2014
As a parent I am continuously amazed on how my young children remind me of what's really important in life. I can still recall the first time my father and my grandfather took me shooting at the family farm. To this day I can recall every single detail of my father's lessons on gun safety, the responsibility of handling a loaded firearm and basic shooting techniques. As I recall that day, it...

ABC News widely criticized for report on children and guns

7:00am Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Manipulating statistics and scenarios with children and guns, ABC's 20/20 tried to convince viewers Friday [January 31, 2014] there is an epidemic of firearms accidents in the country, but reaction to the many inaccuracies in the report was swift. Radio host Dana Loesch produced this blistering video response , Cortney O'Brien fired back in this Townhall.com column and this piece by The Blaze...

Firearms Industry Praises House Passage of Bipartisan Sportsmen's Legislation

3:00pm Monday, February 10, 2014
Newtown, Conn. - The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industries, praised the passage [on February 5, 2014] by the U.S. House of Representatives of the bipartisan Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act. "The SHARE Act will help ensure that our nation's outdoor traditions are preserved...

Ohio Wildlife Council to Consider Proposed Deer Hunting Dates, Bag Limits

7:00am Monday, February 10, 2014
COLUMBUS, OH – Last night, the Ohio Wildlife Council received the 2014-2015 hunting proposals for deer season dates, changes to deer bag limits and the possibility of allowing some straight-walled rifle cartridges for deer hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Ohio deer hunters and other interested parties are invited to share their comments regarding the proposed...

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