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New Calls for Gun Control are Based on Skewed Statistics

by Gary Evens

7:00am Monday, November 09, 2015

Just recently another active shooter event took place at a community college in Oregon. The “anti-gunners” were once again quick to jump to conclusions and renewed their calls for stricter gun control laws. In a news conference shortly after the event occurred, President Obama expressed his frustration and anger. He once again called for action to enact stronger gun control laws and claimed that...

Tell Your Congressional Lawmakers: No New Federal Gun Control!

3:00pm Friday, November 06, 2015

Recently, we reported on a partisan gun control rally on the Capitol steps that sought to exploit recent tragedy and loss to build momentum for a longstanding agenda. Anti-gun members of the president’s party, always quick to do his bidding, have been emboldened by Obama’s own not-so-thinly-veiled call for confiscatory gun control. This week, the air on Capitol Hill remains thick with rumors of...

Cash-strapped Cleveland continues to destroy thousands upon thousands of dollars in firearms despite program's proven failure

by Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine

7:00am Friday, November 06, 2015

In recent years, headlines have told the tale of a bleak financial picture in cities like Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo. Fewer police officers, layoffs, pay freezes, and reduced services. In this cash-strapped atmosphere, does it really make any sense for bureaucrats to destroy thousands upon thousands of dollars in city property that could instead be sold? Unfortunately, that is exactly what...

Trustworthiness Issues? Politifact Calls Out Clinton Deception

3:00pm Thursday, November 05, 2015

That there are apparently still people (though, increasingly few) that find Hillary Clinton at all trustworthy is becoming more and more incredible. Late last week, Politifact took Clinton to task over comments she made about the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). According to Politifact, at a campaign event in Iowa, Clinton remarked “[p]robably one of the most egregious, wrong,...

FASTERSavesLives.org at the OSBA conference

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Thursday, November 05, 2015

FASTER Saves Lives will have a booth at this year’s Ohio School Board Association’s “Capital Conference.” We were so well received last year that we have doubled our booth space this year. We will have various people at the booth including an attorney, Superintendent and John Benner of Tactical Defense Institute to discuss options for preventing, stopping, and treating injured from an active...

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Hillary Adopts the 40% Myth to Argue for Gun Control

3:00pm Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Among the many issues standing between Hillary Clinton and the White House is what various media outlets have delicately labeled a “credibility problem.” Politico was more blunt in an August 27 article, asking, “Can Hillary overcome the ‘liar’ factor?” That piece went on to cite a Quinnipiac University poll, in which 61% of respondents indicated they did not believe Hillary was honest and...

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One of the reasons for the FBI's move to 9mm ammo just might surprise you

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Having been a gun rights writer for over 13 years, I'm usually able to gauge whatever the current meme floating around social media is by the number of times it is forwarded to me by readers who think I might be interested in covering it. I appreciate their taking the time to do so, and in some cases I do find that the topics are worth sharing with BuckeyeFirearms.org readers. One such news item...

Pro-Gun Representatives Introduce Hearing Protection Act to Reform Outdated Suppressor Laws

3:00pm Tuesday, November 03, 2015

[Recently], Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) introduced H.R. 3799, the Hearing Protection Act (HPA). Joining him were 10 co-sponsors, including Representatives Frank Guinta (R-NH), John Carter (R-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chris Collins (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Mia Love (R-UT), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), and Chris Stewart (R-UT). The HPA would remove sound...

Naked and Afraid: Fighting an Active Shooter When You are Unarmed

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Tuesday, November 03, 2015

In case you’ve missed the recent news coverage, four unarmed Americans and one unarmed Brit teamed up to take out a terrorist active killer on a train traveling between Amsterdam and Paris. A complete news account and timeline of the extraordinary act of heroism is available HERE . When we look at past active shooter events, we see that the most successful outcomes happen when an armed individual...

Op-Ed: The Progressive Gun-Control Charade

by Nicholas Johnson

3:00pm Monday, November 02, 2015

After tragedy, politicians glibly call for unworkable reforms—then blame the ‘gun lobby’ when they fail. In the wake of horrific crimes like the recent mass shooting in Oregon, many in the political class respond as if there were an easy way to keep such tragedies from happening. If it weren’t for the stubbornness of the National Rifle Association, the story goes, these deadly incidents could be...

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Polls Show Majority of Americans View NRA Favorably, Don’t Want New Gun Controls, and Recognize Right-to-Carry Makes Us Safer

7:00am Monday, November 02, 2015

Earlier this month, we brought attention to Hillary Clinton’s recent comments about how the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong in recognizing that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms, and just how wildly of step her view is with that of the American people. Polling data released this week from Gallup and ORC International/CNN further underscores the chasm between...