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2015 - The Year in Review

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, December 31, 2015
While there is far too much to cover in a single article, we reflect on some of the important events of 2015. January: The year begins with news of yet another police-involved shooting with a person who turned out to have an airsoft gun. The shooting occurs in California, the state that Ohio Rep. Alicia Reece has modeled her 'toy gun control' proposal after, offering the latest proof that passing...

Ohioans use firearms for self-defense in two post-Christmas home invasions

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, December 31, 2015
News stations in Dayton and Columbus are reporting on two separate post-Christmas home invasion incidents in which the victims were forced to use firearms in self-defense. First, WRGT (Fox Dayton) documents an incident in which a women defended herself and two children who were also sleeping inside: Trotwood Police were called to a home at the dead end of Atlas Road around 6:00 Monday morning...

Columbus Dispatch: Taking "no-guns" signs down will reduce odds of attack

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, December 30, 2015
I'm now well into my 14th year of writing on gun rights in the Buckeye State, and while some things may never change, I have seen my share of change in the perceptions and attitudes about gun rights in general, and concealed carry in particular. We've seen our fair share of converts in the law enforcement community - those who once opposed concealed carry admitting that their "Wild West"...

Ohio National Guard now allows members to carry firearms in the performance of their duties

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Wednesday, December 30, 2015
It has never made sense that our soldiers carry full-auto rifles (firearms that actually are “assault weapons”) all over the world, but at home are denied the right to carry any firearm for personal protection. When a terrorist attacked our battle tested troops at Ft. Hood, our soldiers had to dial 911 and wait for the local police to show up and save them. This is a policy our president should...

Senseless in Seattle: New Guns & Ammo Tax Meets Court Challenge

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Tuesday, December 29, 2015
The city of Seattle, Washington, passed an ordinance this summer that imposes a $25 tax on every gun sold in the city, and 5 cents on each round of ammunition, except .22 caliber and smaller, which will carry a tax of 2 cents per round. Not only is the law senseless, it’s a huge waste of taxpayers’ money, and it’s patently illegal. The Second Amendment Foundation, based just outside of Seattle,...

Remember to fight for your Second Amendment rights with year-end donations

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, December 29, 2015
As you are going over your end of year “to do” lists, there are some donations you can make to support your ideals. Tax credit – the gift that costs you nothing! You can make a donation of $50/100 per person/couple to an Ohio statewide candidate, State Representative or State Senator and receive a tax credit for the entire donation. This is not a “tax deduction” where you get a portion back; this...

Stand Your Ground: Science and Science Fiction

3:00pm Monday, December 28, 2015
Andrew Branca, the author of the “Law of Self Defense,” recently reviewed a study on racial bias and Florida’s Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws published in the Elsevier Social Science & Medicine. The study, “Race, law, and health: Examination of ‘Stand Your Ground’ (SYG) and defendant convictions in Florida” (Social Science & Medicine, Volume 142, October 2015, pages 194-201; pay-walled)...

Importance of pro-gun volunteers' work in Virginia highlighted by recent loss of right to carry for 6.3 million

by Sean Maloney
7:00am Monday, December 28, 2015
Editor's Note: Last week, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring joined the list of politicians pandering to the anti-gun agenda of Michael Bloomberg and Hillary Clinton by arbitrarily severing concealed carry reciprocity agreements with half of the United States. What follows is a look at the ongoing battle in the purple state of Virginia - a state not unlike our own... As a leader of Buckeye...

Merry Christmas from Buckeye Firearms Association

3:00pm Thursday, December 24, 2015
Merry Christmas to one and all from all of us at Buckeye Firearms Association. Our best gift is the friendship and support given by each of you throughout the year. As we reflect on the year's passing, we count our many blessings, remember our losses, and give thanks for those who helped us through it all. We each need to take time to appreciate our friends and family during this special time of...

Woman Who Illegally Bought Gun Used to Shoot Cop Sentenced to One Year of Probation

3:00pm Wednesday, December 23, 2015
A federal judge in Omaha [recently] sentenced a woman to one year of probation for illegally buying a gun on her boyfriend’s behalf from an FFL at a pawnshop. The woman could have been sentenced to a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. The boyfriend was a prohibited felon and gang member at the time of the purchase. He later the used the firearm to kill a police officer...

Contact Distance Shooting…Rescuing a Friend or Family Member

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Have you ever thought about how you would rescue a friend, partner, or loved one who was engaged in a life or death struggle with a criminal? It may be a little more complex than you have imagined. Awhile back a concealed carry permit holder named Perry Stevens in Louisiana heroically took up the role as rescuer when a police officer needed some assistance. You can read about his story at the...

Supreme Court (Again) Punts on the Second Amendment, Leaves Voters to Carry the Ball

3:00pm Tuesday, December 22, 2015
[Recently], the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that upheld a Chicago-area “assault weapons” ban against a Second Amendment challenge. This was the second time this year that the Supreme Court refused to hear a Second Amendment case, thereby allowing a broad gun control law to stand. As in that previous case, the court’s...

Ohio's U.S. Senators and challengers continue to make news over differing views on firearms rights

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Both U.S. Senators from Ohio, Sherrod Brown (D) and Rob Portman (R), and Ted Strickland, a Democrat hoping to win his party's nomination to challenge Portman in 2016, have been making news in recent days over comments made with regard to gun rights and gun control. (Brown and Strickland are pictured with President Obama.) In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack in San Bernadino, CA,...

'Sporting Purpose' Language in the Law Has Got to Go

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Monday, December 21, 2015
The term “sporting purpose” is imbedded throughout U.S. gun control laws, and its use is a violation of the Second Amendment. That has been my position for decades. My brother Chris raised the issue in a speech before the Gun Rights Policy Conference some three years ago, and our dad, Neal Knox, was making an issue of the language in the 1980s. The “sporting purpose” language has been a plank in...

Gun Control Supporters Unhinged: New Republic Says "Ban Guns— All of Them"

3:00pm Friday, December 18, 2015
Inspired by [a recent] New York Times front-page editorial calling for the confiscation of “large categories of weapons and ammunition,” a new article in the progressive-agenda magazine, New Republic, says that banning only some guns, but not all, is not enough. “It’s time to ban guns. Yes, all of them. . . . Get rid of guns in homes, and on the streets, and, as much as possible, on police...

2016 Buckeye Firearms Association PAC political candidate surveys

1:01pm Friday, December 18, 2015
Buckeye Firearms Association's politician action committee (BFA-PAC) will issue endorsements for the 2016 primary and general races. We focus primarily on statehouse races, but we also endorse in select local, judicial and federal races. If you are a candidate for the Ohio Statehouse, or any other office except judicial positions, go here to fill out a survey and be considered for an endorsement...

Recognizing the Sound of Gunfire

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, December 18, 2015
With all the recent active shooter/active killer events happening worldwide, I’m continuing to see reports of the exact same phenomenon….people don’t recognize the sounds of gunfire when they are being shot at. In almost every mass shooting, victims report that they heard a loud noise, but thought it was some other more innocuous sound. In a recent school shooting , Jordan Coates, a student at...

Planned Giving: How to Provide a Lasting Legacy of Freedom

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Thursday, December 17, 2015
You've spent a good portion of your life supporting the fight for Second Amendment rights. You're a member of the NRA. Maybe you're a member of BFA too. You've been shooting, collecting, and enjoying firearms for as long as you can remember. And now, as you get a little older, you start to think about whether those rights will be there for future generations. After all, you've seen endless...

Mishandling of BGSU faculty email lobbying scandal leads to shake-up at Sentinel-Tribune

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, December 17, 2015
The fall-out from my November 30 article exposing a large number of faculty at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) for having used university resources to lobby against House Bill 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones) and highlighting comments from Dr. James E. Evans labeling the National Rifle Association (NRA) as "a murderous terrorist organization that is a threat to national security"...

Washington Post Skewers Obama on Shootings, Vindicates Rubio and Gun Rights Position

3:00pm Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Just as the New York Times is doing its best to shrug off whatever remaining journalistic integrity the paper might have had, the country’s other major establishment newspaper, the Washington Post, has managed to check some facts without their usual bias. The Post’s Fact Checker column concluded that Barack Obama deserved a rebuke for some of his recent comments on gun control, while giving a...

Action Needed! Urge Your U.S. Rep to Vote Against Any Anti-Gun Amendments

7:00am Wednesday, December 16, 2015
In the wake of [the recent terror attack] in San Bernardino, California, President Obama and the usual cast of anti-gun politicians were -- again -- quick to exploit an act of terrorism to push for more gun control. The president suggested the NRA was somehow to blame for the tragedy, and when addressing the nation over the weekend, he predictably called for new gun laws. This time, the president...

New York Times Calls for Gun Confiscation

3:00pm Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Never let it be said that the New York Times can’t recognize the important moments in American history, nor muster the courage to express its opinions on its front page when the situation demands. In 1920, for example, feeling strongly about the upcoming presidential election, the newspaper published a front-page editorial criticizing the Republican Party for nominating Warren Harding. In that...

Attorney General announces Third Quarter 2015 CHL statistics; 34% increase over prior year

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the third quarter of 2015. There were a total of 26,139 licenses issued during the quarter, exceeding the average demand for CHLs for the 16th straight quarter. Governor John Kasich (R) signed HB 234 in December of 2014. In the first two quarters of 2014, when bills were just languishing in the...

Reality Check: Did Australia And Great Britain See Lower Gun Violence After Mass Confiscation?

3:00pm Monday, December 14, 2015
Ben Swann takes a look at whether mass gun confiscation in the United States would work like it did in Australia and Great Britain. But more importantly, he will ask the question, the mass confiscation even work over there? What follows is a Reality Check you won't see anywhere else.

Sandy Hook: In memory of those who were murdered three years ago today

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, December 14, 2015
It has been three years since a coward killed his mother, stole her guns, and went to the Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The school was locked for the beginning of the school day. The coward shot out the windows and entered through the administration area, killing several there. He proceeded down the hallway, murdered 27 year-old Victoria Soto, who had hidden her children,...

Ohio concealed handgun license-holder defends self and co-worker from armed robber

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, December 11, 2015
WXIX (Fox Cincinnati) is reporting that a contractor with a concealed handgun license defended his life, and that of a co-worker, from a 16 year-old armed robber who attacked them outside a home they were rehabilitating. From the article : Officers responded to Jonathan Avenue near Fernside Place near Walnut Hills High School about 11:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a shooting, said Captain...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. president: Trump and Kasich are WRONG on no-fly list gun sales

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, December 11, 2015
Last weekend, Ohio Governor John Kasich and businessman Donald Trump, both Republican presidential candidates, joined President Obama in calling for persons who find themselves on the government's "no-fly" list to be prohibited from purchasing firearms. Kasich first expressed the opinion at a Saturday, Dec. 5 town-hall meeting in New London, N.H., and doubled-down on the position on CNN's "State...

To the Editor: ‘Duty to retreat’ had no bearing on conviction

3:00pm Thursday, December 10, 2015
The following letter to the editor of the Toledo Blade was published in response to an editorial entitled " Tragic Lesson - A case just decided in Ohio shows why lawmakers should reject ‘stand-your-ground’ laws ," in which the Blade editorial board claimed that an area murder "could have been legally justified under a stand-your-ground law." ‘Duty to retreat’ had no bearing on conviction You are...

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