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Distracting Questions

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Thursday, October 06, 2016
In order for a criminal to get close enough to commit his crime, he has to appear non-threatening. If he appears dangerous, his “prey” are likely to spot him earlier and either run away or call for help. Hence, the criminal will close the distance, often using the pretense of asking a question to appear less threatening. The same questions seem to get asked over and over again. Criminals use them...

Eye Gouges vs. Finger Peels

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Read the story below. It’s a prime example of everything that shouldn’t happen in a fight, but sometimes does anyway. Victim at WIBW-TV hangs on to attacker despite punishment The story describes a situation where an irate man attacked several people who were working at a TV news station. The man was upset that the station would not air a story about his difficulties in working with the...

Report on “Unprecedented” Criminal Firearm Misuse in Melbourne Undermines Hillary and Obama’s Calls for Australia-Style Gun Control

3:00pm Tuesday, October 04, 2016
While anti-gun politicians like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama tout Australia’s gun control laws as a model for the United States, recent reporting on crime in Melbourne from newspaper The Age revealed the limitations of Australia’s stringent laws. According to the paper, “Despite Australia’s strict gun control regime, criminals are now better armed than at any time since then-Prime Minister...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. PAC announces endorsements for Ohio General Assembly

by Jim irvine
7:00am Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Buckeye Firearms Association PAC has announced our endorsements for Ohio House and Ohio Senate . We have previously issued endorsements for candidates for U.S. Senate , Ohio Supreme Court and many local elections . I also encourage you to support NRA-endorsed candidates for federal offices. We have considered over 400 candidates this year. The endorsement committee has reviewed candidate surveys...

The Myth of Chicago’s “Lax” Gun Laws

3:00pm Monday, October 03, 2016
The escalating murder rate in Chicago has given rise to a new claim – that Chicago gun laws are lax, weak, and ineffective. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson recently argued that “[i]f we had the gun laws in Chicago that L.A. and New York have, we would see our violent crime cut in half.” New York Police Commissioner Bill Brattonrepeated the remark, declaring that Chicago’s problem “has...

Hillary in 1993: Let's Double the the Gun Tax

7:00am Monday, October 03, 2016
WASHINGTON — Americans for Tax Reform has released more evidence of Hillary Clinton's long held desire to impose new and higher gun taxes. Previously, ATR's HighTaxHillary.com exposed her 1993 endorsement of a new 25 percent national retail sales tax on guns. But unreported since 1993 is Clinton's support for a doubling of the current federal excise tax on guns. In a closed-door meeting, she told...

Everytown’s “Grandad” Misses the Mark

3:00pm Friday, September 30, 2016
Proponents of Maine’s Question 3, regulating every firearm sale and “transfer” (a change in possession, without a sale or change in ownership) have released a television ad urging voters to support this misguided ballot measure. In the ad by the Everytown for Gun Safety affiliate, grandpa is shown in the woods with his young grandson. Grandpa says the shotgun he has is the same one his...

Faith in gun bans: Magical Thinking

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Friday, September 30, 2016
My brother Chris and I were once again asked to offer up a rebuttal to an editorial in USA Today newspaper [recently]. Unfortunately, the paper rescinded the offer when Chris Cox, executive director of NRA’s lobbying division, offered to do the job. This is the longer version of what we had to say. In their editorial, the USA Today editors called for a ban on “assault weapons.” They talked about...

Bloomberg Ponies Up $300 Million Dollars to Attack Gun Owners

3:00pm Thursday, September 29, 2016
(Image source: FreeImages.com/Manuel De La Pena) Michael Bloomberg probably realizes he has only so many years left to spread around his enormous fortune to inflate his ego and manipulate every sphere of human activity. So it was [recently] that the New York City billionaire came up with a cool $300 million for the School of Public Health that bears his name at Johns Hopkins University in...

Another Ohio school district moves to arm staff with guns

by Chad D. Baus & Joe Eaton
7:00am Thursday, September 29, 2016
WEWS (Cleveland ABC) is reporting that three Coshocton County school districts may soon arm staff members with guns to preemptively protect students in the event of an active shooter situation. From the article : River View Local Schools, the Coshocton County Career Center and Coshocton City Schools have been working with the county sheriff's department to train staff members and implement...

Second Amendment Keeps Winning

3:00pm Wednesday, September 28, 2016
With a propaganda machine that only a billionaire can buy, Everytown for Gun Safety and its affiliated organizations continue to spread the falsehood that the anti-gun movement is gaining ground in the state legislatures. As part of this “story of success,” they also attempt to argue that the tide of public opinion is shifting in favor of so-called “common-sense gun reform,” and that a majority...

VIDEO: BFA's Jim Irvine and Linda Walker address Gun Rights Policy Conference

7:00am Wednesday, September 28, 2016
The Second Amendment Foundation’s 31st Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Tampa was streamed live on the conference days – Sept. 24 and Sept 25, 2016. Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) President Jim Irvine and Vice President Linda Walker both addressed the conference. Walker spoke on behalf of Chris Cox and NRA-ILA Saturday morning, and Jim spoke on behalf of BFA Saturday afternoon. This is...

Firearm Tech: Are "Smart" Guns Even Realistic?

by Bob Baddeley
3:00pm Tuesday, September 27, 2016
At frustratingly regular intervals, the debate around gun control crops up, and every time there is a discussion about smart guns. The general idea is to have a gun that will not fire unless authenticated and authorized. There’s usually a story about a young person who invents a smart controller and another company that is struggling because they just can’t get “Big Guns” to buy into the idea. We...

The police shootings of three black men you've likely never heard of

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Issues of race and police-involved shootings continue to permeate the national conversation, but not every case draws the attention of the national media or organizations like #BlackLivesMatter. In choosing to write about this subject, I recognize I am entering dangerous waters. Persons on one side of this conversation are often unwilling to tolerate any mention of the fact that many of these...

Clearing semi-auto handgun malfunctions

by Michelle Cerino
3:00pm Monday, September 26, 2016
If you’ve shot a semi-auto handgun more than just a couple of times, it’s happened to you. Malfunctions are the bane of self-loading firearms. There are many causes of semi-auto handgun malfunctions; common ones include: poor technique by the shooter, mechanical problems, ammunition, dirt, improper lubrication, weak springs and magazines. With so many potential failures facing us, it’s important...

Dillon Sportsman Center Hosts Another Great Youth Shoot

by Andrea Jolly
7:00am Monday, September 26, 2016
It was another great turn out at Dillon Sportsman Center, in Nashport, Ohio for the 8th Annual Buckeye Youth Shoot. This event, open to all youth with a passion for shooting sports, is held each year on the second weekend in September with registration opening in June of the same year. Thanks to the generous support of the Buckeye Firearms Foundation, a $500.00 grant from Step Outside Ohio and...

Professor: Take Granny’s Gun

3:00pm Friday, September 23, 2016
Gun ban advocates, knowing their goals aren’t especially popular with the American people, have in recent years tried to couch their agenda in more innocuous-sounding terms. They don’t want to ban all guns, they’ll say, they just want to keep them out of the wrong hands. But once you start paying close attention to their claims, you realize that the “wrong hands” might be closer and more numerous...

LIVE VIDEO: Buckeye Firearms Assoc.'s Jim Irvine and Linda Walker to address Gun Rights Policy Conference

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, September 23, 2016
The Second Amendment Foundation’s 31st Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Tampa will be live streamed below on the conference days – Sept. 24 and Sept 25, 2016. Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) President Jim Irvine and Vice President Linda Walker will both be addressing the conference. Walker will be speaking on behalf of Chris Cox and NRA-ILA Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Jim will be speaking...

Headline: These students are leaning toward colleges that allow concealed handguns on campus

7:00am Friday, September 23, 2016
Football games, Greek life, spacious dorm rooms, dining halls - these are all qualities aspiring college students typically take into consideration when choosing a school. But now, some students are eager to earn their degrees at schools where they can carry concealed handguns for protection. Caroline Graziano, a Virginia high school senior, says she would feel safer going to a school where...

Abracadabra! Gun Owners Reappear Like Magic!

3:00pm Thursday, September 22, 2016
People who tell pollsters that they own guns: Now you see them, now you don’t. A new poll from Pew Research has found that 44 percent of American households own guns, up a whopping 29 percent from the figure reported in a poll conducted for the same organization two years ago. Impressed by the incredible trend, the Washington Examiner reported, “more homes are reporting having a weapon inside,”...

TV ads show Strickland doubling down on sharp left turn to gun control

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, September 22, 2016
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland, desperately behind in the polls, is releasing a new ad attacking Sen. Rob Portman for his opposition to Democrats' gun control measures. From the article : The 30-second spot, which will air in Cleveland and Columbus, features an Ohio veteran critical of Portman’s votes against comprehensive background checks and vote...

Taking Care of Your Guns Before You Store Them

by Barbara Baird
3:00pm Wednesday, September 21, 2016
(Image source: FreeImages.com/gulden erikli tüllük) After you purchase a gun, you must store it properly. But, just like that lovely vintage lace dress from your great grandmother or a treasured coin collection from your favorite uncle, you must take care of your newly acquired item properly before storing it. Make it a Clean Machine First thing you should do with any newly acquired gun is clean...

Hillary Clinton Labels Americans “Deplorable” and “Irredeemable”

7:00am Wednesday, September 21, 2016
If there’s one quality any aspiring president should have, it should be a love for America. And not just the America that supports that person’s candidacy, but the whole melting pot of people, backgrounds, cultures, and viewpoints that make up this great nation. On the other hand, hatred for America, or any significant part of it, should be a disqualifier. That’s just common sense. Even by that...

Criminal Mindset: “I Saw an Opportunity and I Took It.”

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Tuesday, September 20, 2016
(Image source: FreeImages.com/Phillip Collier) A couple weeks ago we got a call about a stolen bicycle. A college-aged female rode her bike to a local drug store and went inside. She didn’t lock up the bike. When she came out a couple minutes later, the bike was gone. Fortunately, several witnesses saw the theft and got a good description of the suspect. I found him and arrested him (still riding...

Illegal Blocking: College Sports Teams Disarming Athletes?

7:00am Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Editor's Note: Last year the Columbus Dispatch broke the news that Adolphus Washington had been suspended from the Ohio State Buckeyes football program after it was revealed that he was legally carrying a handgun when he was arrested for an unrelated offense. "[T]he revelation that he had the pistol violated one of Meyer’s four core values for the program: no drug or alcohol abuse, no weapons,...

National Hunting and Fishing Day takes place on September 24, 2016

3:00pm Monday, September 19, 2016
— In the 1960s, hunters and anglers embraced the era's heightened environmental awareness but were discouraged that many people didn't understand the crucial role that sportsmen had played - and continue to play - in the conservation movement. That all changed when sportsmen and women took a stand and embraced conservation through legislation and declarations in the coming years. The National...

Eric Trump discusses guns, hunting, and the Second Amendment

Larry S. Moore
7:00am Monday, September 19, 2016
The Trump family has been in the media for many years and, of course, much more so since Donald Trump entered the Presidential race. Perhaps you've seen his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, on several outdoor and shooting sports shows. When the opportunity to interview Eric Trump presented itself during a visit to the Ohio Gun Collector's Association (OGCA) show and the Sportsmen's Alliance Rally, I...

FBI: 'Toy' gun control won't make officers' jobs any easier

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, September 16, 2016
Yet another deadly encounter has happened involving a young person who police say was wielding what turned out to be a BB gun, and it took only moments before gun control extremists began trying to take political advantage of the situation. Media throughout the state, across the nation and around the world are reporting on the death of Tyre King, a 13-year-old robbery suspect who was shot and...

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