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Media Bias Goes Extreme

3:00pm Friday, November 13, 2015
The national and local media bias against the Second Amendment reached bizarre heights [recently] when a newspaper headline proclaimed “Shooter kills 4; 30 injured.” The problem? Well, even a casual reader would note that the tragedy described in the article had nothing to do with a “shooter” but was about a individual who drove her car through a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University...

Ohio Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus Sporting Clays Shootout

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Friday, November 13, 2015
The Ohio Legislative Sportsmen Caucus recently held their 2015 Sporting Clay Shootout at the Cardinal Shooting Center. Kyle Rorah, Midwestern State Coordinator for the Congressional Sportsmen Foundation, welcomed the legislators and sportsmen to the event, “Today’s event is made possible by sponsors DU, Ohio State Trappers Association, the NWTF and the Ohio Conservation Federation. Karen Stewart...

Schumer Puts Military at Risk by Playing Politics with Their Sidearms

3:00pm Thursday, November 12, 2015
In 1995, Bob Dole said of Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), “[t]he most dangerous place is between him and a camera.” [Recently], Schumer publicly announced a plan to require bidders for a $580 million Department of Defense contract to supply the U.S. Army with handguns to submit to questioning regarding efforts to push a gun control agenda. The fact is, Schumer’s attempt to subject the vital fighting...

Ohio Sheriffs educate gun owners with CCW Wallet Cards

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, November 12, 2015
Years ago, leaders with Buckeye Firearms Association saw a gun-rights group handing out small "business cards" with information about that state's concealed carry rules. We thought it was a great idea. So I designed a similar card we could use for Ohio. The cards were a big hit. It wasn't long before we were printing these cards in large quantifies and distributing them by the hundreds of...

63% of Americans Blame Mental Health—Not Guns—for Mass Shootings

3:00pm Wednesday, November 11, 2015
In another hit to the prospects of gun controllers, the Washington Post [has] published the findings of a recent survey conducted by the Post in conjunction with ABC News. The results show that Americans overwhelmingly understand high-profile shootings as pointing to a problem with the country’s mental health system, rather than a lack of gun control laws. The survey, carried out October 15-18,...

October 2015 Firearms Sales Checks Highest October on Record

7:00am Wednesday, November 11, 2015
The October 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,211,478 is the highest October on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 3.1 percent compared to the October 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,174,797. For comparison, the unadjusted October 2015 NICS figure of 1,969,248 reflects a 23.4 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS...

Obama to Police Chiefs: Crack Down on Gun Owners

3:00pm Tuesday, November 10, 2015
[Recently], President Obama addressed the 122nd Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (a transcript is available at this link ). The president aptly praised the work of America’s law enforcement community. He mentioned the “astonishing statistic” that “[o]ver the last 20 years, police have helped cut the violent crime rate and homicide rate in America by almost...

Please share! FASTERSavesLives.org introduction video

7:00am Tuesday, November 10, 2015
In the following video, Buckeye Firearms Foundation (501c3) president Jim Irvine introduces the Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response (FASTER) Program. Please view and share widely, especially with members of your local boards of education, parents and grandparents of school children, school administrators, school teachers, etc.

Brady Campaign Labels NRA "Terrorists"

3:00pm Monday, November 09, 2015
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has never had a firm grasp on the English language, as evidenced by the repudiation of their bizarre interpretation of the Second Amendment at the U.S. Supreme Court. However, [recently], in an attempt to demonize NRA, Brady Campaign took their hyperbole to a new low, referring to the NRA as “terrorists.” That’s right; according to the Brady Campaign,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC issues endorsements in several local contests

3:00pm Friday, October 30, 2015
It would be impossible to research every local race in the state of Ohio. But there are some contests which pique the interest of the Buckeye Firearms Association political action committee (BFA PAC), some because they are between pro-Second Amendment candidates and out-and-out anti-gunners, and others because we wish to support candidates in positions that could one day lead them to the...

Should I Leave the Scene of a Defensive Shooting?

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, October 30, 2015
[Recently], I received the following question from one of my readers: “I have discussed ‘what to do’ after a successful ‘stop the threat’ shoot. Some have said that they would leave the scene rather than be subjected to the legal hassle, or additional danger, (depending on the circumstances). Please give me your advice on their reasoning.” I was honestly quite shocked at this one. Are there...

Those Poor Anti-Gun Researchers

3:00pm Thursday, October 29, 2015
In just the last 10 years alone, the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation has donated about $40 million to anti-gun organizations, to conduct research, generate propaganda and develop strategies promoting gun control. That alone ought to be reason enough to toss Mike Stobbe's recent article lamenting the supposed lack of funds available to researchers who produce "studies" promoting gun control...

Is Trump the GunVoter Pick?

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Thursday, October 29, 2015
As early jockeying in the Republican presidential primary competition heats up, front-runner Donald Trump recently made big points with GunVoters by releasing a detailed manifesto declaring his support for the Second Amendment. The statement is clear and unequivocal, unlike the mushy “I support the Second Amendment” sort of rhetoric we so often hear from candidates, particularly northeastern...

Getting Started In 3-Gun

by Dave Dolbee
3:00pm Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Target shooting sports are enjoying a resurgence of popularity across the country these days. But while many people find a sport that “rings their bell,” so to speak, and generally dedicate themselves to that particular activity, there are some who ask the question, why limit yourself to just one gun or one discipline? Why not become proficient with a shotgun on clays, a pistol on steel or paper...

The FBI Stats are in: Crime in the U.S. Fell Again in 2014

by Steve Sanetti
7:00am Wednesday, October 28, 2015
The FBI this month released the 2014 edition of Crime in the United States, and it revealed that the estimated number of reported violent crimes decreased 0.2 percent when compared with 2013. And the estimated number of property crimes decreased 4.3 percent from 2013 levels. Homicides with firearms in 2014 were down 3.9 percent on a year-over-year basis. Consistent with previous years of this...

Hillary Clinton Supports Australia-style Gun Confiscation

3:00pm Tuesday, October 27, 2015
It’s one thing to support gun control. It’s another to make it the centerpiece of a floundering presidential primary campaign. But Hillary Clinton wasn’t finished when she latched onto the idea of opposing the NRA as a means of diverting the nation from the humiliating scandals and poll results plaguing her own bid to succeed Barack Obama. First, she announced to her wealthy supporters that “the...

Report: Women are a driving force in the nation's shift from gun control to gun rights

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, October 27, 2015
According to a report by Breitbart.com, women have emerged as one of the fastest-growing demographics of new gun buyers and concealed carry permit holders in the country, and in the process, they have become a driving force in the shift in American attitudes from pro-gun control to pro-gun rights. From the article : This growing participation of women in firearm purchases and firearm-related...

NRA Applauds U.S. Rep McSally's Introduction of Mental Health Bill

3:00pm Monday, October 26, 2015
[Recently], U.S. Representative Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) introduced HR 3722, NRA supported legislation to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens from continued bureaucratic abuse by the Obama Administration while strengthening America’s failing mental health system. McSally’s bill is the House version of the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act, introduced in August in the...

Toledo CHL-holder defends self from armed robber

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, October 26, 2015
WTVG (ABC Toledo) is reporting that a 21 year-old Toledo man with a concealed handgun license (CHL) turned the tables on an armed robbery suspect early last week as he arrived home from work about 4:00 a.m. From the article : [Terrence] Reid’s family says he fired his gun early Tuesday morning as he was arriving home from work after his shift as a welder at a plant in Perrysburg. "I'm laying down...

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