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Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Nomination of Operation Choke Point Overlord

3:00pm Tuesday, November 24, 2015
[Recently], the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Stuart F. Delery for the position of associate attorney general of the United States. If confirmed, Delery would become the third-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), behind the attorney general and the deputy attorney general. Delery has been serving as “acting” associate attorney general since...

Headline: Obama says gun control to be top issue of final year

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The Washington Times is reporting that President Obama is now publicly admitting that he hopes to make gun control the top issue of his final year in office, saying Americans aren’t more violent than other people but they “have more deadly weapons to act out their rage.” From the article : In an interview published Tuesday in GQ magazine, Mr. Obama said easy access to guns is “the only variable”...

60 Minutes Showcases "Smart" Guns Technology

3:00pm Monday, November 23, 2015
You may be wondering why CBS 60 Minutes aired a segment on “smart” guns [recently]. After all, a gun that will never work in the hands of an unauthorized person, but that will always work in the hands of everyone else hasn’t been invented. Even the segment’s reporter, Lesley Stahl, conceded that there are concerns about whether “smart” guns “work in snow and rain? Will they work if you`re...

Headline: Maryland scraps gun "fingerprint" database after 15 failed years

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, November 23, 2015
The Baltimore Sun reported recently that, after millions of wasted tax-payer dollars, the State of Maryland has officially decided that its 15-year effort to store and catalog the "fingerprints" of thousands of handguns was a failure. From the article : Since 2000, the state required that gun manufacturers fire every handgun to be sold here and send the spent bullet casing to authorities. The...

Ohio's Traditional Deer-Gun Hunting Season Begins Nov. 30

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, November 20, 2015
Youth only weekend to be held Nov. 21-22 COLUMBUS, OH – Deer hunting is an extremely popular activity for sportsmen and women statewide and Ohio’s white-tailed deer continue to provide hunters across the state with excellent opportunities for success as they head out into the field. Ohio’s deer-gun season opens Monday, Nov. 30 and not only provides opportunities for outdoor sports enthusiasts,...

AP fact-checks Hillary Clinton's debate comments on guns, and guess what?

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, November 20, 2015
The Associated Press - not known either for its conservative or pro-gun rights leanings - was recently forced to admit that Hillary Clinton wildly inflated statistics on so-called "gun violence" to support her extremist gun control stance. From the article : CLINTON: "Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns. Two hundred children have been killed. This is...

Election Day: Guns Win - AGAIN

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Thursday, November 19, 2015
GOP should spotlight issue or voters will go hunting next fall and skip polls As this column reported a few weeks ago, the Democrats are betting big on gun control for this election cycle. That’s good news for GunVoters, that minority of us who, while perhaps not being one-issue voters, don’t trust a politician who doesn’t trust us with a gun. Republicans, however, seem oblivious to the...

Hamilton Co. sheriff: FASTER Saves Lives training "long overdue"

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, November 19, 2015
One day after Cincinnati's CBS affiliate, WKRC, aired a report noting that more than 40 Ohio schools now authorize and train teachers to carry guns to protect students in class, the news station sat down with Hamilton County sheriff Jim Neil to gauge his reaction after he viewed the video. The reaction was as positive as it is for many others who are first exposed to the Buckeye Firearms...

Wasserman Schultz Orders Democrats to Embrace Gun Control

3:00pm Wednesday, November 18, 2015
At the Florida Democratic Party Convention, held October 30-November 1, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz claimed, “The Florida Democratic Party is back and better than ever.” Also back, it would seem, is the national party’s misguided emphasis on gun control. Speaking at a convention event held at the Walt Disney World Yacht and Beach Club Resort, Wasserman Schultz...

FoxNews.com & UK's Daily Mail documents success of Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, November 18, 2015
FoxNews.com and British newspaper The Daily Mail are informing their international audiences of the success of Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program. From FoxNews.com : Dozens of school districts in Ohio now allow teachers who have conceal-carry permits to pack heat on the job. In several cases, boards of education have been pressed into adopting the policy by parents concerned...

House passes Sub HB 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones) [UPDATE: Vote Tally]

by Jim Irvine
6:41pm Monday, November 16, 2015
Sub. HB 48, sponsored by Ron Maag (R-Lebanon), passed the Ohio House of Representatives today with a 68-29 vote. The bill is now headed to the Senate for further consideration. HB 48 makes several critical changes to Ohio firearms laws. Currently it is against the law to possess a firearm on school property. There is an exemption for license-holders “immediately in the process of picking up or...

FLASH: HB 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones) scheduled for House floor vote – ACTION NEEDED

by Jim Irvine
6:00pm Monday, November 16, 2015
Substitute House Bill 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones), sponsored by Ron Maag (R-Lebanon), is scheduled for a vote by the full House on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. The bill, which passed out of the House State Government Committee back in June by a 9-2 vote, seeks to restore Ohioans' right to carry in day-care facilities (unless they post "no-guns"), private airplanes, school safety...

UPDATE: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Legislation Gains Co-Sponsors

3:00pm Monday, November 16, 2015
Thanks to your continued calls and emails, NRA supported Right-to-Carry bills have seen increases in cosponsorships over these past few weeks. Please continue to contact your elected officials and urge them to cosponsor and support these important bills: S. 498 – Introduced by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), this legislation would respect the rights of individuals who possess concealed carry...

More than 40 Ohio schools authorize and train teachers to carry guns to protect students in class

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, November 16, 2015
WKRC (CBS Cincinnati) is reporting that, in Ohio, around 40 school districts now allow teachers with concealed handgun licenses to carry their firearms in class. The news station was invited to document a recent FASTERSavesLives.org Level 3 training program in upstate Ohio. From the report : Parents in a district asked that their staff be armed. The board OK'd the training and the carrying of...

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...

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