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Akron and Lorain homeowners defend own lives during home invasions

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, August 21, 2015
Two home invasions began badly for the homeowners, but ended badly for the atackers. Lorain's Chronicle-Telegram is reporting that a man was forced to use a gun to defend his own life when he was assaulted by a man in a home invasion robbery. From the article : A man was shot to death after he allegedly invaded a home in Lorain Tuesday afternoon and assaulted the resident inside, according to...

July 2015 Firearms Sales Checks Highest July on Record

3:00pm Thursday, August 20, 2015
The July 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 946,528 is the highest July on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 15.9 percent over the July 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 816,588. For comparison, the unadjusted July 2015 NICS figure of 1,589,462 reflects a 14.0 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,393,705 in...

TX Sen. Ted Cruz wins Buckeye Firearms Association straw poll of Republican presidential candiates

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, August 20, 2015
Recently, Buckeye Firearms Association conducted an unscientific straw poll of our website readers. The poll, which limited visitors to one vote, asked the following question: It's almost certain that Hillary Clinton will be the presidential nominee for the Democrat Party. But the Republican field is huge and it's anyone's guess who the party will nominate. We've listed below all the major...

First Shots: Holster Selection

by Dave Dolbee
3:00pm Wednesday, August 19, 2015
One of the primary reasons people begin shopping for a holster is because they’re planning to carry a firearm concealed. Some people also like to use a holster when they head to the range, and certainly handgun competitors in the action pistol sports like IPSC, IDPA, 3-Gun and Cowboy Action also need the right holster. The biggest difference between the two is that in the first case the holster...

Another accident as gun ban extremists continue to oppose gun accident prevention education

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, August 19, 2015
On the heels of yet another tragic, preventable accident in Ohio involving a minor child gaining unauthorized access to a loaded firearm, anti-gun State Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10) has once again run to the microphones to promote his Mandatory "Safe" Storage of Firearms legislation. Patmon has been pushing the idea, which has been tried and has failed in other states, for years now. He introduced HB...

No One Wants to Take Your Guns! (And Other Lies Gun Banners Tell)

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Tuesday, August 18, 2015
If you follow the rights issue at all, you have undoubtedly seen claims from members of the anti-rights crowd insisting that “No one wants to take your guns!” We’ve heard this for years – decades – as enemies of liberty have leveled a ceaseless barrage of attacks on our rights. The drum-beat got particularly loud during Obama’s first presidential election, and has continued to gain volume and...

Still time to register for BFA's Close Quarters Gunfighting Class!

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Tuesday, August 18, 2015
The Buckeye Firearms Association is Ohio’s premier gun rights advocacy group. They work hard behind the scenes to ensure that the firearms/CCW rights of Ohioans remain secure. I support this group every year by teaching a couple classes. BFA gets a large percentage of the tuition fees for these classes. It’s a win/win. If you enroll in one of these classes, you get quality training and your...

Bill Seeks to Choke Off Anti-Gun "Choke Point"

3:00pm Monday, August 17, 2015
On July 30, The House Financial Services Committee marked up and passed out of committee H.R. 766, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act, which was sponsored by Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO). If this bill becomes law, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would be required to inform banks that they are not prohibited nor discouraged from servicing customers in...

Should I Pull the Fire Alarm During a Mass Shooting?

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Monday, August 17, 2015
As more details about the Louisiana movie theater mass shooting emerge[ed last month], we learn[ed] that one of the shooting victims pulled the fire alarm to facilitate evacuation as the shooter was targeting victims. For more information about the incident, check out the link below: Hero Lafayette shooting survivor tearfully describes how she took a bullet in the leg for her friend who saved...

Gun Control "Study" Misses the Mark Badly on Lawful Self-Defense

3:00pm Friday, August 14, 2015
Likely as a response to the growing number of American’s who have come to realize that having a firearm makes them safer, a blogger at the washingtonpost.com recently reported on a “ study ” by an anti-gun professor that attempts to discredit the utility of carrying a firearm for self-defense by placing participants into simulated self-defense scenarios. The “study” was notably prepared for the...

Headline: Mom hits bullseye with kids’ gun sports

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, August 14, 2015
Recently, Fremont's News-Messenger published an excellent article documenting the hard work one mom has put in to make sure that her kids (and many others) can enjoy the shooting sports. From the article : When Mary Ann Miller’s children became interested in 4-H shooting sports several years ago, the closest shooting club was in Ottawa County. Miller, of Fremont, talked with the local extension...

Report:Ted Strickland earned $250,000 at anti-gun think tank

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, August 13, 2015
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a new financial disclosure filing reveals that former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democratic candidate for U.S. senator, earned $250,386 from April 2014 to March 2015 working for the Center for American Progress, a liberal, anti-gun think tank. From the article : Strickland headed the center's Action Fund, its advocacy arm, before resigning and...

Florida Court Again Sides With Patient Privacy, Hands Nosy Doctors Second Defeat

3:00pm Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Anti-gun doctors may need to get their own blood pressure checked after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit again upheld Florida’s Firearm Owners’ Privacy Act. As we reported last summer, the law was passed after an escalating series of events in which patients were harassed or denied access to services because they refused to be interrogated by their doctors about their ownership...

Sheriff's course teaches emergency response training to churches

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, August 12, 2015
WBNS (CBS Columbus) reported recently that Fairfield Co. Sheriff Doug Phelan held a class addressing church secutiry for around 300 people representing 60 churches. During the class, Sheriff Phelan gave tips on how churches can protect themselves in the event of an active killer. From the article : “There’s always going to be an element of risk in any church, in any mall, any theater,” Fairfield...

Media-touted FBI "Mass Shooting" Report Debunked

3:00pm Tuesday, August 11, 2015
A misleading 2014 FBI report that fueled media claims that mass shooting incidents in the U.S. are rising sharply has been thoroughly debunked. In a piece appearing in the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences' March 2015 ACJS Today newsletter, Economist John R. Lott carefully lays out the flaws in the Bureaus' "A Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013" report...

Fighting Through Pepper Spray

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Tuesday, August 11, 2015
In case you missed it, a deranged suspect attempted to commit mass murder at a Tennessee movie theater [last week]. The suspect initiated his attack in the theater by using pepper spray against several people. As they became disoriented from the effects of the spray, he began hacking at them with an axe. He also had an airsoft pistol and a fake backpack bomb. He was killed by responding officers...

Who would YOU like to see run against Hillary Clinton for President?

3:00pm Monday, August 10, 2015
It's almost certain that Hillary Clinton will be the presidential nominee for the Democrat Party. But the Republican field is huge and it's anyone's guess who the party will nominate. If the nomination were up to YOU, who would you choose to run against Clinton? Select the candidate of your choice and we'll report on the results here at BuckeyeFirearms.org. CLICK HERE to take a fast, 2-question...

Wear Your Concealed Carry Holster and CCW around the House

James England
7:00am Monday, August 10, 2015
For a lot of beginner and intermediate concealed carriers, coming home can mean it's time to put away the gun holster and lock up firearms. Especially those with families and young ones, there can be a solemn desire to make home a home and leave the dangers of the outside world behind. Unfortunately, this mentality can set you up for failure further down the road. We'll explore five reasons why...

Plaintiffs in Chicago-Area Lawsuit Assert a "Civil Right" to Force Suburbs to Enact Gun Control Laws

3:00pm Friday, August 07, 2015
We at the NRA have seen a lot of strange legal theories asserted by gun control advocates over the years, but a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by a group of Chicagoans still managed to distinguish itself in this dubious tradition by asserting that the plaintiffs have a "civil right" to specific forms of gun control. The basis of the lawsuit is a May 27, 2014 "study" published by the City of Chicago...

Clinics Stay Popular at 2015 National Rifle Matches

by Ashley Brugnone
7:00am Friday, August 07, 2015
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – A total of 443 entered this year’s Small Arms Firing School (SAFS) – held in Camp Perry’s historic Hough Theater and Viale Range during the 2015 National Trophy Rifle Matches. The clinic is designed for new and experienced shooters alike. Beginners learn the basics of marksmanship and competition shooting, while the more advanced will have the chance to learn more specific...

Gun Control Group Would Endanger Military by Politicizing Firearm Procurement Process

3:00pm Thursday, August 06, 2015
As if misguided anti-gun policies that leave our fighting men and women defenseless stateside weren’t enough, some gun control advocates are intent on reviving a Clinton-era gun control tactic that would pose a danger to our military in the field. In an opinion piece for the Saturday edition of the New York Times, several representatives of the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, described as a...

CNN: Shooting guns and talking politics with Scott Walker

by S. E. Cupp
7:00am Thursday, August 06, 2015
Over the past few election cycles, I've interviewed presidential candidates in all kinds of settings, all over the country. But no matter the candidate, and no matter the questions, they all had one thing in common: walls. A hotel room, a convention center, a studio, a stage. We sit down, we get mic-ed up, the lights go on, the cameras roll, and in 15 minutes it's all over. I'm in full hair and...

Surviving a Movie Theater Shooting

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Recently, a man began firing rounds in a Louisiana movie theater. He fired 20 rounds from a .40 Hi-Point pistol, hitting 11 people before killing himself when police arrived. Have you ever thought about what you might do if you were engaged by an active killer while watching a film at a movie theater? Here are some things you should be considering: 1) Choose your seats wisely. I always sit on the...

Bureaucratic bungling proves there can never be such a thing as a "universal" background check

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, August 05, 2015
The latest mass killings in "no-guns" public places - a church in Charleston, SC recruiting stations in Chattanooga, TN and a movie theater in Lafayette, LA - have produced the inevitable calls for more background checks on private transfers of firearms between adults, despite the fact that, in each of these cases, the killers did not acquire their firearms via this legal method. Instead, each...

NRA Applauds Congressman Johnson for Swift Action on Social Security Gun Grab

3:00pm Tuesday, August 04, 2015
The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) lauded Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, for his swift action urging the Social Security Administration (SSA) to stop developing a system to enter social security beneficiaries into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which, as...

Buckeye Firearm Association's “Introduction to Tactical Rifle” course

by Joe Eaton
7:00am Tuesday, August 04, 2015
All year long, Buckeye Firearms Association hosts fund-raiser events all across Ohio. Some of our most popular are of course our shooting events! You owe it to yourself to check our Events Page to see what events are still open for the remainder of 2015. On June 27th, the instructors at PM Security/Tactical Weapons Training Group hosted another class in support of Buckeye Firearms Association at...

No guns for Social Security recipients?

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Monday, August 03, 2015
The Los Angeles Times reported [recently] that the Obama administration is pushing a plan to submit the names of up 4.2 million recipients of Social Security benefits to the FBI’s National Instant Check System, or NICS, the massive database used for criminal background checks on gun buyers. Only “prohibited persons,” those for whom possession of firearms and ammunition is illegal under the Gun...

Report: Columbus Mayor Coleman's Gun Stoppers program a complete failure; FBI investigating illegalities in Coleman's office

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, August 03, 2015
If reports from WBNS 10TV (CBS Columbus) and a whistleblower are accurate, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman (D) may soon join the lengthy list (see here and here and here ) of members of anti-gun extremist Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) to face serious charges. From the report : It was billed as a way to fight rising crime waves and get more guns off city streets and the...

Attacker shoots at group of people, including 1 year-old; Ohio CHL-holder shoots back

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, July 31, 2015
WXIX (FOX Cincinnati) is reporting that a man with an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) was able to defend the lives of himself, his sister, a one year-old child and another man after a neighbor began firing his gun at them. From the article : According to police, [Thomas] McCary argued with a woman on Holland Drive about 7:30 p.m. Sunday night. During the dispute, her brother, Patrick Ewing,...

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