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Summer 2015: New Record for Gun Sales?

3:00pm Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Data from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) indicate that firearm acquisitions set a new record during June, July and August, and are on track to finish the year higher than any year except 2013, when firearm acquisitions soared in reaction to President Obama’s push for gun control. There were more than 2.6 million firearm acquisition-related checks during June...

Report: With less training required, more central Ohioans file to carry concealed guns

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, September 22, 2015
The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that more central Ohioans are filing for licenses to carry concealed guns in Franklin County after the state legislature relaxed training requirements earlier this year. In fact, the article notes the the sheriff has asked the county commissioners to approve hiring additional staff members to keep up with the increased demand. From the article : “...

Virginia Senator Kaine Introduces Bill to Turn Innocent Mistakes into Felonies

3:00pm Monday, September 21, 2015
On Tuesday, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced what he is calling the “Responsible Transfer of Firearms Act.” As The Hill amusingly noted, “It is the latest gun bill introduced by Democrats that is unlikely to pass through a Republican-controlled Congress.” And with good reason. Sen. Kaine’s current anti-gun effort is incomprehensible and unconstitutional. And that, unfortunately, is not a...

Survey: Which Republican presidential candidates own guns?

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, September 21, 2015
The London Daily Telegraph recently asked the Republican presidential candidates if they owned a gun, and reported the responses . The candidates, including one who has since dropped from the race, are listed below in alphabetical order. Jeb Bush: Former governor Bush is one of three candidates who does not own a gun. However, the report notes that he was avowedly pro-gun during his eight years...

NRA Ad Targets “Candidate” Bloomberg

3:00pm Friday, September 18, 2015
Michael Bloomberg hasn’t said that he’s running for president, but an NRA TV ad campaign launched recently contends that the most aggressive gun control advocate in the country will, at the very least, attempt to use his vast wealth to influence the 2016 presidential election. The gist of the ad is that Bloomberg is a meddlesome multi-billionaire who thinks that people’s rights should be limited...

Guns & Ammo "Best States for Gun Owners" shows progress, but Ohio legislators STILL have a lot of work to do

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, September 18, 2015
One year ago, and despite the fact that Republicans had been in control of the General Assembly and governor's mansion for 4 years, a lack of progress in improving the state's gun rights law was reflected in the state's fall in Guns & Ammo's 2014 ranking of the Best Concealed Carry States from 39th in 2013 to 41st. Just a few months after that ranking was published, the General Assembly...

Mass Shootings Rare, Government Study Says

3:00pm Thursday, September 17, 2015
A new study by the Congressional Research Service, by far the most thorough and comprehensive of its type to date, confirms that mass shootings continue to be rare in the United States. While Michael Bloomberg’s TheTrace.org website says that mass shootings happen “more often than they used to,” renown criminologist James Alan Fox, of Northeastern University, whose extensive analysis of mass...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation Youth Shoot brings out nearly 100 participants

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, September 17, 2015
WHIZ (NBC Zanesville) is reporting that the annual Buckeye Firearms Foundation Youth Shoot was a rousing success, despite a bit of "liquid sunshine." From the article : Youth from all over Ohio battle the drizzle to participate in the 5th annual Youth Shoot. Kids ages 10 through 18 were invited to learn about firearms, and take some shots of their own after training sessions on firearm safety...

NRA Supports Senator Cornyn’s Bill to Halt Obama NICS Abuses

3:00pm Wednesday, September 16, 2015
On August 5th, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced S. 2002, a bill to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens from continued bureaucratic abuse by the Obama Administration. As we reported on July 18th, Obama’s latest gun grabbing ploy was to forward all individuals receiving Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits through a representative payee to the National...

Larry Householder's possible second act brings memories of the fight for Ohio concealed carry

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, September 16, 2015
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Larry Householder, who served as Speaker of the House during the fight to pass Ohio's original concealed carry law, is contemplating a return to the legislature. From the article : ...[F]ormer Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, a Perry County Republican, is considering whether to seek a return to the House. Term limits sent Householder home in...

Research Findings a Blow to Anti-gun Academics

3:00pm Tuesday, September 15, 2015
For decades, anti-gun academics have attacked firearms and firearm owners by conducting “research” that purportedly offers insight into the psyche of gun owners. The dubious findings of these psychology studies typically portray gun owners in a negative light, and are frequently published in uncritical academic journals, and then touted by gun control activists and the mainstream media as...

State supreme court rules broken gun not a deadly weapon

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, September 15, 2015
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that an inoperable gun that cannot fire bullets is not a deadly weapon under the state law that prohibits carrying a concealed handgun without a license. From the article : The justices reversed the findings of a juvenile court and the Cincinnati-area appeals court that the teenager was guilty of a delinquency count of...

You are cordially invited to the Sportsmen's Alliance 19th annual "Save Our Heritage Rally"

3:00pm Monday, September 14, 2015
You are cordially invited to the Sportsmen's Alliance 19th annual "Save Our Heritage Rally" The Rally will be held on Saturday, September 19 at the Aladdin Shrine Center, 3850 Stelzer Road in Columbus, Ohio. Sportsmen's Alliance is the only organization in the country with the sole mission of protecting hunting, fishing and trapping rights in all 50 states. This event is the largest fundraiser of...

Hillary Clinton on 25% National Gun Tax: "I am all for that."

7:00am Monday, September 14, 2015
We're always warning people that elections matter. And the quickly approaching presidential election could matter a LOT to gun owners. Why? Because there is a very real - and very frightening - possibility that Hillary Clinton could be our next Commander in Chief. Like most liberals, she supports a host of anti-gun laws. She has pushed for these laws for a very long time. And she has undoubtedly...

August 2015 Firearms Sales Checks Second-Highest August on Record

3:00pm Friday, September 11, 2015
The August 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,031,959 is the second-highest August on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 4.3 percent compared to the August 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 989,337. For comparison, the unadjusted August 2015 NICS figure of 1,735,911 reflects a 12.8 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS...

Dayton CHL-holder defends herself with gun during early morning home invasion

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, September 11, 2015
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a woman who has been targeted by criminals at least five times in 11 years fatally shot a man she said broke into her home Wednesday morning, the second intruder she has hit with gunfire in about two years. From the article : The 46-year-old woman, who lives in the 200 block of Richmond Avenue, told officers the man smashed a window and entered the second...

White House, Media Mislead on Crime Trends, Ignore Evidence that Could Save More Lives

3:00pm Thursday, September 10, 2015
Tragedy strikes – and the White House immediately shifts into exploitation mode, trying to use raw emotion to push “solutions” that don’t fit the facts. From Charles C. W. Cooke at National Review comes a timely reminder , however, that despite well-publicized crimes, the nation as a whole is getting safer and less violent. As Mr. Cooke notes, the U.S. firearm homicide rate peaked in 1993 and has...

Three Quick Tips for Pocket Pistols

by Jim Shepherd
7:00am Thursday, September 10, 2015
They're the easiest to conceal, but the hardest to manage. Those diminutive pocket pistols that are popular for concealed carry in a variety of situations may be comfortable to carry and comforting in their protective capabilities, but they're the hardest of the already difficult guns to shoot: handguns. "Pocket pistols are always a handful," says multi-time world shooting champion, instructor...

Op-Ed: U.S. doesn't have gun problem

by Thomas Lucente
3:00pm Wednesday, September 09, 2015
Another sensational murder, another clarion call from the leftist gun-grabbers. Extremists are so predictable. The clarion call, though, is built on a myth, a myth that somehow the United States is a dangerous place and that guns are the main reason for it. The truth is that the United States is one of the safest countries in the world. While the United States has the largest number of guns per...

Headline: Wadsworth considers dropping gun ban in parks

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, September 09, 2015
The Medina Gazette is reporting that another gun control law is about to go down, thanks to the hard work of volunteers from Buckeye Firearms Association and other self-defense rights advocates on a veto override of then-Gov. Bob Taft on HB 347 , which included language introducing a statewide preemption of local gun control laws. From the article : The Wadsworth City Council is considering...

Brady Campaign Criticizes NRA Partnership With Indiana National Guard

3:00pm Tuesday, September 08, 2015
Governor Mike Pence recently directed the state’s military bases and training centers to beef up security in response to recent attacks in Tennessee. With this order, he enlisted the National Rifle Association’s world-class training program and trainers. However, per usual, gun control advocates, like the Brady Campaign, placed politics above safety and the lives of our brave men and women. They...

Ohio Rifleman Sets New Record, Claims Win at 2015 National Rimfire Sporter Match

by Ashley Brugnone
7:00am Tuesday, September 08, 2015
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Talented marksman, Ted James, 36, of Woodville, Ohio, was the overall winner of the Tactical Class during the Civilian Marksmanship Program's (CMP) Rimfire Sporter Match – recently held during the 2015 National Matches at Camp Perry. James bested a field of 65 competitors in the class that helped make up a group of over 300 participants overall. During the match, held on Aug. 1...

ATTN: High School and College Students, attend the Columbus, Ohio Freedom Conference

by Linda Walker
3:00pm Friday, September 04, 2015
As parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles or adults involved the lives of young people, we strive to give them the tools to grow up and be responsible adults and hopefully patriots who love and serve our country. Just as we teach our babies and toddlers not to touch the hot stove, or not to run in the street because it’s dangerous, and just as responsible gun owners train our children safe gun...

Spokesman: Strickland now supports "common sense background checks"

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, September 04, 2015
A USA Today article on the Democrat primary race that will determine the challenger to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) has provided still more evidence that the once-pro-gun Ted Strickland has turned his back on gun owners and the conservative, pro-gun Democrats who have supported him over the years. From the article : Dennis Willard, a spokesman for Strickland, said the former governor supports "...

Regal Cinemas announces plan to search movie patrons

3:00pm Thursday, September 03, 2015
Thanks to a new emphasis on searching the bags of moviegoers, the Regal Cinemas chain is treating its customers to its own brand of security theater. According to a story appearing on NPR , the theater chain has always reserved the right to inspect backpacks and the like to intercept bootleg food and drinks. Now, however, the company is claiming ticket takers will be routinely conducting searches...

FoxNews.com highlights BFA article on gun ban extremists "swatting" gun owners

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, September 03, 2015
On Monday, August 31, my article entitled " Anti-Gun Group Wants Gun Owners Killed? " was published at BuckeyeFirearms.org. The article documents a recent case of the rabidly anti-self-defense Coalition to Stop Gun Violence becoming the latest gun control extremist group to advocate calling police any time they see a gun owner in public. I correctly identified the practice for what it is: "...

Observations on the Virginia news crew murders

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Wednesday, September 02, 2015
I’m not going to write an in-depth article on the recent Virginia news crew killings. While the attack loosely qualifies as an “active killer” event, the victims weren’t randomly chosen. This was the work of a man who had a serious mental illness. He was trying to make a statement, but wasn’t going for the massive body count that we see in most active killer crimes. There are however, a couple of...

The Virginia news crew murders and media agenda to bury the truth

by Tim Inwood
7:00am Wednesday, September 02, 2015
On Wednesday, August 26th, as the event was broadcast live, a deranged former journalist bent on revenge and a twisted desire to start a race war, murdered two of his former colleagues. We all know the basic story, and many have seen the first-person shooter footage shot by the killer as he murdered Alison Parker and Adam Ward, and wounded Vicki Gardner. This set the wheels in motion in news...

Juniors Prove Future of Marksmanship is Bright During 2015 National Matches

by Ashley Brugnone
3:00pm Tuesday, September 01, 2015
As part of our mission, the CMP is dedicated to teaching youth the fundamentals of marksmanship and gun safety. With growing participation in our numerous clinics and matches designed towards advancing their knowledge and celebrating their talents, juniors across the country have proven the future of marksmanship in the United States is undoubtedly progressing. The following is a list of some of...

Guaranteed Ways to Lose Hunting Access

by Jim Shepherd
7:00am Tuesday, September 01, 2015
The outdoor industry has been making a big push over the past two years to assure access to the country's public lands. It has largely been effective, with some states having gone so far as to pass laws guaranteeing access rights to hunter, shooters and anglers. But there's also a largely unrecognized pushback to block that access in what has been recognized as the Achilles heel of the access...

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