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Chattanooga terror attack prompts pro-gun legislation in Ohio; Army chief of staff worries about "over-arming" the military

by Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, July 21, 2015
"[T]he Army's chief of staff says the military has to be careful about over-arming itself. Gen. Ray Odierno says that can lead to "accidental discharges and everything else that goes along with "having loaded weapons." - Associated Press, July 15, 2015 No, this isn't an article by famed satire website TheOnion.com. The United States Army's chief of staff really did say that . In the wake of yet...

Only police should have guns?

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Monday, July 20, 2015
Humans are complicated and confusing creatures. We often cling to misguided beliefs and self-destructive philosophies, even as we decry the impacts and results of those beliefs and philosophies. One of the most confusing examples of this is when a minority that has suffered oppression and abuse advocates for policies that enable that abuse and remove options for protecting against future abuse...

Don’t Depend on the Police to Save You

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Monday, July 20, 2015
Read this article . In [the recent] Tunisian attack, the first cop who arrived refused to go after the killer because he (the cop) wasn’t wearing body armor (which likely wouldn’t have stopped an AK round anyway). A man who worked at the hotel beach activities stand took the cop’s gun and went after the killer. Unfortunately, the hotel worker couldn’t use the weapon. He had difficulty with the...

Family fights back when armed, masked man barges through front door

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, July 17, 2015
WHIO (Dayton CBS) reported earlier this week that an armed intruder was shot by a resident inside a home after he entered through an unlocked door. From the article : At the time of the shooting, just after 6:30 p.m., there were three adults and three children in the house in the 500 block of Lowell Avenue in this Preble County village. “We found a 22-year-old male on the floor just inside the...

Help us take money from The Brady Center

7:00am Friday, July 17, 2015
The Brady Center recently organized a lawsuit against Lucky Gunner, an online ammo store. Their stated goal was to put them out of business and outlaw the sale of ammunition online. After several months of spending their own money defending the lawsuit, the suit was dismissed and the judge awarded Lucky Gunner $111,971.10 as a partial reimbursement for legal fees. Lucky Gunner says they are going...

CMP Hosts Annual National Trophy Rifle and Games Matches in July

by Ashley Brugnone
3:00pm Thursday, July 16, 2015
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is thrilled to once again welcome eager competitors to the Rifle Phase of the National Trophy Matches, held July 15-28, 2015, at the world-famous Camp Perry National Guard training facility. The matches have been fired on the base since 1907 and continue to draw thousands of athletes and spectators each year. The event offers air gun,...

Active Killer Activity: Good And Bad News

by Ron Borsch
7:00am Thursday, July 16, 2015
We recently took a five year glimpse at the incidents that fit our protocol for Rapid Mass Murder© (RMM) by an active killer (available HERE ). This time we are sharing research that reveals we are presently on track for 2015 to tie the lowest incidence of RMM in the last decade. On average over the preceding decade, the first half and last half of each year have been about evenly split 50/50...

Another Gun Control Claim Bites the Dust

3:00pm Wednesday, July 15, 2015
If it sounds like we’re repeating ourselves, it’s because we are. For the proverbial umpteenth time, Fact Checkers at a prominent newspaper have denounced a lie being told by a supporter of expanded background checks on gun sales. [Recently], the Washington Post gave Four Pinnochios to U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) for repeating a claim originated by Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun...

Former CNN anchor involved in another one of those "rare" self-defense shootings

7:00am Wednesday, July 15, 2015
"Guns are rarely used to kill criminals or stop crimes," claims the Violence Policy Center (VPC), led by longtime handgun-ban advocate Josh Sugarmann, formerly of the National Coalition to Ban Handguns. However, that's something the anti-gun group probably would have a hard time convincing former CNN Headline News anchor Lynne Russell and husband Chuck de Caro to believe. [Recently], Russell and...

Brady Campaign "A+" Politician Guilty of Weapons-Related Racketeering

3:00pm Tuesday, July 14, 2015
The Sacramento Bee reports that former California State Sen. Leland Yee, a gun control advocate rated "A+" by the Brady Campaign, has pled guilty to weapons-related racketeering charges in an organized crime case and now faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Talk about hypocrisy. Last year we noted that in 2012, Yee said "no one will convince me it's anything other than a joke to say that...

Buckeye Firearms Association's Linda Walker featured on Outdoor Channel’s NRA All Access

7:00am Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Beginning today, Linda Walker, Vice President of Buckeye Firearms Association and a member of the NRA's Board of Directors will be featured on The Outdoor Channel's "NRA All Access." This week's episode is entitled “ Real Estate Agents: Why I Carry .” The show will air on Tuesday, July 14 at 9:30 AM and 2:00 PM, and again Wednesday, July 15 at 7:00 PM. Walker has been a real estate agent for over...

June 2015 Firearms Sales Checks Highest June on Record; 2nd Qtr is second highest on record

3:00pm Monday, July 13, 2015
The June 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 886,825 is the highest June on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 10.1 percent compared to the June 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 805,571. The second quarter 2015 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 2,793,230 is the second highest second quarter on record — a 4.5 percent increase over...

BFA President Jim Irvine debates latest efforts to push gun control on Columbus NPR

7:00am Monday, July 13, 2015
Buckeye Firearms Association President Jim Irvine was a guest on WOSU 89.7FM's "All Sides with Ann Fisher," discussing the state of efforts to push gun control in the wake of the mass murder in a "no-guns" church in Charleston, S.C. with host Ann Fisher. Irvine was preceded by obviously anti-gun rights U.S. News & World Report news editor Joseph P. Williams, who recently published an article...

Make No Mistake: “The Trace” is No Impartial News Organization

by Larry Keane
3:00pm Friday, July 10, 2015
Editor's Note: TheTrace.org recently contacted Buckeye Firearms Association about the closing of the media access loophole. The resulting article, entitled "Another State Just Made It Impossible for Reporters to Access Concealed Carry Records," is posted here . Readers Beware. Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently revealed a new tactic in his ongoing campaign to impose his anti-gun agenda on Americans...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation allows Cleveland's FOX 8 exclusive access to Ohio teacher firearms training

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, July 10, 2015
Editor's Note: Those interested in FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training & Emergency Response) training still have time to apply for classes this summer! CLICK HERE NOW ! While the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary has faded in the minds of many, Buckeye Firearms Foundation continues to provide training to ensure that it may never happen again. Recently, the Foundation provided...

Were Guns "Much More" Strictly Regulated in the 1920s and 1930s?

3:00pm Thursday, July 09, 2015
[Recently], Time magazine published a piece that pushes the narrative that today's firearms laws are permissive in comparison to those of the early 20th century. Titled, " Guns Were Much More Strictly Regulated in the 1920s and 1930s than They Are Today ," the piece contends that "Those who look to America's past to extol a time when nothing stood between an American and a gun need to look again...

Pivotal Case on "Bearing" Arms in Public Heard by Federal Appellate Court in California

3:00pm Wednesday, July 08, 2015
The never-ending battle against defiance of the Second Amendment saw another skirmish yesterday with oral arguments in the rehearing of the critically important NRA-supported case of Peruta v. San Diego County. As we reported earlier this year, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had initially ruled favorably for the plaintiffs. The panel decision held that the...

Camp Perry & NRA to host U.S. Fullbore Nationals and World Long Range Championships

by Linda Walker
7:00am Wednesday, July 08, 2015
Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio has been fortunate to host the CMP/NRA National Matches since 1907. This year brings yet another exciting event to Camp Perry when it hosts the U.S. Fullbore Nationals and World Long Range Championships for the first time, August 8-14. The United States only has the opportunity to host the Palma Rifle Long Range Championships once every 25 years. The NRA chose...

Eyes & Ears: You Only Get One Pair of Each

by Tisma Juett
3:00pm Tuesday, July 07, 2015
The human body is an incredible machine. We have a tendency to abuse it pretty well during our youth, and yet it still does what it needs to do to keep us going. When it comes to your vision and hearing, however, I think we all agree that an abundance of caution is wise no matter what your age. Our eyes and ears are hugely important to our lives—especially to us shooters. So shouldn’t we do...

Recoil Management and Concealed Carry

by Gary Evens
7:00am Tuesday, July 07, 2015
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is a basic law of physics and it applies when you are shooting a gun. Whenever you fire a cartridge, the expanding gases from the “explosion” that occurs immediately after the primer is struck causes the bullet to travel down the barrel, exit at the muzzle, and then continue to travel downrange until it strikes something or the...

Op-Ed: Connecticut's strict gun licensing law linked to steep drop in homicides? Not really

by John R. Lott
3:00pm Monday, July 06, 2015
A new study in the American Journal of Public Health claims that the state of Connecticut’s 1995 gun licensing law has reduced firearm homicide rates by 40 percent. But this just released study gives academics a bad name. Not surprisingly, anti-gun activist and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and the left-wing Joyce Foundation funded the research. The study cherry picks which states...

The Second Amendment doesn't grant Americans anything

by Gary Evens
7:00am Monday, July 06, 2015
I recently was watching one of the firearms-related outdoors programs on television where one of my favorite nationally-known firearms instructors was being interviewed. I became somewhat “shocked!” when that individual stated that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants us the right to possess and carry firearms. I thought I might have mis-heard what he said so I hit the replay...

Independence Day Reflection: SCOTUS v. The People

by Jim Shepherd
7:24am Saturday, July 04, 2015
As we celebrate our national birthday, I'm reflecting proudly on our past, but as a gun owner and recreational shooter, I'm concerned for our future. Last week, two Supreme Court opinions led one of their own members (more on that below) to accuse the Court of being "drunk on power." In a dissenting opinion on gay marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia broadened his dissent with an accusation that the...

Independence Day 2015

by Rick Jones
3:00pm Friday, July 03, 2015
With the upcoming holiday, let's look at what it might mean to some people…a day off with pay, just a day off, family, friends, cookouts, reunions or just a day to lounge and watch the fireworks. As for me, I think of our Constitution, our founding fathers, our Bill of Rights, our military men and women who are performing their duties to protect our freedom. “FREEDOM”. We say it often, exclaiming...

Americans Comfortable Living Around Guns, Despite Decades–long Fear Campaign

7:00am Friday, July 03, 2015
The results of a Rasmussen Reports poll released June 12 provide further evidence of just how out-of-step the gun control movement is with the American people. In a survey of 977 likely voters, Rasmussen found that an overwhelming majority of Americans would rather live in a neighborhood where residents are allowed to own firearms than one that is completely disarmed. Specifically, the survey...

Registration Open for the 2015 National Trophy Pistol & Rifle Matches at Camp Perry

by Ashley Brugnone
3:00pm Thursday, July 02, 2015
Register now on the CMP website for a spot to shoot at the 2015 National Trophy Pistol and Rifle Matches. These popular and historical matches will once again be fired at Camp Perry, Ohio, six miles west of Port Clinton, during the month of July. The schedule of this year’s Matches will be the same as the 2014 National Matches, featuring a variety of events such as the John C. Garand, President’s...

To the Editor: A good person with a gun is valuable

7:00am Thursday, July 02, 2015
The following letter to the editor of the Toledo Blade was published on June 30, 2015: Your June 24 editorial “Firearms and forgiveness” is not only wrong in its opinion, but also is wrong in fact. Sadly, the House State Government Committee removed places of worship from the bill you cite more than two weeks before you published your editorial. I say sadly because a good person with a gun might...

Tanks, Bombers and Pyrotechnics Bring Spark to the CMP’s 2015 First Shot Ceremony

by Ashley Brugnone
3:00pm Wednesday, July 01, 2015
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Please join the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) on the world-famous Camp Perry ranges in Port Clinton, Ohio, for another thrilling display of live World War II history during the First Shot Ceremony of the National Trophy Pistol and Rifle Matches on July 6, 2015. Reenactors, ground vehicles, air support and exhilarating pyrotechnics will join us on Rodriguez Range for the...

Governor signs budget bill - media access loophole is closed

by Jim Irvine & Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, July 01, 2015
Governor Kasich has signed HB 64, Ohio's biennial budget. Contained in the massive bill is language which removes the media access loophole (MAL), a provision which gave journalists a special exemption to access the confidential information of concealed handgun license (CHL) holders. Senator Joe Uecker (R-Miami Township) proposed the amendment, which was adopted by the Ohio Senate in its version...

Civitas Media fights to retain ability to develop database of CHL-holders (and they're not alone )

by Chad D. Baus
12:00pm Tuesday, June 30, 2015
In early, 2014, I exposed an internal email proving that Civitas Media, which owns some 88 newspapers in 12 states - including 38 here in Ohio - was discussing the use of "public records act requests" to "build state-by-state databases that list those who have the right to carry" firearm licenses. My article quickly went viral. Soon after being picked up by DailyCaller.com , DrudgeReport.com...

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