News

“Preclusion”- The legal concept you must understand

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Tuesday, March 17, 2015
The news articles linked below describe the actions of a retired firefighter with a concealed carry permit who shot and killed an elementary school teacher after a confrontation about a loud party. The entire confrontation (22 minutes long) and the shooting was videotaped by the shooter. He was charged with murder, convicted and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Go to the first link and watch...

Op-Ed: Growing support for gun rights, and groaning scoundrels who despise the trend

by Chuck Michel
3:00pm Monday, March 16, 2015
Never doubt the linguistic and logical limberness of professionally coached anti-gun activists. People in gun control circles are circling their wagons in reaction to a recent Pew Research report definitively showing that more Americans support the Second Amendment than support gun control. Pew’s multi-decade survey on gun control again asked one basic question (among others), namely: “What do...

What HB 234 Means to You: Part V - CHL mandatory training reduction

by Ken Hanson, Esq.
7:00am Monday, March 16, 2015
Editor's Note: The following was published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on March 1, 2015. On March 23, 2015 several changes to Ohio law that are of particular significance to Ohio gun owners will take effect. This article will look at improvements to training requirements to obtain an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL). While Am. Sub. H.B. 234 contains many provisions, the single provision...

Humane Society of the United States To Go Bear Hunting in 2016

by Jim Shepherd
3:00pm Friday, March 13, 2015
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is no stranger to controversy. Known for their longtime practice of deliberately misleading of the public into thinking they are all about protecting animals in shelters, they've managed to keep some of their shadier situations out of the public eye. That includes their having lost a huge lawsuit brought against the organization after their claims...

Your Tactical Training Scenario…A night time knock at the door

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, March 13, 2015
You watched the evening news before bed and heard a report about police attempting to locate a wanted murder suspect. The suspect was reportedly last seen in the area of your apartment complex. Making sure all your doors were locked and that you had a handgun nearby, you go to sleep. At 1:30am you hear a loud banging at your door. You look out the window but can’t see anyone. What would you do? A...

Current Status of Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Legislation in the U.S. Congress

3:00pm Thursday, March 12, 2015
Recently, a number of NRA-supported Right-to-Carry Reciprocity bills have been introduced in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. NRA fully supports efforts to require states to respect an individual’s right to self-defense no matter what state they are in. Below is the status of each bill, as of this writing. NRA urges you to please contact your elected officials to support these important measures...

What HB 234 Means to You: Part IV - CLEO "shall sign" provision for National Firearms Act (NFA) restricted items

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Thursday, March 12, 2015
On March 23, 2015 several changes to Ohio law that are of particular significance to Ohio gun owners will take effect. This article will look at the new “shall sign” provision addressing the chief law enforcement officer (CLEO) signoff to purchase National Firearms Act (NFA) restricted items. To buy a gun from a licensed firearms dealer, one must pass a NICS background check, then pay your money...

February 2015 Firearms Sales Checks Second Highest February on Record

3:00pm Wednesday, March 11, 2015
The February 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,280,825 is the second highest February on record for the 16-year-old system, with an increase of 1.3 percent compared to the February 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,264,010. For comparison, the unadjusted February 2015 NICS figure of 1,848,308 reflects a 10.9 percent decrease from the...

Legislators make stop at Spring Valley range on way to the state-of-the-state address

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Wednesday, March 11, 2015
A number of Ohio legislators, Democratic Senate Caucus staff and ODNR leadership made a stop at the Division of Wildlife Spring Valley range facility on the way to the state-of-the-state address in Wilmington. The event was supported by several partners with the Division of Wildlife including Buckeye Firearms Association, Lakota Bows, Ohio Conservation Federation, Greene County Fish and Game...

BATFE withdraws proposal to ban common AR-15 ammo after record response from opponents

by Chad D. Baus
4:39pm Tuesday, March 10, 2015
The joke goes that anything named “Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms” ought to be a convenience store instead of an arm of the federal government, but several years in the wake of the Operation Fast & Furious gun-walking scandal, the things President Obama is still trying to pull through the BATFE are anything but a joking matter. That's because the most anti-gun rights president in American...

Renovations for Shooting Ranges Announced

3:00pm Tuesday, March 10, 2015
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director James Zehringer and ODNR Division of Wildlife Chief Scott Zody announced that the department will be renovating firearms and archery shooting ranges across the state. Zehringer and Zody discussed the planned improvements during a recent tour of the Spring Valley Shooting Range in Waynesville. These improvement efforts have...

Bloomberg's Anti-Gun "Grassroots Movement" Explained?

7:00am Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Does Michael Bloomberg's Everytown for Gun Safety really have “two million members?” Is Moms Demand Action really “a powerful grassroots network of moms?” Or are these just front groups that consist of a handful of Bloomberg hirelings, pretending to represent more people than they do, to trick Americans into submitting to their fanatically-obsessed employer’s will? Investigative reporter Sharyl...

FASTER Saves Lives at BASA “Are you prepared?” conference

by Jim Irvine
3:00pm Monday, March 09, 2015
This week the Buckeye Association of School Administrators (BASA) holds its “Are you prepared?” school facilities and safety conference in Columbus, Ohio. FASTER Saves Lives will be on hand at booth 40 near the BASA registration desk. We will have trauma kits for review and will be discussing various ways to save lives before, during, and after an active killer event. School safety is a topic...

What HB 234 Means to You: Part III - 31+ round magazines & non-contiguous transfers

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, March 09, 2015
On March 23, 2015 several changes to Ohio law that are of particular significance to Ohio gun owners will take effect. This article will look at a change in the definition of automatic firearms (31+ round magazines) and non-contiguous state transfers. Current law: ORC 2923.11 (E) "Automatic firearm" means any firearm designed or specially adapted to fire a succession of cartridges with a single...

Legislation Introduced to Break Administrative Choke Hold on Firearm and Ammunition Vendors

3:00pm Friday, March 06, 2015
In January, we reported on encouraging news that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) had taken steps to reassure banks that they are not categorically prohibited nor discouraged from servicing customers in the firearms and ammunition industries. Of course, the very fact that this should be considered newsworthy demonstrates just how bad the politically-motivated abuses of federal...

The difference between "qualification" and "training"

by Varg Freeborn
7:00am Friday, March 06, 2015
Let’s talk about the difference between “qualification” and “training”. Do you believe that because someone has taken a concealed carry course they are now proficient in employing a weapon safely and effectively in a fast moving deadly confrontation? Or that someone who has hunted and been a recreational shooter all of their life is thereby skillful enough to operate effectively in a gun fight?...

Pakistani Teachers Arm Themselves after Taliban School Massacre

3:00pm Thursday, March 05, 2015
Back in November, we reported on Israeli Public Security Minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, announcing a decision to relax the rules governing the carrying of firearms in the wake of the murder of four Orthodox Jewish men and a police officer in a West Jerusalem Temple by terrorists armed with knives, axes and a gun. We noted then that Israeli officials had rightly recognized the protective benefits...

FASTER ad running in Ohio School Board Association magazine

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Thursday, March 05, 2015
The Ohio School Board Association (OSBA) publishes a magazine for its members on a bi-monthly basis. Inside the back cover of the latest edition school administrators will find an ad for FASTER Saves Lives , sponsored by Buckeye Firearms Foundation. The idea for the ad came after attending the OSBA Capital Conference last November. It became apparent that most school officials have talked about...

Remaining Anti-Gunners in U.S. Senate Renew Push for Gun Control

3:00pm Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Anti-gun U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.), have introduced their Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act (S. 407 and H.R. 752, respectively), in yet another attempt to ban magazines that accept more than 10 rounds. Similar legislation has been introduced in previous Congresses, and has repeatedly failed since the expiration of the Clinton “...

2014 Attorney General Summary on Concealed Carry: Program's second-busiest year ever

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the fourth quarter of 2014 and the annual report. 2014 was the second busiest year in the history of the concealed carry program, and ended with a record 438,000 Ohioans licensed to discretely carry firearms. Demand for CHLs finished the year strong, with demand increasing slightly over the prior...

Elderly homeowner defends life in daylight Columbus home invasion

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Tuesday, March 03, 2015
The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that an elderly homeowner was able to defend his own life when a convicted burglar decided to strike again. From the article : The North Side homeowner dialed 911 just after noon yesterday and gave his address. When asked what his emergency was, he replied, “Some ... some guy broke into my house, and I shot him.” ... Officers arrived to find the homeowner...

HB 78: "Universal" Background Checks gun control bill reintroduced in Ohio

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Judging by HB 78, one of his latest gun control bills introduced in the Ohio House, Rep. Bill Patmon (D) seems unable to grasp the idea that criminals do not typically submit themselves to background checks, and that even when a prohibited person is stopped by a background check procedure, no one prosecutes them for the crime they just committed. In the immediate aftermath of the terrible attack...

Rep. Patmon's HB 79: Retread legislation aimed at the wrong target

by Larry S. Moore
3:00pm Monday, March 02, 2015
Last year WKYC (NBC Cleveland) reporter Tom Meyer issued a very shoddy piece of investigative reporting . His headline blasted that felons are getting hunting licenses that allow them to use guns. The story was long on hype and even longer on misinformation. The most significant piece of bad information was the false assumption that purchasing a hunting license gives someone permission to use a...

Rep. Patmon's HB 75 (Mandatory "Safe" Storage of Firearms) is based on several anti-gun myths

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, March 02, 2015
Editor's Note: The following article was originally published in response to the introduction of Rep. Bill Patmon's HB 563 in the 129th General Assembly. That bill was never considered, and it died at the end of the session in 2012. Patmon reintroduced the bill as HB 31 in the 130th General Assembly. It again failed to be given serious consideration, and died at the end of 2014. Patmon has...

Ohio Deer Hunting: Past success, but future is questionable

by Larry S. Moore
3:00pm Friday, February 27, 2015
The 2014 Ohio deer hunting season is in the bag with 175,745 deer harvested. This compares to 191,455 total harvest for the 2013 season. The 2014 harvest was down overall 8.21%. The numbers are pretty much in line with the predictions of the ODNR Division of Wildlife. Their mission has been to reduce the overall size of Ohio's deer herd. No doubt that effort has been successful as reflected in...

FASTER Saves Lives: Buckeye Firearms Foundation reaching educators at statewide conferences

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Friday, February 27, 2015
The Ohio School Board Association (OSBA) holds its annual Capital Conference in November each year. At the most recent conference, Buckeye Firearms Foundation was invited to host a breakout session on armed school staff. We also had a booth to talk to schools about safety and security and the option of armed staff. The conference started on a safety note, as Dr. Dick Caster and John Benner hosted...

Mall Security: Separating Fact from Fiction

by Gary Evens
3:00pm Thursday, February 26, 2015
It sounded awfully familiar. In late February a group calling itself al-Shabaab (operating out of Somalia) threatened to attack the Mall of America in Minnesota. It was kind of like déjà vu for me; I’d seen this before some place. Then it hit me. That was the plot of Stephen Hunter’s book Soft Target (Simon & Schuster, 2011)! The target: the Mall of America (or “America, the Mall” as it is...

What HB 234 Means to You: Part II - Reciprocity

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Thursday, February 26, 2015
On March 23, 2015 several changes to Ohio law that are of particular significance to Ohio gun owners will take effect. This article will look at reciprocity and related issues. Currently, Ohio residents may carry on an Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL) or a license from another “substantially equivalent” state that the Ohio Attorney General has signed a reciprocal agreement with. Residents...

Looking for something new? Try Cowboy Action Shooting!

by Gary Evens
3:00pm Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Cowboy action shooting (CAS) was what got me back into shooting after many years. At the time I was heavily involved in Civil War re-enacting where all of the shooting is done with blanks. Since the “cowboy era” immediately followed the end of the Civil War, I figured it would be an easy transition. I already had clothing of the appropriate styles. All I needed was the guns and to find a local...

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