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Hillary: On guns, "We're way out of balance"

3:00pm Wednesday, May 21, 2014
The NRA has always supported laws prohibiting violent felons and certain other categories of potentially dangerous persons from possessing guns, and it’s a position we’re confident is shared by the vast majority of gun owners nationwide. Nevertheless, on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said, "I think that we've got to rein in what has become an almost article of...

Anti-gun Journalist Admits Wife Wished for Gun When Criminal Struck

7:00am Wednesday, May 21, 2014
On Wednesday, [May 1] gun control supporter and Fox News contributor Juan Williams appeared on the Lars Larson radio show and shared with listeners a personal incident that will hopefully have him questioning his long-held anti-gun positions. Williams told Larson, "My wife went to the gas station, and while she's trying to put the credit card in some guy rushes by her, gets in the car, and drives...

Ohio Hunters Check more than 16,500 Wild Turkeys during Spring Season

3:00pm Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Ohio hunters checked 16,556 wild turkeys during the combined 2014 wild turkey hunting season and youth wild turkey hunting season, April 19-May 18, 2014. To see county-by-county results from Ohio's 2014 wild turkey hunting season, click here . The top 10 counties for the wild turkey harvest were Ashtabula (615), Tuscarawas (493), Coshocton (484), Guernsey (466), Muskingum (453), Belmont (444),...

Heart attack free zones

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States accounting for approximately 600,000 deaths annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition to all the dead people, heart attacks also have a negative effect on the family members who’ve lost a loved one, and all of the innocent bystanders who witness this horrible death. It is time to outlaw...

Headline: Dayton VA Medical Center shooting revives gun ban debate

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Monday, May 19, 2014
The subject of so called "no-guns" victim zones is once again being discussed, and this time by those not often willing to give the problem the kind of attention the subject deserves: the media. From a report by WXIX, Dayton's Fox affiliate: In the wake of a shooting early this month at a VA hospital in Dayton, that city's FOX affiliate is asking if the hospital's ban on concealed carry should be...

Two BFA-supported bills to receive hearings in Senate committee

7:00am Monday, May 19, 2014
Chairman Bill Coley has announced that the Senate Civil Justice Committee will be hearing testimony on Senate Bill 338 (Concealed Carry Law Reform) and HB 234 (Allow Noise Suppressors While Hunting) on May 21, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room. This will be the first hearing for HB 234,and sponsor-only testimony will be considered. Buckeye Firearms Association has previously provided...

Headline: Woman Stabbed Outside Gym Getting Gun License For Personal Safety

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, May 16, 2014
WBNS (CBS Columbus) is reporting that women from one Ohio community are aiming to keep themselves safe, after a dangerous attack hit close to home. From the article : Rikki Whitaker survived a stabbing outside of her gym in early one morning in March. She's now out of the hospital and learning self-defense. Whitaker says police are still searching for the man, who attacked her. In fact, next week...

A trauma kit in every school

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Friday, May 16, 2014
In keeping with our effort to keep our children safe, Buckeye Firearms Foundation is announcing an initiative to put a trauma kit in every school building in Ohio. Our FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response) program has always maintained that we should take every reasonable step to save children’s lives. That includes steps taken before, during, and after an active...

Elderly Columbus man defends self and wife in violent attack

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, May 15, 2014
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a 21 year-old burglar is dead after he and an accomplice attacked homeowners who came to investigate sounds in their garage. From the article : For the second time in a week, the alarm at Emerson and Nancy Frazier’s South Side ranch home blared. The couple — he is 69, she is 58 — got out of bed about 4 a.m. yesterday to investigate who was breaking into...

The information war against your Second Amendment rights has begun!

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, May 15, 2014
War has been declared against gun owners. A nd Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, and the Obama administration are leading the charge! Stung with defeat after defeat by U.S. Courts in recent years, these wealthy and powerful elitists have decided that they can't win the debate. So rather than admit the truth, they've decided to CHANGE the truth. They're pouring hundreds of millions of dollars (...

Attorney General announces First Quarter 2014 CHL statistics; Record demand for CHLs continues

by Jim Irvine
3:00pm Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the first quarter of 2014. Looking at new licenses issues and renewed, we see an increase from last quarter. Only four quarters in the program's history had higher overall demand. There were 16,205 new CHLs issued during the first quarter of 2014. While the number of new licenses are down...

30 Ohio Schools Now Have Gun Policies to Defend Students; Apply NOW for FASTER training

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Last December, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced that there were 20 Ohio school districts that had authorized persons to carry firearms in their schools. That number has now grown to approximately 30 districts that have authorized such carry. While keeping track of specific district information gets more difficult as the program grows in popularity, there is little doubt that at least 50...

April 2014 firearms sales checks second highest on record

3:00pm Tuesday, May 13, 2014
The April 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 988,726 is the second highest April on record for the system, even with a decrease of 16.6 percent compared to the April 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,185,231. For comparison, the unadjusted April 2014 NICS figure of 1,733,651 reflects a 1.8 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure 1,702,...

Forum on Second Amendment issues hosted by Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor in NE Ohio

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Last month, Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor (R) was in Portage County for a roundtable on issues related to Ohio sportsmen and Second Amendment rights advocates. Attendees came from all over Northeast Ohio including Portage, Cuyahoga, Trumbull, Geauga and Medina Counties, to name a few. The event was so well attended that even after additional tables were added it was still "standing room only"...

Buckeye Firearms Association Endorses SB 338, Concealed Carry Law Reform Bill

3:00pm Monday, May 12, 2014
Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce its endorsement of Senate Bill 338, which was introduced Monday, May 12 by Senator Joe Uecker (R-Miami Township), and which seeks to make improvements to Ohio’s concealed carry rules and for many people that carry firearms. The bill proposes to allow non-residents to apply for and receive an Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL) if they work in...

Garbage in, garbage out: Gun checks miss millions of fugitives

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, May 12, 2014
The Gannett Company is reporting that millions of fugitives can pass undetected through federal background checks and buy guns illegally because police departments across the country routinely fail to put their names into a national database that tracks people on the run from the law. From the article : Those background checks, conducted by the FBI, are designed to block fugitives, felons and...

The Motherhood Of A Shooter

by Laurel Yoshimoto
3:00pm Friday, May 09, 2014
Outdoor Wire Editor's Note: It's Mothers Day weekend and we hope every one of you has the chance to reach out to your Mom. Today, we let a Mom reach out to you. Contributing writer Laurel Yoshimoto shares her observations on being an "almost Mom" involved in a sport she loves. Next week, we'll have a report on another group of Moms who are also speaking out in defense of the Second Amendment and...

A look back at Ohio's journey to straight-walled cartridge rifles for deer hunting

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Friday, May 09, 2014
I was recently privileged to be part of the effort to bring straight walled cartridge rifles, the effort formerly known as pistol caliber rifles (PCR), to Ohio. The experience was a thrilling, frustrating, challenging and wonderful trip through many meetings, open house events and networking with other organizations. There were moments of success and disappointment along with a fair number of...

Op-Ed: How the Firearms Industry Leads the Way on Gun Safety And What the Anti-Gun Activists Won’t Acknowledge

by Larry Keane
3:00pm Thursday, May 08, 2014
...Last [month], Michael Bloomberg re-launched his ongoing anti-gun effort, this time calling it Everytown for Gun Safety . The group claims to support a platform of issues for which the firearms industry has consistently been an advocate including reducing illegal gun trafficking and educating parents about the safe storage of guns. Essentially, this organization and others like it misleadingly...

Headline: Gun Rights Group Blasts Rules On Firearms In Foster, Childcare Homes

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, May 08, 2014
The Gongwer News Service reported recently on testimony offered in Columbus by Buckeye Firearms Association President Jim Irvine. From the article : Rules prescribing safety measures for foster parents were delayed this week after gun advocates warned that restrictions on firearm storage would likely be found unconstitutional. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services' foster care rules were...

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4:57pm Wednesday, May 07, 2014
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Southwest Ohio club has something for every shooter

by Larry S. Moore
3:00pm Wednesday, May 07, 2014
I've been shooting at Clinton County Farmers and Sportsmen Association (CCF&SA) occasionally for over twenty years. Every trip has been a pleasurable experience even if my scores were not as good as hoped. The friendly atmosphere of the organization was re-enforced when I visited the annual club open house. Mike Adams, who is the current President CCF&SA, explains, "Good things are...

Purdue Univ. researcher: More guns in schools equal fewer deaths

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Professor Eric Dietz, Ph.D., the former director of Homeland Security for the state of Indiana and 22-year Army veteran, has released research showing that more guns in schools equal fewer deaths during active shooter situations. As reported by The Blaze.com, Dietz, now a professor at Purdue University and director of the school’s Homeland Security Institute, could be the guy who — once and for...

Ted Nugent at 2014 NRA Annual Meetings: "The freest man in America"

by Clarke Payne
3:00pm Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Uncle Ted gets standing ovation for gun ownership, traditional family values INDIANAPOLIS - Ted Nugent proclaimed the whole world sucked, but America did not suck that much, and with his blood brothers in Indy, it did not suck at all. One of the good guys, as the late Charlton Heston once called him, Nugent talked to a couple thousand of believers at the 2014 NRA Convention on Sunday, April 27...

REMINDER: Vote TODAY in the Buckeye State!

6:00am Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Tuesday, May 6 is Election Day in Ohio! Because voter turnout in primary elections is historically quite low, die-hard gun owners who Vote Freedom First are able to have an even bigger impact on election results. When one considers that the number of hunters, sportsmen, CHL-holders, NRA members, Buckeye Firearms Association donors and Second Amendment supporters in Ohio approaches 1 million...

Review: The 2014 NRA Annual Meetings

by Jim Irvine
3:00pm Monday, May 05, 2014
I attended the 2014 NRA Annual Meetings in Indianapolis, Indiana. Having attended these events for over a decade it is amazing how much they have grown in popularity. This years attendance was 75,267 fellow patriots. The Foundation dinner Thursday night was a huge gathering of thousands of like-minded patriots at the Lucas oil stadium, home to the Indianapolis Colts. This included dinner, silent...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. President Jim Irvine appears on The Daily Show

7:00am Monday, May 05, 2014
Buckeye Firearms Association President Jim Irvine appeared on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on April 29, 2014. The segment was part of comedy show's coverage of the 2014 NRA Annual Meetings held in Indianapolis. The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , Indecision Political Humor , The Daily Show on Facebook Are they biased against gun rights? Sure. Do they make fun...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc.'s Joe Eaton to participate in roundtable discussion at Dayton Peace Museum

3:00pm Friday, May 02, 2014
Buckeye Firearms Association's Treasurer Joe Eaton will be participating in a roundtable discussion on the proposed changes to Ohio's self-defense laws on Saturday May 3 at the Dayton Peace Museum ( www.daytonpeacemuseum.org ). Rep. Fred Strahorn (D-39) and others are scheduled to also participate in the discussion. This roundtable discussion will take place at 2:00pm as part of the current...

New name, same lie: Bloomberg gun control group loses board member after misrepresenting group's intentions

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, May 02, 2014
According to former members , as well as internal emails obtained by Buckeye Firearms Association and MediaTrackers.org, anti-gun-rights billionaire Michael Bloomberg's now-defunct gun control group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), sought to gain members by intentionally deceiving them on what the group was actually all about. Many mayors, both here in Ohio and across the nation, dropped out...

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