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Straight-walled cartridge rifles approved for hunting white-tailed deer in Ohio!

3:00pm Thursday, April 10, 2014
Ohio Wildlife Council Approves 2014-2015 Hunting Regulations COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Wildlife Council approved new white-tailed deer hunting regulations at its meeting on Wednesday, April 9, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Among new regulations are decreased deer bag limits in many counties, and hunters may use straight-walled cartridge rifles during the 2014 deer-...

Op-Ed: Fort Hood attack: My son, our soldiers, are defenseless, sitting ducks

by John Lott
7:00am Thursday, April 10, 2014
The Obama administration hasn’t learned anything from the massacres at Fort Hood in 2009 or the Washington Navy Yard last year. For all my research on how to stop or prevent mass public shootings and all the victims at these attacks that I have talked to over the years, the attack this week at Fort Hood was different. My son Ryan, who is stationed at Fort Hood and recently back from a tour in...

To the Editor: Concealed-carry stand was wrong

3:00pm Wednesday, April 09, 2014
The following letters to the editor of the Toledo Blade were published on April 3, 2014 in response to an editorial calling on the Ohio Senate and Governor Kasich to oppose H.B. 203: Your March 24 editorial “Standing down” asserts that Ohio House Bill 203, which would remove the “duty to retreat” from a violent attacker who is threatening one’s life, “would almost surely encourage gun violence —...

Buckeye Firearms Association's Linda Walker re-elected to the NRA’s Board of Directors

7:00am Wednesday, April 09, 2014
The leadership team of Buckeye Firearms Association is proud to announce that our very own Linda Walker has been re-elected to a second 3-year term on the National Rifle Association's Board of Directors. The NRA will make the public announcement at the Members Meeting in Indianapolis at the NRA Annual Meetings on Saturday, April 26, 2014. Linda Walker has been a tireless supporter and fighter for...

Ohio’s concealed-carry law has good track record

by Ken Hanson, Esq.
3:00pm Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Editor's Note: The following was originally published in The Columbus Dispatch . Republished with permission of the author. Today marks the 10-year anniversary of licensed concealed carry in Ohio. According to the end-of-year report prepared by the Ohio attorney general in December, more than 408,000 Ohioans are carrying concealed-carry licenses. To put this into perspective, at least 1 in 20...

Ohio concealed handgun licenses: A decade of saving lives

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Today, April 8, 2014, marks the ten year anniversary of concealed handgun licenses in Ohio. I could not even begin to give an accurate estimate the number of hours that I and my fellow volunteer leaders at Buckeye Firearms Association have put into efforts to get the law passed, and subsequently to get it improved - I am sure it is in the hundreds of thousands. Every so often, I am reminded why...

Cleveland police internal memo: Citizens can openly carry guns in public

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Monday, April 07, 2014
WOIO, Cleveland's CBS affiliate, has obtained a memo distributed to all Cleveland police officers advising them on the fact that open carrying a handgun is a legal activity in the state of Ohio. In 2012, a similar memo was issued to officers in Cincinnati. Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to see this accurate analysis of the legality of open carry and issues regarding law enforcement...

Ohio Gun Rights Timeline - A Journey Towards Freedom

by Joe Eaton & Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, April 07, 2014
As law-abiding citizens celebrate the tenth anniversary of Ohio's concealed handgun licensure law, we thought it would be helpful to document the Buckeye State's more than 225 year-history of gun rights, with specific focus on efforts to restore the rights all Ohioans once enjoyed. Despite much progress, the fight is far from over! 1788 July The first Ohio law to establish and regulate a militia...

Buckeye Firearms Association's Jim Irvine on Armed American Radio Sunday night!

4:04pm Sunday, April 06, 2014
Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine co-hosted the Armed American Radio Network Sunday, April 6 from 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Jim discussed the tenth anniversary of concealed carry in Ohio with Armed American Radio (AAR) host Mark Walters. Armed American Radio is broadcast live from the Crossbreed Holster Studios in Atlanta and syndicated nationally by Salem Radio Network. Click here to...

U.S. Supreme Court Gives Broad Reading to Federal Firearm Prohibition for "Domestic Violence"

3:00pm Friday, April 04, 2014
Since 1996, the so-called "Lautenberg Amendment" (named for its sponsor, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)), has banned the acquisition or possession of firearms by anyone convicted of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence." Applicable crimes are limited to those that have "as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon" and that are...

Prosecution of Athens Co. Sheriff threatens to expose CHL records

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, April 04, 2014
The Athens Messenger is reporting that the prosecution of a suspended Athens County Sheriff Patrick Kelly, who was indicted last month by a grand jury on 25 counts, threatens to expose concealed handgun licensees' private, personal information in that county. From the article : Special prosecutors in the case of suspended Athens County Sheriff Patrick Kelly are seeking a court order to prevent...

AGAIN: Almost 20 dead and wounded in "no guns" U.S. Army victim zone

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, April 03, 2014
No one knows for sure who said it, but the one about defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result looms large in the wake of third active killer attack on a domestic U.S. military facility since President Obama took office. Military officials told reporters that an Iraq war veteran who suffered from mental health issues opened fire on fellow...

House passes HB 234 (Allow Noise Suppressors While Hunting) [UPDATE: Vote Tallies]

by Chad D. Baus
3:34pm Wednesday, April 02, 2014
HB 234 sponsored by Representative Cheryl Grossman (R-Grove City), a bill that seeks to allow a person to use a noise suppressor attached to a gun while hunting game birds or wild quadrupeds, has passed the Ohio House with a 76-15 vote, and will now be forwarded to the Ohio Senate for consideration. Buckeye Firearms Association has previously provided testimony in support of the bill. The use of...

Suit seeks injunction to stop unworkable microstamping law

3:00pm Wednesday, April 02, 2014
NEWTOWN, Conn. – The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of their members against the State of California in Fresno Superior Court to prevent enforcement of the state's microstamping law. The state statute enacted in 2007, but not made effective until May 2013,...

Man defends own life with gun when confronted by two attackers

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, April 02, 2014
WBNS (CBS Columbus) and other Columbus news stations are reporting on a self-defense shooting that happened over the weekend. From WBNS : Police said a man shot a teenager in self-defense around 2:15 a.m. Saturday in the area of east Morrill Avenue and Woodrow Avenue. Callers reported hearing seven gunshots as they called 911 after the shooting. Shawndell T. Bryant was rushed to Grant Medical...

Headlines You're Not Going to See

by Jim Shepherd
4:00pm Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Today is, Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - April Fool's Day. The day people are supposed to play stupid jokes on each other to get a rise out of the other person. At that point, you can say "April Fools" and laugh at their being so naive as to fall for your old "there's a spider on your shirt collar" joke. Here's a word of warning: some who are really afraid of spiders (arachnophobia) don't see those...

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC announces 2014 primary endorsements

12:00pm Tuesday, April 01, 2014
VOTE TODAY! POLLS ARE OPEN FOR EARLY VOTING! Buckeye Firearms Association PAC (BFA-PAC) is proud to announce endorsements for a host of local, statewide and federal offices in the May 6, 2014 primaries. As a political action committee, BFA-PAC has been issuing endorsements in every election season for the past twelve years. Through a system of weighing candidate surveys, voting records (where...

1st Annual NRA Women's New Energy Breakfast

by Linda Walker
7:00am Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Ladies, I am excited to share information with you about the 1st Annual NRA Women's New Energy Breakfast being held at the upcoming NRA Annual Meetings. Please join us the morning of Sunday, April 27th, 9:30am at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. This informal women’s-only continental breakfast provides you the opportunity to meet the fresh faces of the NRA who are making a...

Real Benefits or False Promises?

by Chuck Michel
3:00pm Monday, March 31, 2014
Truth was the first victim of the gun control debate, and apparently will be the last. It may be unfair to pick on Doctor Garen Wintemute, for his research into gun control policy has been publicly savaged by many in the field. Nor is it polite to rehash the fact that much of Wintemute’s funding comes from the gun control movement’s financier, the Joyce Foundation. It wouldn’t even be...

Oklahoma AG Issues Consumer Alert For HSUS

by J.R. Absher
7:00am Monday, March 31, 2014
Does the nation's largest anti-hunting and animal rights organization solicit contributions from the public under dubious pretense during times of national disaster, only to funnel those assets to further its agenda to end certain types of legal hunting and agricultural practices? The Attorney General of Oklahoma apparently suspects that might be the case. In a statement issued March 12, AG Scott...

Brady Campaign's A+ rated candidate arrested...for gun trafficking

3:00pm Friday, March 28, 2014
As highlighted on Friday's Rush Limbaugh show: "I want to show you something on the Dittocam. The NRA already out with an ad in California about San Francisco Democrat Leland Yee, and I want to hold this up to you. I'm gonna describe it 'cause those of you who don't have the Dittocam are not gonna be able to see it. It's a picture, billboard shaped, of a smiling, happy San Francisco Democrat...

Join us for a day of fun, free shooting!

7:00am Friday, March 28, 2014
2014 marks 10 years of concealed carry in Ohio. So to celebrate, and to say "thank you" for your support, Buckeye Firearms Foundation is sponsoring a FREE all-day Fun Shoot at Dillon Sportsman Center on Saturday, April 12. Bring your guns and ammo and shoot at no cost. In fact, bring your whole family and have a blast! We've rented the entire center for the day, so you can shoot on the pistol or...

Feds Going After Plastic Gun Market

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Thursday, March 27, 2014
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives have been busy in California this month seizing inventories, computers, and customer lists for the manufacturer and distributors of an unusual piece of plastic that the ATF says is a gun. To understand what this is all about, first you need to know some basic facts about building guns. First, Americans have been legally...

Bloomberg-Funded Anti-Gun "Moms" Group Tries to Falsely Take Credit for "Removal" of Gun-Related Billboard Ad

7:00am Thursday, March 27, 2014
In its search for anti-gun-group relevance, "Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America" recently took credit for an action they apparently had no hand in provoking. In a Washington Times op-ed piece, Emily Miller details how the Michael Bloomberg-funded "Moms" group falsely claimed victory in "forcing" a billboard company to take down a "Slide Fire" gun-related billboard ad in Chicago. The...

Obama Still Hasn't Lost Hope for Anti-gun Surgeon General Nominee

3:00pm Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Despite a "delay" in the Senate confirmation vote on President Obama's nominee for U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Fox News is reporting that the White House "is not giving up on getting Murthy confirmed." Instead, Obama is "recalibrating the strategy around Dr. Murthy's floor vote," and he expects that Murthy will ultimately gain Senate approval. The delay in Murthy's vote in the Senate...

Comfort of concealed carry

by Laura Reed
7:00am Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Editor's Note: This article was originally published at ReviewOnline.com. Reproduced with written permission of The Review of Liverpool, OH. A gun can be a scary object, and rightfully so. Guns are classified as weapons and are commonly used by police, soldiers and hunters as a means of threatening, harming and sometimes killing. Some individuals might believe that only those in the previously...

Ohio Deer Hunting Regulations Proposals Amended

3:00pm Tuesday, March 25, 2014
COLUMBUS, OH – After considering public input and reviewing data, modifications were made to the 2014-2015 hunting regulations proposals that the Ohio Wildlife Council will vote on at their next meeting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The amended proposal states that shotguns and pistol cartridge rifles used for white-tailed deer hunting be loaded with no more than...

Senator Dianne Feinstein's latest move: Attempt to ban imports of many semi-automatic rifles

7:00am Tuesday, March 25, 2014
She's back! Roundly defeated legislatively and procedurally on the Senate floor a year ago, Dianne Feinstein, the U.S. Senate's leading foe of Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights, is resuming her jihad against semi-automatic modern sporting rifles using a different tactic. This time, the California Democrat is asking her fellow U.S. Senators to sign on to a letter to President...

Op-Ed: Surgeon General nomination forces Senate Democrats to hide gun views

by John Lott
3:00pm Monday, March 24, 2014
When will Democrats who describe themselves as “pro-gun” realize that they aren't fooling anyone? Here's their latest deception. President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy to be surgeon general is in trouble, because the National Rifle Association decided that it was going to “score” the vote – that is, let its members know which senators voted for someone they believe is a threat to people...

Confusion Reigns as Gun Control Law Takes Effect in Connecticut

7:00am Monday, March 24, 2014
On April 4, 2013, Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy (D) signed Senate Bill 1160 into law, unleashing one of the most draconian gun control laws in the nation on his constituents. Among other things, the 140-page law bans large classes of firearms and magazines that had been obtained lawfully by tens of thousands of Connecticut residents. Limited grandfather provisions apply to those who registered...

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