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Family Values: Adolfo's first trip to the range with father and older brother

by Antonio Hernandez, Esq.
3:00pm Tuesday, February 11, 2014
As a parent I am continuously amazed on how my young children remind me of what's really important in life. I can still recall the first time my father and my grandfather took me shooting at the family farm. To this day I can recall every single detail of my father's lessons on gun safety, the responsibility of handling a loaded firearm and basic shooting techniques. As I recall that day, it...

ABC News widely criticized for report on children and guns

7:00am Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Manipulating statistics and scenarios with children and guns, ABC's 20/20 tried to convince viewers Friday [January 31, 2014] there is an epidemic of firearms accidents in the country, but reaction to the many inaccuracies in the report was swift. Radio host Dana Loesch produced this blistering video response , Cortney O'Brien fired back in this Townhall.com column and this piece by The Blaze...

Firearms Industry Praises House Passage of Bipartisan Sportsmen's Legislation

3:00pm Monday, February 10, 2014
Newtown, Conn. - The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industries, praised the passage [on February 5, 2014] by the U.S. House of Representatives of the bipartisan Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act. "The SHARE Act will help ensure that our nation's outdoor traditions are preserved...

Ohio Wildlife Council to Consider Proposed Deer Hunting Dates, Bag Limits

7:00am Monday, February 10, 2014
COLUMBUS, OH – Last night, the Ohio Wildlife Council received the 2014-2015 hunting proposals for deer season dates, changes to deer bag limits and the possibility of allowing some straight-walled rifle cartridges for deer hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Ohio deer hunters and other interested parties are invited to share their comments regarding the proposed...

Ohio Anti-Gun Activists Testify in Favor of “Gun Free Zones”

by Jesse Hathaway
3:00pm Friday, February 07, 2014
Anti-Second Amendment activists turned out in force to an Ohio House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing last week to lodge complaints against House Bill 231 (HB 231), a proposal to expand Ohioans' concealed carry rights. Introduced by Rep. Ron Maag (R-Lebanon) last year, HB 231 would limit what Maag refers to as "unarmed victim zones" across Ohio, where individuals are currently...

Legislators learn about firearms and hearing loss

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Friday, February 07, 2014
On Monday, February 3, 2014, the Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) and Black Wing Shooting Center held a special range demonstration day. The purpose was to provide education to the legislators and select media about firearms, hearing loss and suppressors. It also provided a range opportunity to hear firearms both with and without suppressors. The legislators were able to ask questions about...

ODNR Division of Wildlife announces pistol caliber rifles for deer hunting

by Larry S. Moore
9:37am Thursday, February 06, 2014
The ODNR Division of Wildlife made the 2014 deer season regulation presentation to the Ohio Wildlife Council on Feb. 5. Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is extremely pleased to announce that the proposals include allowing pistol caliber rifles (PCR) for Ohio deer gun seasons in the 2014 regulations. PCR has been an important initiative for BFA leadership and volunteers. The Association...

BOOK REVIEW: American Gun - A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, February 06, 2014
When it comes to my experience with guns, I seem to do things in the reverse of many people. I didn't grow up around guns, but became familiar with them as a young adult. While many become familiar with firearms through hunting, my own experience started with a desire for self-protection. Which, of course, means that while many begin shooting long-guns and eventually get around to handguns, I...

Another Anti-Gun Mayor Runs Afoul of the Law

3:00pm Wednesday, February 05, 2014
We have previously reported on the incongruity of behavior demonstrated by the relatively long list of mayors who are associated with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" organization who have been implicated in illegal behavior. To that list we can add yet another name--former Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, Mayor James Schiliro. Ironically, the anti-gun mayor...

Foundation named #1 NRA Recruiter, breaks record

7:00am Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Buckeye Firearms Foundation has been recruiting for the NRA for many years. In 2011, the Foundation came in 5th place with 569 members. Then with a little more effort in 2012, it came in 3rd place, recruiting 905 members. But last year, with more attention on the Foundation's activities, including the FASTER school safety program, the Foundation saw NRA recruitment numbers rising, finding itself...

Ohio Benefits from Spending by Target Shooters

3:00pm Tuesday, February 04, 2014
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation has released a major new report about the importance of target shooting activities to the economies of Ohio and the nation. NSSF is the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry. The report, Target Shooting in America: Millions of Shooters, Billions of Dollars , was released [January 15, 2014] in...

Buckeye Firearms Association hosts event to educate lawmakers and media on noise suppressors

7:00am Tuesday, February 04, 2014
On Monday, February 3, 2014, Buckeye Firearms Association hosted an event to help educate lawmakers on the benefits of noise suppressors, and to help bust the Hollywood myth that suppressed guns are so silent they could help criminals "sneak around undetected." The lawmakers attended the fact-finding event in order to become better educated in advance of a vote on House Bill 234 (Allow Noise...

Thoughts on hunter safety in the wake of tragedy

by Jim Freeman
3:00pm Monday, February 03, 2014
Editor's Note: The following article was published at MyDailySentinel.com . Republished with permission of the author. As a volunteer hunter education instructor here in Ohio since the mid 1990's, I have closely watched the news surrounding the unresolved shooting of Larry Bradley, 45, of Bidwell on the opening day of this past Ohio's deer gun season, apparently by another deer hunter who has not...

Should teachers be required to have five times more firearms training than law enforcement to carry in a school?

7:00am Monday, February 03, 2014
The Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) says yes. Simple logic says hell no. by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the horrific attack on a Connecticut elementary school in December 2013, many Ohio boards of education finally realized that "no-guns" signs and zero-tolerance policies have utterly failed their promise to protect our children, and were ready to do something different. More than two...

Pride and Prejudice? Hollywood Mogul Aims to Attack NRA with New Film

3:00pm Friday, January 31, 2014
Hollywood producer and Obama mega fundraiser Harvey Weinstein used an appearance on The Howard Stern Show Wednesday to announce what he billed as a new anti-NRA movie, reportedly titled, The Senator's Wife. During the interview, Weinstein called NRA a "disaster area" and said of the film, "I'm going to make a movie with Meryl Streep, and we're going to take this head-on. And they're going to wish...

Anti-self-defense groups using church affiliations to deter legislators from allowing concealed carry in places of worship

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, January 31, 2014
While many improvements have been made to Ohio's concealed carry law since it was first passed in 2004, one of the most serious ones that still needs to be addressed is the many places which are forced to post "no-guns" signs alerting criminals that everyone inside is defenseless. Despite the fact that the vast majority of multiple-victim public shootings occur in places where guns are banned,...

Op-Ed: Defining the Debate – Active Shooters and Mass Shootings

by C. D. Michel
3:00pm Thursday, January 30, 2014
"Mass public shootings are on the rise!" "Mass public shootings are not rising!" Oddly enough, both statements are correct, and misused by the gun control lobby to confuse and alarm the public. You need to know the difference, the truth and the oddly calming perspective. Like the mythical "assault weapons"," everything depends on the definition. Across the nation there have been dozens of...

BuckeyeFirearms.org: Top Ten News Items of 2013

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, January 30, 2014
On average, we publish two articles a day and 10 to 12 articles a week. Over the years, we have published well over 9,000 articles, covering elections, legislation, and all manner of events and information of interest to Second Amendment supporters. As content editor for BuckeyeFirearms.org, it's always interesting to look back over the year to see which articles captured the most interest. So...

Numerically Challenged Journalist Wages Weak Attack on NRA, Kleck

3:00pm Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Nearly a century ago, the great jazz drummer Warren "Baby" Dodds was asked for his opinion of other drummers of his day. Dodds, a perfectionist, but also a gentleman, simply said, "All who are drumming aren't drummers." That brings us to the journalist Michael Allen, who, on Monday, [January 13] took advantage of the fact that anyone with a computer and an internet connection can write just about...

Park Commissioners: Everyone but rangers can carry guns in Franklin County MetroParks

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, January 29, 2014
What do you call a security guard without a gun? A target. And that's no joke. But two out of three Board of Park Commissioners in Franklin County recently voted to continue a ridiculous prohibition against arming park rangers. From ThisWeek Community News : Tracy Rader, representative of the Fraternal Order of Police/Ohio Labor Council, said the union was "saddened" that the park district's...

HB 231 (Eliminate 'No-Guns' Victim Zones) scheduled for third hearing in House

3:00pm Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Chairman Jim Butler has announced that the Judiciary Committee will be hearing testimony on Representative Ron Maag's (R-Lebanon) HB 231 Wednesday, January 29 at 4:00 p.m. in Statehouse Room 122. This will be the third hearing for this important bill. Buckeye Firearms Association has previously testified in support of the bill. Under the proposed legislation, Ohioans would be able to carry...

Ten Threats To Our Ohio Gun Rights In 2014

by Gerard Valentino
7:00am Tuesday, January 28, 2014
As 2014 dawns, the gun community has a lot to be thankful for because of so many hard fought victories in 2013. The Colorado recall election wins, the failure of President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden's anti-gun cabal to create momentum for universal gun registration and the end of Michael Bloomberg's tenure as New York Mayor not only helped our cause in 2013, but will yield benefits for...

Citing Second Amendment, Judge Issues Injunction Against Federal Gun Ban

3:00pm Monday, January 27, 2014
Last Friday, [January 10] Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho issued a preliminary injunction to enjoin the Army Corps of Engineers from enforcing a regulation that, with limited exceptions, banned possession of firearms on lands under the Corps' control. The case, Morris v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was brought by plaintiffs in western...

Civitas Media scraps plans for state-by-state database of CCW license-holders

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, January 27, 2014
Last week, a confidential source provided me with an internal email from the director of content of Civitas Media , a North Carolina-based company which owns some 88 newspapers in 12 states, including 38 here in Ohio. The January 19 email stated that the company was planning to use "public records act requests" to "build state-by-state databases that list" people with concealed carry licenses...

Ohio House passes bill to address school safety

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, January 24, 2014
On Wednesday, January 22, the Ohio House passed House Bill 8, a bill intended to, among other things, clarify the right of local boards of education to enact safety plans which include the authorization of concealed handgun license-holders, and to specify that those plans may be considered part of the school safety plan and thus not be part of the public record. From coverage by WBNS (CBS...

Vote LINDA WALKER for NRA Board of Directors

7:13am Friday, January 24, 2014
To My Fellow Second Amendment Brothers & Sisters and NRA Members, My name is LINDA WALKER and I need your vote for the NRA Board of Directors. If you are a voting member of the National Rifle Association, by now you should have received your ballot for the Board of Directors elections in your February magazine or you will receive it in the mail. As I come to the end of my first 3-year term as...

Newspaper conglomerate Civitas Media discusses building nationwide database of CCW licensees

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, January 24, 2014
According to an internal email provided to Buckeye Firearms Association by a confidential source, Civitas Media, which owns some 88 newspapers across the country, has discussed the use of "public records act requests" to "build state-by-state databases that list those who have the right to carry" firearm licenses. The email, dated January 19, 2014, was written by Civitas Media's director of...

Ruger, S&W First to Stop California Sales

3:00pm Thursday, January 23, 2014
by Jim Shepherd "Dear California, Since you insist on passing laws that are not only unenforceable, but technically impossible with which to comply, we have decided to do the inevitable and just write off your state as a marketplace for our products." OK, that was not a real note, but it's a message any number of industries would probably like to deliver to the nanny-statists in Sacramento. The...

Miles of Guns: A bright spot in the US economy

7:00am Thursday, January 23, 2014
by Jeff Knox It has been suggested that Barack Obama is the greatest firearm salesman in history, and with good reason. Gun sales have boomed under Obama’s watch. Gun companies have reported record sales, and, contrary to the claims of the anti-rights crowd, surveys indicate that the growth isn't just due to existing gun owners building bigger collections, but to many new, first-time gun buyers...

Toledo homeowner shoots at suspects during attempted break-in

3:00pm Wednesday, January 22, 2014
WTVG, Toledo's ABC affiliate, is reporting that a homeowner used a gun to thwart an attempted break-in at their home earlier this week. From the article : According to police, three young men tried to break into the garage of the home. The owner was home at the time and says he heard noises. "It's just a shame that you work for everything you get, and then, someone wants to come and take it out...

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