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Illinois Legislature Votes to Recognize Right to Self-Defense and Overrides Governor Quinn's Veto of Concealed Carry Bill

3:00pm Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Illinois House Bill 183, as passed by both chambers in May, now in effect. On Tuesday, June 10, on the court-ordered deadline for Illinois to enact a concealed carry law, both chambers of the Illinois Legislature voted to override the Amendatory Veto by Governor Pat Quinn (D) on House Bill 183 that he issued last week. The state House voted 77-31 and the state Senate 41-17 to uphold the rights of...

Another Ohio school makes public its decision to arm staffers to protect students

7:00am Wednesday, July 10, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Northeast Ohio news media are reporting that a new policy authorizing employees of the Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District to carry guns on school property will go into effect for the 2013-14 academic year. From the The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio: The board of education recently approved the policy authorizing "certain persons designated by the board and...

Op-Ed: Suicidal Logic

3:00pm Tuesday, July 09, 2013
by C.D. Michel Some gun control advocates commit intellectual suicide. One of the longest lasting and saddest lies endlessly echoed by gun control advocates is the 30,000 annual deaths from “gun violence” sound bite. "We can't begin to address 30,000 gun deaths...that are happening every year [without radical gun control]" was how comedian and fake news anchor Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show...

Maybe praise should replace anger at cop in bad spot

7:00am Tuesday, July 09, 2013
by Jim Irvine WDTN channel 2 news reported last week that an officer is under investigation after allegedly handing his gun to a citizen. From the article : Jerry and Josie Anderson are shocked at what they say they witnessed on Saturday morning outside their home on Chester Boulevard. They say the officer who was responding to simple accident, stepped out of line when he handed his loaded weapon...

Op-Ed: Polls give a skewed picture of gun issues

3:00pm Monday, July 08, 2013
by John Lott The onslaught against Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio continues. In April, Portman, unlike his U.S. Senate colleague from Ohio, Sherrod Brown, dared to vote against the Senate gun-control bill, and since then he has endured inaccurate attacks from out-of-state opponents such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, condemning his vote. Former Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords...

FALSE FLAG GROUP - The American Rifle and Pistol Association is a FRAUD!

7:00am Monday, July 08, 2013
Do you remember the phoney "American Hunters and Shooters Association" that pretended to support gun rights ... but actually advocated more gun control and endorsed (surprise, surprise) Barack Obama? Well, now with the 2014 elections gearing up, another fake gun group has popped up claiming to support "sane" gun ownership. They're called the American Rifle and Pistol Association (or R+P as they...

NSSF: Today's "new gun buyer" is not who you think

3:00pm Friday, July 05, 2013
by Jim Shepherd A news release...has the announcement of the National Shooting Sports Foundation's report on 2012's first-time gun buyers. The news release talks about insight, but having spent time in the internals of the report, it's a very interesting insight into the "new gun culture". It's also confirmation of something I've said before but have only had anecdotal evidence to backup: today's...

VIDEO: Home invasion caught on nanny cam displays the tragic result of gun control

7:00am Friday, July 05, 2013
by Chad D. Baus New Jersey's News 12 reported recently on a vicious attack, perpetrated in broad daylight, which was caught on a nanny camera inside a woman's home. From the article : Police have released a physical description of the man they are searching for in a brutal home invasion case. Officials say the suspect is a black male, between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet 2 inches tall. He is...

The Well Armed Woman: Shooting chapters begin - a place for women to learn and practice

3:00pm Wednesday, July 03, 2013
Gun ownership and the complex laws around the use of them is a significant topic around the nation. A 2011 Gallup Poll reported forty-seven percent of American adults currently have a gun in their home and twenty-three percent of women personally own a firearm. This reported gun ownership is the highest it has been in nearly two decades. With women being the largest growing segment the...

Criminals get guns by stealing them, not through ‘lax’ laws

by Ken Hanson
7:00am Wednesday, July 03, 2013
The following op-ed by Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was originally published by The Columbus Dispatch . Republished with permission. In last Friday's story "A conduit for guns," The Dispatch fell victim to an all-too-common error: attempting to use Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) gun-trace data to demonstrate where criminals get their guns...

NSSF Announces S.A.F.E Summer To Promote Firearms Safety

3:00pm Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Group Expands Project ChildSafe with New Message; 500,000 Firearms Safety Kits NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is kicking off a "S.A.F.E. Summer" effort to focus attention on the importance of safe firearm storage--particularly while children are home from school and more likely to be unattended--and has pledged an additional $1 million to provide half a million...

Support for "universal background check" gun control legislation continues to drop in Ohio

7:00am Tuesday, July 02, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Anyone who follows politics closely knows that, depending on how you ask the question, you can make a poll say almost anything. In the wake of the horrendous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary last December, the media and anti-gun politicians were hell-bent on passing new laws to limit the sale of firearms, even though not one of the suggestions they were proposing would have...

NSSF® Launches New Project ChildSafe® Website

3:00pm Monday, July 01, 2013
Expanded site offers new tools to encourage firearm safety in the home NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) has launched a new Project ChildSafe® website as part of its "S.A.F.E. Summer" campaign. The new site, and the campaign, are designed to focus attention on the importance of safe and responsible firearm storage, to reinforce that anyone who is going to own a...

Anti-gun Democrats choose to offer "passive-aggressive publicity stunt" rather than solutions to real problems

7:00am Monday, July 01, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Last week, anti-gun Democrats Mike Foley and Bob Hagan introduced House Bill 222, legislation which was immediately termed by the equally anti-gun Cleveland Plain Dealer as nothing more than a "passive-aggressive publicity stunt." From the article : Republicans in Ohio's General Assembly have amended the state budget to include several anti-abortion measures, including a last-...

SAF asks for all Bloomberg-MAIG records from NYC after revelations

3:00pm Friday, June 28, 2013
Editor's Note: As the battle between New York Second Amendment advocates and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has escalated, it has appeared that Mr. Bloomberg, with his wealth and position pretty much had carte blanche to do what he pleased as he campaigned against guns in the hands of private citizens. But has Mr. Bloomberg used public funds or resources to augment his private efforts?...

Outrage of the Week: Bloomberg Gun Control Group Claims Terrorist was "Victim of Gun Violence"

7:00am Thursday, June 27, 2013
This week's outrage comes to us from New Hampshire, where New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun group--Mayors Against Illegal Guns--labeled a terrorist as a "victim of gun violence." As part of a gun control rally this week in Concord, a MAIG-sponsored "No More Names" tour bus arrived and anti-gun organizers read the names of those "killed with guns" since the shooting at Sandy Hook...

Dispatch: Pro-gun group spending big dough to offer arms training for teachers

7:00am Thursday, June 27, 2013
by Chad D. Baus This week, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced the launch of an ambitious program. Now that we've created and tested our "active killer" response training program, otherwise known as FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response), with 24 teachers, it's time to roll it out on a bigger scale. The Foundation has just announced that it will commit to funding...

Press Club of Toledo to host forum on firearms

3:00pm Wednesday, June 26, 2013
TOLEDO, OH. -- Gun control and mass shootings are much in the news these days and the Press Club of Toledo has put together a session to educate the news media on the topics. Pressing Issues, a regular program of the Press Club, will feature a panel comprised of a weapons expert, lawman, school administrator, concealed-carry instructor, and a seasoned news manager to discuss the topic from...

2013 Buckeye Firearms Youth Shoot - ONLY $5 PER SHOOTER!

7:00am Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Would you like to give your kids a fun weekend they'll never forget? Enter them in the 2013 Buckeye Firearms Youth Shoot. Entry is just $5.00 per shooter. This is an annual 2-day event that's fun for the whole family. Set up camp. Give your kids two full days of rifle and trap shooting plus an introduction to handgun and skeet for youth with a little more experience. Trophies will be awarded in...

House committee holds first hearing on HB210 (Prohibit Law Enforcement Destruction of Firearms)

3:00pm Tuesday, June 25, 2013
by Chad D. Baus State Rep. John Becker delivered sponsor testimony on House Bill 210 Tuesday before the House Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security committee. HB 210 would prohibit law enforcement agencies from destroying an unclaimed or forfeited firearm, requiring them to instead sell the property to a federally licensed firearms dealer all which are legal for persons to possess,...

What can gun owners do in the face of attempts to destroy the Second Amendment?

7:00am Tuesday, June 25, 2013
by Frank Miniter [The Outdoor Wire's] Jim Shepherd challenged me by saying, "As the author of The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide - my favorite book on how to be a man - I'd like you to write an essay on what America's gun owners should be doing now to defend freedom." Then he told me about www.MyTime2Stand.com and his road trip for freedom. I thought on all this a while and wondered when a person...

76.9% of firearms retailers report increased sales of AR-15's in 2012; 25.8% of customers are first-time buyers

3:00pm Monday, June 24, 2013
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- For the past five years, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has surveyed federally licensed firearms retailers across the country to find out what products are the biggest sellers and who is buying. NSSF has just issued the latest version of that report from an online survey conducted last month. The data shows which types of firearms and ammunition were most popular in...

How to Survive a Mass Shooting

7:00am Monday, June 24, 2013
by Greg Ellifritz In the wake of the Santa Monica College shooting, multiple news outlets are running stories purporting to provide tips about "surviving a mass shooting." Depending on the author and the source, some of these are pretty decent. Some, on the other hand are horrible. Take this one written by John Matthews for FOX News. It starts out with some decent information but rapidly devolves...

Largest database of "gun free" victim zones announced

3:00pm Friday, June 21, 2013
Cell Phone App Marks Which Stores Are Firearm Friendly and Which Are Gun Free GunFreeZoneApp.com , a mobile phone app company, recently announced via a press release that over 280,000 locations in all 50 states are now marked as either firearm friendly or gun free zones. Stores, churches, schools, theaters, malls, and other public places where mass murders often occur have been tagged by users of...

Ohio police department to offer active killer training to the public

7:00am Friday, June 21, 2013
by Chad D. Baus WBNS (CBS Columbus) is reporting that the Grove City Division of Police said all people should have options when faced with chaotic and potentially deadly events. From the article : "Maybe escape and evacuation is their best option and how they can do that safely, knowing what to look for, what to listen for," said Grove City Police Sgt. Rick Hardy. Hardy said his department will...

2013-2014 Ohio Hunting and Trapping Season Dates Announced

3:00pm Thursday, June 20, 2013
COLUMBUS, OH - The 2013-2014 Ohio hunting and trapping season dates have been released by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The seasons include changes to address deer management on a county level, and increase hunting opportunities through extended hours and a new early muzzleloader season. 2013-2014 hunting and trapping seasons: Deer archery: Sept. 28 - Feb. 2, 2014 Antlerless...

Headline: ATF study - Criminals use stolen guns

7:00am Thursday, June 20, 2013
by Chad D. Baus You won't hear this mentioned in all the anti-gun media discussions about enforcing "universal" background checks, but research by the ATF demonstrates why these checks will never stop criminals, no matter how many checks are enforced on law-abiding citizens. From the Chattanooga Times Free Press : The majority of guns used by inner-city gang members in Chattanooga come from...

Buckeye Firearms Association offers proponent testimony on SB 60 (Close Media Access to CHL Records Loophole)

3:00pm Wednesday, June 19, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Larry S. Moore, a long-time journalist and outdoor writer, offered proponent testimony today for Senate Bill 60 on behalf of Buckeye Firearms Association. Sen. Joe Uecker's SB 60 is legislation that would close the media access loophole that currently allows journalists to view the private, personal information of persons who have obtained a license to carry a concealed handgun...

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