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Op-ed: The Left Bullies the NRA

3:00pm Monday, January 07, 2013
by Ben Shapiro On Christmas Eve, seven people were shot in the city of Chicago. The media made little mention of the shootings, since they're now routine in Chicago -- the city has seen some 500 shootings in 2012 alone. The vast majority of the shooters are black, and the vast majority of the victims are black. Many of the victims are under the age of 18: Anton Sanders, 15, shot on Jan. 20;...

Headline: White House prepares to defeat NRA with speedy legislation

7:00am Monday, January 07, 2013
"I believe in the Second Amendment. I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won"t take your handgun away... I am not going to take your guns away. So if you want to find an excuse not to vote for me, don't use that one because it just ain't true. It ain't true." - Barack Obama, 2008 "As a result of direct conversations that I've had with Barack Obama, if you are a...

2013: The Year Ahead

3:00pm Friday, January 04, 2013
by Jim Irvine We begin a new year and a new legislative session with many unknowns. This has the potential to be the best and the worst year gun owners have had in a generation. It is possible that we enjoy one extreme at the state level while enduring the other at the federal level. We begin with Buckeye Firearms Foundation. For the first time, it is possible that our educational 501(c)(3) non-...

Central Ohio BFA Meet & Greet Jan. 13

7:00am Friday, January 04, 2013
by Aaron Kirkingburg Buckeye Firearms Association will host a Central OH Meet & Greet on Sunday, January 13 at Stacy's Homestyle Buffet in Heath, Ohio. Meet & Greets have become a good way to meet new people, put a face and name to fellow Second Amendment advocates and share fellowship together. Social hour will begin at 4:00PM. The restaurant is carry friendly! BFA Minute Man Aaron...

ODNR Division of Wildlife to Hold Muzzleloader Deer Season in January

3:00pm Thursday, January 03, 2013
Ohio's white-tailed deer muzzleloader hunting season will open statewide Jan. 5-8, 2013, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Ohio hunters have harvested 188,853 deer this season. During the 2012 four-day muzzleloader season, 19,459 deer were harvested. Ohio deer hunters must possess the proper permits. Regardless of zone, method of taking or season...

The Gun Control Debate: Assumption, Generalization, and Emotion

7:00am Thursday, January 03, 2013
by Hal Baker A sad reality of life is that those who are hell bent on destruction will find a way to destroy. As a result, we are left sitting in the fog of confusion that always follows tragedy. Beyond the fog, there is always an uproar from the media, politicians, and a portion the general populace crying for the government to do more to protect us. Following 9/11, fear drove us to seek out and...

Gun owners are like most other people - we just want a safe society

3:00pm Wednesday, January 02, 2013
by Jeff Thomas Like all of you, the tragic mass killing at a Connecticut school made my heart sink. What people who seek gun control do not seem to realize is that we, as gun owners, want a safe community to live in and raise our families, a safe work environment, and safe schools for our children to learn. We are not crazy people, as the anti-gun crowd portrays us. We are fathers, mothers, Scout...

Late-Season Deer Hunting Opportunities Available in Ohio

3:00pm Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Muzzleloader season opens Jan. 4 COLUMBUS, OH - As the calendar turns to 2014, Ohio hunters have another opportunity to pursue white-tailed deer when muzzleloader season opens Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Deer-muzzleloader season runs through Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. "Muzzleloader season offers a great late-season opportunity for hunters to...

Meet the Brady Center's newest "assault weapon": Your upland/waterfowl/skeet/trap shooting shotgun

7:00am Wednesday, January 02, 2013
by Jeff Riley Several years ago, published at BuckeyeFirearms.org, I detailed the Brady Center for the Prevention of Gun Violence's call for banning "any ammunition that can penetrate ballistic armor" worn by law enforcement. This of course would ban almost any rifle ammunition used by big game and deer hunters in the United States. For years, gun-grabbers like the Brady Center have claimed that...

Armed Teachers: Over 600 Have Applied for Training

7:00am Wednesday, January 02, 2013
After the mass murder at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced that they would provide free firearms training to teachers and school administrative staff . So far, the Armed Teacher Training Program has attracted more than 600 applicants from all parts of Ohio and several from other states, including Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana,...

Top 10 News Stories of 2012

3:00pm Monday, December 31, 2012
by Dean Rieck On average, we publish two articles a day and 10 to 12 articles a week. Over the years, we have published well over 8,000 articles, covering elections, legislation, and all manner of events and information of interest to Second Amendment supporters. It's always interesting to look back over the year to see which articles captured the most interest. So here are the top 10 news items...

2012 - The Year In Review

7:00am Monday, December 31, 2012
By Chad D. Baus While there is far too much to cover in a single article, we reflect on some of the important events of 2012. January: The year begins with continued debate over whether or not Canton police officer Daniel Harless, who was caught on dash-cam video verbally assaulting and threatening to "execute" a concealed handgun licensee, deserved to be fired. Harless is terminated, and the...

Who Will Stand For Our Children? Voluntary Armed Parents in Schools

3:00pm Friday, December 28, 2012
by Ron Borsch INTRODUCTION AND DEFINING THE PROBLEM It is important for us to first understand the "Rapid Mass Murder"© problem, the most common motivation of these active killers, how we can reduce the copycat effect, ( http://www.lorencoleman.com/copycateffect/ ), as well as the number of these incidents and then look at the "Final Option" of armed intervention. We hope to at least initiate all...

OOPS: In rant calling for magazine ban, NBC's David Gregory demonstrates why gun control laws don't work

7:00am Friday, December 28, 2012
by Chad D. Baus In the days since the latest horrific mass murder in a "no-guns" zone, the media onslaught has been relentless. Never mind that Connecticut already has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, including an "assault" weapons ban - the media say more such laws are what is needed. Never mind that guns were banned in the school where the attack took place - the media say...

Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine on Fox News Radio's "The Alan Colmes Show"

9:00pm Thursday, December 27, 2012
Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine was a guest on Fox News Radio's "The Alan Colmes Show" on Thursday, December 27 at 10:15 p.m. "The Alan Colmes Show" is broadcast live and syndicated nationally by Fox News Radio. Click here to listen to the archived broadcast.

Op-Ed: We know how to stop school shootings

3:00pm Thursday, December 27, 2012
by Ann Coulter In the wake of a monstrous crime like a madman's mass murder of defenseless women and children at the Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation's attention is riveted on what could have been done to prevent such a massacre. Luckily, some years ago, two famed economists, William Landes at the University of Chicago and John Lott at Yale, conducted a massive study of multiple...

Around the country, gun owners stop potential mass murder; Here in Ohio, more violence in places where guns are banned

7:00am Thursday, December 27, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Nearly two weeks later, the nation is talking about the horrific deaths in a "gun-free" zone in Connecticut. In their arguments for the creation of more and more "no-guns" zones (more appropriately termed "victim zones"), gun rights opponents like to make claims such as college students having a "right to a gun-free" campus, and that the public has a "right to know" who has a gun...

Amidst Tragedy, Logic and Reason Must Prevail

3:00pm Wednesday, December 26, 2012
by Tim Inwood Like all of you I was reeling for days over the horror of what happened in Newtown, Connecticut. The victims for the most part were so young, so innocent. There is no reason to bother to try to rationalize what this lunatic did as it was evil and insane. As a parent my deepest sympathies and condolences go out to the families suffering at what should have been a happy time of year...

Moving forward: If more gun control laws are not the answer, what is?

7:00am Wednesday, December 26, 2012
by Jim Irvine The sorrow over the killing of 27 people, including 20 elementary school children, in Newtown, Connecticut has started to change to anger. Typically, pro-gun and anti-gun forces are digging in their heels for the fight ahead. But we owe it to those children and their families to learn from the failures that allowed so many innocent people to be slaughtered. President Obama stated...

Merry Christmas from Buckeye Firearms Association

3:00pm Monday, December 24, 2012
Merry Christmas to one and all from all of us at Buckeye Firearms Association. Our best gift is the friendship and support given by each of you throughout the year. As we reflect on the year's passing, we count our many blessings, remember our losses, and give thanks for those who helped us through it all. We each need to take time to appreciate our friends and family during this special time of...

Arming teachers – Protecting precious people with guns is already a generally accepted practice

7:00am Monday, December 24, 2012
by Jim Irvine In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings, multiple people have suggested that we must look at arming teachers. This is met by skepticism and thoughts that this approach is radical or politically unattainable. The reality is that it’s already an accepted idea. Each of our Presidents and former presidents are protected by people with guns. We do that because they are...

Transcript of NRA Press Conference: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

1:17pm Friday, December 21, 2012
WAYNE LAPIERRE The National Rifle Association's 4 million mothers, fathers, sons and daughters join the nation in horror, outrage, grief and earnest prayer for the families of Newtown, Connecticut … who suffered such incomprehensible loss as a result of this unspeakable crime. Out of respect for those grieving families, and until the facts are known, the NRA has refrained from comment. While some...

Armed Teacher Training Program to Provide Free Training to Educators

7:00pm Thursday, December 20, 2012
DELAWARE, OH - Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) announced they have launched a program to provide firearm training to teachers free of charge. The announcement was made at a Town Hall Meeting at Ohio State University Thursday evening where participants debated the gun control issue in light of the recent mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Ken Hanson, BFA's Legal Chair,...

Buckeye Firearms Association's Ken Hanson participates in ABC Town Hall debate on the Sandy Hook Shootings

6:59pm Thursday, December 20, 2012
The shooting at Sandy Hook has ignited a fierce discussion about guns and school safety. On Thursday evening, December 20, Columbus' ABC Channel 6 held a town hall to bring together advocates on both sides of the issue. In advance of the event, we were told this town hall might be picked up by as many as 100 stations around the country. Buckeye Firearms Association Legal Chair Ken Hanson and...

Governor John Kasich signs Am. HB495; Ohio's concealed carry and firearms laws continue to be improved

3:00pm Thursday, December 20, 2012
On Thursday, December 20, Governor John Kasich (R) signed amended House Bill 495 into law. HB495, sponsored by Rep. Terry Johnson (R), makes three changes to current law: Eliminates the "demonstrated competency" requirement for second and future CHL renewals, making CHL training similar to a hunting license. Fixes the definition of a "loaded gun" to match the commonly accepted definition. Allows...

Op-Ed: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown

7:00am Thursday, December 20, 2012
There were 18 random mass shootings in the 1980s, 54 in the 1990s, and 87 in the 2000s. by David Kopel Has the rate of random mass shootings in the United States increased? Over the past 30 years, the answer is definitely yes. It is also true that the total U.S. homicide rate has fallen by over half since 1980, and the gun homicide rate has fallen along with it. Today, Americans are safer from...

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine calls for arming school employees

3:00pm Wednesday, December 19, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Various Ohio media are reporting that advocates who've long been calling for arming our teachers to deter mass murderers and to stop them if they can, have a new ally: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R). From The Columbus Dispatch : Attorney General Mike DeWine said today that Ohio schools should consider arming at least one staffer in their building in case of a shooting...

Across the nation and around the world: BFA brings facts to an extremely emotional nation following Connecticut killings

7:00am Wednesday, December 19, 2012
by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the Auroro, CO "no-guns" theater shooting, Buckeye Firearms Association published an article entitled " How long is too long to wait to defend the Second Amendment? ," in which we discussed the dilemma we face each time another deranged lunatic decides to murder as many people as they can in a "no-guns" zone. In the article, I outlined how the media and gun control...

Op-Ed: I am Adam Lanza’s Mother

3:00pm Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Friday's horrific national tragedy, the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, has ignited a new discussion on violence in America. Liza Long, a writer based in Boise, says it's easy to talk about guns. But it's time to talk about mental illness. by Liza Long Three days before 20 year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, then opened fire on a...

Headline: Kasich Will Not Delay Signing Of New Gun Bill

7:00am Tuesday, December 18, 2012
by Chad D. Baus WBNS (CBS Columbus) is reporting that Gov. John Kasich said he will sign House Bill 495, even after calls on him to postpone his decision in wake of the Connecticut shooting. The liberal group Progress Ohio, possibly acting as a mouthpiece for Mayor Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns , had requested Kasich hold off signing the law. From the article : "I'm a Second Amendment...

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