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September sees 14.7% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 28th straight month over month increase

3:00pm Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The September 2012 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,007,259 is an increase of 14.7 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 878,345 in September 2011. For comparison, the unadjusted September 2012 NICS figure of 1,450,737 reflects a 16.6 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,244,604 in September 2011. This marks the 28th...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. leaders attend Sportsmen for Romney/Ryan Rally in Cincinnati

7:00am Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Josh Romney addresses Sportsmen for Romney/Ryan by Larry S. Moore Sportsmen for Romney/Ryan gathered at the Bass Pro Store at the Forest Park Shopping Center to show support for the Republican ticket in November. They heard from quite a group of sportsmen. National television show host and former CEO of the NWTF, Rob Keck, served as the emcee. Chris Cox, Executive Director of the NRA/ILA took the...

NRA-PVF: "Defend Freedom, Boot Brown"

3:00pm Monday, October 15, 2012
The NRA-PVF is working hard to educate voters on Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown in advance of the Nov. 6 election. Ask Sherrod Brown: Why Does He Oppose Your Freedoms? Sure, Sherrod Brown may say he supports your Second Amendment rights. But don't be fooled. Sherrod Brown can't be trusted to protect our rights and freedoms. Judge Sherrod Brown based on his record. And the record is clear. Sherrod...

UN Arms Trade Treaty Lives

7:00am Monday, October 15, 2012
by Alan Korwin The lamestream media told you: The UN Arms Trade Treaty ended in failure, as the parties could not reach agreement before their self-imposed deadline. A dull sentiment of remorse fell over the conference as high hopes for an agreement ended dashed. Both Hillary and Barack withdrew their support in the eleventh hour when it became apparent the agreement would not be finalized. The...

Student Activist Group Celebrates First Birthday with Fundraising Dinner

3:00pm Friday, October 12, 2012
Buckeyes for Concealed Carry on Campus kicks off the lawsuit challenging Ohio State's violation of Ohio Revised Code 9.68 fundraising efforts with an Italian family-style dinner featuring Nikki Goeser, the NRA's 2012 Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award Winner. "Ms. Goeser is a hero to me and many of our members. We are proud that she has agreed to speak at our first annual birthday dinner,"...

Report: PETA attempting to buy ad space on lunch trays in Cleveland Schools

7:00am Friday, October 12, 2012
by Chad D. Baus StateImpact.NPR.org is reported recently that the extremist anti-hunting organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, otherwise known as PETA, is trying to purchase advertising on Cleveland school district lunch trays. From the article : PETA Executive Director Tracy Reiman sent Cleveland school district CEO Eric Gordon a letter this week proposing to help fill the...

Logic and reason don't apply in the Obama era

3:00pm Thursday, October 11, 2012
by Tim Inwood I have been watching the ACLU and Justice Department sue all these states with voter ID laws; it has got me thinking and I am really excited. By their logic I can see the next big issue the ACLU and the Justice Department will obviously tackle: gun rights. That's right, logically that action will be suing the United States Government for violating the rights of American citizens...

In 2008, Obama won Ohio and won the Presidency. Don't let it happen in 2012. Here are 3 ways you can help ...

7:00am Thursday, October 11, 2012
Ohio is a swing state. In fact, based on past elections, it may be THE swing state. The candidate who wins Ohio will probably become the next President of the United States. Ohio fell to Obama in the last election. If Ohio goes to Obama again this year, he will have 4 years to appoint anti-gun judges ... 4 years to begin openly pushing anti-gun legislation ... 4 years to pursue his true position...

Hunters Prepare for Ohio's Fall Turkey Hunting Season

3:00pm Wednesday, October 10, 2012
COLUMBUS, OH – Fall wild turkey hunting opens in 48 Ohio counties on Saturday, Oct. 13, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The season continues through Sunday, Nov. 25. “The warm and dry spring resulted in better nest success and brood survival this year,” said ODNR Wildlife Biologist Mike Reynolds. “Although fall turkey hunting is not as popular...

One month out – U.S. Senate still up for grabs

7:00am Wednesday, October 10, 2012
By Jim Irvine In June I wrote an article detailing the importance of control of the U.S. Senate, especially if President Obama is re-elected. With a month till the November elections it is time to take a look to see how some critical U.S. Senate races are shaping up. The U.S. Senate is critical because this is the body that approves or rejects treaties and judicial appointments. While the make-up...

Op-Ed: 'Fast & Furious' report leaves Americans with crucial questions

3:00pm Tuesday, October 09, 2012
by John Lott Finally, the media is showing the staggering human cost of Operation Fast & Furious. But the news broadcast wasn't in English. Sunday, Univision, the Spanish language television network, ran a program showing the faces and stories of dozens of people who have been killed in Mexico with guns the Obama administration supplied to Mexican drug gangs. One Mexican interviewed summed up...

Headline: Univision report connects Operation Fast and Furious scandal to murders of Mexican teenagers

7:00am Tuesday, October 09, 2012
by Matthew Boyle The Daily Caller The Spanish language television news network Univision unleashed a bombshell investigative report on Operation Fast and Furious Sunday evening, finding that in January 2010 drug cartel hit men slaughtered students with weapons the United States government allowed to flow to them across the Mexican border. "On January 30, 2010, a commando of at least 20 hit men...

Kasich promises to protect license dollars, right to bear arms; Latta honored with USSA Patriot Award

3:00pm Monday, October 08, 2012
(Columbus, OH) – Ohio's Governor John Kasich opened the recent U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance "Save Our Heritage" Rally with a welcomed pledge to protect hunting and fishing license dollars as the state continues to work through the tough economy. Prior to leading the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, Kasich noted, "I believe the most important thing is when you tell people you are going to do...

Buckeye Firearms Association goes "one-on-one" with VP candidate Paul Ryan

7:00am Monday, October 08, 2012
by Larry S. Moore (Columbus) - Congressman Paul Ryan has become a household word since being tapped by Mitt Romney to become his running mate. The sportsmen community has been buzzing with news about Ryan's hunting trips. Congressman Ryan's record is easy to research. He was first sworn into office as the Congressman representing Wisconsin's First District on January 3, 1999. He is currently the...

Josh Mandel - Working hard at the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Ohio Rally

3:00pm Friday, October 05, 2012
by Larry S. Moore State Treasurer and candidate for U.S. Senate Josh Mandel made a late evening stop at the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Ohio Rally in Columbus. Mandel had an earlier event in Greene County. While Mandel may not be wearing out another pair of shoes walking, he is certainly busy criss-crossing the state. His work ethic is still being applied to meeting voters. Mandel walked the floor...

Voter guide updated with NRA Congressional endorsements

7:00am Friday, October 05, 2012
Many people have written to ask about endorsements for U.S. Congress. Our Custom Voter Guide now returns information on all Ohio Congressional candidates. Following the many votes and procedural actions in Washington D.C. has become extremely time consuming. With limited resources, we didn't feel that we could do the job with the expertise and knowledge that we feel is necessary to make grades...

ATF Offers Reward in Gun Shop Burglary

3:00pm Thursday, October 04, 2012
36 Firearms Stolen from High Powered Armory YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Youngstown Police Department, announced a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the theft of firearms from High Powered Armory, 2500 Market St.,...

Report: Thousands of felons on the lam - Many Ohio criminals aren’t pursued; issues include lean budgets, jail space

7:00am Thursday, October 04, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Dayton Daily News reported recently that there are tens of thousands of wanted Ohio felons on the loose, and that not many of them are being actively sought. From the article : After six years on the loose, James Scott Jr. was arrested during a random traffic stop – the way many of those wanted on felony warrants are picked up, if they are apprehended at all. "There's just too...

Colorado theater owner sued over mass shooting

3:00pm Wednesday, October 03, 2012
by Chad D. Baus CNN reported recently that three people wounded in the July mass shooting at a Colorado multiplex are suing the theater owner, claiming that security was lax the night a gunman opened fire and killed 12 people. From the article : Two lawsuits filed Friday against Cinemark USA Inc., owner of Century Aurora 16, allege negligence on the part of the corporation because the theater...

At USSA event in Columbus, Paul Ryan tells hunters thought of second Obama term makes him ‘shudder’

7:00am Wednesday, October 03, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan was the keynote speaker at the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance 16th Annual "Save Our Heritage" Rally in Columbus on Saturday, and made national news when he told attendees that he "shudder(s)" to think what President Obama would do "if he never has to face the voters ever again." From ABC News : "You see the federal government already...

Media: "Akron would-be robbers take off when victim, CCW permit holder, pulls gun on them"

3:00pm Tuesday, October 02, 2012
The Akron Beacon-Journal and WEWS (ABC Cleveland) are reporting that two would-be robbers reversed course when their intended victim pulled out his own gun. From the Beacon-Journal : The man, 23, told police he had just parked his car in a lot in the 800 block of West Market Street about 11:30 p.m. Saturday when two men in a nearby car donned masks and approached him. One of the would-be robbers...

Headline: "Guns in bars | One year later: ‘Carry’ fear silenced"; Gun banners' internal efforts to defeat bill exposed

7:00am Tuesday, October 02, 2012
by Chad D. Baus We told them so. One year ago a Buckeye Firearms Association-backed modification to Ohio's concealed carry law took effect, making it legal for concealed carry licensees to enter establishments that serve alcohol so long as they did not drink, and this week, The Columbus Dispatch has published an article we could have written one year ago: A year after the sound and fury over a...

NSSF: Where do your candidates stand?

3:00pm Monday, October 01, 2012
The usual suspects are at it again. It's disappointing but it's a fact. When tragedy strikes, there will always be politicians who leap to exploit it. They're pushing for new restrictions on ammunition sales, ammunition magazines, and millions of commonly-owned guns. http://www.nssf.org/gunvote NOTE: The National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund has just released its 2012 endorsements.

Ohio Democrats introduce bill to effectively kill concealed carry in Ohio

7:00am Monday, October 01, 2012
Editor's Note - the author misread the bill language pertaining to tenants of rental/ lease properties. Corrections added in bold. We regret the error. by Chad D. Baus Two Ohio Democrat State Representatives, Bill Patmon and Ted Celeste, are co-sponsoring a bill "to generally prohibit a person from having a firearm on privately owned land or premises unless the person owns, controls, or resides...

Why your vote for President matters this year

3:00pm Friday, September 28, 2012
By Jim Irvine On November 6, 2012 Americans will go to the polls to vote for the next President of the United States of America. Either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will win this contest. It has become cliché, but this really is the most important election in our lifetime. In the last few years, gun owners have celebrated two of the most important Second Amendment rulings the in our nation’s...

Recently discovered report forces the question: Do I owe Mitt Romney an apology?

7:00am Friday, September 28, 2012
by Chad D. Baus I have not been easy on Mitt Romney in the years since he began seeking the presidency. During the 2008 Republican primary, I viewed Romney much as I did John McCain - a flip-flopper who just couldn't be trusted. In fact, in an op-ed entitled "Will you be Mitt Romney's cheap date?" , published at BuckeyeFirearms.org and picked up by World Net Daily (www.wnd.com) , I likened Romney...

New Cincinnati area gun shop seeking full and part-time employees

3:00pm Thursday, September 27, 2012
Point Blank Range & Gun Shop, which promises to be the tri-state's largest and most advanced indoor shooting facility, will open its doors to the public in November 2012. Located on Deerfield Road just off of I-71 in Blue Ash, Point Blank will be open 7 days a week and offer 20 climate controlled shooting lanes (some rifle rated) and a 5,000+ square foot store selling firearms, ammunition and...

BFA endorsee holds successful machine gun shoot fundraiser; Gun banners' internal emails about similar event last spring exposed

7:00am Thursday, September 27, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Last spring, Rep. Margaret Conditt, an "A"-rated Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee, announced she was having a "Shoot for Liberty" fundraiser, at which it was originally advertised that participants would be given an opportunity to shoot a machine gun. The response from the gun ban extremist crowd was quick. Reps. Ted Celeste and Tracy Maxwell Heard (Democrats from the...

Congressman Paul Ryan buys hunting clothes for 10-year old daughter

3:00pm Wednesday, September 26, 2012
by Larry S. Moore Congratulations to VP candidate and Congressman Paul Ryan for stopping at an Outdoor World store in Ohio to buy hunting clothes for his 10-year old daughter . Double "Daddy-points" for knowing her size too! Too bad he couldn't take her shopping with him. Speaking from experience I can assure Ryan that there is nothing quite like shopping with a 10 year-old in the hunting clothes...

Republican Veep nominee: ‘I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion’

7:00am Wednesday, September 26, 2012
By #gunvote Barack Obama would like us all to forget his derisive 2008 insult about clinging to guns and religion, but Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan took the statement as a challenge. In an interview with Deer & Deer Hunting magazine where Ryan outlines his credentials as an avid deer hunter, he proudly notes that, “From a guy who goes to St. John Vianney over there, whose...

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