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Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" Super Bowl Super Stunt

3:00pm Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Vitriolic anti-gun mayor Michael Bloomberg (I-NYC) and his gun control group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), are paying for their 30 seconds of fame. According to a New York Times piece before the game, Bloomberg [was scheduled to] join his gun-grabbing cohort, Mayor Tom Menino of Boston (D), in a Super Bowl-themed ad calling for more gun control laws. Despite his billions in personal wealth...

Holder testifies on “Fast and Furious”; Reiterates Obama administration's support for renewing Clinton-era gun ban

7:00am Tuesday, February 07, 2012
On Thursday, February 2, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee regarding his role in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' gun running operation known as "Fast and Furious." During the hearing, Holder continued to deny any foreknowledge of the botched operation. Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of...

Investigation Leads to Guilty Plea for Miami County Deer Processor

3:00pm Monday, February 06, 2012
Happy Jack's pleads guilty to multiple charges NEW CARLISLE, OH – An investigation into the selling of venison by Happy Jack's deer processing recently resulted in a guilty plea in the Miami County Municipal Court, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Division of Wildlife law enforcement received information that Happy Jack's was selling deer meat...

Support for the Second Amendment among Americans continues to rise

7:00am Monday, February 06, 2012
by Joe Eaton A recently released Angus-Reid Public Opinion Poll show that "...most people in the United States agree on the meaning of the Second Amendment, and half endorse the 'shall-issue' prerogative to carry concealed weapons in public." This most recent poll (taken January 17 - January 18, 2012) show that support for legal firearm ownership continues to grow. Fully 85% of Americans believe...

Primary 2012

3:00pm Friday, February 03, 2012
For the Ohio primary election, you must choose which party's elections you want to vote in - you can not vote in more than one. We have grouped the tables in the voter guide by party to assist you. NOTE: The endorsement committee focused on contested primary races, given that voters are given a choice in those races. When we have a candidate survey, but no other information to go on , the highest...

Buckeye Firearms Association announces 2012 Primary endorsements; VOTE TODAY! POLLS ARE OPEN!

3:00pm Friday, February 03, 2012
Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is proud to announce endorsements for a host of local, statewide and federal offices in the March 6, 2012 primaries. As a political action committee, BFA has been issuing endorsements in every election season for the past ten years. Through a system of weighing candidate surveys, voting records (where applicable) and personal commitment to the cause, candidates...

Guns Save Lives

12:00pm Friday, February 03, 2012
by Scott L. Bach When an arsonist lights a match that burns a building, is the match at fault? Are match manufacturers responsible for the fire? Should laws be passed prohibiting you from having and using matches, or restricting which types you can have, and in what quantities? The obvious answer to these questions is no. The same match that is misused by the arsonist lights the fireplace that...

Silent during Strickland years, Ohio State Highway Patrol inserts itself in concealed carry debate once again

7:00am Friday, February 03, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Marietta Times is reporting that the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is voicing concerns about HB422 , legislation that seeks to repeal requirements that a concealed carry licensee inform an approaching law enforcement officer that the licensee is a licensee and is carrying a concealed handgun. From the article : House Bill 422, jointly sponsored by Reps. Ron Maag, R-Lebanon...

How to spot a concealed handgun

3:00pm Thursday, February 02, 2012
Self-defense in modern society is about far more than carrying a gun, it's also about developing situational awareness. This means knowing where you are and what's going on around you at all times. One vital element of situational awareness seldom taught in concealed carry classes is how to spot a concealed handgun. Just as you hope to have the element of surprise if you find yourself in a life-...

Concealed Carry Law Enforcement Notification: Is it a duty, or a courtesy?

7:00am Thursday, February 02, 2012
by Aaron Kirkingburg State Representative Ron Maag introduced House Bill 422 and House Bill 425 this week to help strengthen the right of Ohio Concealed Carry licensees', as well as out-of-state visitors, to protect themselves without unintentionally becoming a criminal. Both of these bills will address real problems within Ohio's CCW law. Those of us here at Buckeye Firearms Association would...

Op-Ed: Should New York tourists have their lives destroyed because of concealed carry laws?

3:00pm Wednesday, February 01, 2012
by John Lott Just a few days before Christmas, Meredith Graves made a mistake that could end her medical career and send her to prison for at least 3 1/2 years. The 39-year-old fourth-year medical student was carrying a permitted concealed handgun when she saw the sign at the 9/11 Memorial saying "No guns allowed." She did the responsible thing and asked a security guard where she could check her...

Christianity, Guns and Self-Defense

7:00am Wednesday, February 01, 2012
by Louis Williams One of the biggest reasons people want to have a firearm is for personal protection, that is, for the defense of themselves, their families, or others for whom they have responsibility. This is no idle dream - in a typical week in the United States there are about 300 murders, 15,000 violent assaults, 1,700 rapes, and 7,800 robberies. These numbers come from FBI statistics. Does...

2012 SHOT Show - A look into the Firearm Industries Trade Show from the perspective of two new members

3:00pm Tuesday, January 31, 2012
by Aaron Kirkingburg and William Harn Sunday – Flying out We checked our concealed carry firearms at the Southwest Airlines baggage counter, and prepared to board our flight to Las Vegas. Though firearms are prohibited from the show itself, we would have them for any other circumstances. Neither of us having ever attended the SHOT Show, we had a four hour flight to contemplate the possibilities...

Obama continues ban on importation of 600,000 historical, collectible M1 Carbine rifles; Fate of 86,000 Garands still in doubt

7:00am Tuesday, January 31, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Korea Times is reporting that while it has will allow 86,000 historical M1 Garand rifles to be imported from South Korea, the Obama administration continues to block the importation of some 600,000 M1 Carbines because "they come with a magazine that can carry multiple rounds." From the article : Washington has agreed to allow the importation of M1 Garand rifles from Seoul,...

Fireworks Expected This Week...But No Celebration in Wake of Fast & Furious Scandal

3:00pm Monday, January 30, 2012
by Jim Shepherd [This] week, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will once again question United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder about Operation Fast and Furious. F&F was the fatally flawed 2009 DEA anti-gunrunning operation supposedly designed to trace illegal firearms to Mexican drug lords. Instead, it went tragically...

State of Arizona investigating feds over "Fast and Furious" gun-running fiasco; Chief in U.S. Attorney's office takes the Fifth

7:00am Monday, January 30, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Washington Times is reporting that Arizona's state legislature will open its own investigation into the Obama administration's disgraced gun-running program, known as "Fast and Furious." From the article : [Arizona State House] Speaker Andy Tobin created the committee, and charged it with looking at whether the program broke any state laws — raising the possibility of state...

2011 was a year of successes for gun owners, but there is plenty of reason to stay vigilant

3:00pm Friday, January 27, 2012
by Joe DeBergalis With all the success of the gun rights movement in recent years, this might sound like a broken record, but 2011 was a banner year for gun rights. From the halls of Congress to state assemblies across the country, lawmakers heard the voices of gun owners loud and clear and enacted the legislation we were looking for. In the state legislatures, the biggest win was the culmination...

OOPS: Fremont, OH police chief claims civilians aren't allowed to possess magazines that hold over nine rounds

7:00am Friday, January 27, 2012
by Chad D. Baus In a media report Monday, January 23, City of Fremont Police Chief Tim Wiersma misstated Ohio gun law. In a Thursday phone conversation with Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine, Wiersma said he has spent the rest of the week answering phone calls and letters from citizens seeking to correct him. In the WTOL (CBS Toledo) report on how one of his department's officers...

Reps. Maag & Thompson introduce HB422 (Repeal LEO notification) and HB425 (CCW in state-owned parking garages)

3:00pm Thursday, January 26, 2012
by Chad D. Baus State Reps. Ron Maag (R-Lebanon) and Andy Thompson (R-Marietta) have introduced two bills that seek to reform, or "de-Taft," portions of Ohio's concealed carry law. House Bill 422 seeks to repeal requirements that a concealed carry licensee inform an approaching law enforcement officer that the licensee is a licensee and is carrying a concealed handgun. According to Rep. Maag,...

Four months later: Columbus Dispatch writes more about restaurant carry fears instead of facts established since law took effect

7:00am Thursday, January 26, 2012
by Chad D. Baus On January 23, 2012 The Columbus Dispatch published an article by reporter Dean Narciso, entitled "Guns not welcome in some bars, restaurants." While filled with speculation on the terrible things that opponents still predict will happen under Ohio's restaurant carry law, the article is curiously absent of any recognition of the fact that the law has already been in place for four...

Rumor Alert: The Vehicle Gun Theft “Epidemic”

3:00pm Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Long before Al Gore "created" the Internet, gun owners were busy perfecting grassroots networking. Today, gun owners have an almost unlimited number of ways to spread information crucial to our community. And, while the Internet is certainly an indispensible tool for protecting our rights, an unfortunate side effect has been the fast and easy spread of rumors. The latest of these, appearing on...

2012 Events and Goals for Buckeye Firearms Association

7:00am Wednesday, January 25, 2012
by Jim Irvine Recently, leaders of Buckeye Firearms Association met to discuss and plan the coming year. Concealed carry and firearms legislation, elections and endorsements, and fun events were all on the agenda. It's going to be an exciting year. Events On the events front, we start with the Buckeye Bash on February 11. This event is a huge amount of work for us, but the items for auction...

NBC Dayton: Buckeye Firearms Association's Joe Eaton explains Castle Doctrine in wake of home invasion

3:00pm Tuesday, January 24, 2012
by Chad D. Baus In the wake of yet another home invasion in which the victim was able to defend himself with a firearm, Dayton's NBC affiliate gave Buckeye Firearms Association's Joe Eaton the opportunity to explain Ohio's law on self-defense, also known as Castle Doctrine.

Headline: NYPD, Feds Testing Gun-Scanning Technology, But Civil Liberties Groups Up In Arms

7:00am Tuesday, January 24, 2012
New York City's CBS News affiliate is reporting on a new technology that could detect weapons on someone as they walk down the street. From the article : Police, along with the U.S. Department of Defense, are researching new technology in a scanner placed on police vehicles that can detect concealed weapons. "You could use it at a specific event. You could use it at a shooting-prone location,"...

NSSF Says 2012 Firearms Sales Outlook Promising after Record-setting Year

3:00pm Monday, January 23, 2012
LAS VEGAS. -- Many indicators, including a record-setting 2011, show the firearms industry continues to thrive in a down economy and that the potential exists for another strong sales year in 2012, reports the National Shooting Sports Foundation®, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry. NSSF® made the announcement today at the Shooting, Hunting...

Reynoldsburg police say woman who shot boyfriend acted in self-defense

7:00am Monday, January 23, 2012
The Newark Advocate is reporting that Reynoldsburg police have determined that a woman who shot her boyfriend Saturday, January 14 acted in self-defense. From the article : Terrance A. Hughes, 28, was fatally shot at about 10:50 a.m. Saturday at 9148 Firstgate Drive, in a house he shared with his girlfriend of three years, Reynoldsburg police Lt. Scott McKinley said. They recently moved to the...

Free Coyote Hunting/Trapping Workshop in Akron

3:00pm Friday, January 20, 2012
AKRON, OH – Sportsmen and women interested in pursuing coyotes are encouraged to attend a free, informational workshop provided by Division of Wildlife on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 in Akron. Division of Wildlife biologists will cover such topics as life history, calling techniques (call types and setups), appropriate firearms and ammunition, field sets, and scouting. Weather permitting,...

"I'd like to start a pro-gun organization like BFA in my state" - A How-To Guide

7:00am Friday, January 20, 2012
by Joe Eaton "I would like to know how you started the association, because our state could use such an association." "We need an organization such as the BFA for WA. can you give me any pointers on starting such an organization?" "Do you know if there is a similar organization to BFA in Michigan?" "This a great site is there something like this for Connecticut people?" As a volunteer for Buckeye...

Tripping over NYC’s Stupid Gun Laws

3:00pm Thursday, January 19, 2012
by Jeff Knox The closing days of 2011 brought a rash of collisions between otherwise upstanding citizens and New York City's infamous gun laws. On December 16 Mark Meckler, a prominent California Tea Party leader, was arrested at LaGuardia Airport as he attempted to check luggage containing his unloaded, cased, handgun in accordance with TSA, FAA, and Delta Airline rules. Then on December 22,...

Top 15 Killers of Americans: Homicides are off the list, even though more people are carrying guns than ever before

7:00am Thursday, January 19, 2012
by Chad D. Baus CNN.com is reporting that while the leading killers of Americans continue to be non-infectious diseases like heart disease, strokes and lung diseases, one of the perpetual causes of death fell off the top 15 list this year: Homicides. From the article : "Most of the changes were positive," said Sherry Murphy, a statistician at the National Center of Health Statistics and one of...

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