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Repeal False Gun Free School Zone Act

3:00pm Wednesday, August 24, 2011
by Jeff Knox Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) has introduced a bill (HR-2613) to repeal the federal Gun Free School Zone Act. While many in the general public and the gun prohibition community will balk and ask questions like, "What does anyone need with a gun at a school," knowledgeable rights supporters are wondering why it has taken so long. The Gun Free School Zone Act, or GFSZA for short, was...

Victims of attempted armed robbery fight back in Columbus and Cincinnati

7:00am Wednesday, August 24, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Columbus police say a man who died on August 10 was attempting to rob someone when he was fatally shot by the intended victim. From WCMH, Columbus' NBC affiliate : According to Columbus police, the shooting occurred in the 700 block of Sullivant Avenue at 8:48 p.m. Monday. Officers found Mario Williams, 22, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to Mount Carmel...

To the Editor: Plain Dealer overstates dangers of kids and guns

3:00pm Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The following letter to the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer was submitted by Buckeye Firearms Foundation Board of Directors member Gerard Valentino in response to an editorial entitled " Kids and guns are a tragic mix ." To the editor: Monday's editorial "Kids and guns are a tragic mix" takes a shallow look at the problem of how children are killed in America today. According to the Centers...

State Medical Board votes to allow its investigators to carry guns

3:00pm Monday, August 22, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that the State Medical Board, responsible for licensing and disciplining physicians, has voted to allow its investigators can carry guns. From the article : The board agreed unanimously today that the 20 state investigators have a right to protect themselves against threats on the job. Safety has become a larger concern as investigations of...

Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2011 CHL statistics; Ohio Concealed Carry numbers hits new record

7:00am Monday, August 22, 2011
by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2011. At the end of June, we set another all-time record of approximately 243,121 Ohio residents licensed to carry concealed firearms. (See chart) There were 14,594 new CHLs, 19 temporary emergency licenses (TELs) issued and 749 licenses renewed in the April...

UK Mayhem Leaves Disarmed Citizens at the Mercy of Criminals

3:00pm Friday, August 19, 2011
By now you have seen the headlines and images of destruction: the rioting, looting, violent assaults, and arson. London and other UK cities look like war zones and their citizens are afraid to venture out, because the danger is very real. It's a view of the temporary breakdown of society. It is gut check time; a time when the concept of being able to defend oneself gives way to the stark reality...

Dayton gun show arrests are proof that pro-gun rights advocates are right

7:00am Friday, August 19, 2011
by Gerard Valentino Recently, at a gun show in Dayton, Ohio several people were arrested for violating the law by buying a gun when they knew it was illegal for them to do so. As usual, the media tried to hang the arrests on gun show promoters and stirred up discussion about the mythical gun show loophole. From the article : "The gun show loophole is a deadly serious problem — and this undercover...

Op-Ed: Bloomberg Will Not Rest In His War On Firearm Freedoms

3:00pm Thursday, August 18, 2011
A look at how this billionaire bankrolls his vision of a disarmed citizenry by Raquel Okyay Philanthropist and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg​ is the kind of anti-freedom politician every gun owner should despise. Whether it is the food we eat or the kind of car we drive, Bloomberg likes to stick his nose in other people's business, and tell us what to do. Bloomberg's viewpoints are not...

Report: Firearm background checks up 17.7% in 2011 - Record number tied to politics, economy

7:00am Thursday, August 18, 2011
by Chad D. Baus As regular readers of BuckeyeFirearms.org are aware, National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) firearms sales checks have seen a steady increase for more than a year. The Ohio media are now catching on to this trend as well, thanks to a Dayton Daily News article published on August 17. From the article : The record number of firearm background checks performed by...

Headline: Camp Perry is on target with national shooters

3:00pm Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The News-Herald of Willoughby, OH has published an excellent article on the World Series of shooting sports that occurs here in the Buckeye State each and every summer. From the article : The light popping sound was coming from slow-moving lead projectiles released from their brass prisons and sent sailing down steel tubes. Looking at the long row of nearly 200 rimfire shooters indicated each...

It’s the Criminals, Stupid - Man is dead after City of Cleveland fails to get violent felon off the streets

7:00am Wednesday, August 17, 2011
by Ken Hanson, Esq. The Cleveland Plain Dealer is once again reporting on gun violence in Cleveland , and once again dedicating the majority of the ink to "getting the guns off the streets" and "prevention programs." In what I am sure is an unintended omission, this article makes reference to seven people shot in a 10 day span beginning July 26, 2011. Had The Plain Dealer extended their...

SAF/SCCC "Supporting Campus Concealed Carry" Forum in Washington D.C. airs live on C-SPAN

3:00pm Tuesday, August 16, 2011
On August 8, C-SPAN televised live video of a forum hosted by two groups that support giving college students the ability to carry a concealed weapon on campus. From the article : The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) argue that colleges would be safer if students were allowed to possess firearms. "Colleges have entered into an informal alliance...

Report: Gun crimes drop at Virginia bars and restaurants

7:00am Tuesday, August 16, 2011
by Chad D. Baus In the days before concealed carry became the law of the land in Ohio, opponents like the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence's Toby Hoover decried the proposed law , claiming that "If we have more use of guns, then we're going to have more people who are injured and die," and that "A person who has a gun sees danger. We will have more shootings, more accidents." During the debate...

Op-Ed: How an Imaginary Gun Saved My Life

3:00pm Monday, August 15, 2011
The following op-ed was originally published at Advocate.com . Repubilshed with permission of the author. by Jimmy LaSalvia Two years ago the federal government passed a law ostensibly aimed at preventing violent hate crimes against LGBT people. Many gay conservatives, including me, said at the time of its passage that the law would do nothing to actually prevent hate crimes. After this weekend,...

July sees 8.3% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 14th straight month over month increase

7:00am Monday, August 15, 2011
The July 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 680,258 is an increase of 8.3 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 628,125 in July 2010. For comparison, the unadjusted July 2011 NICS figure of 1,147,355 is an increase of 8 percent over the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,062,886 in July 2010. This marks the 14th straight month-over-month...

The Criminal Steering of Gun Control

3:00pm Friday, August 12, 2011
by Ron Borsch World history tells us of tyrants and dictators that have deprived the populace of their God given rights, especially the right to keep and bear arms. The Jewish Defense League ( www.JDL.org ) has advised that everywhere in World history where genocide has been committed, the genocide was always preceded by disarming the population. The party or government responsible for disarming...

Dave Spaulding Fundraiser for Buckeye Firearms Foundation fun and successful

7:00am Friday, August 12, 2011
Dave Spaulding (l) and Officer Brian Buchanan (r) by Larry S. Moore "Be prepared to play an active role in your rescue" and "If you are not cheating then you are not trying hard enough" were two of the key points driven home by Dave Spaulding. It wasn't about the make, model, caliber or type of gun used but the mindset and skill of the person with the gun. The Buckeye Firearms Foundation fund...

Innovative, historically important "Tommy" gun born in Cleveland

3:00pm Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Cleveland Plain Dealer , in one installment of a series of articles highlighting inventions, ideas and and innovations that originated in Northeast Ohio, recently published an article noting that the Thompson submachine gun finds its origins in Cleveland. From the article : Betsy Hanak, of Concord Township, said her father, Theodore Eickhoff, who helped design the first Thompson submachine...

It's long past time to end "gun free" policies on U.S. military bases

7:00am Thursday, August 11, 2011
by Gerard Valentino Since 9/11, the American people rediscovered the value of the United States military and were reminded of the sacrifices made by military families. The fact that our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines accept the risk of death willingly is a testament to the American spirit. Their willingness to die in the name of liberty is also a living reminder of the same risk our...

Firearms Industry Files Suit Against ATF to Stop Multiple Sales Reporting of Rifles

3:00pm Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for America's firearms industry, has filed a lawsuit challenging the legal authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) under the Gun Control Act to compel 8,500 federally licensed firearms retailers in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to report the sale of two or more rifles. Specifically...

Castle Doctrine - it's not just for gun owners

7:00am Wednesday, August 10, 2011
by Chad D. Baus WDTN (NBC Dayton) reported recently that a man had been fatally stabbed by his girlfriend, who was at the home of her bed ridden parents when he kicked in the door. From the article : Homicide detectives are called to a Dayton home after a man is fatally stabbed, but the woman behind the knife may not be facing charges, according to police. Detectives interviewed the suspect as...

Anti-gun attorney's Dispatch op-ed filleted in response by John Lott

3:00pm Tuesday, August 09, 2011
by Chad D. Baus On Friday, July 29, The Columbus Dispatch published a guest op-ed by Columbus attorney Jack D'Aurora, entitled " Concealed-carry laws do not reduce crime ." In the op-ed, D'Aurora parrots an article by Ian Ayres and John J. Donohue, published in the Stanford Law Review back in 2003, claiming that laws that permit concealed-carry licenses correlate to higher crime rates. At the...

Toledo gun owner helps police track down robbery suspect

7:00am Tuesday, August 09, 2011
by Chad D. Baus WUPW, Toledo's Fox News affiliate, is reporting that a Toledo gun owner helped Toledo police catch a robbery suspect in broad daylight late last week. From the article : Toledo Police and Monroe County deputies scoured neighborhoods north of Alexis Road for 2 hours Thursday morning. Police say the suspect was originally from the area and knew the terrain well allowing him to duck...

Op-ed: Responsibly protecting our right to bear arms

3:00pm Monday, August 08, 2011
Editor's Note: The following guest op-ed was originally published in The Ironton Tribune . by Terry Johnson As United States citizens, we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights, protected from government restrictions and limitations. In 1791, the Bill of Rights was adopted by our young nation, cementing our basic personal liberties. Among the most fundamental of these freedoms is the...

Cop out: Is behavior of Canton police officer a good reason not to get a concealed handgun license?

7:00am Monday, August 08, 2011
by Gerard Valentino Recently, I got an email from a "friend" that said the video of the Canton cop berating a concealed handgun license holder is yet another reason why he doesn't get a CHL. It was another in a long line of reasons my friend used to rationalize his decision to not get a license to carry. First, he didn't want the government to know he had a gun, and the license put him on a list...

MOVIE REVIEW: Living for 32 or Living off 32? Docuganda and the Institutionalization of Victimhood

3:00pm Friday, August 05, 2011
by Brian Anse Patrick The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence (formerly Handgun Control, Inc.) has for several months been touring a new documentary film around the country. Living for 32 stars Colin Goddard, a handsome and clean cut young man—a recent graduate of Virginia Polytechnic University—who was shot four times by murderous degenerate Seung-Hui Cho in April of 2007 in an event known in...

FBI Implicated in Gun-Smuggling Operation

7:00am Friday, August 05, 2011
by Alan Korwin An insider source investigating BATFE's gun smuggling to vicious Mexican drug cartels, reveals that several of the so-called "straw purchasers" were prohibited possessors, or had suspended drivers' licenses and other problems that should have prevented them from passing the NICS background check. Three of the straw purchasers, now indicted, had criminal histories, including a...

Bombshell: Testimony reveals White House knew about ATF gunrunning scandal

3:00pm Thursday, August 04, 2011
CBS News is reporting that a key ATF manager told Congress on July 26 he discussed the ATF's controversial gunwalking operation with a White House National Security staffer as early as September 2010. From the article : The communications were between ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix office, Bill Newell, and White House National Security Director for North America Kevin O'Reilly. Newell...

Winner announced for Kahr pistol gun giveaway!

7:00am Thursday, August 04, 2011
Congratulations to Ralph Fuquay of Odessa, Texas, who is the winner in our most recent gun giveaway. Ralph was pretty happy to receive his brand new Kahr CW45 , a semi-automatic handgun built specifically for concealed carry in .45 caliber. Ralph came pretty close to NOT winning. He had been away from home for a while and wasn't returning our emails or calls. We were about to give up and pick...

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