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Judge advises Ashtabula County residents to "arm themselves" in face of law enforcement cut-backs

7:00am Tuesday, April 13, 2010
By Chad D. Baus Ashtabula County Common Pleas Judge Alfred Mackey made national headlines over the weekend after he advised residents to "arm themselves" in the face of severe budget cuts that have reduced the number of sheriff's deputies in the state's largest county by land area from 112 to 49, and parked all but one patrol car.

Ohio Second Amendment March a complete success

3:00pm Monday, April 12, 2010
Several hundred Ohioans who share a passion for gun rights advocacy, but who knew they would be unable to make the journey to our nation's capital on April 19 for the Second Amendment March , gathered at our state capitol in Columbus this past weekend to voice their support for pending concealed carry reform legislation. Video snippets from Saturday's march: It's not too late to get your bus...

The anti-gun Brady Campaign's (anti) Second Amendment census

7:00am Monday, April 12, 2010
By Chad D. Baus Dear John, What best describes your feelings about guns? What do you think the Second Amendment means? We want to know your answers to these questions and to learn more about your preferences. ...As the fight against gun violence continues, our goal is to learn more about you and to develop a better understanding of what you and others think is important in the battle against gun...

SB239 (Restaurant Carry & Car Carry Rules Fix) scheduled for proponent testimony in Senate committee

3:04pm Friday, April 09, 2010
The Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee , chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), will hear proponent testimony on SB239 , sponsored by Senator Shannon Jones and Senator Tim Schaffer to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants, and to reduce burdensome restrictions regarding how a license holder must transport a firearm in a car, on...

Has The Gun Purchase Bubble Burst?

7:00am Friday, April 09, 2010
By Jim Shepherd For the past few days we've been asking our industry contacts, insiders and observers a simple question: has the Obama gun-bubble burst? Since President Obama's election, certain segments of the firearms industry have been running at full -and beyond- capacity. Some, myself included, were quick to attribute the early surge in firearms and ammunition purchases to a fear that the...

NSSF/Harris Poll: Target Shooting, Home Defense Top-ranked

3:00pm Thursday, April 08, 2010
A new National Shooting Sports Foundation poll conducted by Harris Interactive found that more Americans are target shooting now than six months ago, and that "home and personal defense" were the main reasons Americans recently purchased firearms. The poll also showed that 43 percent of respondents, which equates to nearly 98 million people, expressed some level of interest in participating in...

Retail stores and open carry: Responsible gun owners can knock down inaccurate stereo-types

7:00am Thursday, April 08, 2010
By Jim Irvine Across the nation, the media have been reporting on the controversy that some nationwide chains have found themselves in regarding store policy on firearms. In "Stores Land in Gun-Control Crossfire," the Wall Street Journal examines how Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and other stores who allow guns are attracting law-abiding, gun-carrying customers. Best Buy spokesman Sue Nehring...

Don't send your other to jail: Get your concealed handgun licenses together!

3:00pm Wednesday, April 07, 2010
By Bruce Knodel Spring is in the air and the daffodils are coming up. It is time once again to be thinking about self defense training and obtaining that CCW license you have been mulling around in your mind for the past two or three years. O.K. Now you've made up your mind, and you're going to go get the training you need to apply for an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL). You may even have...

The national news' perverted priorities: Heroics ignored while villains become famous

7:00am Wednesday, April 07, 2010
By Tim Inwood Atrocities go national, but heroic news is buried. Why? For many years it has irritated me a great deal what the national media decides is worthy to become national news. On April 1, I sat reading of a drive-by shooting in my old stomping grounds, Washington D.C. In the shooting, four were killed and five were wounded. Sensational stories dealing with the misuse of firearms always...

Ohio Spring Turkey Hunting Season Opens April 19

3:00pm Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Youth-only hunt set for Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18 Spring wild turkey hunting opens in all 88 Ohio counties on Monday, April 19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The season continues through Sunday, May 16. "Although last year we experienced one of the poorest wild turkey hatches we have seen in recent years, good numbers of two-year-old...

Firearms Industry Concerned Over United Nations Request for Firearms Trace Data

7:00am Tuesday, April 06, 2010
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry – has learned that the United Nations has filed its first firearms trace request . The move by the United Nations, which has long advocated for civilian disarmament, raised concerns from the NSSF. "Firearms trace data is a law enforcement tool to help aid in specific criminal investigations," said...

NSSF/Harris Survey: Support Grows for Applying 2nd Amendment to States

3:00pm Monday, April 05, 2010
With the U.S. Supreme Court set to issue its decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago in a few months, a new NSSF poll conducted by Harris Interactive finds 8 in 10 Americans agree with this statement: "State and local governments are bound by law to comply with the Second Amendment." The 80 percent who indicated their support in the March 15 online survey of general population adults 18 and over...

This is How Freedom Died – By Choice

7:00am Monday, April 05, 2010
By Gerard Valentino Two stories that any liberty-minded American should know about sneaked by unnoticed last week because of the overwhelming negative reaction to the health care debacle. Both were indicative of how little value some Americans put on their personal freedom and how some people are willing to turn over their well-being to the government, instead of taking responsibility for their...

Man shoots sex offender attempting home invasion; Columbus Dispatch describes aggressor as "victim"

3:00pm Friday, April 02, 2010
By Gerard Valentino Yet another potential home invasion ended with an honest law-abiding citizen using a gun for self-defense. According to The Columbus Dispatch , a convicted sex offender was shot while trying to break into an apartment and died from his injuries. From the story : Columbus police yesterday identified the victim in a Friday night shooting on the Northeast Side as Charles R...

A Tribute to Ben & Nikki Goeser

7:00am Friday, April 02, 2010
By Linda Walker One year ago today, the world lost a special man that I never had the privilege of meeting. Yet this man left a huge impact on the world after his death. On April 2, 2009, Hank Wise walked into Johnny's Sports Bar in Nashville, Tenn. He had stalked Nikki Goeser as she and her husband Ben Goeser ran their karaoke business at various clubs throughout the area. Wise had tormented...

Buckeye Firearms Association 2010 Primary Candidate Grades & Endorsements

5:09pm Thursday, April 01, 2010
Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is proud to announce endorsements for a host of local, statewide and federal offices in the May 4 primaries. Click here to view BFA's 2010 Primary grades and endorsements. DOWNLOAD the voter guide! Print and distribute to your friends and family! Help spread the word and encourage people to vote their gun rights freedoms first!

A Fool For All Seasons

3:00pm Thursday, April 01, 2010
By Jim Shepherd When I first started in journalism, most of the reporters and editors in the business enjoyed April 1. It was the day we might actually get to write the silly headlines, fabricated stories and outrageous quotes we joked about the other days of the year. Not so much anymore. It would be difficult to make up stories any more bizarre and outrageous than the ones that seem to consume...

Court Rules Concealed Carry Law Violates Workplace Safety Laws

7:00am Thursday, April 01, 2010
By Ken Hanson, Esq. A three judge panel today ruled that Ohio's concealed carry law impermissibly violates several provisions of the state's employment laws. In what is sure to be a controversial opinion, the court held that "a person's so-called right to self-defense cannot infringe upon the right of a person to be free from violence in their workplace. The evidence before us is clear – allowing...

Buckeye Firearms Association Congressional endorsees schedule skeet shooting and luncheon fundraiser April 17

3:00pm Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, a long-time friend of Buckeye Firearms Association who has once again earned our endorsement in the 2010 Republican primary, has invited supporters to join her and several of her pro-gun colleagues at a Skeet Shooting and Luncheon fundraiser at the Blackwing Shooting Center in Delaware on April 17. Joining Schmidt will be several other Congressmen who have earned our...

Forget turkeys - it's POLLING season in Ohio

7:00am Wednesday, March 31, 2010
By Chad D. Baus It's election season, which means it's polling season. A few recent surveys are worth taking note of as some Ohio gun owners begin early voting, while many others make plans to head to the polls on May 4. From a March 11 The Washington Times editorial entitled " The NRA outshoots Obama ": The National Rifle Association has a higher mean approval rating among likely voters than...

Book Review: From My Cold Dead Fingers

3:00pm Tuesday, March 30, 2010
By Jim Irvine The Federal Government may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular problems, nor command the states’ officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program. It matters not whether policy making is involved, and no case-by case weighing of the burdens or benefits is necessary; such commands are...

Buckeye Firearms Association announces new system of grading candidates for 2010; Absentee voting begins today

7:00am Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is proud to announce endorsements for a host of local, statewide and federal offices in the May 4 primaries. As a political action committee, BFA has been issuing endorsements in every election season for the past eight years. New for 2010 is the BFA grading system. Through a system of weighing candidate surveys and voting records (where applicable), candidates...

Schedule your bus tickets now for the April 19 Second Amendment March in D.C.!

3:00pm Monday, March 29, 2010
Ohioans for Concealed Carry invites Buckeye Firearms Association supporters to join us on charter buses from Ohio to Washington D.C. We will run two trips, one originating in Cleveland ($55) stopping in Youngstown and a second originating from Cincinnati ($85) with stops in Dayton and Columbus. Buses are scheduled to arrive in Washington, D.C. around 9:30 AM and will depart after the March at 4:...

Buckeye Firearms Association announces endorsement of Jon Husted for GOP nominee for Secretary of State

7:00am Monday, March 29, 2010
Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is proud to announce our endorsement of Jon Husted in the Republican primary for Secretary of State. Jon Husted has a 100% voting record with us during his time in the legislature, including State Representative, State Senator and Speaker of the House. He is one of the few political candidates to have earned an "A+" rating from the BFA this year.

Ohio Deer Hunters Encouraged to Take an On-Line Survey

3:00pm Friday, March 26, 2010
Survey will help ODNR gauge deer hunters’ preferences The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife encourages all Ohio white-tailed deer hunters and those with an interest in deer hunting to take a survey at wildohio.com. The survey will be available through mid-April. The Division of Wildlife is considering some changes to the current deer firearms seasons. Anyone who...

How to get the signs to come down at "no guns" businesses

7:00am Friday, March 26, 2010
By Jim Irvine I needed to buy a new car. I knew what I wanted; it was just a matter of what dealership to buy from. The one most convenient to me was posted "no guns." So I had planned to buy elsewhere and send them one of our "No Guns = No Money" cards . But I decided it would be much better if I could just talk them into un-posting their business. I have talked many businesses into removing the...

Senate committee hears testimony on SB239 (Restaurant Carry & Car Carry Rules Fix)

3:00pm Thursday, March 25, 2010
Buckeye Firearms Association leaders were on hand Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee hearing. The committee is chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), heard sponsor and proponent testimony on Senate Bill 239 , which seeks to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants, and to reduce burdensome restrictions regarding how a...

Buckeye Firearms Association submits correction request to Ohio Republican Party

2:02pm Thursday, March 25, 2010
The Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) has asked the Ohio Republican Party (ORP) to issue a correction to a press release published on the party's website March 24. The release, entitled " Yost Endorsed by Buckeye Firearms for Auditor of State ", failed to report that Yost and his primary opponent Rep. Seth Morgan, both received endorsements. "In failing to make that important distinction, it...

"Gun-Free" Chicago experiences a 9/11 once every four years

7:00am Thursday, March 25, 2010
By Gerard Valentino Chicago is the center of the gun world as all parties involved in the gun debate in America await the Supreme Court ruling on whether the longtime citywide gun ban is constitutional. Sadly, if there is a city that would benefit from more permissive gun laws for law-abiding citizens it is Chicago. What many people don't realize is there have been over 13,000 murders in Chicago...

Buckeye Firearms Association announces co-endorsement of Morgan and Yost for GOP nominee for Auditor of State

3:45pm Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The race for auditor of state is not typically one which attracts a whole lot of attention, and certainly not in a party primary. But that can't be said for the race for the Republican nomination for auditor in 2010. Mary Taylor is our current auditor. She has a strong pro-gun record as a legislator and served the state well as auditor, but is now running for lieutenant governor on the John...

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