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HB203 (Restaurant Carry) scheduled for sponsor testimony in House committee

12:10am Thursday, November 05, 2009
House Bill 203, which seeks to "allow a concealed carry licensee who is not consuming liquor and is not under the influence to carry a concealed handgun in a retail food establishment or food service operation with any class liquor permit issued for the location," has been added to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security agenda for sponsor testimony today, Thursday, November 5...

Editorial: The feds take a shot at guns

12:05am Thursday, November 05, 2009
Obama administration caught "loading their guns" for a new round of anti-gun legislation For a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been forbidden by Congress from doing research on gun-control issues. Such piddling hurdles as federal law don't matter to the Obama administration. With a wave of a hand, the CDC has simply redefined gun-control research so the ban no longer...

Sometimes Criminals Walk Among Us: Self-Enforcement is Key at Gun Shows

12:10am Wednesday, November 04, 2009
By Gerard Valentino The national establishment media is getting a lot of mileage from another of New York Mayor Bloomberg's dirty tricks. In this case, the Mayor sent private investigators to gun shows in several states to prove that illegal gun trafficking is taking place, and that criminals can easily buy firearms in unregulated private transactions. Video collected at several guns shows showed...

Prosecution as Punishment: The Troubling Case of Albert Kwan

12:05am Wednesday, November 04, 2009
By Jeff Knox People who "have nothing to hide" are often quite happy to answer any questions and consent to any intrusion a police officer might ask of them. They may even invite officers to "look around" if they want to. If you ask a good defense attorney how much you should cooperate with police, particularly when they are conducting an investigation in which you could possibly be a suspect, he...

REMINDER: VOTE TODAY!

12:10am Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Polls will be open across the state of Ohio and around the nation today, and once again, pro-gun voters will have a disproportionate impact on the election outcome here in the Buckeye state. Although there are 11 million voters in Ohio, about 4 million are ineligible to vote, either by age or lack of registering. And out of the 7 million registered voters, precedent suggests that only a little...

Emperor Daley's Old New Clothes

12:10am Monday, November 02, 2009
By Gerard Valentino The media recently brought us news yet another senseless death took place on the killing fields of Chicago. Yet again, it was a high school age victim, and the altercation was gang related. Unfortunately for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, he won't be able to use this murder in his never-ending crusade to ban guns in the city. In this case, the young man who senselessly lost his...

Congress Passes NRA-Backed Legislation Protecting Pocketknife Classification

12:05am Monday, November 02, 2009
Back in June, we reported on a proposed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rule change that would have expanded the Switchblade Knife Act of 1958 to include spring-assisted or one-handed-opening knives, and would have directly targeted the importation of "assisted opening" folding knives. (Read the proposed rule here.) Assisted opening knives are frequently used by hunters, anglers, farmers...

Gun Shows Need to be Proactive to Survive

12:10am Friday, October 30, 2009
By Publius Mayor Bloomberg's "investigation" of gun shows in Ohio presents an opportunity for gun owners in the Buckeye state - an opportunity that we must seize if gun shows are to survive. The choice facing us is simple: Change how gun shows operate, or gun shows will be legislated/litigated out of business. The loss of gun shows would be a devastating blow to the First Amendment rights of gun...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 73 - McDonald v. Chicago

12:05am Friday, October 30, 2009
Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- 1- 1,400 Arrest 46 The lamestream media told you: Thomas Watkins, reporting for the AP, writes: "More than a thousand law-enforcement officers descended Tuesday on the homes of key members of a notorious street gang suspected of killing a sheriff's deputy and murdering rivals while defying...

Phony Prayer Vigils: The Last Desperate Gasp of Unenlightened Scoundrels

12:10am Thursday, October 29, 2009
By Gerard Valentino Columbuslocalnews.com is reporting that Ohio's most rabidly anti-gun organization has begun staging prayer vigils to remind the community of the ravages of homicides and violent crime. The Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, led by Toby Hoover, has a long and sorry history of dancing in the blood of murder victims. Their tactic of staging prayer vigils reaches a new low, as...

Ohio Liberty Council holds town hall forum on Issue 2

12:05am Thursday, October 29, 2009
On Election Day 2009, Ohio voters will be asked to decide on Issue 2, a ballot initiative which would amend the Ohio constitution to create a livestock board appointed by the governor that would set standards for livestock care in Ohio. While Buckeye Firearms Association determined that this issue falls too far outside of our mission , others including the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance , are...

Ohio bar shootings: The fallacy of "No-Guns" zones on full display

by Chad D. Baus
12:10am Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Despite these prominently posted "no-guns" signs, which are required by law to be posted in every Class D liquor permit location in the state of Ohio, it's getting increasingly hard to keep track of all the shootings occuring across the Buckeye state in places that serve alcohol.

Training, Yes – Mandatory, No

12:05am Wednesday, October 28, 2009
By Jeff Knox At the recent Gun Rights Policy Conference in Saint Louis, Missouri I had the privilege of introducing a couple of resolutions that were adopted by the assembly. The first dealt with the recent attempt by Customs and Border Protection to classify certain "easy open" pocket knives as "switchblades," and subsequent efforts to amend the Federal Switchblade Act. My resolution suggested...

Buckeye Firearms Chairman Jim Irvine debates Bloomberg crony on gun show "loophole"

12:10am Tuesday, October 27, 2009
By Chad D. Baus On October 20, 2009, Buckeye Firearms Chairman Jim Irvine appeared as a guest on WCPN's (Clevland Public Radio) "The Sound of Ideas," hosted by Dan Moulthrop. In a typical display of your tax dollars at work on the "impartial" forum of National Public Radio (NPR), the opening half of the show was given solely to one of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's cronies - John Feinblatt,...

Gun owners' single issue is the Constitution

12:05am Tuesday, October 27, 2009
By Jeff Knox The Firearms Coalition is a single-issue organization and GunVoters are a single-issue group, but, while that single issue is generally accepted as being the Second Amendment, the issue is actually the Constitution as a whole. The Second Amendment stands as a bulwark around the Constitution and "gun groups" in defending the Second Amendment are in fact defenders of the Constitution...

Buckeye Firearms Association issues endorsements in several local races

12:10am Monday, October 26, 2009
As a part of our focus on general firearms issues, this political action committee continues to direct our attention to a variety of local races in the state of Ohio for off-year elections. This year, there are a few contests which pique the interest of Buckeye Firearms Association, some because they are between pro-gun candidates and out-and-out liberal anti-gunners, and others because we wish...

USSA Encourages Sportsmen to Vote YES for Issue 2

12:05am Monday, October 26, 2009
Stop HSUS from Gaining Foothold in Ohio and Damaging Our Farms (Columbus) – Sportsmen in Ohio know that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the number one anti-hunting group in the nation. The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) and a legion of sportsmen have fought and continue to fight this group across the country including HSUS' unsuccessful attempt to ban Ohio dove hunting in 1998...

Victim takes firearm away from home invader, defends self

6:40am Friday, October 23, 2009
By Chad D. Baus WHIOtv.com is reporting that three home invasion suspects, at least one of whom was armed with a gun, broke into an occupied residence and got into a struggle with the home owner late Thursday evening. According to initial reports, the intended victim was able to gain control of the weapon and shoot the attacker with his own weapon.

Massad Ayoob says this new book will give you "powerful ammunition"

12:10am Friday, October 23, 2009
Our own Gerard Valentino has authored his first book, The Valentino Chronicles - Observations from a Middle-Class Conservative . The book is now available at the Buckeye Firearms Gun Stuff Mall for two dollars off the cover price of $19.95 ($17.95 + shipping). When Massad Ayoob saw it, he said, "If, like me, you believe that decent citizens have the right to protect themselves and their loved...

Firearms Industry Applauds Introduction of Fishing and Hunting Heritage Bill

12:05am Friday, October 23, 2009
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, applauded the introduction of legislation, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (HR 3749), to greatly enhance the ability of federal land managers to provide, promote and plan for recreational uses that balance the...

Gallup poll: Number of Americans supporting gun control reaches new low

12:10am Thursday, October 22, 2009
A recent Gallup survey has found a new low of 44% of Americans saying the laws covering firearm sales should be made more strict. The findings mark a 5 point drop in the last year, and a 34 point drop from the high of 78% recorded the first time the question was asked, in 1990.

Reps. Seth Morgan & Jarrod Martin introduce HB315: Intrastate Firearms & Ammunition

12:10am Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Representative Seth Morgan (R-36) of Huber Heights and Rep. Jarrod Martin (R-70) of Beavercreek have introduced House Bill 315 , which seeks to "provide that ammunition, firearms, and firearm accessories that are manufactured and remain in Ohio are not subject to federal laws and regulations derived under Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce and to require the words "Made in Ohio"...

Toledo bar patrons forget guns are illegal there; Gun ban extremists forget to have some class

12:05am Wednesday, October 21, 2009
By Gerard Valentino A wild shootout at a bar in Toledo, Ohio is making the rounds on YouTube and several other websites. As usual, the anti-gun crowd is using such a case to push their biased and misguided agenda. Luckily, in this case nobody was hurt, which has to be a disappointment to them since they like to use the death of others in their emotion based arguments against guns. The recent...

Governor Ted Strickland attends 2009 Buckeye Bash; promises to veto any anti-gun legislation

12:10am Tuesday, October 20, 2009
By Chad D. Baus Attendees of the 2009 Buckeye Bash already knew they were in for a special time on Saturday, October 17, but didn't know until soon after they arrived that the evening was going to be made even more special by the appearance of Governor Ted Strickland. The 2009 Buckeye Bash, which was held at Cardinal Center Campgrounds and Shooting Center in Marengo, just 30 miles north of...

Obama administration backs U.N.'s pursuit of international gun control treaty

12:05am Tuesday, October 20, 2009
"I have no intention of taking away folks' guns." - Barack Obama, Feb 11, 2008 By Chad D. Baus Reuters is reporting that the Obama administration has reversed U.S. policy and said it would back launching talks on a United Nations treaty to regulate arms sales, a move that pro-gun activists warn is one giant leap toward side-stepping Congress and overturning the Second Amendment. From the story :...

Abduction and robberies at or near Ohio campuses exposes need to lift concealed carry ban

12:10am Monday, October 19, 2009
By Gerard Valentino Another wave of armed robberies put Columbus college students at risk yet again due to the archaic ban on legal concealed carry on campus. As a result, students are easy pickings for criminals looking for a sure thing. In this case, one student from Capitol University in Bexley was robbed and two different students at Ohio State were targeted. One student was kidnapped from...

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