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The Ohio State University Pistol Club: A cause worth supporting

12:05am Monday, October 19, 2009
By Matthew Prachar and Steve Loos You may not be aware of the existence of the OSU Pistol Club, but it has been around since the 1960's. The Pistol Club exists to help promote the shooting sports to students and faculty on the campus of Ohio State. The club provides marksmanship and safety training via NRA certified instructors, firearm rental, ammunition, targets, and safety equipment to all who...

Are gun owners as dumb as Mike DeWine thinks?

12:10am Friday, October 16, 2009
By Chad D. Baus Mention the name "Mike Dewine" to most gun owners, and the reaction is a visceral one. They remember all too well how DeWine (whom Ohio voters ousted from his U.S. Senate seat in 2006, and who is now seeking the Republican nomination for Ohio Attorney General) ran around sporting a Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (formerly Handgun Control Inc.) endorsement because "his...

Gun show operator takes proactive steps in wake of Bloomberg's $1.5 million "gotcha" video

12:05am Friday, October 16, 2009
By Chad D. Baus In response to a video released by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who reportedly spent $1.5 million of tax payer money to send private investigators to Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada gun shows, show operator Dave Goodman has announced steps he is taking to better ensure that all laws are being followed at future Bill Goodman's Gun and Knife Shows.

Does your 2009-2010 Ohio hunting or fishing license have disappearing ink?

12:10am Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Jim Shepherd In Ohio, it seems hunting and fishing licenses are disappearing. Not the entire license, just the printing on the licenses. Officials say they've had "several instances" where hunters and anglers reported their licenses, purchased in the spring, are now blank. The most likely explanation is bad ink from old license printers. Not wanting to let the opportunity pass, officials say...

Shoot / No-Shoot Scenarios

12:05am Thursday, October 15, 2009
If you carry a gun for self-defense, it is your responsibility to know how to use it. Here's a sample chapter from Shoot / No-Shoot Scenarios, one of the excellent Armed Response videos we are proud to sell in our Gun Stuff Mall. CLICK HERE to read more about Armed Response videos.

Gun control study fails attempt to prove myth that gun possession doesn't make you safer

12:10am Wednesday, October 14, 2009
By Eugene Volokh "Guns Did Not Protect Those Who Possessed Them from Being Shot in an Assault." So reports a press release posted at ScienceDaily.com, which also says: The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not possessing a gun. “This study helps resolve the long-standing debate about whether guns are protective or perilous,”...

House Members Join Senators in Support of Traditional Ammunition in National Parks, Drawing Praise from Industry

12:05am Wednesday, October 14, 2009
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A letter signed by members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Second Amendment Task Force raising important questions about the National Park Service's intent to ban the use of traditional ammunition in parks that allow hunting has been sent to Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The letter, which follows a similar message sent to Salazar by U.S. senators, was...

City of Sharonville exposes Mayor Bloomberg's lack of concern for enforcing firearms law

12:10am Tuesday, October 13, 2009
By Chad D. Baus Last Wednesday, anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg staged a press conference to announce that he had hired private investigators to attempt to make purchases at gun shows in Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada, and claiming they had proved "just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns -- no questions asked." One of the shows invaded by the Mayor of...

Supremes take a second look at Second Amendment rights

12:05am Tuesday, October 13, 2009
By Jeff Knox On September 30, the Supreme Court announced that they were going to review the Second Amendment case McDonald v. City of Chicago and decide whether the Second Amendment applies at the state and local level. Application of the Bill of Rights to the states has been a long and convoluted battle with the Second Amendment being the last major article left out in the cold.

Let's put a Buckeye on the NRA Board of Directors!

3:13pm Monday, October 12, 2009
We have a chance to get Ken Hanson, our legal guru and author of The Ohio Guide to Firearm Laws, on the NRA Board of Directors. Not only would this be a great honor, it would help put Ohio gun issues front and center with the most powerful pro-gun organization in the country. First, we have to get him officially nominated and we need more petition signatures. Will you help us? Here's what you...

Gun registration leads to gun confiscation

12:10am Monday, October 12, 2009
By Dean Rieck Gun control advocates see gun registration as a benign and commonsense means to create a safer society. Pro-gun advocates see gun registration as a nefarious and senseless infringement on Second Amendment rights that invariably leads to confiscation. Who is right? We are. Gun registration has always been a back door to gun confiscation. Just look at what our neighbors to the north...

Background checks up 12.4% in September on firearm sales

12:05am Monday, October 12, 2009
Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,093,230 checks in September 2009. This figure is a 12.4 percent increase from the 973,003 reported in September 2008 and demonstrates that sale of new and used firearms are remaining strong and continuing to grow. FBI background checks are required under federal law for all individuals purchasing either...

SCOTUS Hears Arguments In Animal Cruelty Case

12:10am Friday, October 09, 2009
By Jim Shepherd "Use a scalpel, not a buzz saw," was advice offered to Congress yesterday during Supreme Court arguments regarding the Federal Depiction of Animal Cruelty Statute. The ten year old law was written to outlaw "crush videos" -dominatrix videos in which women crushed small animals with bare feet or stiletto heels, but opponents argue the law is drawn so broadly as to negatively impact...

Ohio’s Fall Turkey Hunting Season Opens October 10

12:05am Friday, October 09, 2009
COLUMBUS, OH – Fall wild turkey hunting opens in 48 Ohio counties on Saturday, October 10, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The season continues through Sunday, November 29. "Summer brood observations suggest a below average wild turkey hatch this year" said wildlife biologist Mike Reynolds. "In addition, acorn crops were highly variable across...

Buckeye Firearm's Gerard Valentino to appear weekly on syndicated radio show beginning Sunday

12:10am Thursday, October 08, 2009
Gerard Valentino, a leader with Buckeye Firearms Association and Treasurer of Buckeye Firearms Foundation, will appear on "The Great Outdoors" with host Calvin Pyle every Sunday afternoon for the next five weeks. Beginning October 11, Valentino and Pyle will discuss a different aspect of firearms issues and firearms law. The segment will usually take place between 12:15 and 12:30, and will run...

FLASH: Mayor Bloomberg brings gun show "investigators" to Ohio - issues questionable report on guns

4:02pm Wednesday, October 07, 2009
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has made headlines in recent weeks after several Ohio mayors quit his gun control front group (with many saying they were misled, and others saying they had never agreed to join the first place), has announced the results of an investigation of seven gun shows in Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada. Bloomberg used New York City tax dollars to fund what amounts to a...

Survey: America is a pro-gun nation!

12:10am Wednesday, October 07, 2009
The Los Angeles Times recently reported on a Rasmussen Reports poll commissioned by Outdoor Life Magazine , which sought to gauge opinion on whether the Constitution guarantees the right to own a gun and, asked for opinions on what was behind the recent increase in gun sales. An overwhelming majority of Americans, including Republicans and Democrats, agree that the Constitution guarantees an...

NRA notifies instructors of problems with 2009 NRA Basic Pistol, credits Ohio instructor for the fix

12:05am Wednesday, October 07, 2009
According to letter from NRA National Instructor Trainer John Howard to NRA certified instructors, the organization was mistaken in its initial believe that old basic pistol shooting course examiniations could be used with the newly revised Basic Pistol Handbook. And the NRA is thanking an NRA Certified Instructor from Ohio for not only notifying them of changes, but also for submitting a...

NSSF Urges Supreme Court to Support First Amendment Use of Hunting and Fishing Images

12:10am Tuesday, October 06, 2009
NEWTOWN, Conn. — With the U.S. Supreme Court slated to hear arguments today in the United States v. Stevens, No. 08-769, the National Shooting Sports Foundation encourages the court to support the First Amendment rights of all media to show images of hunting and fishing. The case centers around a 1999 federal statute used to prosecute a Virginia man on animal cruelty-related charges that because...

More Ohio local chapter coordinators needed to fight hunger

12:05am Tuesday, October 06, 2009
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has collaborated with Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) in an effort to assist with the processing costs associated with donating venison to a food bank. A $100,000 subsidy grant has been awarded to FHFH to help pay the processing fee on donated venison. The grant money is to be matched with funds generated or...

We need $30,000! The 2nd Amendment is at stake!

11:47am Monday, October 05, 2009
Please read this carefully. We have never needed your help more than we need it now! Dear Friend, Last year, in a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court clearly proclaimed that the Second Amendment is an individual right. Not a collective right. Not a right of the "militia." A right of each American citizen. You might think that would have ended the debate, but it didn't. Even after this...

Linda Walker accepts NRA's 2009 Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award in D.C.

12:10am Monday, October 05, 2009
Buckeye Firearms Association Central Ohio Chair Linda Walker made the trip to Washington D.C. recently to receive the National Rifle Association's 2009 Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award at the NRA's fall Board of Directors meeting. Walker shown here with other past recipients, from left: Marion Hammer 1995, Linda Walker 2009, Edie Reynolds 2007, Patty Clark 2005. According to the NRA, "the...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 72 - Ammo Shortage Ending

12:05am Monday, October 05, 2009
Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- STARTERS: BILL OF RIGHTS DAY FAST APPROACHING Dec. 15 this year is a Tuesday, mark your calendars now. Committees of Correspondence nationwide are beginning to prepare for the Bill of Rights Day commemoration that left people delighted with the grandeur and significance of the public reading of our...

Ohio State Highway Patrol study highlights need for changes in concealed weapons laws

12:10am Friday, October 02, 2009
By Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine A study released last week by the Ohio State Highway Patrol is highlighting the need for reforms to concealed weapons laws in the Buckeye State. According to the report , which covered January 2008 through August 2009, OSHP Troopers made 447 arrests for illegal weapons, or less than one per day. OSHP District 9 (south-central Ohio) accounted for the largest number...

Cordray Will Join in Defending Second Amendment Rights in United States Supreme Court Case

12:05am Friday, October 02, 2009
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced today that his office would join arguments to be made in the United States Supreme Court that Second Amendment rights under the United States Constitution should be protected from undue restrictions imposed by state and local governments. The Supreme Court granted full review today and will examine this issue in the case of...

U.S. Supreme Court to hear another landmark gun rights case

12:10am Thursday, October 01, 2009
DELAWARE, OH - The United States Supreme Court has accepted a second historic gun rights case. The ruling on this case could affect the laws of every state and city in the nation. McDonald v. City of Chicago focuses on "incorporation" of the Second Amendment. This means the court will be answering the question: Does the Second Amendment restrict state and city action, or just action by the...

FLASH: Supreme Court agrees to hear new Second Amendment case

12:53pm Wednesday, September 30, 2009
We have just received word that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear another case on the individual rights of gun owners. A group of Chicago gun owners is challenging a lower appeals court ruling that while the Second Amendment guarantees individual rights on the federal level, it does not bar state or city governments from passing restrictions or outright bans on guns. Chicago imposes a handgun ban...

Central Ohio GM dealer: "Buy a truck, get a gun!"

12:10am Wednesday, September 30, 2009
By Chad D. Baus Coming off of the blast of consumers that bought into the government's Cash for Clunkers ruse, car dealers across the country knew that September was going to hit them hard. Traditionally, short term incentive programs result in "borrowing from tomorrow's sales," and dealers anticipated a return to the dismal sales numbers that have marked the rest of 2009 as soon as the...

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