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Woman calls police to get wanted man out of her house; Officers charge her with "failure to notify;" confiscate her gun

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, July 19, 2021
In the fight to change the law regarding the duty to promptly notify a law enforcement officer that one is legally exercising their right to bear arms in the State of Ohio, Buckeye Firearms Association is often asked what harm is the current law actually causing. We have, of course, pointed out that no one can define what "promptly" means, and that there are no standards for when and how to...

"STRONG Ohio" water-carrier Matt Dolan begins "listening tour" for Senate run

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, July 16, 2021
One would be hard-pressed to find a gun owner over the age of 35 in this state (perhaps even in this entire country) who doesn't remember the problems Mike DeWine created for the Second Amendment while he served in the United States Senate. After he was voted out of office and returned to state politics, his record on the Second Amendment, first as state attorney general and now as governor, has...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joins 21 other AG's in support of a decision that struck down California’s ban on "assault weapons"

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, July 16, 2021
Fox News is reporting that Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) has joined attorneys general from 21 states in filing a court brief in support of a decision that struck down California’s ban on "assault weapons" – which the liberal state has now appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court. From the article : The coalition, led by Arizona, is urging the Ninth Circuit to uphold a lower court decision to...

New Study Shows More Guns Do NOT Equal More Crime

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Thursday, July 15, 2021
A new study proves once again what we've been saying for years: more guns do not lead to more crime. Axios is reporting on a study from researchers at the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California. They examined the sharp spike in homicides in 2020 to see if they could link it to the equally sharp spike in gun purchases during the same time period. Their conclusion?...

ATF’s Behavior Paints Ominous Picture for Biden’s “Crackdown” on FFLs

7:00am Thursday, July 15, 2021
According to the president and his ever-obliging attorney general, a “crackdown” is coming on America’s federally licensed gun dealers (FFLs), with “zero tolerance” for allegedly illegal behavior. While no decent person – least of all the NRA or its members – supports arming dangerous criminals, a recent case from Texas provides disturbing hints as to what this policy might look like in practice...

Court of Appeals Affirms Second Amendment Rights Start at Age 18 for Handguns

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Wednesday, July 14, 2021
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that 18, 19, and 20-year-olds share Second Amendment rights with every other U.S. adult and should have the ability to legally purchase handguns. You can read the full decision in Hirschfeld v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives . The case involved Tanner Hirschfeld and Natalia Marshall,...

NSSF Hitting Airwaves to Urge “NO” Vote on David Chipman for ATF

7:00am Wednesday, July 14, 2021
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) is making its first-ever television commercial debut in a spot that is urging U.S. senators to oppose President Joe Biden’s nomination of David Chipman for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The television ad spots will appear in West Virginia and Maine. “This is monumental for NSSF and it...

Woman forced to shoot man caught performing sex acts in her kitchen

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, July 13, 2021
WTOL (CBS Toledo) reported recently that a woman was forced to use her firearm to defend herself when she discovered a home invader performing sex acts in her kitchen. From the article : Toledo police say a woman shot a man who walked into her home and was conducting inappropriate acts in her kitchen around 3 a.m. Monday. Police say 38-year-old Joshua Hall, a homeless man, walked into the home of...

Who pays for the Ohio Division of Wildlife?

by Larry Moore
3:00pm Monday, July 12, 2021
Sportsmen pay the bills. Sportsmen have heard from the Ohio Division of Wildlife personnel that they are actively managing the funds - the sportsmen and women's dollars - and making wise use of that resource just as with natural resources. What does that mean, how is it accomplished and where does the Division of Wildlife receive their funding? While I had some glimpse into the process, I...

PODCAST: 10 Things You Should NEVER Do After a Self-Defense Shooting

7:00am Monday, July 12, 2021
The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 21: When it comes to armed self-defense, it's usually not the shooting itself that trips you up legally. More often than not, it's what you do afterward that gets you in hot water. Sean...

The “Date Night” Restaurant Robbery

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, July 09, 2021
[S]ome friends and I had a discussion on my Facebook page about [an] incident where two off-duty police officers (husband and wife) interrupted a robbery in progress at a local restaurant. The incident was captured on surveillance video. The two cops spread out, flanked the bad guy at gunpoint and gave verbal commands. The bad guy fled. They gave chase and caught him outside. If you aren’t...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Surprise Attack

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Thursday, July 08, 2021
Have you ever been hit in the head? How did you perform immediately after it happened? Now imagine being hit in the back of the head with a hammer. Do you still think you could make your sub-one second draw? Look at what happened to this guy . He was trying to buy a metro pass when a man walked up behind him and hit him in the back of the head with a hammer. That was the very first indication...

“Serious Errors” in FBI Reports of Shooting Incidents

7:00am Wednesday, July 07, 2021
Dr. John Lott, Jr. of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) recently released a paper written while he was a Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy. His paper, Corrections to the FBI’s Reports on Active Shooting Incidents (May 31, 2021), examines the FBI’s previously released reports on “active shooter incidents” (ASI). The FBI...

Resistance to Violent Crime: What Does the Research Show?

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Tuesday, July 06, 2021
Take a moment to imagine one of the following scenarios: While stopped in traffic at an inner-city intersection, a man with a gun approaches you. He begins striking your closed window with the weapon, demanding that you give him your car. You fear that if you get out and comply with the criminal’s demands he may drive away with your two small children who are strapped into their child seats in...

PODCAST: Justice Scalia Drops the Hammer: The 2nd Amendment Means What it Says

3:00pm Monday, July 05, 2021
Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 20: In the previous podcast, Dick Heller, the man who saved the Second Amendment, talked about his victorious U.S. Supreme Court...

Pres. Biden’s ‘DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN’ Gun Control Moment

by Larry Keane
7:00am Monday, July 05, 2021
President Joe Biden took to the podium to address the crime surge plaguing the country in several large metropolitan centers that just so happen to also be Democratic-run with strict gun control laws in place. Instead of purposing real solutions to address the criminal violence by lawbreakers, the president regurgitated false claims about the firearm industry and the criminal misuse of guns. For...

Military-style gun confiscation hits a snag!

by Gary Evens
7:00am Friday, July 02, 2021
The efforts of officials to confiscate military-style firearms in Massachusetts ran into trouble recently when armed militia groups confronted a government raid to seize a stockpile of guns and ammunition and arrest leading anti-government activists rumored to be in a small town outside of Boston. The government forces were initially met by a small number of militia members in Lexington. After...

Apply in July for Ohio’s Controlled Hunting Opportunities

7:00am Thursday, July 01, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hunters may apply beginning Thursday, July 8 for special controlled hunting opportunities available on Ohio’s public lands during the 2021-22 season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Controlled hunts include opportunities for white-tailed deer, waterfowl, mourning doves, and more. The application period is open until Saturday,...

Another one bites the dust: Astroturf gun control group ceases operations in Ohio

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, June 30, 2021
An astroturf group formed in 2017 to push for so-called "universal background check" rules for gun sales has announced that it is ceasing operations as of today. For those looking to shift blame, the coronavirus pandemic has become a popular go-to, and it is no different for the misleadingly-named "Ohioans for Gun Safety" (the so-called "gun safety" group doesn't even contain one single mention...

Help us WIN the Next U.S. Supreme Court Victory for Gun Rights

by Dean Rieck
6:00am Tuesday, June 29, 2021
We have just confirmed that Buckeye Firearms Association will sponsor an amicus brief in the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court Case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett . And we need your help IMMEDIATELY ! It has been 13 years since the court ruled in D.C. v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects the individual right to have a gun in the home for self-defense. The case of...

PODCAST: An Interview with Dick Heller, the Man Who Saved the Second Amendment

3:00pm Monday, June 28, 2021
Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 19: Before 2008, some people argued that the Second Amendment was merely a collective right, an outmoded concept related only to...

If Gov. DeWine truly wants to curb repeat offenders with guns, he should start here

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, June 28, 2021
Governor Mike DeWine is back on the campaign trail, so to speak, stumping for his so-called STRONG Ohio gun control proposals. DeWine prefers to talk about the parts of the bill which he hopes will be most palatable to voters - namely increasing penalties for possession of weapons by repeat offenders. As we observed in our legal analysis of DeWine's plan , these proposals would raise weapons...

Associated Press investigation on stolen military firearms highlights fallacy of "universal" background checks

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, June 25, 2021
According to so-called "common-sense" gun control extremists like Mark Kelly's "Giffords," all we have to do to keep criminals from gaining access to firearms is to mandate that a background check be done before all transfers of firearms. Pass "universal" background checks, we're told, close the "gun show loophole," we're told, and we can stop mass shootings! Indeed, Kelly's group (formerly known...

Nevada Drops Ohio CHL Reciprocity - BFA Works on Fix

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Friday, June 25, 2021
UPDATE: According to a message I received from the Ohio Attorney General's office at 11:15 a.m. on June 25, Ohio is back on Nevada's list of states whose carry license they honor. BFA thanks Ohio Deputy Attorney General Jonathan Fulkerson and Tara Olsen with the Nevada Department of Public Safety for resolving this issue promptly. I recently reviewed a letter from the Records, Communications and...

Ohio CHL-holder forced to defend self and others when two armed men attempt robbery

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, June 24, 2021
A pizza delivery person with an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) was forced to defend themselves when two armed attackers attempted to rob him. From The Journal-News : An employee at a New Carlisle Papa John’s where one person died during an attempted robbery Sunday night described the shooting as self defense to a 911 dispatcher. “Someone just broke in and they were shot in self defense,”...

Narrow 4-3 Ohio Supreme Court ruling says armed teachers need police training

by Chad D. Baus
12:26pm Wednesday, June 23, 2021
A narrow 4-3 ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court (OSC) determined that Ohio school staff may not carry firearms unless they have police training. Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor joined the three Democrat justices (Justice Jennifer Brunner, Justice Michael Donnelly and Justice Melody Stewart) in a decision which found that a Madison Local School District policy which allowed armed staff violates state...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Racking a Shotgun

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, June 23, 2021
How many times have you heard this statement? “Just get a 12 gauge pump shotgun for home defense. The noise of the slide racking will make any burglar piss his pants and run.” Does that actually happen? Sometimes, yes. Here’s an example where a store clerk sent an armed robber running by merely racking his shotgun. Look at the link below for more details. Flint man faces federal charges after...

BREAKING NEWS: BFA to Submit Amicus Brief in Major U.S. Supreme Court Case

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Tuesday, June 22, 2021
We have just confirmed that Buckeye Firearms Association will sponsor an amicus brief in the upcoming Supreme Court Case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett . It has been 13 years since the court ruled in D.C. v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects the individual right to have a handgun in the home for self-defense. The case of McDonald v. City of Chicago followed...

Shot in the Back! How does it happen?

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Tuesday, June 22, 2021
With predictable regularity, the media and various civil rights groups become indignantly incensed when the cops or an armed citizen shoot a criminal in the back. It somehow violates society’s ideal that all confrontations should be settled “face to face” and be a “fair fight.” That doesn’t happen very often in the real world. Society as a whole needs to better understand the dynamics of a...

PODCAST: How the News Media Deliberately Lies About Guns and Gun Rights

3:00pm Monday, June 21, 2021
Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 18: We live in a never ending news cycle, swimming in a sea of fake news, agenda driven stories, and outright lies, especially...

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