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When Gun Rights advocacy and "Back the Blue" efforts collide

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, April 19, 2021
I have been involved in gun rights advocacy for two decades now - enough time to see a lot of change, and do some changing myself. One of the more interesting changes I've been noting in recent years is a growing number of conservatives on social media who are conflating their "pro-gun" politics with their "back the blue" politics. Such people react very negatively to questions about law...

Firearm Industry Economic Impact Rises 232% Since 2008

3:00pm Friday, April 16, 2021
NEWTOWN, Conn. – The total economic impact of the firearm and ammunition industry in the United States increased from $19.1 billion in 2008 to $63.5 billion in 2019, a 232 percent increase, while the total number of full-time equivalent jobs rose from approximately 166,000 to over 342,330, a 106 percent increase in that period, according to a report released by the National Shooting Sports...

The Future of American Policing

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, April 16, 2021
I had two different friends send me messages [recently] requesting my thoughts on what policing is going to look like in the future. I thought about it quite a bit and here are my predictions. We have to recognize that police are a part of our society as a whole. Our society is changing and those changes will drive all future changes in police work. As I see it, there are four primary cultural...

Please Urge Your U.S. Senators to Oppose Biden and Schumer’s Gun Control!

3:00pm Thursday, April 15, 2021
Joe Biden is calling for a nationwide ban on commonly-owned firearms and magazines used for hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense! He is also calling on Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate to take up and pass gun control bills H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446. This legislation won’t have any impact on crime or criminals, doesn’t address America’s broken mental health system and doesn’t address the...

House Committee Removes Gun Crime Items from Budget Bill

7:00am Thursday, April 15, 2021
The newly released Substitute House Bill 110 , which is the state's two-year operating budget, no longer includes several items regarding sentences for crimes that involve firearms. The items were included in Governor Mike DeWine's Executive Budget but were not retained in the House version of the budget bill that is under consideration by the House Finance Committee. Once the House has approved...

Ohio House and Senate Introduce Knife Preemption Bills: HB 243 and SB 156

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Wednesday, April 14, 2021
On April 12, 2021, Senate Bill 140 went into effect. It made two significant changes to Ohio law: it repealed the ban on the manufacture and sale of "switchblade," "spring blade" and "gravity" knives and it cleared up the confusion about carrying knives by defining a knife, razor or cutting instrument as a "deadly weapon" or "weapon" ONLY if it is used as a weapon. This is a welcome change, given...

Ohio Wildlife Council Approves 2021-22 Hunting Regulations

7:00am Tuesday, April 13, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Wildlife Council approved all 2021-22 hunting regulations during its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Hunting season dates and limits are proposed by Division of Wildlife biologists. Regulations for the 2021-22 white-tailed deer hunting seasons were included in...

PODCAST: Project Appleseed - Preserving American Values Through Rifle Marksmanship

3:00pm Monday, April 12, 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 8: The values our founding fathers relied on to win our independence and make America a great nation, such as integrity,...

Improvements to Ohio self-defense law take effect; Chicken Littles offer same old predictions

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, April 12, 2021
On April 6, 2021, changes to Ohio's self-defense law, made possible by passage of SB 175 , took effect in Ohio. This was the result of an historic effort by Buckeye Firearms Association to abolish the "duty to retreat," an unfair and dangerous policy in Ohio law related to the use of lethal force in self-defense. This bill brings Ohio into line with as many as 35 other states that have some form...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Carjacking and Denial

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, April 09, 2021
Place yourself in Carolyn Meadows’ shoes. It’s mid day and you are leaving a large grocery store. You get into your car and start to back out of the parking space only to be startled by a shirtless man yelling and banging on the rear of your car. The man is blocking the car from completely leaving the parking space and if she accelerated, she would hit the man. What would you have done if you...

Second Positive CWD Tissue Sample Identified in Wild Ohio Deer

7:00am Thursday, April 08, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has identified a second positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild white-tailed deer in Wyandot County. The mature doe was harvested in January during a controlled hunt on the Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area refuge, within 2 miles of the first positive location. CWD is a fatal neurological disease...

Project Appleseed Announces 2021 Schedule of Ohio Events

by Steve Branam
3:00pm Wednesday, April 07, 2021
As spring approaches, the Appleseed trail will soon start back up and we will begin building another group of Riflemen here in Ohio. For those who don't know about the Appleseed Project , we are a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that teaches the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship and combines this with a series of presentations on our shared heritage as Riflemen and Riflewomen...

CHL-holder defends self and two kids from road-rage maniac

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, April 07, 2021
WTVG (ABC Toledo) reported recently that an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) -holder was forced to use his gun to defend himself and his two children during a road rage incident. From the article : Police responded to a shots-fired call in the 5200 block of Monroe St. around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. Officers located a scene there, and other officers were sent to a location just across the state...

Clyburn Background Check Bill Would Flip Burden of Proof, Allow FBI to Indefinitely Delay Firearm Transactions by Inaction

7:00am Tuesday, April 06, 2021
Should the government be able to deny your right to obtain a firearm, simply by failing to complete a mandatory background check? Anti-gun Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) apparently thinks so. On March 1st, Clyburn introduced H.R. 1446, the so-called “Enhanced Background Checks Act.” Under the bill, the FBI could indefinitely block federally licensed dealers (FFLs) from transferring firearms, simply...

Homeowner forced to shoot would-be ATV thief when he tries to enter home

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, April 05, 2021
A homeowner who had already scared off a would-be thief who had attempted to steal his ATV was forced to defend himself with a firearm when the man returned and attempted to enter his home. From WEWS (ABC Cleveland) : Deputies responded Saturday to a home on Mayfair Road in Green for reports of a shooting. The homeowner told deputies that he found man attempting to steal an ATV from his property...

More Laws for Government to Ignore?

3:00pm Friday, April 02, 2021
We’ve been saying for years—decades, to be honest—that America does not need any more restrictions on firearms to combat violent criminals who misuse guns; we simply need to enforce the laws that are already on the books. Our argument has always been that passing new laws will only affect the otherwise law-abiding, responsible gun owners the anti-gun crowd keeps claiming support their “sensible”...

Anti-Gunner on “Secure Storage” Requirements: They Make Lawfully-Owned Guns “Legally Useless”

7:00am Friday, April 02, 2021
We often say there is no need to speculate on what the true purposes and effects of gun control are, as real-world case studies abound. This week’s example comes from Canada, where a government official justified a recent gun ban’s grandfather provisions for formerly lawful firearms – presumably included to appease law-abiding owners – by explaining they rendered those guns “legally useless.” Gun...

The American Freedom Liberty Foundation Raffle

3:00pm Thursday, April 01, 2021
Here's your chance to support our friends with the American Freedom Foundation and win some great looking guns. The American Freedom Liberty Foundation, Inc. (AFLF) was formed to preserve hunting, the shooting sports, teach marksmanship, overall gun safety and to continue to foster American traditions, values, and patriotism. It's a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that raises tax-deductible...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation Wins Landmark Lawsuit Against Cincinnati

7:00am Thursday, April 01, 2021
On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, the Ohio Supreme Court handed Buckeye Firearms Foundation a victory in BFF v. Cincinnati, a nearly three-year old case concerning Cincinnati's "bump stock" ban. As a result, the City of Cincinnati is no longer permitted to enforce its ordinance. "This is a massive victory," said Dean Rieck, Executive Director of Buckeye Firearms Association. "Cincinnati thumbed its...

Announcing the 2021 Spring Youth Shoot

3:00pm Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Don't miss the 2021 Spring Youth Shoot REGISTER TODAY When: Saturday and Sunday May 15-16, 2021 Where: Dillon Sportsman Center 5200 Pleasant Valley Road Nashport, OH 43830 Cost: Only $5 per Youth Adult Volunteers Free Weekend Camping Free Spring is here and it's time for our Youth Shoot! This is a great opportunity to get the kids outside in the fresh air and have some good, healthy fun...

Appeals Court Rules That Federal Agencies Can’t Classify Bump Stocks as ‘Machine Gun’

by Jerry Lambe
7:00am Wednesday, March 31, 2021
A federal appeals court on Thursday [March 25] sided with a coalition of gun advocacy groups by ruling that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) cannot classify bump stocks as machine guns for the purpose of federal firearm regulations. Bump stocks are devices designed to assist a shooter by increasing a firearm’s rate of fire. They reuse the gun’s recoil energy, thereby...

Hunters: What is R3? Why it Matters. A Pandemic Surprise! How You Can Help.

by Jenifer Wisniewski
7:00am Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Participation in hunting and fishing has been generally declining since the 1980s. There has been a growing effort to reverse this trend in the hunting and fishing community. We now call this movement R3. R3 stands for recruitment, retention, and reactivation and R3 efforts seek to create new participants or increase participation rates of new, current or lapsed hunters, anglers and target...

PODCAST: How Armed Teachers Make Schools Safer

3:00pm Monday, March 29, 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 6: Imagine an active killer opens fire in your child's school. Would you want your kid to be helpless for 10 or 15 minutes or...

NSSF Denounces 9th Circuit Ruling Ignoring Plain Second Amendment Language

3:00pm Monday, March 29, 2021
NEWTOWN, Conn. – The National Shooting Sports Foundation®, the firearm industry trade association, rejects the legal gymnastics the 7-4 en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit employed to rule the Second Amendment does not guarantee the right to bear arms outside the home. The court’s ruling on Young v Hawaii ignores the clear and simple language of the Second Amendment...

President Biden's best plans for stopping mass shootings proven a total failure in Colorado attack

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, March 29, 2021
On Monday, March 22, a 21-year-old man arrived at King Soopers grocery store parking lot in Boulder, Colorado, and began firing. He killed three people in the parking lot before entering the store, where he continued to fire on shoppers, clerks and responding law-enforcement officers. When his attack was done, at least 10 people were dead. The attacker surrendered to authorities an hour after he...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Robbed with an airsoft gun

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, March 26, 2021
Imagine a scenario when you and your spouse were walking down the street at night. A man approaches, draws a pistol and announces a robbery. You notice that the pistol has a red tip and you believe the gun isn’t real. You think it is an airsoft gun (spring or gas powered gun that shoots non-penetrating plastic BBs) instead. What would you do? A man in New Jersey was placed in this exact situation...

Father and Son Earn Rare Consecutively Numbered Distinguished Badges

by Ashley Brugnone
7:00am Thursday, March 25, 2021
Mike Merritt, 61, and his son, Jacob, 30, of Annapolis, Maryland, achieved a rare feat in the marksmanship world – earning consecutive Distinguished Badge numbers. “I’m not sure that’s ever happened with a family before,” said Christina Roguski, Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) competition program coordinator and a mediator of the Distinguished Badge Program. Distinguished Badges are...

Assessing Neighborhood Safety - Gang Graffiti

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Wednesday, March 24, 2021
In my book Choose Adventure - Safe Travel in Dangerous Places I have a section of advice discussing how to assess whether an area is “safe” or not in a foreign country. I wrote: “Given the massive differences in culture, customs, and income, how can you tell if the neighborhood you are visiting is safe or not? These guidelines may be pretty basic, but using them will give you a quick assessment...

Tell Your U.S. Senators to SAY NO to More Federal Gun Control

7:00am Wednesday, March 24, 2021
President Biden recently called for legislators to move bills that ban ordinary, commonly-owned rifles and standard-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. These measures would infringe on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners while doing NOTHING to reduce violent crime by criminals who routinely ignore the law. Every time there is a high-profile mass murder, such as the...

Update: CMP’s 2021 National Matches at Camp Perry

7:00am Tuesday, March 23, 2021
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Looking toward the summer months, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is eagerly anticipating the return of one of the most acclaimed events of the year – the National Rifle and Pistol Matches, held on the historic ranges of Camp Perry. The National Matches has been an honored tradition for generations – first firing on the Camp Perry grounds in 1907 and featuring a lineup...

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