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2019 Mass Shootings and Lessons Learned

by Gary Evens
7:00am Monday, July 06, 2020
It seems that churches and other religious facilities have joined schools in becoming popular places for demented killers to carry out their dastardly acts. Like schools, churches are gathering points where larger numbers of people congregate, making it easier to get a “high body count”. On December 29, 2019, a lone 43-year-old gunman armed with a shotgun walked into a church service in White...

Gun News Roundup - July 3, 2020

3:00pm Friday, July 03, 2020
Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: Couple pointing guns at protesters unlikely to face charges, law professor says Gun-Wielding Couple Realized The Only One Who Will Protect You Is You The 8 Best Hunting Guns that Double as Self-Defense Firearms...

Independence Day 2020

by Rick Jones
7:00am Friday, July 03, 2020
With the upcoming holiday, let's look at what it might mean to some people…a day off with pay, just a day off, family, friends, cookouts, reunions or just a day to lounge and watch the fireworks. As for me, I think of our Constitution, our founding fathers, our Bill of Rights, our military men and women who are performing their duties to protect our freedom. “FREEDOM”. We say it often, exclaiming...

Not Funny: Firearm Prohibitionists Finally Target Elmer Fudd's Gun

7:00am Thursday, July 02, 2020
It was bound to happen. Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam have now been disarmed. For some in the pro-gun community, the term “Fudd” denotes a person who owns guns, typically not for self-defense, but considers themselves above the fray of Second Amendment politics. But it is not owning this or that type of gun that makes a person a Fudd. Rather, it’s an attitude of indifference to the besieged plight...

Lessons in the Value of Strong State Firearms Preemption Laws

7:00am Wednesday, July 01, 2020
Along with the sweeping success of the Right-to-Carry movement, strong state firearms preemption laws have been among the most important developments over the past half-century in the way average Americans own and use firearms. To open a circa 1970 edition of ATF's State Laws and Published Ordinances is to encounter an incomprehensible patchwork of county and city regulations that made it...

Headline: Convicted felon charged with possessing a loaded firearm at Columbus protest

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, June 30, 2020
WCMH (NBC Columbus) is reporting that Columbus Police and federal authorities accuse a Columbus man of illegally possessing a firearm while attending a Columbus protest. From the article : Columbus Police say an officer recognized Ronnie Earl Murdock, 31, a convicted felon, during a downtown protest on June 24, and saw Murdock holding a rifle. Federal law states that convicted felons can’t own,...

The Second Amendment, Firearm Industry Exists to Protect During Crises

by Larry Keane
7:00am Monday, June 29, 2020
The Second Amendment is inalienable and there is a perfect storm right now demonstrating its vital importance. There is a constant barrage of attacks on the Second Amendment in “normal” times. These days are hardly normal, given the coronavirus pandemic, near economic standstill of stay-at-home orders and business closures and now rioting. Local law enforcement was already stretched thin when...

Gun News Roundup - June 26, 2020

3:00pm Friday, June 26, 2020
Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: The Anti-Police Rioters Finally Got Me To Buy My First Gun CHAZ/CHOP Shootings Shape of Things to Come in ‘un-American Sector’ ‘Guns are flying off the shelf.’ Permit applications up more than 500% amid coronavirus...

A Viable Choice for Home Defense: The Marvelous MSR

by Scott E. Mayer
7:00am Friday, June 26, 2020
Handguns are typically the tool of choice for defense in the home. Depending on your home design — single-family, apartment/condo, duplex/townhouse, etc. — shotguns can also be deployed. Some will choose carbine rifles or even lever rifles chambered in pistol rounds (9mm, .44 Mag., .45 ACP), but few opt for rifles chambered for rifle rounds, the prevailing concern being overpenetration. Reducing...

Legal Reckoning for Jackson, MS Mayor’s Foolish Carry Ban

7:00am Thursday, June 25, 2020
As we reported earlier, Chokwe Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, announced an executive order on April 24 as part of his response to the COVID-19 civil emergency. The order prohibited the “carrying of an unconcealed loaded or unloaded pistol or revolver or any other firearm, carried upon the person or in a sheath, belt holster or shoulder holster or in a purse, handbag, satchel, other...

Police search 11 year-old Scout's bedroom after school Google Meet call

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, June 25, 2020
WBFF (Fox Baltimore) is reporting that a Baltimore County family is warning other parents after they say police were called to their house over something that happened during a virtual school lesson. The incident is raising concerns over privacy and safety in the era of online learning. From the article : As a Navy veteran with four years of active duty, Courtney Lancaster has extensive knowledge...

Senate Passes Great American Outdoors Act

7:00am Wednesday, June 24, 2020
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has passed the historic Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422), which represents the single greatest commitment to increasing public access and advancing conservation in a lifetime, on a strong bipartisan vote of 73-25. The Great American Outdoors Act will provide $9.5 billion over 5 years to address the crumbling infrastructure on America's public lands and waters...

Supreme Court’s Inaction Frustrates Second Amendment Supporters, Emboldens Anti-gun Activists

7:00am Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Gun owners are by now used to being disappointed with the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to uphold their rights or even to defend its own Second Amendment precedents. But the court’s neglect reached a new low last Monday, with its sweeping decision to deny review of the many Second Amendment cases pending on its docket. At issue were 10 petitions that offered the court opportunities to clarify the...

Concealed handgun license-holder cleared of charges after defending self and wife in ambush

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, June 22, 2020
A husband who was forced to defend his own life, and that of his wife, when his ex-wife and her husband ambushed them in their driveway in February will not face charges. A grand jury found that the man, an Ohio concealed handgun license-holder, was acting in self-defense when he shot his ex-wife and her husband in the Greene County attack. From the Xenia Gazette : The attack happened at the...

Gun News Roundup - June 19, 2020

3:00pm Friday, June 19, 2020
Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: BREAKING: SCOTUS Denies Cert In Pending 2A Cases SCOTUS Gun Case Denials Signal Conservative Justices Don’t Trust Roberts With The Second Amendment No, Recent Spike In Gun Sales Don’t Underscore Anything Senate...

The Concealed Carry Trap

by Gary Evens
7:00am Friday, June 19, 2020
If you think your basic concealed carry class has adequately prepared yourself to defend yourself or someone else, you are seriously mistaken. Sure, people with little or no training have won in gunfights against criminals, but that was more a matter of luck than it was of skill. Criminals don’t expect their victims to resist and are often caught by surprise when one of them does. Unfortunately,...

2020 Buckeye Bash Cancelled

3:00pm Thursday, June 18, 2020
We regret to announce that we've CANCELLED the 2020 Buckeye Bash. When we were forced to postpone the Bash earlier this year due to the COVID-19 statewide shutdown, we had hoped we could find a way to reschedule. However, given the circumstances, we think it's best to just cancel, store the prizes and auction items for next year, and hold the event when everyone is ready to pack into a room and...

Are we being taught the right things in self-defense classes?

by Gary Evens
7:00am Thursday, June 18, 2020
When you signed up for the training to get your concealed handgun license, you probably thought it would cover everything you needed to know to defend yourself from a violent predator. Well, you couldn’t be more mistaken! The basic training you get in concealed carry class covers just the minimum the state requires, and that is usually just enough to enable you to handle a handgun safely and to...

Despite Confiscation, New Zealand Sees Most Gun Crime in a Decade

7:00am Wednesday, June 17, 2020
On April 5, 2019, three days after New Zealand's Arms Amendment Act 2019 advanced from its first reading in parliament, NRA-ILA noted that "[g]iven the abundant research on Australia’s similar gun confiscation efforts, New Zealand officials can expect that their gun control measures will do little more than trample the natural rights of gun owners​..." This week the first evidence vindicating...

Violent criminal actors

by Gary Evens
7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2020
In late February, I attended a day-long Buckeye Firearms Association-sponsored seminar at the Makoy Center in Hilliard, Ohio featuring Dr. William Aprill from Aprill Risk Consulting. Dr. Aprill is a mental health professional and firearms instructor. A former deputy sheriff and deputy U.S. Marshal, he is a recognized expert on the behavior of violent criminals. Around 350 people attended, about...

Supreme Court Rejects 10 Second Amendment Cases

11:00am Monday, June 15, 2020
The Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the future of Second Amendment litigation Monday morning by rejecting nearly a dozen Second Amendment-related cases that it had been considering in conference in recent weeks. Despite four justices announcing in the challenge to a New York City gun law that was mooted by the high court that they wanted and were ready to hear one of the many 2A cases...

Glimpse of Toy Gun in School-Related Zoom Call Results in Police Response to Family Home

7:00am Monday, June 15, 2020
Of all the recent developments in American life arising from state lockdown orders, perhaps none is so sinister as public officials encouraging people to inform on their neighbors and community members for perceived violations of supposed safety protocols. This trend is made all the worse by the fact that people are getting an unprecedented glimpse into each others’ homes through pervasive online...

Gun News Roundup - June 12, 2020

3:00pm Friday, June 12, 2020
Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: A letter to the American public: Why you must decide what you want from cops Warner Bros. Goes Looney Tunes by Taking Elmer Fudd’s Gun Lockdowns And Gun Control Fail Chicago Again Court shoots down assault weapons...

Ohio House Votes to Pass HB 425 to Eliminate Duty to Inform

12:23pm Friday, June 12, 2020
Late Thursday, June 11, 2020, the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 425. The bill eliminates Ohio’s ambiguously worded requirement that a Concealed Handgun License holder, when interacting with a police officer, “promptly” disclose they are carrying a firearm. The law has been unevenly enforced and has become a trap for law-abiding gun owners in Ohio. HB 425, sponsored by...

Dispatch editorial: "Gun laws pointless if not enforced"

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, June 12, 2020
The headline could have appeared on the Buckeyefirearms.org, NRA.org or a host of any other pro-gun rights websites. But it appeared in the Columbus Dispatch . " Gun laws pointless if not enforced " Written by Theodore Decker, the article documents authorities' consistent failure to prosecute a man who repeatedly violated state and federal gun laws. From the article: The bust yielded both...

Is it time to begin stockpiling ammunition?

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Thursday, June 11, 2020
With the recent COVID-19 pandemic and lots of civil unrest, I’m getting more and more people asking questions about stockpiling ammunition. Online ammunition outlets have been sold out of popular products lately. Ammo availability at local gun stores is starting to increase, but prices are high and many stores are limiting the amount of ammunition an individual can purchase. How many rounds...

As a Lawyer, Please Don’t Listen to Joe Biden’s Gun Advice

by Joe Bartozzi
7:00am Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Please, for the love of all things precious to you and your family, do not listen to Joe Biden when it comes to using firearms to defend yourself. His advice is dangerous both physically and legally. It’s going to get police killed and lull Americans into a false sense of security. Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has been wrong on guns every time he mentions them. His...

May 2020 firearms sales jump 75.2% over prior year

3:00pm Tuesday, June 09, 2020
The wave of increased gun sales that followed the government's response to a pandemic continued in May. The May 2020 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,595,790 is an increase of 75.2 percent compared to the May 2019 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 910,910. For comparison, the unadjusted May 2020 FBI NICS figure 3,066,740 reflects a 32.1 percent...

‘They got guns!’ Rioters quickly lose sweet tooth after Cleveland bakery owners greet them with firearms

by Tom Tillison
7:00am Tuesday, June 09, 2020
As violent left-wing mobs exploit the death of George Floyd to bring their dreams of revolution to the streets of America, where police officers have been rendered all but impotent by progressive policing tactics ushered in by liberals, a remarkable video out of Cleveland is making the rounds. With troubling videos of shop owners trying to protect their businesses from rioters with little more...

Mexico Demands Explanation for Obama-era Gun-walking Scandal

3:00pm Monday, June 08, 2020
Nearly a decade has passed since the public first learned of the botched Obama-era gunwalking scandal Operation Fast and Furious. These days, Barack Obama spends his time collecting money from a lucrative Netflix contract, shuffling between lavish homes in Washington, D.C. and on Martha's Vineyard, and occasionally offering his tepid support for presumptive democratic presidential nominee Joe...

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