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Gun controllers madder than defanged snakes over new owners

by Larry Keane
7:00am Thursday, April 23, 2020
When kicking a nest of vipers, there’s bound to be some hissing. That’s what happens when the light of truth shines into the darkest corners. That’s what’s happening right now with gun control groups. They’re clamoring about, raising all sorts of noise about how it’s unfair, not right, plain dangerous and irresponsible that government would dare allow for commerce in firearms to be considered...

Ohio's 2019 new and renewal concealed carry issuance numbers drop

by Jeffrey L. Frischkorn
7:00am Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Though the associated societal threat from the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has seen record setting sales of firearms, what happened during 2019 with Ohio’s concealed carry permit system might portend whether these gun owners will keep their weapons on them. And based on 2019 statistics compiled by the Ohio Attorney, fewer Ohioans in several years are seeking the legal right to carry their...

Online Gun Control Debate hosted by Braver Angels

3:00pm Tuesday, April 21, 2020
This coming Thursday, the Braver Angels organization will be hosting a debate online. Debate Resolution "Resolved: Any restriction on the law-abiding citizen’s right to own any type of firearm is a violation of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution." When: Thursday, April 23, 8:00 pm ET Register: CLICK HERE This Braver Angels Debate will be held as a ZOOM video call. Anyone can join from home,...

Report: Virus-Panicked Liberal Gun Buyers Are Getting Angry When They Discover Their Own Gun Control Laws

by Kira Davis
7:00am Tuesday, April 21, 2020
I was chatting with a friend of mine recently and the topic of gun sales came up. My friend’s father owns a gun range near me and she said he’s seen a huge amount of liberals coming in to purchase weapons in recent weeks. How does he know they’re liberals? “They’re shocked to discover they can’t just walk out of the store with a gun.” We’ve all heard about gun sales skyrocketing recently, but I...

Pandemic Exposes Dangers of So-Called "Universal" Background Checks

7:00am Monday, April 20, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic makes its way across the country, Americans are getting an important lesson in the dangers of a placing a prior restraint on the exercise of a constitutional right. The vast increase in those seeking protection in the Second Amendment during this period of uncertainty has caused the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and Point of Contact State...

Gun Control End Game Revealed as Bloomberg Groups Launch Campaign to Close Gun Stores

7:00am Friday, April 17, 2020
The mask is off (so to speak), and it is now clear beyond any reasonable dispute: America’s largest and most well-funded gun control advocacy group is systematically trying to ban law-abiding Americans, en masse, from acquiring firearms. And this at a time when Americans in record numbers have decided for themselves they need guns more than ever. Events have been unfolding so quickly with respect...

NICS Record: Outbreak Shows the Importance of the 2nd Amendment

7:00am Thursday, April 16, 2020
Don’t think that gun shops are essential? There are as many as 3,740,688 Americans who would disagree with you. That’s how many background checks the FBI NICS Office ran last month. That’s the most ever, surpassing the previous record by 426,094, and is a million more checks than the previous record for the month of March. Tellingly, it is the third consecutive record-setting month and the third...

COVID-19 Threatens Health…of Second Amendment

7:00am Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Our nation continues to struggle with the widespread impact of the COVID-19 virus. By now, everyone should be aware of the new “social distancing” paradigm, where we are all encouraged to avoid large groups of people, and maintain at least six feet of distance between each other when we do interact. Regular washing of our hands—which we should have been doing already—is now the norm, and anyone...

BFA Encourages Ohio Sheriffs to Restart Concealed Handgun License Processing

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Tuesday, April 14, 2020
On March 19, 2020, Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) issued an alert to members and supporters saying that due to health concerns about coronavirus, some Ohio Sheriff offices were canceling appointments for Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs), temporarily suspending applications and renewals, or limiting hours for license processing. This set off a chain of events (outlined below) that included a...

NSSF Gratified to See Firearm Accidents Reaching Record Low Level

7:00am Tuesday, April 14, 2020
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) is pleased to report that unintentional firearm fatalities reached their lowest level ever, according to the latest data from the National Safety Council’s just-released Injury Facts Report 2018. NSSF, as the trade association for the firearm industry and leading proponent of safe gun handling and storage, applauded the report,...

Firearms Industry Aids in Response to COVID-19

7:00am Monday, April 13, 2020
While the nation continues to struggle with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, we have seen countless reports of various sectors of industry making sacrifices to help with trying to contain and control the pandemic. This speaks volumes to the nature of what it means to be an American. In times of crisis, we band together. The firearms industry is no different. Remington Arms, the nation’s...

COVID-19 and Prisons A Complicated Issue That Does Not Need Simplistic “Solutions”

7:00am Friday, April 10, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate our nation’s headlines and the concerns of most Americans. In the pro-Second Amendment community, we’ve watched a seemingly never-ending deluge of developments that could, or would, have an impact on our right to keep and bear arms. And, of course, that means a potential impact on our right to self-defense. Government resources in many areas are...

Madison Local School District May Appeal Armed Teacher Ruling to Ohio Supreme Court

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, April 09, 2020
A recent appeals court decision would force Madison Local School District to require more than 700 hours of training before teachers and other employees could carry firearms in school. According to Journal-News , Madison officials are considering appealing the decision to the Ohio Supreme Court . In 2018, Madison Local School District in Middletown, Ohio, joined school districts across the state...

Spring Valley Range - modernization and opening stalled indefinitely

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Wednesday, April 08, 2020
NOTE: Buckeye Firearms Association leaders serve on the Division of Wildlife Range Committee and have played a key role in the Sportsmen's Alliance "Protect What's Right" campaign to get dollars into the Ohio budget for range upgrades around Ohio. There is still much work to do, but we are pleased to be part of this vital work for Ohio's millions of gun owners. Perhaps the two most asked (non-...

ODNR to Temporarily Suspend Sale of Non-Resident Hunting and Fishing Licenses

5:32pm Tuesday, April 07, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio – In response to the public health situation with COVID-19 and the Ohio Department of Health’s (ODH) Stay at Home Order, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is temporarily suspending the sale of non-resident hunting and fishing licenses until further notice. “People entering the state are being asked to self-quarantine for a period of 14 days,...

How COVID-19 is Affecting the Firearms Industry

by Bill Wilson
7:00am Tuesday, April 07, 2020
As anyone who hasn’t been living in a cave for the past couple of months knows, the COVID-19 virus has dramatically changed everyone’s lives for the foreseeable future. For some industries, like tourism and air travel, it’s been devastating, while others like the food, paper products, medical supplies, and firearms industries have seen unprecedented increases in product demand. The firearms...

March 2020 firearms sales were through the roof

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Monday, April 06, 2020
The March 2020 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 2,375,525 is an increase of 80.4 percent compared to the March 2019 NSSF-adjusted figure. This is by far the highest March recorded. The adjusted NICS data were derived by subtracting out NICS purpose code permit checks used by several states for CCW permit application checks as well as checks on...

Attend the Trump 2A Election Workshop

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Monday, April 06, 2020
If left-leaning Presidential candidates have made one thing crystal clear, it's that they intend to seek revenge on gun owners if they win the White House in November of 2020. Multiple candidates have revealed their intention to dramatically curtail Second Amendment rights with draconian gun bans, gun confiscation, and other infringements. It's not about safety. It's now about striking back after...

Hi-Point Firearms Voluntarily Closes its Doors for COVID-19

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, April 03, 2020
The following has been posted on the website of Ohio-based Hi-Point Firearms: As you may have heard, the state of Ohio has joined many others in shutting down all non-essential business to help fight the spread of the Corona Virus. Although the firearm industry has been listed as exempt in this order, our number one priority has to be the safety, health, and well-being of our employees. As such,...

NSSF Thanks Trump Administration for Industry's Critical Infrastructure Designation

7:00am Thursday, April 02, 2020
Department of Homeland Security includes firearm manufacturing, distribution, retail and ranges as essential critical services. NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearm and ammunition industry, is grateful for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inclusion of the firearm industry’s manufacturing, distribution, retail and range...

Compliance Doesn’t Always Ensure Your Safety

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, April 01, 2020
Many of my students tell me that, should they ever be robbed, they plan on complying with the robbers’ demands. While I can’t presume to tell anyone the individual best course of action during a dangerous situation, I can provide some general statistics about past events. Statistically, complying with armed robbers’ demands generally results in fewer injuries to the victim than resisting (except...

Report: Dick’s Sporting Goods to stop selling guns at most of its stores

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, March 31, 2020
After the Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre in 2012, Ohio-based Dick's Sporting Goods announced that it would stop selling AR-15s. After the Parkland, FL school massacre in 2015, Dick's announced that they would deny military-aged adults 18-20 years-old the right to purchase ANY firearm. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported recently that Dick’s Sporting Goods will stop selling ALL guns at most...

Spaces to Shoot Still Available in Northeast Ohio

3:00pm Monday, March 30, 2020
AKRON, Ohio – Many shooting ranges with public access in northeast Ohio remain open for those who want to enjoy the shooting sports and get outdoors, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Visitors are encouraged to follow all social distancing guidelines and respect others’ personal space while at a shooting range. State-owned public shooting ranges...

Ohio 2020 Primary Election is Now by Mail-In Ballot ONLY

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Monday, March 30, 2020
Note: The information in this article is valid as of March 26, 2020. Given the frequent changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is possible that things will continue to change. If you have any questions about Ohio's 2020 Primary Election, visit VoteOhio.gov or contact your local board of elections . Ohio lawmakers recently passed legislation to extend Ohio's 2020 Primary Election through April...

On Guns, Joe Biden is Full of It

3:00pm Friday, March 27, 2020
Presumptive Democratic 2020 Presidential Nominee Joe Biden is not one for clarity, tact, or a firm grasp of the facts. However, even an American public that has long been aware of his shortcomings was taken aback [recently] when the former vice president launched an unhinged attack on a pro-Second Amendment auto worker. Aside from further exposing a waning control of his faculties, the exchange...

Is New Orleans on a Path to Repeat the Errors of Katrina?

7:00am Friday, March 27, 2020
Learn from your mistakes. That’s solid advice, but hardly axiomatic. In reality, we are all too frequently reminded of philosopher George Santayana’s famous statement; “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Is that what we are beginning to see in New Orleans? In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina striking New Orleans in 2005, local authorities, led by then-Mayor Ray...

Export Reform Rules Take Effect After Anti-Gun States (Mostly) Strike Out in Court

3:00pm Thursday, March 26, 2020
On March 9, President Trump’s historic Export Reform initiative officially got underway, as companion rules published by the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce took effect. These rules are aimed at modernizing America’s regime for exports of non-military firearms and ammunition and will promote both U.S. businesses and national security. An effort to block implementation of the rules by the...

Cities Seek to Close Gun Stores, Claim Exercise of Second Amendment Rights “Non-Essential”

7:00am Thursday, March 26, 2020
In San Jose, California, police have ordered a gun shop to close. Local officials insisted it is a “nonessential” business and therefore may not operate during the “shelter in place” directive currently affecting the area. Philadelphia officials are now making similar claims, even as buyers flock to local gun sellers. But make no mistake: the “essential” character of the right to keep and bear...

Bill Passes to Extend Expired Concealed Handgun Licenses During Pandemic Shutdown

5:30pm Wednesday, March 25, 2020
House Bill 197 , with an amendment to address Concealed Handgun License expirations, has unanimously passed in the House and Senate and now goes on to the Governor for his signature. The legislation extends the expiration date of Ohio Concealed Handgun Licenses for 90 days if the expiration falls during the state of emergency in Ohio, declared by Executive Order 2020-01D, issued on March 9, 2020...

Pandemic Engenders Appreciation for Second Amendment Rights

3:00pm Wednesday, March 25, 2020
As the Wuhan virus pandemic grips the U.S., Americans have been forced to focus on what is truly important. This includes ensuring that they and their loved ones have enough food to eat, the proper hygiene supplies to ward off infection, and adequate shelter. Further, a diverse and growing number of Americans have sought to exercise their Second Amendment right to self-defense and acquire the...

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