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NJ State Police report ZERO ‘High Capacity’ magazines surrendered under new ban

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, January 29, 2019
On December 10, 2018, New Jersey's ban on so-called "high" capacity magazines (magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds) went into effect. By that date, gun owners were to have surrendered their property to police, rendered them inoperable, modified them so that they could not hold more than ten rounds, or sold them to authorized owners. Those who failed to do so were threatened with a fourth-...

Why Strategy & Tactics Matter in Defending the Second Amendment

by Harold Hutchison
7:00am Monday, January 28, 2019
Okay, folks, now we get to the next step after we have determined just what our present situation is. Our objective is simple: Securing our Second Amendment rights and a legacy of freedom for future generations. There is just one problem: Michael Bloomberg isn’t going to give up his dreams of disarming law-abiding gun owners without a fight. Dianne Feinstein will not stop pushing for the day she...

Ohio Chief Justice Pat DeWine Opposes Proposed Rules to Seize Guns

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Friday, January 25, 2019
On Oct. 8, 2018, we told you the Ohio Supreme Court had proposed amendments to the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio that will empower law enforcement to seize guns. Many of these changes usurp the role of elected lawmakers and represent the most significant changes to Ohio law of our time. If passed and adopted as they are currently written, the amendments will empower authorities...

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Critical Second Amendment Case

7:00am Thursday, January 24, 2019
The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today praised the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a critical case involving the fundamental, constitutional right to travel with a firearm. The case, which is backed by the National Rifle Association, challenges New York City's strict limits on the right to travel with a firearm outside of the home. The right to travel is...

Sportsmen's Alliance to Host Second Learn to Hunt Program

7:00am Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Starting in February, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation will host a second education program for youth and adults who are interested in learning how to hunt. The Learn to Hunt Program will take participants from the classroom, to the field, to the table, and it is designed for all ages who have little or no outdoor experience. Sign up here . The Heritage Learn to Hunt program is offered to...

Keep Telling Your Members of Congress to Oppose “Universal” Background Check Bills

7:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2019
On January 8, two bills were introduced in Congress to impose so-called "universal" background checks. The bills, H.R. 8 and S. 42, are being misleadingly described as simply requiring background checks on all sales of firearms, but this is just a small part of what these overbroad pieces of legislation would do. A vote on this gun control legislation could take place as early as the first weeks...

Gun Controllers Want Credit Card Companies to Monitor and Restrict Lawful Purchases

7:00am Monday, January 21, 2019
Gun controllers frustrated that their federal agenda has been repeatedly rejected by Americans through their elected representatives are seeking to restrict gun rights by way of the private financial system. The goal is to pressure financial services companies into either not doing business with the firearms industry and gun owners or to comprehensively surveille their lawful activity. On...

Headline: Parkland school shooting panel backs arming teachers, rips responding deputies

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, January 18, 2019
The 24-hour TV news mob didn't scream it wall to wall for weeks like they did the attack itself, but credit to USA Today for reporting recently that a Florida investigative panel charged with studying the rampage that left 17 people dead at a Parkland high school last year has recommended arming teachers. From the article : The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission...

Top Eight Threats to Gun Rights in 2019

by Gerard Valentino
7:00am Thursday, January 17, 2019
Anti-gun zealots have shown they will stop at nothing to destroy the private of ownership of firearms in America, even if it means exploiting terrified children for political gain (the tactic used by gun grabbers in the aftermath of the horrific attack in Parkland, FL). By exploiting the naivety of the massacre’s youthful victims, and preying on their need to feel safe with anti-gun propaganda, a...

Senate Democrats Introduce Assault Weapons Ban of 2019

by John Crump
7:00am Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Washington D.C. – (Ammoland.com) - Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have introduced the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2019.” “Last year we saw tens of thousands of students nationwide take to the streets to demand action to stop mass shootings and stem the epidemic of gun violence that plagues our communities. Our youngest generation has...

GQ Magazine features Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Gun owners have a deep mistrust of the news media, and for good reason. But when it comes to protecting our kids, there are clear signs that a cultural shift is under way. There could be no more clear example of this shift on the question of how to protect our kids in schools than a new article from GQ Magazine , entitled " When You Give a Teacher a Gun ." Writer Jay Willis spent three days "...

2019: The year ahead

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, January 14, 2019
A new year brings us a new governor and lieutenant governor team, as well as the other statewide offices, many new Statehouse legislators and two new Ohio Supreme Court justices. We keep the same old anti-gun rights U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown. As we start a new legislative session with Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, it seems the outgoing governor gave us one last gift. Kasich’s...

Top 6 Shooting Myths And Half-Truths

by Jon R. Sundra
7:00am Friday, January 11, 2019
What’s fact — and what’s fiction — when it comes to some commonly held shooting and hunting beliefs? You might be surprised. Straight shooting on these common shooting misconceptions: Long barrels are more accurate than short barrels A bullet rises as it leaves the muzzle ‘Enough gun’ means dropping animals immediately Mystical ballistics really do exist Handloads are more accurate than factory...

Department of Justice Rescinds ATF Guidance Documents

by Teresa Ficaretta
7:00am Thursday, January 10, 2019
In a press release issued on December 21, 2018, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker announced the rescission of 69 guidance documents the Department of Justice (DOJ) believes are unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law or otherwise improper. The documents were rescinded pursuant to Executive Order 13777 and a November 16, 2017, memorandum signed by Attorney General Sessions...

Portage County Sheriff arrests concealed carry instructor; Scioto Co. sheriff investigating another

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, January 09, 2019
Cleveland FOX 8 reported recently that the Portage County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man accused of issuing training certificates for firearms training he was supposed to provide but never did. From the article : Anthony Drago, 47, was an NRA instructor. In Ohio, it is mandatory to undergo firearms training to obtain an Ohio Concealed Carry License. Drago allegedly gave out the licenses...

12th District Court of Appeals reverses firearms conviction

7:00am Tuesday, January 08, 2019
Buckeye Firearms Association member Jonathan Fox, an attorney in Butler County, recently obtained a win for another BFA member who had been convicted of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle in the Preble County Municipal Court. Hall was stopped by an Ohio State Trooper for a traffic violation and immediately announced that he was a lawful concealed carry holder and had placed his...

Attorney General announces Third Quarter 2018 CHL statistics; RECORD 660,000 enjoy Ohio concealed carry

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, January 07, 2019
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the third quarter of 2018. As has been true for every quarterly report for 10 plus years, we set a new record for total number of people licensed to discretely carry their firearms. During the second quarter Ohio Sheriff’s issued 13,865 initial CHL’s, renewed 23,847 CHLs and processed 6 Temporary...

3 Republican Senators Who Flip-Flopped on Duty to Retreat

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, January 04, 2019
Last month, many gun owners were disappointed to learn that a provision that would have removed the "duty to retreat" language from Ohio's self-defense test was removed from House Bill 228 before it was passed by the Ohio Senate. While we did everything we could to preserve this language, it was deleted from the bill by a Senate committee in order to pick up votes to get it passed in the full...

H.B. 228: Veto override is start of push to protect Ohioans' Second Amendment rights

3:00pm Thursday, January 03, 2019
The recent battle over House Bill 228 proves that power and money don't always win when it comes to Ohio law. But it also proves that the fight never ends when it comes to protecting Ohioans' Constitutional rights. The Ohio General Assembly showed true grit in returning during Christmas break to override Gov. John Kasich's veto, but it took removing "duty to retreat" and other provisions to get...

Own a BANNED Bump Stock? Here's what the ATF wants you to do with it

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, January 03, 2019
For the record, Buckeye Firearms Association strongly disagrees with the ruling by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) "clarifying" that bump stocks are "machineguns." We provide the following information for educational purposes only. Note that lawsuits have been filed in this matter and the possibility exists that there will be court action. Otherwise, this rule goes...

2018 and Your Gun Rights - The Year in Review

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, January 02, 2019
While there is far too much to cover in a single article, we reflect on some of the important events of 2018. January: The Justice Department announces that it is seeking input on a proposal by President Trump and the BATFE to ban bump stocks via a reinterpretation of the statutory definition of “machine gun” in the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act. Fox News reports that a Democrat-...

Buckeyefirearms.org: Top 10 News Items of 2018

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, December 31, 2018
In 2018 we published approximately 300 news articles, along with other types of content. Over the years, we have published approximately 12,600 articles, covering elections, legislation, and all manner of events and information of interest to Second Amendment supporters. Ours is an international audience. Beyond the U.S., we receive the most visits from Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, India,...

Who’s BS’ing Now? Gonzalez Argues for Gun Confiscation but Insists She’s “Pro Second Amendment”

3:00pm Friday, December 28, 2018
Gun control advocates are constantly looking for the right messenger to push an agenda that boils down to law-abiding Americans giving up their freedoms, their security, and their property without expectation of affecting the behavior of criminals. It’s a tough pitch, which is probably why it has always been difficult for its adherents to sustain any lasting intensity in the public debate. This...

Ohio General Assembly Overrides Gov. Kasich's Veto of H.B. 228 [UPDATE: VOTE TALLIES]

by Jim Irvine
10:45am Thursday, December 27, 2018
NOTE: The contents of this article were updated as circumstances warranted. In a historic action, the Ohio General Assembly has overridden Governor Kasich's ill-advised veto of H.B. 228. The House override was on a 67 to 22 vote. The Ohio Senate override was on a 21 to 11 vote. Even though John Kasich used all his political power and even used political gamesmanship, he could not stop the...

2018: Buckeye Firearms Association's Long List of Activities and Accomplishments

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, December 27, 2018
When I began thinking about writing a review of this year's activities, it didn't take long to realize that this would be a daunting task. While we try to keep supporters informed of what's going on day-to-day and month-to-month, we spend a lot more time working than tooting our own horn. But I started making notes and surprised myself when I saw just how many pages I filled up with the things we...

Cleveland Plain Dealer fails to report truth about local gun control laws

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Just days before Election Day 2018, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published a series of articles exploring how Ohio's pro-gun legislators (many of whom were up for reelection and would have very little time to respond to the expose) "took away" local government's ability to establish gun control laws, and then implied that a rise in "gun deaths" was the result. The articles, written by Rich Exner ,...

Merry Christmas from Buckeye Firearms Association

3:00pm Monday, December 24, 2018
Merry Christmas to one and all from all of us at Buckeye Firearms Association. Our best gift is the friendship and support given by each of you throughout the year. As we reflect on the year's passing, we count our many blessings, remember our losses, and give thanks for those who helped us through it all. We each need to take time to appreciate our friends and family during this special time of...

Kasich veto statement on H.B. 228 rings as hollow as his word

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, December 24, 2018
The House and Senate passed Substitute H.B. 228 and the Act was sent to the Governor's desk. Governor John Kasich (R) vetoed the bill and issued a press release explaining his decision. The statement is as twisted as his record on firearms. He starts by stating that, "Since first being elected to the Ohio Senate in 1976, I have consistently supported Ohioans' constitutional right to bear arms and...

Another Ohio school board moves to protect its students with armed staff members

7:00am Friday, December 21, 2018
Cincinnati's FOX 19 is reporting that a Clinton County school district is the latest in the Tri-State to allow teachers and other staff members to carry guns. From the article : The Blanchester School Board voted Monday night to allow trained staff members to carry the weapons on campus. The unanimous vote was based on a public resolution, sources tell FOX19 NOW. FOX19 is working to gather more...

Cleveland Plain Dealer admits anti-gun editorial error; Has refused to correct past mistakes

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, December 20, 2018
On December 11, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published an editorial calling for Gov. John Kasich to veto HB 228 on the grounds that it upends "the longstanding legal requirement in every state of the union that someone claiming they shot in self-defense show by a preponderance of the evidence that they were justified in believing that." The problem? The truth is that the longstanding legal...

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