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2019 Buckeye Bash a HUGE Success

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Tuesday, April 16, 2019
On Saturday, April 6, 2019, we held our annual Buckeye Bash dinner and fundraiser for our Foundation. I can say without question, it was one of the best in our history. The room was packed to near capacity. Many of our fellow gun and sportsmen organizations were there, including the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Division of Wildlife, The Ohio Gun Collectors Association, and Sportsmen...

Dick’s Sporting Goods Loses $150 million on Gun Control Crusade

7:00am Tuesday, April 16, 2019
For the last year we’ve been reporting on the bizarre saga of Dick’s Sporting Goods’ transformation from a relatively functional purveyor of mainstream sporting goods to a groveling symbol of modern corporate virtue signaling. On Friday, new evidence emerged of just how much that crusade has cost the retailer. It hasn’t been a pretty story. Dick’s CEO Edward Stack – with evident pressure from the...

Volunteers needed for Ohio Scholastic Action Shooting Program State Match

7:00am Monday, April 15, 2019
The Ohio Ohio Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) State Match will be held at the Cardinal Center in Merango, Ohio on May 18 & 19, and volunteers are needed to serve as RSOs and Scorekeepers. Organizers are expecting 200 athletes (120 had already registered by the first week in April). Lunch will be provided to volunteers. Volunteers are encouraged to signup here . SASP Website Please...

Headline: Manchester Local Schools votes 4-1 in favor of arming teachers

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, April 12, 2019
WCPO (ABC Cincinnati) is reporting that the board of Manchester Local Schools voted 4-1 in favor of arming teachers and staff in front of a scattered handful of spectators Wednesday night. Superintendent Brian Rau was quoted as saying he believed the meager turnout was an indication most of the community supported his plan, which would allow volunteer staff members to carry concealed weapons...

Visit us at the NRA Show in Indianapolis - Booth #4921

3:00pm Thursday, April 11, 2019
For the first time ever, Buckeye Firearms Association will have a booth at the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits! Come say hello and enter our gun giveaway! WHERE: Indiana Convention Center 100 S. Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46225 Booth #4921 We're just across the isle from Smith & Wesson WHEN: Apr 26, Friday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Apr 27, Saturday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Apr 28, Sunday 10:00 AM - 5:...

Headline: Texas company that destroyed bump stocks sues US government

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, April 11, 2019
The Associated Press is reporting that a company that was forced to destroy more than 73,000 bump stocks when the Trump administration's ban on the devices went into effect last month has filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming more than $20 million in losses. From the article: RW Arms of Fort Worth on Monday announced the lawsuit and said the government took its property "without...

Federal Court Finds California Magazine Ban Violates the Second Amendment

7:00am Wednesday, April 10, 2019
In one of the strongest judicial statements in favor of the Second Amendment to date, Judge Roger T. Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California determined on Friday, March 29, that California’s ban on commonly possessed firearm magazines violates the Second Amendment. The case is Duncan v. Becerra. The NRA-supported case had already been up to the U.S. Court of...

2019 Buckeye Blast – TDI Fun Shoot

by Jim Irvine and Candy Petticord
7:00am Tuesday, April 09, 2019
Buckeye Firearm Association’s largest and longest running shooting event, The Buckeye Blast, was held at Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) on Sunday, March 31st. Before we begin our recap of this phenomenal event, we wish to extend special thanks to Mr. John Benner and his TDI staff for hosting this event. Mr. Benner has long believed in giving back to the community, and one of the ways he does...

CMP Seeking Assistance for 2019 National Rifle and Pistol Matches

by Ashley Brugnone
7:00am Monday, April 08, 2019
The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is in search of individuals to serve as members of our Support Team during the 2019 National Matches rifle and pistol events, held in July and August at the historic Camp Perry National Guard Training Base in Ohio. CMP NM Support Staff will be assisting with CMP National Match events only and will be picked from a selection process through all received...

Legacy Media Push New Zealand Gun Confiscation Using Lies about Australian Ban

7:00am Friday, April 05, 2019
The ongoing cheerleading effort by the international press in furtherance of the New Zealand government’s gun confiscation plans is enough to make any journalist with even a shred of objectivity blush. Worse, some outlets have resorted to or propagated lies about Australia’s gun confiscation experience in order to push their anti-gun agenda. Much of a March 17 piece from the Associated Press...

Gov. DeWine Steps Up for Ohio Sportsmen in First Budget

3:00pm Thursday, April 04, 2019
Responding to concerns about declining services to Ohio sportsmen, Gov. Mike DeWine’s newly released biennial budget proposal would take major steps to address the pending financial crisis facing the Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Division of Wildlife and help it return to the level of quality expected by its paying customers, Ohio’s sportsmen. A recent analysis of the Division of Wildlife’...

U.S. Politicians Cheer New Zealand Gun Confiscation

7:00am Thursday, April 04, 2019
American gun owners have once again been reminded that the ultimate goal of U.S. gun control advocates is firearms bans and confiscation. Since the heinous terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, American anti-gun politicians, activists, and media outlets have offered their full-throated support for the New Zealand government’s efforts to ban and confiscate firearms from law-abiding gun...

Images of bump stock shredder invoke memories of Australian gun destruction

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, April 03, 2019
On March 26, the Trump administration's dictatorial ban on bump stocks took effect in the United States. The ban was implemented through executive fiat - Trump instructed his Department of Justice to change an interpretation of a rule on the definition of "semi-automatic" to exclude the devices, despite the fact that they do not change the operation of the semi-automatic firearm. A rifle fitted...

Representatives Hood and Brinkman introduce HB 178 (Constitutional Carry, Concealed Weapons License & Remove Duty to Notify)

by Jim Irvine & Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Editor's Note: This article has been updated to reference HB 178. A previous version of the bill (HB 174) was introduced with language that is no longer necessary, thanks to passage of HB 86. Representatives Ron Hood (R-78) and Tom Brinkman (R-27) have introduced House Bill 178, a bill which seeks to have Ohio join the growing number of states which allow "constitutional" carry, or lawful carry...

April Fools: Gun Controllers Use Fuzzy Math to Push an Agenda That Doesn’t Add Up

7:00am Monday, April 01, 2019
There are a lot of things Second Amendment supporters and gun control advocates disagree on, including history, constitutional interpretation, the frequency of armed self-defense, and the role of human agency in violent crime. But one thing everybody should have a common understanding of is numbers and mathematics. Unfortunately, recent events show that even when it comes to numerals and counting...

Who Are the Real Extremists?

7:00am Friday, March 29, 2019
NRA is often vilified by the gun-ban community and its supporters in the mainstream, legacy media as an “extremist” organization because of its steadfast defense of our Right to Keep and Bear Arms. A simple look into the anti-gun agenda, however, will show that proponents of restriction on a right protected by the U.S. Constitution are the true extremists. In Oregon, we see just how extreme the...

Another Study Blames Guns, Excludes Reality

7:00am Thursday, March 28, 2019
A study published in Preventative Medicine by Yu Lu and Jeff R. Temple concludes that “the majority of mental health symptoms examined were not related to gun violence. Instead, access to firearms was the primary culprit.” The first caveat here is that the researchers did not measure or test “gun violence.” They asked respondents – young adults who at one time attended one of seven public high...

Polls: No Lasting Support for Gun Control One Year After Parkland

7:00am Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Thursday February 14 marked the one year anniversary of the terrible crimes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. It was a somber occasion, but some media outlets couldn’t contain their glee this week that last year’s horror might finally advance the anti-gun agenda. A CNN headlined heralded “A new era on guns.” “After Parkland, everything is different,” Salon gushed. But a new...

HB 228: What the New Ohio Gun Laws Mean to You

3:00pm Tuesday, March 26, 2019
House Bill 228 takes effect on March 28, 2019. Here are the changes and how they may affect you. The biggest change is easily the “burden shift.” For decades, Ohio has been the only state which required the victim of a deadly force encounter to prove self-defense if charged. The State could seize your property, deny your civil rights, and imprison you without ever proving a thing. No more! This...

Blast from the Past: Proof Found That Brady Campaign Still Exists!

7:00am Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Nostalgia gripped gun owners [recently] as longtime foe the Brady Campaign managed to garner a few measly headlines in the media landscape they once commanded so ably. As it happens, the Brady Campaign has decided to undergo another rebranding effort and will now go by simply “Brady.” For those counting, this is the fourth different name for the outmoded handgun prohibition organization...

Why do high school students think our rights come from the government?

by Ken McEntee
7:00am Monday, March 25, 2019
Why do high school students think our rights come from the government? In the wake of last year’s Valentine’s Day massacre inside Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School , mainstream media repeatedly trotted out a small group of carefully selected Douglas students who served as the expert voices of America’s youth, demanding that something be done about gun violence – specifically “calling...

Legal challenge to Trump bump stock ban to have hearing today; Runs up against March 26 deadline

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, March 22, 2019
On February 20, 2018, President Trump issued a memorandum instructing the Attorney General "to dedicate all available resources to … propose for notice and comment a rule banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machineguns." His administration followed through on his wishes, and on December 18, 2018, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker announced that the Department of Justice had...

Armed Ohio realtors turn tables on would-be attacker

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, March 21, 2019
WKRC (CBS Cincinnati) reported recently that two realtors - a father and son team - were forced to use their legally-concealed handguns to defend themselves when they were threatened by a violent intruder inside a vacant property. From the article : The house on S. 11th St. in Hamilton is vacant but last month, Kyle Morrical and his father, Phil Morrical III, got a call that someone had broken in...

City of Columbus Sues Ohio to Shred Constitutional Gun Rights

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Wednesday, March 20, 2019
In a move that has sent shock waves across Ohio, the City of Columbus has decided to ignore more than a decade of legislation and litigation in order to file a lawsuit to shred the Constitution and erase ALL gun rights statewide. City of Columbus v. State of Ohio seeks to overturn ORC 9.68 , a section of Ohio law commonly known as "preemption," which prohibits cities from regulating firearms,...

SAF says CT Gun Lawsuit Like "Prosecuting Car Makers For Crimes of Car Thieves'

7:00am Wednesday, March 20, 2019
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation [recently] criticized the 4-3 split decision by the Connecticut state Supreme Court that reinstated a lawsuit against Remington Arms over how it marketed the Bushmaster rifle used in the tragic 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. “This ruling strains logic, if not common sense,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “The court...

Gun control extremists' best plans for stopping mass shootings proven a total failure in New Zealand attack

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, March 19, 2019
A 28 year-old self-described fascist is accused of carrying out a pre-planned terror attack on worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15, 2019. When the attack was over, at least 50 people were dead and 36 others wounded . The accused attacker has been apprehended. Gun rights activists have often speculated that anti-gun rights persons might be conducting these attacks as...

The Shockwave Fix It Bill - What really happened?

by Jim Irvine 
3:00pm Monday, March 18, 2019
Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) worked for two years to pass House Bill 228 (Fix Burden of Proof / Concealed Carry Modernization) against the wishes of a hostile Kasich administration and dozens of anti-gun organizations. But in the last days of 2018, we prevailed, not only passing the bill but overriding a veto by the Governor. However, something unfortunate happened: There was a drafting...

80 year-old deli owner evens the odds when two men try to rob him at gunpoint

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, March 18, 2019
WJW (Fox Cleveland) reported recently that an 80 year-old deli owner was forced to defend his own life when two masked men attempted to rob his store at gunpoint. From the article : Cleveland police are searching for two men who attempted to rob Clark Deli on W. 73rd Street Sunday morning. Mike Makkal, the owner of Clark Deli, told FOX 8 two men concealing their faces wearing hooded sweatshirts...

Hundreds of Ohio Concealed Handgun Licenses suspended in Mahoning Valley; Over two dozen more in Scioto County

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, March 15, 2019
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost recently released the Ohio Concealed Handgun License Stats for 2018, and several media outlets were quick to note that license revocations had spiked. What they failed to note is the reason why - namely that two firearms instructors were accused of having falsified statements claiming students had received proper training. As a result, law enforcement were forced...

Dick’s Sporting Goods to Remove Firearms From 125 More Stores

7:00am Thursday, March 14, 2019
Continuing to pursue the tightened gun policies that initially drove its stock down, Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) has announced it will remove hunting gear from about 125 stores. The change, expected to begin August 1, will affect about 17 percent of the company’s stores. The announcement, coupled with continuing declines in same-store sales since 2017, is being credited with a nearly 11...

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