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Federal Gun Control is on the Move! Tell Your Senators to Oppose H.R.8, S.42 and H.R. 1112!

7:00am Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Anti-gun Democrats made good on their promises..., advancing two extreme gun control bills through the U.S. House of Representatives. While there remains a slim pro-gun majority in the upper chamber, your U.S. Senators need to hear from you NOW to ensure the Second Amendment firewall stays intact and stops this legislation in its tracks. NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox condemned the...

Medical Marijuana? Say Goodbye to Your Gun Rights

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on our website December 12, 2017. We are republishing it now that Ohio media have finally caught on. (See here and here and here and here .) House Bill 523, passed on September 8, 2016, legalized medical marijuana in Ohio. The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program will allow residents of the state with certain qualifying conditions, and a...

Emergency Shockwave Fix Bill Signed by Governor

2:43pm Monday, March 11, 2019
Pictured from left: Doug Deeken (Ohioans for Concealed Carry), Jim Irvine (Buckeye Firearms Association), Senate President Larry Obhof, Sen. Kristina Roegner, Governor Mike DeWine, Rep. Phil Plummer, House Speaker Larry Householder, Larry Moore (Buckeye Firearms Association). Photo by Daniel Tierney, courtesy of the office of Governor DeWine. Today Governor DeWine signed into law House Bill 86,...

Ohio Attorney General Releases Concealed Handgun License Stats for 2018

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, March 11, 2019
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the fourth quarter of 2018 and the annual report. As we note every report: More Ohioans than ever are discreetly carrying firearms as they go about their day. As in the prior year, there was a decline in new licenses, but strong renewal numbers led to record number of total licenses issued for the...

Mindset vs. Hardware

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, March 08, 2019
I have a confession to make. I like guns and gear. If you are reading this website, then you probably do as well. Nothing wrong with that. Guns are cool. Having the latest and greatest new gear makes people happy and drives growth in an industry where many of us make our living. But understand this: cool guy guns and gear won’t guarantee you’ll win your next life threatening confrontation. In...

ALERT: Ohio Senate Passes HB 86 Shockwave Error Fix; Bill headed to Governor's Desk

2:35pm Wednesday, March 06, 2019
The Ohio Senate today voted to pass HB 86 with a 23 to 9 vote. Last week, the House passed the bill by 76 to 20 vote. The legislation will now be sent to Governor DeWine's desk for his signature. This bill is a bipartisan effort to fix a drafting error in HB 228 which passed in late December in the previous legislative session. This bill clarifies the original intent of HB 228, and makes clear...

‘Study’ Misled with the Data, But Made News

by Larry Keane
7:00am Wednesday, March 06, 2019
A “study” released at the end of last year predictably sparked headlines such as “US Leads the World in Child Gun Deaths.” Because this illustrates a familiar pattern, it deserves our attention still. We know fatal firearm accidents are down, and near historic lows. We know that there are drastic differences between firearm accidents involving young children, and gang-related gun crime among...

Bloomberg Wants Armed Guards for Alma Mater as He Seeks to Disarm Average Citizens

7:00am Tuesday, March 05, 2019
Far more a statist than a liberal, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg does understand the role armed force can play in protecting human life. He just doesn’t value your life. This point was brought home when the Billionaire gun control patron made clear his support for a private armed police force at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University. According to a report from the Baltimore Sun...

Fremont City Schools Trying to Shut Down Programs for Shooting and Hunting

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Monday, March 04, 2019
Buckeye Firearms Association has learned that Fremont City Schools is attempting to shut down high school programs for shooting, hunting, archery, and other outdoor activities. Please attend the next school board meeting to show your support for these healthy, character-building activities. WHEN: March 11, 2019 starting at 6 p.m. WHERE: Fremont Middle School 1250 North Street Fremont, OH 43420 A...

Senator Cecil Thomas (D) introduces package of gun control bills; SB 62 could ban rubber bands

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, March 04, 2019
Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) has introduced four gun control bills in the Ohio Senate. SB 62 (Ban Rate Increasing Devices) This bill seeks "to prohibit certain conduct regarding trigger cranks, bump-fire devices, and other items that accelerate a semi-automatic firearm's rate of fire but do not convert it into an automatic firearm." Since "accessories" that "function to accelerate the rate...

Ohio Judge Rules Against Bloomberg-Funded Lawyers Trying to Stop Armed Teachers

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, March 01, 2019
You've no doubt heard about our victorious lawsuits against Columbus and Cincinnati over unconstitutional bump stock laws. But there's another lawsuit we've been involved with recently that you probably know nothing about. It's called Gabbard v. Madison Local School District and it may be the most important firearm legal case in Ohio. The case involves Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety...

2019 Sportsmen’s Alliance Legislative Reception

7:00am Thursday, February 28, 2019
The Sportsmen’s Alliance will host its annual Legislative Reception on Tuesday, March 19, at the Athletic Club in downtown Columbus from 6-8 p.m. All Ohio sportsmen are encouraged to attend! The event is free of charge. Food and refreshments will be served. “Sportsmen and women should come to this free event to meet their elected officials and discuss with them the role hunters, anglers and...

President Trump to Sign Public Lands Package to Benefit Gun Owners and Sportsmen

3:00pm Wednesday, February 27, 2019
On February 26, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Natural Resources Management Act of 2019 (S. 47). The House has sent the act to President Trump, who has said he will sign the act into law. Two weeks ago, the Senate passed the act with a massive majority of 92-8, showing that lawmakers can reach a consensus when they really want to. Also called the "Public Lands Package," this...

ALERT: Ohio House Passes HB 86 Shockwave Error Fix

1:28pm Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The Ohio House today voted to pass HB 86 with a 76 to 20 vote. This bill is a bipartisan effort to fix a drafting error in HB 228 which passed in late December in the previous legislative session. The bill is now headed to the Senate for consideration. The House also voted in favor of an emergency clause by 72 to 23 to make the bill effective immediately upon signing by the Governor rather than...

Gun control dream state: Illinois background checks fail and firearms license revocations are ignored

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Later today, the United States House of Representatives will be taking up consideration of two gun control measures. H.R. 8 would impose a so-called “universal” background check gun registration scheme, and H.R. 1112 creates an unworkable system where gun buyers could be placed in an endless loop of background checks and would never actually receive the firearms they wish to purchase. Viewers of...

[UPDATE] Bill to fix drafting error on Shockwave fix passed by Senate 24-8

by Chad D. Baus
11:28am Tuesday, February 26, 2019
A bill to fix a drafting error made by the Legislative Services Commission (LSC) on HB 228 was passed out of the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee this morning on a 7-3 party-line vote. The bill was then passed later this afternoon by the Senate 24-8. After passage of the bill, bill co-sponsor Sen. Jay Hottinger (R) posted the following on his Facebook page by way of explanation: “...

Ohio 2019-2020 Hunting and Fishing Licenses Available Soon

7:00am Tuesday, February 26, 2019
COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio’s hunters and anglers will soon be able to purchase their new state licenses. On Friday, March 1, outdoorsmen and women will be able to purchase their 2019-2020 hunting and fishing licenses at wildohio.gov and at hundreds of participating agents throughout the state, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). A new purchasing system launched two years ago,...

Gun Control to Be Heard on the Floor of the House of Representatives This Week

7:00am Monday, February 25, 2019
As we reported last week, anti-gun members of the House Judiciary Committee voted to move forward with two gun control bills. These bills will be on the House floor this next week, so please contact your U.S. Representative and ask them to oppose H.R. 8 and H.R. 1112. H.R. 8 would impose so-called “universal” background checks. But, this legislation doesn’t address how criminals actually acquire...

Newly Updated BFA Forum Now Open

7:00am Friday, February 22, 2019
After many years of activity, our forum was starting to show signs of age. Like a creaky old house, it was time to do some upgrades and make it more modern and comfortable. But as you have no doubt learned after tackling fix-ups around your own home, projects that seem quick and easy often turn out to be much longer and more involved. So it was with our forum. However, we're pleased to announce...

Please Contact Your U.S. Representative Today and Ask Them to Vote Against H.R. 8 and H.R. 1112!

3:00pm Thursday, February 21, 2019
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee just passed H.R. 8 and H.R. 1112, and they have been sent to the U.S. House floor for a vote! These are Pelosi-Bloomberg gun control bills designed to score political points, and they won’t have any impact on crime or criminals, don’t address America’s broken mental health system and don’t address the underlying causes of violence. For more information, click...

Bill to fix drafting error on Shockwave fix passed by House committee

by Chad D. Baus
1:14pm Thursday, February 21, 2019
A bill to fix a drafting error made by the Legislative Services Commission (LSC) on HB 228 was passed out of the House Federalism Committee yesterday on a 8-5 party-line vote. From the Gongwer News Service's coverage of the hearing: A House committee Wednesday reported a measure to correct a drafting error in controversial firearm legislation from last session despite objections from Democratic...

U.S. Supreme Court (Finally) Takes Another Second Amendment Challenge to a Gun Control Law

7:00am Thursday, February 21, 2019
[Recently], the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a Second Amendment challenge to a gun control law for the first time in nearly 10 years. Arguments in the case will likely be heard during the court’s next term, which starts in October. During the opening decade of the 21st Century, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two landmark rulings that many hoped would revitalize the Second Amendment, which had...

Attorney General Dave Yost Joins Other States In Effort to Bolster the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

7:00am Wednesday, February 20, 2019
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has included Ohio in two multistate efforts to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to bring clarity to federal court rulings about the ability of citizens to exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Yost joined 21 state attorneys general and governors in a brief outlining why the Supreme Court should review a lawsuit challenging a...

UPDATED: Ohio General Assembly introduces emergency fix for Shockwave error

12:35pm Tuesday, February 19, 2019
[UPDATE: This article originally only covered the introduction of a bill in the Senate. The House has also introduced a companion bill, HB 86.] Download the Senate bill here . Download the House bill here . Thanks to BFA volunteers personally working with legislators for weeks, a fix for the Shockwave error has finally been introduced. Senate Bill 53 seeks to correct the drafting error made by...

Shocker: Focusing on Criminals Yields Public Safety Results

7:00am Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Anti-gun organizations want you to believe that the next law, the next restriction on gun rights, the next burden for law-abiding gun owners will be the game-changer. Whenever gun control fails – and it always does – the answer is that the effort didn’t go far enough. Researchers grasp for an excuse when they find their preferred gun control laws have no effect on crime. Chicago experienced fewer...

Life, Liberty…and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

by William Connell Cawthon Jr.
7:00am Monday, February 18, 2019
I frequently answer questions on Quora . With 368,000 views and about 14,900 upvotes (the equivalent of “likes”) in just shy of 21 months, It appears that there are some people think what I write is worthwhile. There are many questions about the Second Amendment. Some are trolling; some are legitimate questions. One person wondered why the Amendment was written with the militia clause and asked...

Working to prevent tragedies vs. waiting to exploit them

by Joe Bartozzi, NSSF President
7:00am Friday, February 15, 2019
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has made no secret about her desire for more gun restrictions. She has prepared an a la carte menu of ideas from universal background checks to bans on “assault weapons” and standard capacity magazines to ending sales to those between the ages of 18 and 21. On the other side of Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif...

Drafting Error Causes Confusion over Shockwave Fix

by Dean Rieck
9:00am Thursday, February 14, 2019
[UPDATE: Ohio Senate introduces emergency fix for Shockwave error ] We've been getting some questions about legislative language intended to make the Mossberg Shockwave and similar firearms legal in Ohio. Buckeye Firearms Association attorney Sean Maloney, along with the Attorney General's office, worked on the language several years ago. However, it didn't find its way into a bill until HB 228,...

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

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, February 14, 2019
Maysville, KY's The Ledger-Independent is reporting that an Adams County school district is the latest in Ohio to make plans allowing teachers and other staff members to carry guns. From the article : After revealing the intent to arm school staff, Manchester Local Schools Superintendent Brian Rau posted answers to some frequently asked questions people may have with the situation in the school...

NRA Applauds Attorneys General Amicus Brief on NJ Permit Case; Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Among Signers

3:00pm Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Fairfax, Va. - The National Rifle Association today applauded an amicus brief signed by twenty-three attorneys general in support of Rogers v. Grewal, an NRA-backed Supreme Court case challenging New Jersey's unconstitutional requirements for obtaining a handgun carry permit. The effort was led by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. “Law-abiding citizens should not be required to prove they...

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