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House Bill 228 passes Ohio House [UPDATED: VOTE TALLIES]

by Jim Irvine
4:00pm Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Editor's Note: This article is being updated as additional information becomes available. HB 228 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization), sponsored by Representatives Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) and Sarah LaTourette (R-Chesterland) has passed out of the Ohio House by a vote of 65 to 32. Rep. Johnson thanked those who worked directly with legislators over the last two years to pass...

Why all pro-2A Ohioans should oppose late amendments to H.B. 228

1:11pm Wednesday, November 14, 2018
As we mentioned earlier this week, House Bill 228 finally might come to a vote very soon . This is the bill that, after several hearings and a possible vote earlier this year, the Republican majority decided to put on the back burner. At the same time, they were moving forward with more hearings on House Bill 585 , Gov. John Kasich’s problematic gun-control measure. H.B. 228 is a good bill – not...

Guns & Ammo "Best States for Gun Owners" shows Ohio legislators have a lot of work to do

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Since 2013, GunsandAmmo.com has ranked the 50 united States and Washington D.C. according to "Best States for Gun Owners." The 50 united States and Washington D.C. are ranked by Guns & Ammo on the following criteria: Right to Carry Black Rifles NFA Castle Doctrine Miscellaneous (incl. red flag laws, preemption statutes, as well as the availability of places to shoot, etc.). A look at where...

ALERT: H.B. 228 may be coming up for a vote

3:37pm Tuesday, November 13, 2018
H.B. 228 may be finally coming up for a vote in the Ohio House of Representatives very soon. Our top priority this session remains correcting Ohio’s defective burden of proof standard for self-defense victims. Ohio law runs contrary to Federal law, the other 49 states, and our moral code that a person has the presumption of innocence, and is thus “innocent until proven guilty.” Ohio law is...

Gun Control Editorial Twist: Saving One Life “Does Not Justify” Right-to-Carry

7:00am Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Gun control advocates often use some version of the phrase “if it saves one life” in order to justify their ineffective proposals. This week, the anti-gun editorial page of the Chicago Sun-Times offered a different take. Fearful that the Right-to-Carry was getting too much good publicity in the wake of an Illinois concealed carry permit holder’s heroic actions, the Sun-Times editorial board felt...

Lame-duck Kasich renews calls for gun control; promises veto of bill that would restore presumption of innocence

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Monday, November 12, 2018
If it wasn't that he was a liar and backstabber who is threatening to veto a bill that would restore the presumption of innocence to people who act in self-defense in the State of Ohio, it would be hard not to either laugh at or feel sorry for the increasingly pathetic lame-duck Governor John Kasich. Consider the facts: John Kasich, the man who once worked hard for passage of the 1994 Clinton "...

Ohio's Traditional Deer-Gun Hunting Season Begins Nov. 26

7:00am Monday, November 12, 2018
Deer hunting is an extremely popular activity for sportsmen and women statewide, and Ohio’s white-tailed deer continue to provide hunters across the state with excellent opportunities for success as they head out into the field. Hunting remains the most effective management tool for maintaining Ohio’s healthy deer population, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Wildlife...

FASTER Saves Lives at OSBA conference

by Jim irvine
3:00pm Friday, November 09, 2018
FASTER Saves Lives will have a booth at the Ohio School Board Association (OSBA) trade show next week in Columbus, Ohio. Jeff Staggs, Superintendent of Newcomerstown schools will be presenting on Sunday afternoon. When: Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 1:00 pm. Where: Columbus Convention Center, room A210-212 Subject: Myths about having your staff armed Staggs is one of the most experienced...

Government-funded Researchers Discover Basic Ballistics

7:00am Friday, November 09, 2018
Each year, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) publishes the Wastebook, a project developed by former Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) in 2008. The document details the most ridiculous instances of federal government largesse, such as $1.7 million for a hologram comedy club in Jamestown, N.Y., $450,000 for National Science Foundation-funded research that determined dinosaurs couldn’t sing, and $230,000 for a...

Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2018 CHL statistics; RECORD 50,376 licenses issued or renewed

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Thursday, November 08, 2018
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2018. We established multiple new records, including most licenses ever issued in a quarter! During the second quarter Ohio Sheriffs issued 21,130 initial CHLs, 29,242 renewed CHLs and four Temporary Emergency Licenses (TELs). The combined 50,376 licenses is a new record and...

No Blue Wave in Ohio - Pro Gun Candidates Carry Election Day 2018!

by Jim Irvine
8:11am Wednesday, November 07, 2018
The Buckeye Firearms Association PAC-endorsed, A-rated ticket of Mike DeWine and Jon Husted (R) achieved victory in the race to see who would be the next Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. DeWine and Husted defeated Richard Cordray (D) in a rematch of the 2010 Attorney General race. Listed as a “toss up” in most polls, DeWine bested Cordray by over 184,000 votes, or better than 5% of the...

ELECTION DAY 2018 - VOTE YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS!!

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, November 06, 2018
THE POLLS ARE OPEN TODAY from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. NEW! Use our BFA Voter App to look up candidates on your computer or mobile device: OhioGunVote.com Election Day is here. We hear it every two years, "This is the most important election of our lifetime!" Obviously, every election can’t be "the most important." But it can be the most important one to date. Today is a critical election for Ohio...

It's time to overhaul the National Firearms Act of 1934 - and your vote could make it happen

by Tim Inwood
3:00pm Monday, November 05, 2018
Some laws grow stale with age and the National Firearms Act (NFA), at 84 years old, is one of those laws that needs complete overhaul, if not repeal. The 1920s and 30s were a period of sensational headlines dealing with interstate bandits and mobsters. You know the names as Hollywood has glorified these thugs in many films over the years: "Baby Face" Nelson, John Dillinger, "Machine Gun" Kelly, "...

Free CCW Licenses for Military Members

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, November 05, 2018
Senate Bill 81, sponsored by Senator Terhar (R-8), was signed into law in August and became effective today, Monday, November 5, 2018. SB 81 specifies that active duty military and retired and honorably discharged veterans will have their fees waived for initial and renewed Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs). NOTE: This does NOT mean military members can carry concealed without a license. You must...

CNN Denies Reality of Gun Confiscation to Attack President Trump

7:00am Friday, November 02, 2018
It’s as if someone confiscated the facts from CNN. When it comes to guns or President Donald Trump the self-professed “most trusted name in news” has a difficult time telling the truth. Combine those topics into a single story and the network can’t seem to help but fabricate a story. In an October 19 piece for CNN.com titled, “ The 45 most bizarre lines from Donald Trump's wild Montana speech ,”...

Armed Defenders in the Classroom - Reality Replaces Myth

by Rob Morse
7:00am Thursday, November 01, 2018
Arming teachers is more than a concept, an idea, or a theory. Armed school staff are now a well-worn reality. The FASTER program teaches school staff to stop a threat and to treat the injured. That program has been in place for the last five years and has trained over a thousand teachers. These first responders have many days of instruction. Once they are back home, these teachers apply what they...

Profiling an Active Killer

by Ron Borsch
7:00am Wednesday, October 31, 2018
What motivates a person to become a mass killer? Using reason and logic may only give us a headache as we try to deduce the motive of an unreasonable and illogical rogue human. It may not be any easier if he survives. Profiling such a rogue would be difficult for most. Their motives can be as complicated as they are. Some surviving active killers have described a real or imagined wrong done to...

Study: Stricter Gun Laws Haven’t Made Communities Safer from Mass Shootings

7:00am Tuesday, October 30, 2018
A trauma research team has developed a profile of commonalities among communities where mass shootings have occurred that includes a shortage of mental health professionals, a relative lack of socialization opportunities, higher rates of income inequality, and relatively high housing costs. ... The findings were presented [last week] at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018 in...

Get out the pro-gun rights vote

by Jim Irvine
3:00pm Monday, October 29, 2018
It’s cliché but true. Whoever gets their people out to vote will win the election. If nothing else, President Trump’s win in 2016 proved that using past models to predict elections is a failed idea. Trump won Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. No Republican candidate has taken those three states since Ronald Reagan won 49 states in 1984, setting a record with 525 electoral votes. The same is...

Ohio NRA Board Members Make Endorsements for Nov. 6 General Election

3:00pm Monday, October 29, 2018
Ohio’s three National Rifle Association Board Members have made joint endorsements for the upcoming General Election on November 6. Ohio’s NRA Board Members are Ken Blackwell (former Ohio Secretary of State and President Trump’s advisor), Linda Walker (Board Vice President of Buckeye Firearms Association and co-chair of President Trump’s Second Amendment Advisory Board), and Sean Maloney (Defense...

When politicians speak truthfully on guns, BELIEVE THEM

by Larry Keane
7:00am Monday, October 29, 2018
Ever want to know what a politician really thinks about gun ownership? Just listen to what they say when they don’t think you’re listening. We’ve been given a case study this week thanks to Project Veritas . U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has claimed to support Second Amendment freedoms, but she cleared up any doubt when she was caught on camera saying she’d support a ban on modern sporting...

Study Finds Fewer People Willing to Answer Questions about Gun Ownership

7:00am Friday, October 26, 2018
A common thought (maybe even a rational one) is that gun owners hesitate to share their status as gun owners in surveys. It makes perfect sense, particularly in times of heightened concerns that anti-gun politicians are plotting to restrict our 2nd Amendment rights and the routine vilification of law-abiding gun owners by politicians, celebrities, and the media. A recent study confirmed that more...

Sportsmen and Women Pump More than $93 Billion into US Economy

7:00am Thursday, October 25, 2018
NEWTOWN, Conn. — New economic reports reveal that more than 53 million Americans consider themselves sportsmen, spending more than $93.5 billion in 2016 on gear, licenses, travel, clothing, gas and more in connection with their hunting, target shooting and sportfishing activities. A series of reports released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, American Sportfishing Association and the...

FBI Acknowledges Life-Saving Potential of Armed Citizens

7:00am Wednesday, October 24, 2018
“Armed and unarmed citizens engaged the shooter in 10 incidents. They safely and successfully ended the shootings in eight of those incidents. Their selfless actions likely saved many lives. The enhanced threat posed by active shooters and the swiftness with which active shooter incidents unfold support the importance of preparation by law enforcement officers and citizens alike.” Those are the...

Two weeks till Election Day!

by Jim Irvine
6:00am Tuesday, October 23, 2018
It is two weeks till Election Day. November 6, 2018 is a critical day that will make possible or impossible many things for the next two years, and probably establish a trend for a longer period of time. In Ohio, there are eight statewide offices that Buckeye Firearms Association PAC has endorsed in. Some are obvious why they are important, and others are more subtle, but every election matters...

Ohio Gun Owners Should Vote Out Bad, Bad, Sherrod Brown

by Harold Hutchison
7:00am Monday, October 22, 2018
Some politicians have very bad records on the Second Amendment. We think of Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein very quickly in this regard. But there are some who have kept their anti-gun records below the radar. Jerrold Nadler, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is one of them. Another is Senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio. In seven terms as a member of the House of...

Gun control extremists' best plans for stopping school shootings proven a total failure in Russian attack

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, October 19, 2018
On Wednesday, October 18, an 18 year-old college student entered Kerch Polytechnic College in the city of Kerch (located in Russia-controlled Crimea) and began firing on fellow students and instructors. When his attack was done 15 minutes later, at least 20 people were dead and 70 others wounded . The attacker then took his own life. The American news media aren't giving wall-to-wall coverage on...

No, It’s Not Harder to Buy Allergy Medicine than a Gun

7:00am Thursday, October 18, 2018
A twist on an inaccurate old anti-gun talking point is making the rounds on social media. On September 10, anti-gun public relations professional Wendy Zipes Hunter tweeted about a purported recent trip to drug store. Hunter claimed, “Couldn’t buy Claritin D today because my drivers license just expired - govt rule- wish the govt was that strict about buying guns.” The message reached a wider...

Oregon Teen Shoots Down Discriminatory Walmart Gun Policy

7:00am Wednesday, October 17, 2018
In what might come as a shock to the legacy press, it turns out there are plenty of young people who value their Second Amendment rights and are willing to fight for them. Case in point: 18-year-old Hannah Brumbles of Deer Island, Ore. Last week, the Beaver State’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) ruled in the young woman’s favor after she challenged a Walmart policy that denied shotgun and...

NRA responds to Ohio Supreme Court's proposed rules to seize and destroy guns

7:00am Wednesday, October 17, 2018
On Monday, October, 8, we alerted gun owners across the state and around the country to a shocking move by the Ohio Supreme Court (OSC) that would empower law enforcement to seize guns without due process of law. This move was made through proposed amendments to the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio - proposals which would usurp the role of elected lawmakers and represent the most...

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