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Appeals Court Tees Up Interstate Handgun Sale Ban for Possible Supreme Court Review

7:00am Wednesday, August 22, 2018
[In late July] in Mance v. Sessions , the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied, by one vote, a request for a rehearing of the case by the full panel of the court, and confirmed the reversal of a lower court decision that had ruled the interstate handgun sale ban to be unconstitutional. The individual plaintiffs, Frederic Russell Mance, Jr. and Tracey and Andrew Hanson, were...

Gallup: Gun Control Not High on List of Problems

7:00am Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Gallup’s July survey found that the number of Americans who cited guns or gun control as the most important problem facing America had returned to levels similar to before the shooting in Parkland, Fla. This month, just two percent of Americans say guns and gun control are the most important problem. It was only a few short months ago that a record number of Americans cited guns as the most...

Every vote counts (so it's time to get in the fight)!

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, August 20, 2018
Yes, every vote counts. Your participation matters. It may be cliché, but for good reason. The 2018 mid-term elections are less than three months away. Candidates are working hard for votes, and many people will stay home, thinking their vote does not really matter. In this year’s GOP primary election for 98th district in the Ohio House, it took over a month for Brett Hillyer to be declared the...

The time is NOW to register for the 33rd Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Chicago

7:00am Friday, August 17, 2018
It's not too late to register for the Second Amendment Foundation's 33rd Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago O’Hare Airport September 21-23, 2018! The conference is free for registrants and includes hundreds of dollars’ worth of educational materials, a Friday night reception, and Saturday box lunch and evening reception. (Travel, lodging and other meals...

Schumer Goes Full Semi-automatic

7:00am Thursday, August 16, 2018
Everybody knows you never go full semiautomatic. That is, except Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his anti-gun comrades. On July 22, the Senate minority leader decided to fear-monger about homemade 3D-printed firearms following a Justice Department settlement that will permit firearm schematics to be more readily shared online. Wailing that “America is going to get a lot less safe,” Schumer...

Moms Demand Action Reportedly Told Candidate Not to Talk about Support for Gun Ban

7:00am Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Another chapter in the lengthy tale of gun control duplicity was written last [month]. On July 10, The Washington Free Beacon published a report of a video of Democratic nominee for New York’s rural upstate 21st congressional district Tedra Cobb admitting that she had deceived constituents about her support for a ban on commonly-owned semi-automatic rifles. Since the story broke, Cobb’s comments...

"Gun-free" Great Britain scores horribly on violent crime

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, August 14, 2018
[Editor's Note: This article has been updated to correct for the use of a dated newslink, and to add additional, more current data.] In 1997, virtually all handguns were banned in Britain via the Firearms Act, on the promise of a reduction in crime and greater safety for the British people. The real result was the emergence of Britain as the "most violent country in Europe." By 2009, the Daily...

BFA PAC Endorses Frank LaRose for Ohio Secretary of State

7:00am Monday, August 13, 2018
Buckeye Firearms Association PAC is proud to endorse Frank LaRose for Ohio Secretary of State. “LaRose does not just vote for good legislation,” said BFA PAC Chairman Jim Irvine, “he is an engaged partner bringing new ideas and solutions forward to our group and members of the legislature. He is always looking for ways to make our laws, and proposed legislation, better for gun owners, service...

Kasich's anti-gun rights tantrums continue

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, August 10, 2018
Frustrated with pro-gun leaders from his own party in the General Assembly, and unafraid of the Ohio electorate now that he is term-limited, Gov. John Kasich (R) continues to show his true colors on the subject of the Second Amendment. For the better part of a year, Kasich has been demanding that legislators pass new gun control measures, including his proposed gun control bill, HB 585 , and...

Gun-grabber (presumably) defeated in Ohio's 12th Congressional District special election

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, August 09, 2018
Any gun owner who excuses his or her absence from the ballot box on the claim that their vote doesn't matter need look no further than Ohio's 12th Congressional District to recognize their folly. On August 7, a special election was held in central Ohio to fulfill the remainder of Rep. Pat Tiberi's (R) term. Tiberi resigned to take a job in the private sector. BFA- and NRA-endorsed Troy Balderson...

Florida authorities seize guns and ammo from hundreds of people

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Wednesday, August 08, 2018
Just weeks after the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Governor Rick Scott (R) signed “red flag” legislation allowing the state to seize guns and ammunition. Fox News is reporting that hundreds of guns and around 30,000 rounds of ammunition have been taken. The law also enacts a 3-day waiting period to buy a gun. This concept has been shown to have a negative effect...

Mission Impossible: California Court Upholds Microstamping Law

3:00pm Tuesday, August 07, 2018
It is not surprising that gun control activists who harp endlessly about “common sense” gun restrictions and the need for ever more legislative reforms aren’t particularly interested in whether the various bans and other restrictions actually qualify as “common sense” or effective, so long as the end result is fewer guns. A decade after the Heller case was decided, though, many of our nation’s...

Federal Appellate Court Upholds Decision to Block California’s Magazine Surrender Requirement

7:00am Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Last summer, we reported on the welcome news that a federal court had blocked California’s plan to require owners of “large capacity” magazines to surrender or otherwise rid themselves of their formerly-lawful property. As the judge in that case had put it: “On July 1, 2017, any previously law-abiding person in California who still possesses a firearm magazine capable of holding more than 10...

First Time Ever: Free Range Day at All ODNR Shooting Ranges

7:00am Monday, August 06, 2018
Recreational shooters both young and old are invited to experience one of Ohio’s premier public shooting ranges on Saturday, Aug. 11, during Ohio’s Free Range Day, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). On this day, the shooting range permit requirement will be waived at all ODNR Division of Wildlife Class “A,” “B,” and “C” shooting ranges. The ODNR Division of Wildlife is...

Gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine schools challenger on laws regarding guns made on 3-D printers

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, August 03, 2018
The vast difference between Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) and his Democrat challenger Richard Cordray (D) on the subject of gun rights was on full display Wednesday, with DeWine weighing in on the laws surrounding firearms made on 3-D printers, and Cordray proving his total ignorance on the subject. From the Columbus Dispatch : During a brief press conference at the chamber’s new offices in...

Obama endorses Richard Cordray for Ohio gov as his former AG Eric Holder assists the campaign

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, August 02, 2018
"Show me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are." WKYC (Cleveland NBC) is reporting that former President Barack Obama (D) has endorsed Democrat Richard Cordray in his bid to win the Ohio governor's office, citing his work in his (anti-gun rights) administration as reason for his support. The news comes in the wake of an Associated Press report that Obama's former U.S. Attorney...

August is National Shooting Sports Month

3:00pm Wednesday, August 01, 2018
NEWTOWN, Conn. — August is National Shooting Sports Month®, a time to celebrate one of America’s great pastimes — target shooting — a safe, fun activity enjoyed by millions of people across the country, with millions more wanting to take their first shots. Research by the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) shows that 24 million Americans are very interested in learning about the...

Ohio's 12th Congressional District in danger from gun grabber

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Wednesday, August 01, 2018
VOTE Troy Balderson in the 12th District special election on Aug. 7 The 12th District includes Delaware, Licking, and Morrow counties, plus parts of Franklin, Marion, Muskingum, and Richland. If you live in this District, please READ THIS ... Ohio's 12th District is in danger of being lost to a gun grabber. That's why it's vital that you VOTE for BFA and NRA endorsed Troy Balderson. Here's the...

Justice Scalia Made Clear the Second Amendment and Heller Prohibit “Assault Weapon” Bans

7:00am Tuesday, July 31, 2018
On July 9, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) offered the following ham-handed statement in an attempted attack on President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh is a true Second Amendment radical. He believes assault weapon bans are unconstitutional, a position way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia...

Too Young or Too Old... To Own a Gun?

7:00am Monday, July 30, 2018
A common theme among anti-gun extremists is what we often refer to as the “Goldilocks” approach to limiting access to firearms by law-abiding citizens. Rather than admit that the ultimate goal is to disarm all Americans, those opposed to the Second Amendment create fictional arguments about why certain types of firearms, ammunition, or even accessories should be eliminated. In the 70s, the goal...

Lawsuits bear fruit again as courts put hold on Cincinnati's bump stock ban

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, July 27, 2018
Less than two weeks after Franklin County Common Pleas Court ordered a permanent injunction against the City of Columbus, forbidding it from enforcing its ban against so-called "bump stocks," Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman granted a temporary injunction blocking Cincinnati's ill-advised ban on the devices. From Cincinnati.com on Tuesday, July 24: Hamilton County Common Pleas...

Op-Ed: Why I Joined the NRA After Writing Gun Control Articles

H. A. Goodman
7:00am Thursday, July 26, 2018
Years back, I was a staunch gun control advocate. Last week, I joined the NRA and the Gun Owners of America, and I’m looking to join more Second Amendment advocacy groups. How did this evolution take place? In 2014, I wrote articles for “The Huffington Post” titled “ If ISIS Had Committed the 11 School Shootings Since Sandy Hook, Congress Would Have Declared War ” and “ What Gun Advocates Should...

Clearing Up the Confusion About Ohio’s Knife Laws

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Recently I received three different emails from readers and former students regarding Ohio’s often confusing knife laws. If I’m getting this many inquiries on the same topic, an explanatory article is in order. Keep in mind, I am not a lawyer. As such, this is not legal advice. After 22 years as a cop in Ohio, I do have some experience arresting people for carrying weapons. Don’t consider this...

Op-Ed: It’s always the guns and never the mess we’ve created

by Phil Kadner
7:00am Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Focus on the guns. If we can just keep everyone’s attention on the guns and the homicides, we don’t have to think about all the children whose lives have been destroyed in Chicago by drugs. All we have to do is get rid of assault weapons. That’s it. And maybe outlaw bump stocks. Focus on the guns and you don’t have to think about all the children on the streets whose parents are sitting in prison...

The Unconventional First Responder: The Ins and Outs of Arming Educators

3:00pm Monday, July 23, 2018
Detective Jenny Schiff will be presenting at the National School Safety Conference and Exhibition hosted by the School Safety Advocacy Council. The conference runs July 23 – 27, 2018 at the Omni Champions Gate Resort & Spa in Orlando, Florida From their brochure: The 2018 National School Safety Conference and Exposition is the largest and most comprehensive conference focused on all the...

Judge Brett Kavanaugh Has Earned NRA Members’ Support

7:00am Monday, July 23, 2018
NRA members can feel confident throwing their enthusiastic support behind President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Throughout his time on the bench, Judge Kavanaugh has demonstrated deep respect for the Second Amendment as construed in Justice Antonin Scalia’s landmark decision in District of Columbia v. Heller . Moreover, his record on the Second...

SHOCK: Persons obtain 50 firearms without background check

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, July 20, 2018
According to so-called "common-sense" gun control extremists like Mark Kelley's "Americans for Responsible Solutions," all we have to do to keep criminals from gaining access to firearms is to mandate that a background check be done before all transfers of firearms. Pass "universal" background checks, we're told, close the "gun show loophole," we're told, and we can stop mass shootings! Indeed,...

Anti-gun Efforts to Expand U.N. Regulations to Ammunition Continue

7:00am Thursday, July 19, 2018
Shortly before 4:00am on Saturday morning June 30, the two week long Third Review Conference (RevCon3) on the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA) finally came to end. Entering into the meeting several critical issues were on the agenda, none of which was more significant than attempts to include...

Important Message from Wayne LaPierre on Trump's Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court

7:00am Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Dear Second Amendment Supporters, In the 2016 elections, NRA members and Second Amendment supporters across America made clear that the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court was an issue of critical importance. Your work and support for President Trump have resulted in the nomination of a second outstanding justice to the court. On Monday, President Trump once again delivered on his promise of...

Bloomberg's Puppet Mayors Push Brazen, Illegal Gun Control

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Tuesday, July 17, 2018
In a recent NBC News article , Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Stephen Benjamin discussed a brazen plan to trample on gun rights nationwide. According to the article, the plan was born in the summer of 2015 when two political groups traveled to Columbia to stage competing protests over the removal of a Confederate flag at the state Capitol. Fearing bloodshed (because that's what happens whenever...

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