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A tale of two Waffle Houses

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, May 18, 2018
On April 22, the nation watched as yet another mass shooting unfolded. At 3:25 a.m., a man, naked from the waist down, fatally shot two people outside an Antioch, TN Waffle House, then walked inside and continued to fire, killing a third person and fatally injuring a fourth person. Four others were also treated for injuries. The national media rightfully praised the actions of an unarmed man in...

N.Y. Civil Rights Activists Take Aim at the FBI Before the Nation's Highest Court

7:00am Thursday, May 17, 2018
Webster, NY – Civil rights attorney Paloma A. Capanna announced the filing of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court in the case of Robinson, et al. v. Sessions, et al . The Petition requests permission to appeal to the nation’s high court, a privilege granted to approximately 80 cases per term (year). The case of Robinson v. Sessions concerns the civil rights of...

Keep Calm and Carry On: Pro-Gun Sentiment Reasserts Itself in Wake of Antigun Blitz

7:00am Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Like the long-delayed coming of spring to the Mid-Atlantic, evidence is appearing that Americans are regaining their senses and reverting to an instinctual embrace of freedom after a withering barrage of some the nastiest and most ugly anti-gun campaigning in memory. There is nothing more predictable than the tendency of gun control advocates to exploit tragedy. Yet the post-Parkland media and...

Worthington Gun Owners Score Victory Over Gun Control Resolution

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Tuesday, May 15, 2018
After the Parkland school killings on February 14, 2018, many gun control activists have felt empowered to push for draconian new gun laws. Here in Ohio, we've seen several cities question the "preemption" law ( ORC 9.68 ) that overrides home rule and makes it illegal for cities to pass their own firearm ordinances. Recently a resident of Worthington, Ohio, alerted us to a "resolution" proposed...

ALERT: Cincinnati and Columbus have passed gun control legislation!

7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2018
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, Cincinnati City Council passed a municipal ordinance to ban bump stocks within city limits. Then on Monday, May 14, 2018, Columbus City Council followed suit and also banned bump stocks, and passed additional firearm laws. In both cases, members of these city councils have claimed that Ohio "Preemption" law does not apply and that they are free to employ home rule...

HB 585 (Kasich Gun Control) scheduled for second hearing

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, May 14, 2018
Representative Marlene Anielski (R-Walton Hills), who chairs the House State & Local Government committee, has announced a second hearing for House Bill 585 (Kasich Gun Control) on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. in Statehouse Room 114. The committee will consider proponent testimony and consider possible amendments. Buckeye Firearms Association has announced its strong opposition to HB...

HB 228 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization) scheduled for sixth hearing

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, May 11, 2018
Representative Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson), who chairs the House Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations, has announced a sixth hearing for Sub. House Bill 228 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization) on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in Statehouse Room 115. The committee will consider all testimony. The bill, introduced one year ago by Representatives Terry Johnson (R-...

Buckeye Firearms Association Threatens to Sue if Cincinnati Bans Bump Stocks

7:00am Friday, May 11, 2018
UPDATE Friday, May 11, 2018: It appears Cincinnati City Council actually passed the bump stock ban on Wednesday with an emergency action. There was great confusion on this issue as many reporters and Cincinnati employees claimed only a resolution or motion had passed. Buckeye Firearms Association has acquired the document with the ordinance language and will report on this further. It remains...

Americans Not Convinced Gun Control is a Top Priority

by Larry Keane
7:00am Thursday, May 10, 2018
If the mainstream media headlines were to be believed, Americans overwhelmingly support gun control as a top priority to stop the violent misuse of firearms by criminals. Survey data reveals a reality that contradicts the media narrative. Just [last month], a new Gallup poll showed that only 6 percent of Americans point to gun control and gun violence as a top concern. Despite all the headlines...

Lt. Colonel Oliver North poised to become NRA President

3:00pm Tuesday, May 08, 2018
DALLAS – Lt. Colonel Oliver North, USMC (Ret.) will become President of the National Rifle Association of America within a few weeks, a process the NRA Board of Directors initiated this morning. "This is the most exciting news for our members since Charlton Heston became President of our Association," said NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre. "Oliver North is a legendary warrior...

NRA Annual Meetings Come and Go

by Jim Shepherd
7:00am Tuesday, May 08, 2018
The NRA’s 147th Annual Meeting & Exhibits in Dallas, Texas might go down in history as a record-setter. Not all those records are positive, but there’s not much doubt that it got more than its share of mainstream media attention. After all, it’s not every day both the President and the Vice President appear before the same group. The Trump/Pence visit drove anti-gunners nuts, but helped erase...

NSSF Severs Dick’s Sporting Goods Membership

3:00pm Monday, May 07, 2018
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industries, Board of Governors today unanimously voted to expel Dick’s Sporting Goods from membership for conduct detrimental to the best interests of the Foundation. Dick’s Sporting Goods recently hired a Washington D.C.-based government affairs firm...

Our endorsed candidates need your support on May 8!

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Friday, May 04, 2018
Next Tuesday is Election Day. Early voting has been going on for three weeks. Our endorsed candidates need your support. Primary elections don’t get the media attention that general elections do, but they may be more important for you to vote in. There is lower voter turnout in primaries, meaning each vote represents a bigger percentage of the total. Total vote differences can be much less than...

NRA Supporting Federal Lawsuit Challenging California’s Ammunition Sale Restrictions

7:00am Thursday, May 03, 2018
[On] April 26, the California Rifle and Pistol Association, with support from the National Rifle Association, filed an important lawsuit in the U.S.District Court for the Southern District of California challenging the state’s new restrictions on the sale and transfer of ammunition.These restrictions, enacted in 2016 as part of the “Gunmageddon” bills and Proposition 63, require all ammunition...

Another Group of Anti-Gun Celebrities Forms! In Other News, The Sun Rose Today.

7:00am Wednesday, May 02, 2018
In case you were worried there were not enough anti-gun organizations working to eradicate the rights of law-abiding gun owners, a new one has formed, and it’s called NoRA. Get it? The name implies that the organization’s goal is to get rid of the oldest and largest civil rights organization in America, your NRA. According to an article at Time.com, this latest anti-freedom effort is the...

Gun Owners Set Up to Take the Fall for a Crime They Did Not Commit

by Chris Cox
7:00am Tuesday, May 01, 2018
“Reasonable restrictions.” “Gun violence prevention.” “Gun safety measures.” “Keeping firearms out of the wrong hands.” “#gunsense.” However gun control advocates couch their agenda these days, the end result is always the same: innocent, upstanding people are scapegoated for the evil acts of others who broke the law. Just ask the young adults in Illinois now facing the possible confiscation of...

Active Killer Town Hall a Great Success

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Monday, April 30, 2018
After nearly every active killer event, especially those that take place in schools, communities host town halls to address the concerns of local residents. Unfortunately, the speakers and panelists are usually chosen more for their ability to calm people down than for their expertise in these matters. That's why after the mass murder on February 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...

Gun Control Supporters Are Counting On Appeasement

1:08pm Friday, April 27, 2018
“The notion that I, or Hillary, or Democrats, or whoever you want to choose, are hell-bent on taking away folks’ guns is just not true—and I don’t care how many times the NRA says it.” —Barack Obama, June 1, 2016 The former president’s statement was a lie when he said it. Less than a year earlier, the 44th president had lauded Great Britain and Australia’s confiscatory gun control policies. Like...

Another Ohio school district incorporates armed, trained staff members into safety plan

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, April 27, 2018
The (Hamilton) Journal-News is reporting that the Madison Local School District in Middletown, OH has joined school districts across the state by implementing a comprehensive safety program that includes an armed response team inside the school. From the article : This resolution is part of the district’s participation in the FASTER Saves Lives program, school officials said today. The FASTER...

Should Ohio pass a stand-your-ground bill? Yes, because current law is inadequate

by Ron Lemieux
7:00am Thursday, April 26, 2018
Editor's Note: The following article appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on April 22, 2018. Republished with permission of the author. Ohio is the only state in America that requires a defendant in a criminal trial to prove that he or she acted in self-defense by a preponderance of the evidence. Preponderance of the evidence means anything more than half. Under federal law and in the great majority...

Kent State student organizes open carry event

by Chad D. Baus
3:54pm Wednesday, April 25, 2018
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a Kent State University senior Kaitlin Bennett is tired of having her fellow college students being presented with only one side of the gun control debate, and she’s determined to help change that. That's why Bennett, president of Liberty Hangout, has invited gun rights advocate and firearms instructor Jeffry Smith from Cincinnati to host the Kent State...

Gov. Kasich issues executive order demanding government do what it's already supposed to be doing

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Seven and a half years into his administration, and desperately seeking a way to get immediate media attention and future presidential campaign fodder for having done "something" about mass killings, Governor John Kasich (R) on Monday issued an executive order demanding that government agencies do the job they're already supposed to be doing. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer : Gov. John Kasich...

The Privilege of Misconstruing Data

7:00am Tuesday, April 24, 2018
[Last] month, the head of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (Shannon Watts, not benefactor Michael Bloomberg) brutally dismissed an op-ed in the New York Times by Bethany Mandel as an anecdote of fear and paranoia. The anecdote? As a young girl, a home intruder climbing through her bedroom window threatened Mandel. Her mother used a firearm to defend her. More recently, Mandel routinely...

The media is out of control in its push for gun control

by John R. Lott
7:00am Monday, April 23, 2018
Fact checkers are out of control, and on the issue of guns they no longer even try to pretend impartiality. Especially on social media, this is becoming a serious problem. Facebook has been working with organizations such as PolitiFact, Snopes and Factcheck.org to filter news. Stories deemed “false” by these organization are labeled as false and are much more difficult to spread virally. A couple...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. PAC announces Primary Election Grades/Endorsements

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Friday, April 20, 2018
The Buckeye Firearms Association Political Action Committee (BFA_PAC) has issued primary endorsements for the May 8, 2018 Democratic and Republican primaries. Those endorsements can be found on our Voter Guide page . Early voting is already under way. This has been a particularly difficult year for endorsements. The committee was divided about endorsing any incumbent House candidate because of...

Ohio Hunter Education course changing

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Thursday, April 19, 2018
The ODNR Division of Wildlife recently implemented a new hunter education course manual and test along with additional course options. The previous hunter education manual had served the program well for many years. It was written by volunteer instructors and Division of Wildlife professionals who had extensive hunting and classroom experience. However, the manual was overdue for some needed...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc.'s Ron Lemieux testifies in support of HB 228

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, April 18, 2018
On Tuesday, April 17, the House Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations heard testimony on House Bill 228 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization). Buckeye Firearms Association's Ron Lemieux was on hand to offer both oral and written testimony in favor of the bill. His written testimony follows: Re: Written Testimony as a Proponent for Sub. H.B. No. 228 Dear Committee Members...

Antigun Democrat Introduces Partisan Ammunition Control Bill, Claims No “Right to Bear Bullets”

7:00am Tuesday, April 17, 2018
[Last month], U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) introduced the Ammunition Background Check Act of 2018. Wasserman Schultz claimed the act would close an “absurd loophole” by “requiring all buyers of ammunition” to undergo the same sort of background checks that currently apply to the purchase of a firearm from a licensed dealer. While the text of the bill has yet to be publicly released,...

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