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Florida Governor and legislature put politics before children’s lives

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Friday, March 16, 2018
The Florida state legislature has passed, and Governor Rick Scott has signed into law Senate Bill 7026, also known as the “Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.” Quite simply, they put the politics of the day ahead of good policy, ahead of expert advice, ahead of common sense, and ahead of the children’s lives. It was more important for them to stick a finger in the NRA’s eye in...

Ohio-Based Kroger to Remove Magazines with "Assault" Weapons from Stores Nationwide

by Jim Shepherd
7:00am Thursday, March 15, 2018
The Outdoor Wire has obtained a memorandum telling magazine distributors servicing Kroger stores nationwide that “after much consideration” Kroger has decided to remove the Assault Weapons magazine category from all their retail locations. As of 2015, Kroger currently operates 2,782 grocery stores in 35 states under nearly two dozen banners. Distributors for the stores have been given a two-week...

Buckeye Firearms Association testifies in favor of bill to arm Maryland school staff

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Last week I traveled to Maryland to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on House Bill 760 sponsored by Delegate (similar to a “Representative” in Ohio) Richard Impallaria (R). Chairman Joe Vallario (D) chaired the hearing for the annual “gun day” in which it hears all testimony on all gun bills before the committee. I was there with Michele Speakman and John Rigney, who set up meetings...

Stemming the Tide: Violent Crime Decreased in First Six Months of 2017

7:00am Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The FBI released the first-round of 2017 crime data earlier [recently]. The Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report covers January through June of 2017 and the results are mixed. The good news is that there was an overall decrease (down 0.8%) in violent crime for the first six months of 2017 compared to the same time period in 2016. This respite comes after two consecutive years of increases...

Parkland, FL: A Systemic Failure of Law Enforcement

by Ron Borsch
7:00am Monday, March 12, 2018
The Broward County Parkland Florida Marjory Stoneman-Douglas School Rapid Mass Murder© February 14th 2018, is one of the biggest news stories in nearly a half century. It was widely covered in media print, radio, Internet and television. Where does it begin? We cannot bypass the student community itself. Considering different cliques, whispering, pointing, laughing, shunning, bullying, etc. kids...

Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo Returns March 16-18

3:00pm Friday, March 09, 2018
*** Buckeye Firearms Association will be at BOOTH # 629. Come see us! *** PEWAUKEE, Wis. — The annual Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo returns to Columbus for three days of all things deer and turkey hunting March 16-18 at the Ohio Expo Center. The state’s premier consumer expo for hunting and outdoor enthusiasts features the latest strategies, trends and techniques in hunting while providing a look...

Disgraced former AG Marc Dann admits he had to lie about his support for gun rights to get elected

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, March 09, 2018
We had more important issues to discuss over the past week than news about a disgraced former Ohio attorney general writing an op-ed to confess that he had lied about his support for gun rights, and naming Buckeye Firearms Association by name, but it probably is worth mentioning. On Sunday, March 4, an op-ed by Democrat Marc Dann appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer - the same newspaper which...

Broward County: A Commentary on Contemporary Policing

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Thursday, March 08, 2018
Lots of folks are talking about the poor performance of the Broward County Sheriff’s deputies during the recent Florida school shooting. The problem of police inaction goes way beyond this single agency. It’s system wide and present in nearly every law enforcement organization. A friend of mine wrote the article below to help explain some of the issues that few people outside the profession...

CHL-holder forced to defend own life in central-Ohio Walgreens

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, March 07, 2018
WSYX (ABC Columbus) reported recently that a man with a concealed handgun license was forced to defend his own life with a firearm recently after a violent encounter in a Grove City Walgreens. From the article : A man who shot and killed a customer inside a Walgreens drug store told police he did it in self-defense. Grove City Police said the surveillance video appears to support the shooter's...

Annual Attorney General Summary on Concealed Carry: 2017 sees record number of active licensees

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Wednesday, March 07, 2018
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the fourth quarter of 2017 and the annual report. More Ohioans than ever are discreetly carrying firearms as they go about their day. 2017 saw a decline in initial applications compared to the prior year, which was the all-time high for demand. But with steady renewals of an ever-increasing...

Researchers: Schools are safer than they were in the 90s, and school shootings are not more common than they used to be

by Allie Nicodemo and Lia Petronio
3:00pm Tuesday, March 06, 2018
The deadly school shooting (last) month in Parkland, Florida, has ignited national outrage and calls for action on gun reform. But while certain policies may help decrease gun violence in general, it’s unlikely that any of them will prevent mass school shootings, according to James Alan Fox, the Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern. Since 1996, there have...

Cleveland PBS: Ohio Program Provides Training for Teachers Who Want to Conceal and Carry

12:00pm Tuesday, March 06, 2018
The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has renewed the debate over whether teachers and other school personnel should be armed. Although the policy discussion continues, Ohio teachers already can take classes to learn how to defend themselves and their students if a threat arises. The Buckeye Firearms Foundation provides free training to teachers through...

Get Your Tickets for Buckeye Bash 2018

7:00am Tuesday, March 06, 2018
It's once again time for Ohio's patriots to assemble at our annual banquet to raise funds for Buckeye Firearms Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity that sponsors FASTER Saves Lives, youth shoots and grants for youth programs, and Second Amendment litigation and legal defense. As always, you will enjoy a great meal. And you're encouraged to enter the many raffles and auctions to win guns, gear,...

Gun Control in the Buckeye State?

by State Representative John Becker
3:00pm Monday, March 05, 2018
Should we ban the AR-15? All semi-automatic firearms? Ban certain accessories? Close the so-called "gun show loophole"? (BTW, there is no such thing.) Raise the minimum purchase age? Register and heavily tax all guns and ammunition? Universal background checks? Require larger signage stating "No Guns Allowed" in schools? Create a "Gun Violence Awareness" month? Let's say we do one, some, or all...

"My school's an easy target"

by Chad D. Baus
12:00pm Monday, March 05, 2018
On February 20, a 13 year-old seventh-grader in Jackson Twp., OH boarded a school bus concealing a .22 rifle. The Jackson Memorial Middle School student had been writing a school “attack” plan, inspired in part by the mass murder in a Parkland, FL high school just six days before. (His writing shows he had been thinking of attacking his school for a few months, but actively planning for only a...

City leaders demand to be allowed to reinstate gun bans they rarely used

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, March 05, 2018
WBNS (CBS Columbus) is reporting that Columbus city officials are using the opportunity of the mass murder in a Parkland, FL high school to lobby for new gun control. From the article : Three Columbus city leaders have addressed a letter to Ohio Governor John Kasich, outlining their position on gun control. The letter is signed by Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein,...

Gun Owners Say Goodbye to Dick's Sporting Goods

by Dean Rieck
6:00pm Friday, March 02, 2018
It appears that Dick's is living up to its name. Buckeye Firearms Association is deeply disappointed that Dick's Sporting Goods has chosen to punish law-abiding gun owners by restricting sales of legal firearms based on the bad actions of a mentally ill individual in Florida who committed the Parkland school murders. While Dick's CEO Edward Stack says this is about helping to solve the problem,...

Companies Drop ARs, NRA Support

by Jim Shepherd
4:00pm Friday, March 02, 2018
At this writing, at least fifteen companies including Delta and United airlines have dropped their support for the National Rifle Association’s members benefits programs. With that, every one of these companies has announced they don’t want to do business with more than five million NRA members. I’m thinking NRA members should grant their wish- in spades. No one who believes in the right to “keep...

John Kasich's (Not-So) Pro-Second Amendment Advisory Board

by Chad D. Baus
2:00pm Friday, March 02, 2018
Ever since the mass murder in a Parkland, FL high school, which occurred after government agencies at every level failed to follow up on tips and to protect the students, anti-gun opportunists have been seeking an angle. John Kasich, who is busy attempting to jump-start a third attempt at a campaign for the presidency, inserted himself into the discussion by going on CNN to demand a ban on "God-...

DeWine-Husted Campaign issues strong statement in response to calls for gun control

by Chad D. Baus
11:00am Friday, March 02, 2018
On the same day Governor John Kasich (R) was announcing his support for new gun control, the DeWine-Husted for Ohio campaign released a statement opposing ANY reduction of the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, and opposing ANY bans. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2018 Mike DeWine and Jon Husted Statement on Protecting Children "We support increasing Ohio’s criminal penalties for...

They asked for it: Republicans who stand with Kasich earn Kasich's reputation

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Friday, March 02, 2018
John Kasich, however, is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and he and Mary Taylor will be a unified front in support of gun owners. As legislators who have earned the National Rifle Association’s highest ratings, we are willing to stake our reputations on it. So concluded a letter signed by all the Republican NRA “A” rated legislators in support of John Kasich’s run for Governor. This...

Ohio Hunting and Fishing Licenses on Sale Starting March 1

3:00pm Thursday, March 01, 2018
COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio’s hunters and anglers can now purchase their new licenses. Beginning Thursday, March 1, the 2018-2019 licenses go on sale at wildohio.gov and at hundreds of participating agents throughout the state, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Licenses are also available for purchase on many mobile devices. A new purchasing system, launched last year, makes...

Should Teachers Be Armed?

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Thursday, March 01, 2018
Editor's Note: The following article was submitted to WalletHub.com in response to their request for comments for an article they published in lae 2016 entitled Should Teachers Be Armed? Experts Pick Sides . The article also features comments from Dr. John R. Lott and Ohio's own Ron Borsch, among others. It originally appeared on our website on February 6, 2017. From the times of ancient yore...

Report: Nearly 100 courts in Ohio failed to report felons to background check database on time

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, March 01, 2018
The Cincinnati Enquirer 's Jesse Balmert and Chrissie Thompson are reporting that hundreds or perhaps even thousands of felons in Ohio could still be allowed to pass a background check to purchase a firearm, all because dozens of Ohio courts are delinquent - sometimes by months or even years - in their responsibility to upload some paperwork. The report notes that when someone is convicted – or...

Republicans warm to arming teachers AND gun control proposals?

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, February 28, 2018
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. It's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before." - Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Nov. 19, 2008 “Everything kind of has its time. ...We’ve got a moment now, a window.” - Ohio Gov. John Kasich, February 25, 2018 It's been two weeks since a mentally-ill young man carried out his plans to commit mass murder in...

Ohio Democrats' "assault weapons" ban would actually take your semi-auto squirrel-hunting gun (and all the rest)

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Never shy about taking the "opportunity" of dead children to propose legislation they've wanted anyways, Democrats in the Ohio Senate last week introduced Senate Bill 260 - a bill that seeks to "prohibit a person from knowingly possessing or acquiring an assault weapon and to require the Attorney General to prepare for the establishment of a firearm and ammunition transactions database." Given...

Do people have the right to own any semi-automatic rifle, magazine size? Yes

by Ken Hanson
3:00pm Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Editor's Note: The following article first appeared on this website on April 3, 2013. We, the people, have the constitutional right to own semiautomatic rifles and the standard-capacity magazines designed for those rifles. The plain words in the U.S. and Ohio constitutions establish this, so long as those words are given their ordinary, everyday meanings. This is why proponents of gun control...

Arming Teachers, a Countermeasure to Active Killers

by Ron Borsch
7:00am Tuesday, February 27, 2018
As a retired law enforcement officer, in my second career of training police officers, one of my proprietary courses was Tactical 1st Responder ©, the responses to Rapid Mass Murder©, which was eventually attended by officers from ten states. Having researched Rapid Mass Murder© by the random acts of active killers back to 1975, I discovered that the primary target of this type of homicide was...

Outback Steakhouse: No Rights, Just Rules

3:00pm Monday, February 26, 2018
The word “Outback” used to conjure images of Australia’s tenacious frontier spirit; of hunters, ranchers, and other adventurers who carved out a harsh existence from an unforgiving land. Thanks to a decades-long campaign to distance the island nation from certain elements of its rugged heritage and the proliferation of an Australian-themed casual dining restaurant chain, today the word “Outback”...

Too Many Teachers Still Armed with Lucky Charms

by Ken Hanson
12:00pm Monday, February 26, 2018
Editor's Note: The following article first appeared on this website on October 9, 2007. Leaders at Buckeye Firearms Association have long-offered more than tweets about "thoughts and prayers," and in 2012 we put our ideas into action through the FASTER Saves Lives program . Anti-Second Amendment politicians and their media sycophants are Still. Just. Talking. Another school year has started. Kids...

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