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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...

The Gun Rights Community IS Doing Something About Violence

7:00am Monday, February 26, 2018
COLUMBUS, OH - The tragic mass murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has once again stoked the firey debate about gun control in the U.S. And once again many are calling for more gun laws and more restrictions on gun ownership. More extreme voices are even calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment. One phrase often heard in these moments of national grief is "We...

Divisive Times, No Decisive Actions

by Jim Shepherd
3:00pm Friday, February 23, 2018
Random Thoughts After A Very Long Week In The Trenches.... Since the Valentine’s Day tragedy in Florida, we’ve seen high school kids across the country marching, speaking out and demanding the rest of us do something to make schools safe again. Unfortunately, suggesting something that doesn’t fit their idea of a solution causes them to overheat. Their ardor, coupled with a lack of maturity, makes...

Editorial: Changing attitudes key to solving school shootings

12:00pm Friday, February 23, 2018
Everyone agrees: Someone should do something to prevent the next school shooting tragedy. The answer is far more complicated than making it more difficult for people to get guns, though. Obviously criminalizing school shootings must not be that effective, given that it’s already illegal to kill people in numbers large or small, yet people still do it. The answer isn’t removing every gun that...

Another Ohio school board goes public: Armed, trained staff members already in place!

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, February 23, 2018
The Superintendent of Noble Local Schools in Noble County, Ohio has made the choice to go public with a part of their safety plan. From a post to the school Facebook page : “We are NOT soft targets!” Given the recent school shootings across the country, with the most recent occurring just last week in Florida, I hope this information serves as a reminder of the many things we have done in the...

Editorial: After the latest mass shooting, we’re focusing on the wrong amendment

by Gary Abernathy
3:00pm Thursday, February 22, 2018
HILLSBORO, Ohio — Growing up on a small southern Ohio farm, the favorite Christmas gift I received as a child was a “Rifleman” rifle, ordered from the Sears “wish book” that still arrived in mailboxes in the 1960s. “The Rifleman” was a TV Western starring Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain. His rifle was modified with a looped, hinged lever that allowed him to fire in rapid succession. My toy version...

Trump endorses arming teachers AND doubles-down on support for new gun control

by Chad D. Baus
12:00pm Thursday, February 22, 2018
One day after he took fire from gun owners after he called for a ban on bump stocks and taking away the Second Amendment rights of military-aged Americans until they are 21 years old, President Donald Trump made a different kind of news when he advocated for arming some teachers. From CNN : President Donald Trump, after listening to a series of emotional stories and pleas to enhance school safety...

Democrat candidates for governor race to the altar of gun control

by Chad D .Baus
7:00am Thursday, February 22, 2018
Since the announcement of our endorsement of Mike DeWine for the Republican nomination for governor, we've received a few inquiries as to whether or not we would be making an endorsement in the Democratic primary. Astute observers noted that the last time Richard Cordray (D) campaigned in Ohio - also against DeWine, back in 2010 - Buckeye Firearms Association's political action committee (BFA-PAC...

Another Ohio school board votes to incorporate armed, trained staff members into safety plan

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, February 21, 2018
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that members of the East Guernsey Local Board of Education in Guernsey County took action Monday night that they hope will secure added safety for the children of the district. After a two-hour executive session, the board unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the arming of select members of the staff. More specifically, the board agreed to provide “...

President Trump joins "blame the tools" crowd, calls for bump stock ban

by Chad D. Baus
12:00pm Wednesday, February 21, 2018
CNBC is reporting that President Donald Trump (R) has joined Ohio governor John Kasich (R) and others calling for bans on tools used by mass murderers instead of offering solutions that will protect potential future victims. From the article : President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has recommended that "bump stocks" — devices that let semi-automatic weapons fire hundreds of rounds per...

"Student-led" anti-gun march is just another Bloomberg astroturf show

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Gun rights advocates have long-maintained that there is a vast difference between groups such as the National Rifle Association or Buckeye Firearms Association, made up of millions of individual paid members, and groups which espouse a gun control point of view and claim to represent a majority of the country, but which have very few, if any, actual paid members. In 2005, I was priviledged to sit...

PoliceOne.com: 4 key takeaways from the Fla. high school shooting

by Mike Wood
3:00pm Tuesday, February 20, 2018
A 19-year-old man shot and killed 17 students and adults at a high school in Parkland, Florida, and wounded many more. The man is in police custody after he surrendered to them “without incident.” We will learn more about this horrific crime as the investigation continues, but even at this early stage, we can identify useful pieces of information from the reporting to highlight several...

John Kasich's best idea to stop school shootings is a retread two decades-old idea even HE admitted was a failure

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, February 20, 2018
"I'm not gonna f#$! with your guns!" That is what John Kasich (R) pulled me aside to tell me back on April 13, 2009. We had just finished a 15-20 minute roundtable discussion on the subject of Kasich's record on gun rights. The former congressman-turned Fox News analyst had been traversing the state, seeking to secure support in his first bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, in an...

Active Killers Using Fire Alarms to Facilitate an Attack

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Monday, February 19, 2018
Everyone is talking about the latest school shooting and looking for solutions. I’ve been writing about how to solve this problem for more than a decade. It isn’t easy. While the ultimate solution will be found in prevention efforts, those efforts are both difficult to institute and costly. While not ignoring any preventative efforts, I believe that in the shorter term we have the ability to...

The uncomfortable truth about school shootings

by Ken Hanson
7:00am Monday, February 19, 2018
Editor's Note: The following article first appeared on this website on October 4, 2006, in the wake of a massacre at an Amish school in Pennsylvania. 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...

Think nothing has been done in the wake of recent mass shootings? Then you aren't paying attention.

by Ken Hanson
7:00am Friday, February 16, 2018
I typically have a personal policy of not talking about shooting incidents as they happen. Anyone who's making political points off the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL is dancing in the blood of children. But since the various mom groups, bought and paid for by Michael Bloomberg and George Soros, do not feel the same, I'm going to comment today. I've been writing...

Another Tragedy - Another Blame Game

by Jim Shepherd
3:00pm Thursday, February 15, 2018
With news of [Wednesday]’s tragedy in Broward County, Florida we’re reeling -again- over the senseless slaughter of at least seventeen people. This time the tragedy is in Parkland, Florida, population 31,000. Again, the killer appears to be another angry teen. One expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for “disciplinary reasons”. Again, preliminary investigations are starting to point...

Trump’s Federal Court Appointments Will Help to Preserve Our Rights for a Generation

by Chris Cox
7:00am Thursday, February 15, 2018
Government doesn’t always move quite as fast as we’d like. In recent years, members of both major political parties have complained about historic Congressional inaction. The requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act can slow down executive branch efforts to repeal or amend regulations. While it can be frustrating when our friends are in power, the more deliberative aspects of our system...

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