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Is the Mossberg 590 Shockwave legal in Ohio?

by Dean Rieck and Sean Maloney
7:00am Wednesday, May 24, 2017
We've been getting questions about the new Mossberg 590 Shockwave. It's a 12-gauge, 6-shot shotgun with a 14-inch barrel. It's the barrel length that creates all the questions. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives has confirmed that the 590 Shockwave is a "firearm" per the Gun Control Act, but it is NOT a Class 3/NFA firearm. You can read their confirmation letter for...

13 years late: Dayton RTA considers reversing ban on concealed carry

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, May 24, 2017
[UPDATE: This article originally stated that the change in policy has already been approved. FOX45 is now reporting the changes noted below will be voted on at the RTA board meeting June 6.] 13 years after the Ohio Attorney General first declared bans on concealed carry on city busses to be illegal, WRGT (Fox Dayton) is reporting that the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (or RTA, the...

Washington Post Seems to Believe ISIS Propaganda on Buying Guns in U.S.

by Larry Keane
3:00pm Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Not surprisingly, ISIS is wrong about another aspect of how things work in the United States. According to the Washington Post , terrorist propaganda materials argue it is easy to obtain a firearm in the U.S. with no ID and no background check. While the materials make it clear that one cannot walk into a federally licensed firearm retailer (FFL) and expect to walk out with a firearm without...

Ohio nursing home killings highlight failure of gun control laws/justice system and impotence of protection orders

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, May 23, 2017
On Friday, May 12, a deranged man entered a nursing home in Kirkersville, Ohio and murdered two female employees. Reports say he then took hostages, ambushed and murdered the village's police chief as he exited his car, and proceeded to commit suicide. It has now been revealed that the murderer, Thomas Hartless, came to the nursing home with intent to kill his girlfriend, registered nurse Marlina...

HB 233: Rep. John Becker's DEFEND legislation introduced with 51 co-sponsors

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, May 22, 2017
Rep. John Becker (R-Clermont Co.) has introduced House Bill 233, a bill that seeks to decriminalize so-called “no-guns" victim zones for concealed handgun license (CHL) holders. The bill was introduced with 51 co-sponsors - including House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) - enough support to ensure passage if the bill is brought to a vote. Becker has named the bill the DEFEND Act:...

Two self-defense bills scheduled for further hearings in House committee

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, May 19, 2017
Chairwoman Kristina Roegner (R-37) has announced that the House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee will be hearing testimony on two self-defense bills on Tuesday, May 23 at 4:00p.m. in Room 115. The committee will be hearing testimony on HB 142 (Repeal LEO notification). House Bill 142 seeks to repeal requirements that, when detained for a law-enforcement purpose, a concealed carry...

House committee hears from supporters of HB 142 (Repeal LEO notification)

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, May 19, 2017
The Gongwer News Service is reporting that members of the House Federalism & Interstate Relations Committee heard from nearly a dozen people who gave testimony in support of HB 142 (Repeal LEO notification), introduced recently by Rep. Scott Wiggam (R-Wooster). According to the article, many informed the committee about situations they say could have avoided had the legislation been in effect...

Jon Husted's gubernatorial announcement cites Second Amendment record

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, May 18, 2017
On Monday, May 8, Secretary of State Jon Husted announced his candidacy for governor of Ohio by highlighting his achievements to promote and defend Second Amendment rights. From his campaign announcement letter : COLUMBUS– In a video message to supporters this weekend, Jon Husted announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Ohio in the 2018 election. Speaking from his...

Reps. Johnson & LaTourette introduce HB 228 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization)

7:00am Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Representatives Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) and Sarah LaTourette (R-Chesterland) have introduced HB 228, a concealed carry modernization bill. The bill seeks to fix several problems with Ohio's concealed carry law, including the state's arcane self-defense burden of proof requirements. Click here to read the text of the bill . Remember when you were taught that all people are "innocent until...

Review: 2017 Handgun Moving and Movers Class

by Candy P.
7:00am Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Please let me begin by admitting that I attended this class after completing my CCW class and, at this point, I had had no other formal training. Although I understood the importance of practice with my weapon, I had primarily completed private, unsupervised, target practice at an indoor range, which also meant that I had had no practice drawing from a holster, since that is not allowed at the...

Two self-defense bills scheduled for hearings in House committee

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, May 15, 2017
Chairwoman Kristina Roegner (R-37) has announced that the House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee will be hearing testimony on two self-defense bills on Tuesday, May 16 at 4:00 p.m. in Room 116. The committee will be hearing proponent testimony on HB 142 (Repeal LEO notification). House Bill 142 seeks to repeal requirements that, when detained for a law-enforcement purpose, a...

Co-Sponsorship Memos Circulating for Ohio Self-Defense Legislation

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, May 12, 2017
There are co-sponsorship memos currently circulating for two important pieces of pro-gun legislation, and you can help see that they get the support they deserve ! First, via NRA-ILA : State Representatives Terry Johnson (R-90) and Sarah LaTourette (R-76) will soon be circulating a co-sponsorship memo for legislation that would modify current law to further protect the Second Amendment rights of...

April 2017 firearms sales up over prior year

3:00pm Thursday, May 11, 2017
The April 2017 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,111,596 is an increase of 0.04 percent compared to the April 2016 figure of 1,111,205. The adjusted NICS data were derived by subtracting out NICS purpose code permit checks used by several states such as Connecticut, Illinois, and Utah for CCW permit application checks as well as checks on active...

Ten years after confiscating Damon Wells' gun, Cleveland police are at it again

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, May 11, 2017
Even though ten years have passed, many grassroots gun owners have likely not forgotten the name Damon Wells, the Cleveland concealed handgun license (CHL)-holder who defended himself from a violent attempted robbery in his front yard back in April 2007. Though CHL-holders had defended their lives in many other instances, Mr. Wells' situation played in the media for days and weeks after because...

Cedarville University trustees vote to allow faculty and staff to carry concealed on campus

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Cedarville University trustees have approved a plan that makes theirs the first college in Ohio to allow concealed carry on campus. From Cedars , the campus newspaper: The policy, a first among Ohio colleges, “authorizes the President to grant permission to faculty, staff, and trustees with concealed carry licenses to carry a concealed handgun on campus under approved terms and/or conditions...

Ohio junior high student suspended for 'liking' photo of airsoft gun on Instagram

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, May 09, 2017
WXIX (Fox Cincinnati) reported Friday that an Edgewood, Ohio middle school student was handed a 10-day suspension for “liking” a picture of a gun on Instagram with the caption “ready." According to the report , the picture in question is of an airsoft gun, and according to the students’ parents, their child didn’t comment on the post but simply liked the picture. "I liked it, scrolling down...

Representatives Hood and Brinkman introduce HB 201 (Constitutional Carry)

by Jim Irvine & Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, May 08, 2017
Representatives Ron Hood (R-78) and Tom Brinkman (R-27) have introduced House Bill 201, a bill which seeks to have Ohio join the growing number of states which allow "constitutional" carry, or lawful carry of a concealed firearm without a license. Similar bills have been proposed in Ohio in every General Assembly for more than a decade. Hood and Brinkman introduced a similar bill in 2015, and...

Sportsmen are asking for a license fee increase for the ODNR Division of Wildlife

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Friday, May 05, 2017
Leading sportsmen organizations from across Ohio have banded together under the leadership of the Sportsmen Alliance to request a license fee increase in funding for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources ( ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The Division of Wildlife is facing a financial crisis that is already impacting hunting, fishing, and conservation in Ohio, and will only get worse if not...

Georgetown joins growing fraternity of Ohio schools arming staff to protect students

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, May 04, 2017
WKRC (CBS Cincinnati) is reporting that the Georgetown, Ohio school board has voted unanimously to allow trained staff to carry guns in school starting in the fall. From the article : Those who will carry guns will have extensive training, such as the training sessions that some staff underwent . Under the policy, no one would be allowed without being certified. The training also includes how to...

We warned them: City of Cleveland gun control laws struck down; untold tax dollars wasted

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, May 03, 2017
Cleveland.com is reporting that the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals has declared that a Cleveland gun offender registry and several gun regulations first proposed by Mayor Frank Jackson in 2014 , and passed by city council in 2015 are unconstitutional. A lower court had already struck down other parts of the law last year. The Eight District decision comes less than three years after...

Research: Proportion of American Hunters Who Say They Hunt Mostly for the Meat Continues to Grow

7:00am Tuesday, May 02, 2017
Harrisonburg, VA – Survey research shows that American hunters most often name the meat as their most important reason for hunting, and that the percentage of hunters who hunt mainly for the meat continues to grow. Responsive Management, which has tracked hunting participation for almost three decades, recently released the latest results of a survey question put to U.S. hunters since 2008. Asked...

Bloomberg Reemerges to Shower Cash on Antigun Causes

7:00am Monday, May 01, 2017
In 2014, Billionaire Michael Bloomberg pledged $50 million to “take on the NRA.” Three years later, America’s embrace of Second Amendment rights is as strong as ever, and pro-gun sentiments dominate both chambers of Congress, the White House, and the bulk of state legislatures and governor’s mansions. A Politico article published [recently], however, reports the former New York City mayor is...

Ohio's Cedarville University nears decision on campus carry

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, April 28, 2017
According to a statement released by Cedarville University, a decision on whether to allow concealed carry on the campus is expected to be made in May. The Board of Trustees took up the proposal after students and faculty expressed support through a campus survey and town hall meeting. From coverage in Cedars , the campus newspaper: Cedars conducted a student-wide survey to see how students felt...

Tuscarawas Village Council votes to allow concealed carry on village-owned properties

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, April 27, 2017
In coverage of a local village council meeting, the (New Philadelphia) Times Reporter noted passage of an ordinance which authorizes individuals who possess a valid Ohio concealed handgun license to carry concealed firearms into village-owned properties (excluding the library building). According to the article, the issue passed on the third reading, with Councilwoman Marie Abbuhl casting the...

Having a "Blast" at Tactical Defense Institute

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Handgun enthusiasts joined the leadership of the Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) recently for a fun and educational fundraiser at Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) in West Union, OH. The Range Safety Officers and instructors from Tactical Defense Institute and the Izaak Walton Tallawanda Chapter volunteered their time. John Benner, who operates TDI, donated the use of the facility for the day...

8 Spring Turkey Hunting Tips for You and Your Shotgun

by Kevin Steffey
7:00am Tuesday, April 25, 2017
(Image source: FreeImages.com/yousif waleed) In the southern United States, the spring season for turkey is well under way with those in the north lasting all the way until early June. While they aren’t the brightest game in the wilderness, gobblers and hens can be tricky prey and are never a sure thing. As with most things, the best advice you can have is to know your target and know yourself...

Another proactive Ohio school board approves arming staff members

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, April 24, 2017
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that another Ohio board of education has formally approved allowing some employees to possess firearms on school premises and in designated school safety zones. According to the article, the new policy, enacted by the Indian Valley Board of Education in northeastern Ohio, will go into effect this fall. Several nearby districts already allow armed staff members...

How I almost shot someone - and the 5 things I learned

7:00am Friday, April 21, 2017
The following is a true story submitted to Buckeye Firearms Association. We have concealed the identity of the person involved by that person's request. While most people assume that defending yourself with a gun means actually shooting someone, this story is representative of countless thousands of encounters across the U.S. that likely go unreported to authorities. It shows that simply having a...

The Washington Post Gives Gun Control Group and U.S. Senator Three Pinocchios on Suppressors

7:00am Thursday, April 20, 2017
[Recently], we wrote about Americans for Responsible Solutions’ irresponsible misinformation about The Hearing Protection Act on Twitter. Apparently, we weren’t the only ones who took notice of ARS’s complete disregard for the facts on firearm suppressors. On Monday, [March 20,] The Washington Post Fact Checker took a look at ARS’s tweet as well as a tweet by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)...

CMP Unveils New Features as National Rifle and Pistol Matches Near

by Ashley Brugnone
7:00am Wednesday, April 19, 2017
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is already preparing for the 2017 National Trophy Rifle and Pistol Matches, fired in June and July on the historic ranges of Camp Perry. The Matches will again feature celebrated traditional events and clinics as well as staple CMP competitions and fresh ones designed specifically for the season. While at Camp Perry, guests may view first...

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