VIDEOS: Ramaswamy vows 100% commitment as most pro-2A governor Ohio has ever had

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, whom Buckeye Firearms Association PAC has endorsed, visited the Gun Collective's GunCon 2026 on June 20 and shared his pro-Second Amendment stance in a pair of social-media videos.

"People in there know that I will be the most pro-Constitution, pro-freedom, pro-2A governor this state has ever had," he said in one video posted to Facebook. "And I'm running against the most anti-freedom, anti-Constitution, anti-2A governor (candidate) who's ever run, Amy Acton, so take your pick."

In another video on X, a retired U.S. Marine captain asked Ramaswamy if he would commit to protect Ohioans against overreaching red flag laws.

"You have my 100% commitment to that," he said. "So we gotta do a better job of standing for our veterans. But the last thing we need to do is penalize them for the struggles they go through, to say that these red flag laws — which, by the way, take away (from) somebody without even a criminal conviction, just because somebody picks up the phone and calls — that's where this has become in many states, a slippery slope. We're gonna draw the line. We're not doing the red flag laws that open up that slippery slope in Ohio for anyone, certainly not for our veterans. And you have my commitment to that."

A veteran at GunCon asked me to make a commitment on protecting those who have served from overreaching red flag laws. Here’s what I told him. pic.twitter.com/DtCJSwXpEO

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) June 23, 2026

Acton, his Democratic opponent who was the Ohio Department of Health director during the start of COVID and who ordered endless lockdowns, has not said too much publicly about her stance on gun control, but the fact that Everytown for Gun Safety has endorsed her as a Moms Demand Action Gun Sense candidate speaks volumes. All she can promise is to "undertake common sense reforms to reduce the scourge of gun violence," which she sees as a public health crisis.

"Gun violence is taking its toll in too many Ohio communities," she said on X back in August 2025. "We must work together to end this senseless violence and keep Ohioans safe."

So from a Second Amendment perspective in Ohio, it comes down to a choice: Ramaswamy, a candidate endorsed by Buckeye Firearms Association PAC who promises a "100% commitment" to protecting your rights, or Acton, an anti-freedom, lockdown candidate who blames guns for violence.

Joe D. "Buck" Ruth, a pen name for Scott Hummel, is a longtime small-game hunter and gun owner who spent nearly three decades in the news industry. He is the website and social-media manager for Buckeye Firearms Association.