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BFA signs on to open letter to reform the National Firearms Act

6:00am Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Buckeye Firearms Association has joined a long list of organizations nationwide in signing an open letter to two U.S. House of Representatives committees, insisting that Congress eliminate unjust restrictions imposed by the National Firearms Act of 1934.

Will Congress follow states and ban tracking gun, ammo purchases?

by Larry Keane

6:00am Monday, May 19, 2025

Last month, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law HB 1509, which prohibits financial institutions, credit card companies, and payment processors from using a firearm retailer-specific merchant category code (MCC) to track firearm and ammunition purchases. Now 20 states have this type of prohibition. Is Congress next?

House Ways and Means advances bill involving suppressors

6:00am Friday, May 16, 2025

The House Committee on Ways & Means finished a markup of their section of the reconciliation bill May 14. Included in this legislation was a provision that would lower the National Firearms Act (NFA) tax levied on suppressors from $200 to $0. However, under this provision, suppressors would continue to be subject to the other aspects of the NFA.

BFA again testifies for HB 5 to restore gun rights for nonviolent offenders

6:00am Thursday, May 15, 2025

Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) has again testified before the Ohio House Judiciary Committee in support of House Bill 5, which aims to restore Second Amendment rights to nonviolent offenders who have repaid their debt to society and have demonstrated a commitment to leading a productive life.

Poor oral hygiene linked to gun violence? That bites

6:00am Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Anybody who has seen an old cowboy movie knows that moments before “gun violence” breaks out, one of the combatants is often prone to tell the other, “Smile when you say that.” Could it be that poor oral hygiene is indeed considered a provocation in these situations? Check out this "scientific" study by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Opinion: SCOTUS rejection tells anti-gun states it's OK to ignore Bruen decision

by Roger Katz

6:00am Tuesday, May 13, 2025

The Supreme Court, by refusing to grant certiorari in the Antonyuk v. James case, just told New York — and, by extension, every anti-gun state — that it’s OK to ignore the Bruen ruling.

Oakland removes Canik handgun billboard ad, violates First Amendment

by Shelby Baird Smith

6:00am Monday, May 12, 2025

A recent controversy over a billboard in Oakland, California, has brought to light the city’s troubling firearm and ammunition advertising restrictions. The billboard advertised Turkish firearm manufacturer Canik’s Mete MC9 pistol. But the targeting of firearm-specific speech — even if it is commercial speech — for additional regulation is constitutionally suspect.

Judge shopping isn't new to gun industry

by Larry Keane

6:00am Friday, May 09, 2025

Court watchers scratching their heads over the legal scrum concerning illegal immigration are learning what the firearm industry has known for years. There are judges who will engage in legal gymnastics to arrive at a preferred result.