NRA Members, this is CRITICAL: Have you cast your vote for Sean Maloney?

As many of you know, Buckeye Firearms Association's own Sean Maloney is seeking re-election to the NRA Board of Directors. If you are an NRA voting member, the March issue of your NRA magazine contained a ballot and it is vitally important that you complete and return it RIGHT NOW. TODAY! Sean has received word that his election is currently running "too close to call." That means EVERY vote...

Hillary Supporter Fact Checks Clinton: Don’t Blame Vermont for New York Crime!

Hillary Clinton apparently wants to make sure that no matter how her current campaign fares, she will at least retain her title as the least trusted person in American politics. In campaign-panic mode on Monday [April 4], having lost the last five state caucuses to Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Clinton made another statement to be added to her ever-lengthening list of lies and...

Killing in Self Defense IS Homicide

Here's a fact many gun owners have a hard time understanding: when you take someone's life, even if you do it in self defense, it is considered a "homicide." But isn't self defense a time-honored right of every individual? Yes. Self defense is a natural right. If someone threatens you with death or great bodily harm, you have the right to defend yourself, and that includes using deadly force...

Gun industry sees jobs increase 73%, overall economic impact up 158%, since Obama took office

(Image source: FreeImages.com/Renxx Gmdr) More than 7 years later, and as we (thankfully) near the end of the Obama presidency, there are many areas of the economy that are still waiting for a post-recession rebound. But Crain's Cleveland Business is reporting that one industry in which Obama has promoted growth - albeit against his will - is the firearms industry. From the article, entitled "...

Movie review: 91% - A Documentary About Guns In America

I was invited to attend the movie “91%: A Documentary About Guns In America” at its premier at the Cleveland International Film Festival. After the showing I participated in a panel discussion and answered questions from the audience. The movie was well received, with an estimated 200 people in attendance. Even more people came in after the movie for this discussion and Q&A. Mike McIntyre...

NSSF Praises U.S. Senate Passage of Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act

NEWTOWN, Conn. - The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industries, praised the passage today by the U.S. Senate of the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act. The act was passed as an amendment to S.2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act. Similar legislation passed the House of Representatives earlier in the 114th...

CAUTION: Criminals don't think like you do!

A couple years ago, I attended a 3-day handgun class at Tactical Defense Institute in West Union, Ohio. One of the many ideas that stuck with me was what the training center's owner, John Benner, said in the classroom portion of the training: "Criminals don't think like you or me. Their minds work differently. They want what they want and all you are to them is an object in their way." That's...

Ohio Wildlife Council Approves 2016-2017 Hunting Regulations

COLUMBUS, OH - The 2016-2017 hunting and trapping seasons were among the regulations approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council at its scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 13, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). White-tailed deer hunting season changes include moving the two-day gun season to Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17-18, and muzzleloader season to Jan. 7-10, 2017...

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