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Action needed: Pennsylvania attorney general rescinding reciprocity agreements

3:00pm Thursday, July 10, 2014

According to reports from our neighbors to the east, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (D) has been busy recently, rescinding her state's reciprocity agreements with other concealed carry states. Pennsylvania no longer honors any non-resident concealed carry license from any state, and Kane seems intent on voiding reciprocity/recognition with as many states as possible. Ohio has never...

Hillary Clinton: Gun Control Opponents Are Terrorists, Not Entitled to Viewpoint

7:00am Thursday, July 10, 2014

Hillary Clinton hasn’t said that she’s running for the Democrat Party’s 2016 presidential nomination, but lately she’s been going out of her way to make sure that gun owners know what a Hillary presidency would be like for them. On Monday [June 16], during an interview on CNN Newsroom, Mrs. Clinton made clear that at age 66, she still hasn’t outgrown the zealotry of her youth. With anger...

Firearms industry economic impact nearly doubles in five years

3:00pm Wednesday, July 09, 2014

The total economic impact of the firearms and ammunition industry in the United States increased from $19.1 billion in 2008 to $37.7 billion in 2013, a 97 percent increase, while the total number of full-time equivalent jobs rose from more than 166,000 to more than 245,000, a 48 percent increase in that five-year period, according to a new National Shooting Sports Foundation report. Stephen L...

Ask Your U.S. Rep. to Oppose Wide-Ranging Gun Control Bill--H.R. 4783

7:00am Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Recently, we reported that U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, had introduced what he is calling the "Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014." In truth, we noted, the bill -- H.R. 4783 -- is largely composed of gun control measures that mirror, and supplement, acts being pursued in the states by Michael Bloomberg and his "...

Former MAIG Boss: Gun Control Wouldn't Stop Mass Murderers

3:00pm Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Mark Glaze, who just resigned as executive director of Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), now says that the gun control restrictions MAIG supports are “a mismatch,” where crimes committed by mass murderers are concerned. “It is a messaging problem” for gun control supporters “when a mass shooting happens and nothing that we have to offer would have stopped that mass shooting...

Second Amendment once again at stake in Ohio

7:00am Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Dear Second Amendment Patriot, BFA-endorsed Sharon Kennedy is running for re-election as Ohio Supreme Court Justice. Running against her is a 2012 BFA PAC D-Rated Democrat who thinks the Second Amendment is obsolete. So, once again, the Second Amendment and our Constitutionally guaranteed rights are at stake here in Ohio. What you have to understand is this: no matter what pro-gun laws we have,...

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CMP-USMC Junior Highpower Clinic Set to Further Advance Junior Talents

3:00pm Monday, July 07, 2014

CAMP PERRY, Ohio - The National Trophy Rifle Matches is not only a place where the most talented marksman in the world are named, it's also where they are made. Training clinics such as the CMP-USMC Junior Highpower Rifle Clinic, set to take place July 15-17, are plentiful during the Matches to further develop the already gifted shooters who visit Camp Perry. The CMP-USMC Junior Highpower Clinic...

U.S. House acts to stop U.N. Arms Trade Treaty and gun bans on Army Corps of Engineers-managed property

7:00am Monday, July 07, 2014

Bill Passes with Language Delaying Funding of U.N. Arms Trade Treaty On Tuesday, June 24, 2014, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee passed the State Foreign Operations bill, containing language prohibiting funds to be used for the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty prior to a full ratification of the treaty by the U.S. Senate. Specifically, section 7061 states: "None of the funds appropriated by this Act...