Attorney General Cordray announces Ohio concealed carry reciprocity agreement with Nebraska

Attorney General Richard Cordray today announced a new reciprocity agreement with the State of Nebraska. Ohio now has agreements with 19 other states. Nine states allow Ohioans to carry there without an agreement. All together, an Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL) allows persons to carry in 28 states including Ohio. When Ohio's concealed carry law went into effect more than six years ago, it...

REMINDER: Vote TODAY in the Buckeye State!

Tuesday, May 4 is Election Day in Ohio! Because voter turnout in primary elections is historically quite low, die-hard gun owners who Vote Freedom First are able to have an even bigger impact on election results. When one considers that the number of hunters, sportsmen, CHL-holders, NRA members, Buckeye Firearms Association donors and Second Amendment supporters in Ohio approaches 1 million...

Your Duty to Vote

Editor's Note: Primary Election Day is Tuesday, May 4. Please do your duty, and make plans to vote. DOWNLOAD the Buckeye Firearms Association voter guide! Print and distribute to your friends and family! Help spread the word and encourage people to vote their gun rights freedoms first! By Jeff Knox I propose that the "firearms fraternity" begin placing as much emphasis on voting and voter...

Judge Eugene Lucci for 11th District Court of Appeal

By Jim Irvine Few offices are as important as judicial offices, and few candidates are as hard to cast informed votes about as the judicial candidates. The appeals courts are particularly important. They can overrule a lower court, but more importantly they set a precedent the lower court must follow. They can only be overruled by the Ohio Supreme Court, and most cases never reach that court...

Legislation to repeal D.C. gun control laws introduced in House and Senate

By Jim Shepherd Senators Jon Tester and John McCain have introduced bipartisan legislation that would repeal most gun laws in the District of Columbia. The Second Amendment Enforcement Act, would overrule the District's deliberately complicated registration requirements and would prevent enactment of regulations that prohibit the carrying of firearms in public places. It also puts the bridle on...

Two Buckeye Firearms Assoc.-endorsed bills receive hearings

By Jim Irvine SB247 , a bill which will bring Ohio's restoration of rights in line with Federal law and United States Supreme Court ruling, received its first hearing on Wednesday in the Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee . The bill's primary sponsor, Sen. Jason Wilson, testified about the need for the bill and how his bill will correct the problem affecting many Ohio gun owners. (see...

Mayors Against Illegal Guns TV ads pose question for DeWine & Kasich

By Chad D. Baus In 2009, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), the gun control front group run by billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, made news for apparently having added the names of mayors to his group without permission . In 2010, Bloomberg hopes to make news for a different reason. According to a recent MAIG press release , the gun ban group is spending more than a quarter of a...

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