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FLASH: National Rifle Association files amicus brief in City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio preemption challenge

10:45am Wednesday, May 19, 2010

One week after Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, via the Solicitor General, filed a strong merit brief in support of Ohio's "preemption" law, R.C. 9.68, the National Rifle Association has followed suit, filing an Amicus , or "friend of the court," brief in support of upholding state law. Click here to download the NRA's brief. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has also filed an Amicus...

Three-Step Guide to 3-Gunning

7:00am Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Editor's Note: There are still a few spots open for the 2010 MultiGun Clinic , brought to you by Ohio Shooting Sports and Buckeye Firearms Association, with proceeds benefitting the Buckeye Firearms Foundation. If this article piques your interest, please register now ! By Jeff Johnston Tri-Gun Challenge competitor Neil Davies pulled into the Del-Tone/Luth gun club parking lot and wasted no time...

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Winner announced in BFA's first gun giveaway!

3:00pm Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Samuel Sitton from Hernando Mississippi has won the Ithaca 12-gauge shotgun in our first gun giveaway. We just received the picture you see here of Sam proudly holding his new gun. Response to the giveaway was overwhelming. Well over 5,000 pro-gun patriots from Ohio and around the U.S. entered for a chance to win. We launched the giveaway for two reasons. First, we thought it would be fun. Second...

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Early recap on NRA Annual Meetings: Record attendance "drives anti-gun folks crazy"

7:00am Tuesday, May 18, 2010

By Jim Shepherd As the curtain was rung down on the NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibitions in Charlotte, North Carolina, it appears another record-setting event will be headed for the record books. First, with nearly a third of the NRA's membership living inside a 150 mile radius of Charlotte, it seems the attendance records are pretty much going to be rewritten. Although we've not seen official...

Letter to Legislator: "There is simply no such thing as a 'gun show loophole.'"

3:00pm Monday, May 17, 2010

Editor's Note: The following letter was submitted by Buckeye Firearms Region Leader Larry S. Moore to a legislator who made comments to the media regarding the mythical "gun show loophole." Have you contacted your own legislator to inform them of the truth? The letter below provides an excellent template... May 2, 2010 The Honorable State Representative Clayton Luckie 77 S. High St 13th Floor...

Latest round of shoddy journalism in Ohio focuses on mythical "gun show loophole"

7:00am Monday, May 17, 2010

by Gerard Valentino Ohio's establishment media has a long history of taking sides in the debate on the right to keep and bear arms. In her coverage of the Dayton area gun show anti-gun protest at Hara Arena, Kelli Wynn of The Dayton Daily News managed to take that anti-gun bias to a new level. Her fawning and overly-sympathetic coverage of the protest was a slap in the face to fair-minded Ohioans...

Ohio Wildlife Officers Indicted

3:00pm Friday, May 14, 2010

By Larry S. Moore The situation with the indictments of the Brown County Wildlife Officer plus the Ohio Division of Wildlife Chief, Assistant Chief, District 5 (Xenia) Manager, Law Enforcement Administrator and Human Resources Administrator is widely reported. (See links below and the Buckeye Forum) There are lots of questions, rumors, counter-rumors and confusion over the case. First, a full...

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Obama Supreme Court nominee was 'not sympathetic' as law clerk to gun-rights argument

7:00am Friday, May 14, 2010

By Chad D. Baus Bloomberg News is reporting that Elena Kagan, who was recently nominated by President Obama to the United States Supreme Court, said as a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk in 1987 that she was "not sympathetic" toward a man who contended that his constitutional rights were violated when he was convicted for carrying an unlicensed pistol. According to Bloomberg News, Kagan made the...