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Buckeye Firearms Association PAC endorsees and A-rated candidates perform well in primary

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC endorsees had a strong performance in Tuesday's primary. On the Republican side, BFA PAC endorsed in six contested Ohio Senate races, and endorsees won five. BFA PAC endorsed in 12 Ohio House races and endorsees won nine. In races where BFA PAC graded but did not endorse, A or Aq-rated candidates won in 2 contested Senate contests, and 5 contested House races. On...

To the Editor: Politically motivated gun control

3:00pm Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Editor's Note: The following letter to the editor of the Toledo Blade was published in response to that newspaper's latest anti-Second Amendment editorial entitled " Local gun control ," which sought to prop up a push by a Cincinnati city council member to overturn Ohio's statewide preemption of local gun control laws. Because The Blade heavily edited the original letter, the entire thing is...

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BFA-PAC highlights 2016 Primary endorsements; VOTE TODAY! POLLS ARE OPEN!

7:00am Tuesday, March 15, 2016

VOTE TODAY! The Buckeye Firearms Association Political Action Committee (BFA-PAC) is asking voters to consider its endorsements for a host of local, statewide and federal offices before heading to the polls in the March 15, 2015 primaries. As a political action committee, BFA has been issuing endorsements in every election season for the past ten years. Through a system of weighing candidate...

Has the VA Deprived You of Your Second Amendment Rights? NRA Wants to Hear From You!

3:00pm Monday, March 14, 2016

As we have reported several times in the past, the Veterans Administration (VA) has been reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) the identities of its beneficiaries who have been assigned a “fiduciary” to manage their benefits. The VA claims that such determinations constitute an “adjudication of mental defectiveness” under federal law, thereby prohibiting the...

No, Hillary, the Firearms Industry Isn't Immune from Liability

7:00am Monday, March 14, 2016

NSSF Corrects the Record on Firearms Industry Liability NEWTOWN, Conn. - The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms industry, issued a statement today to correct the record and refute ongoing misrepresentation of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) by Hillary Clinton. In a Democratic presidential primary debate in Michigan, Mrs...

Band Member Targeted in Paris Terror Attacks Stresses Importance of Armed Self-Defense

3:00pm Friday, March 11, 2016

[Recently], heavy metal rock group Eagles of Death Metal made a triumphant return to Paris. The American band performed before a sold-out crowd at the city’s Olympia music hall only three months after terrorist gunmen attacked an Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan theater, killing 89. By all accounts the concert was an enormous success, but even before the band took the stage, Eagles...

West Virginia Legislature Overrides Veto of Constitutional Carry Bill

7:00am Friday, March 11, 2016

FAIRFAX, Va. - The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauds the West Virginia state legislature for overriding Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s veto of HB 4145, making constitutional carry the law in West Virginia. “Self-defense is a fundamental right that must be respected,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director, NRA-ILA. “Law-abiding West Virginians are now free...

February 2016 firearms sales jump 16.2% over prior year

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Thursday, March 10, 2016

As we predicted last month, sales of firearms continue to rise in the wake of the December 2 terrorist attack in San Bernadino, CA and President Obama's latest attempts to intimidate peaceable gun owners through executive actions. The February 2016 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,487,871 is an increase of 16.2 percent compared to the February...