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February sees 29.1% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 33rd straight month over month increase

3:00pm Thursday, March 07, 2013

The February 2013 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,634,309 is an increase of 29.1 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,266,344 in February 2012. For comparison, the unadjusted February 2013 NICS figure of 2,298,561 reflects a 32.5 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,734,646 in February 2012. This marks the 33rd...

Buckeye Firearms Association Patriot Profiles: Sgt. Joyce

7:00am Thursday, March 07, 2013

by Clint Lake This is the first in a monthly series letting BFA supporters tell their unique and compelling stories about how they were introduced to firearms, how firearms and the 2nd Amendment effected their lives, and how they left their own personal impression on the American heritage of gun ownership. My goal is to help those of us fighting the fight to never forget those that have come...

Cedarville University Student Marksmen (Chi Sigma Mu) 100+ students strong and growing

3:00pm Wednesday, March 06, 2013

by Chad D. Baus Cedarville University Student Marksmen, also known as Chi Sigma Mu, new to the Cedarville, Ohio campus, already boasts more than 100 student members. After an NRA University meeting last semester, club advisor Sandy Yoder stated that they were told by the NRA that it had been one of the largest meetings to date. Yoder says that the members of Chi Sigma Mu would like to be an...

Northwest Ohio school employees join area law enforcement for 16 hour active killer training class in Williams Co. school

7:00am Wednesday, March 06, 2013

by Chad D. Baus On the weekend of March 2 and 3, both Buckeye Firearms Foundation President Jim Irvine and I were privileged to attend an Active Killer in Schools training course in the Williams Co., OH community of Edgerton. The training was conducted by the Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) , a world-renowned training facility based in Adams Co., OH that is owned and operated by former SWAT Team...

Firearms Industry Moves - Literally, Maybe

3:00pm Tuesday, March 05, 2013

by Jim Shepherd Nearly the end of February and there's no respite in sight for Second Amendment supporters coast-to-coast. California, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Illinois have gotten the most ink, but only a few states don't have some gun legislation being considered. Those fights may prove considerably more costly than most anti-gun politicians seem to think. As is normally the...

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Owning firearms is a First Amendment exercise, too!

7:00am Tuesday, March 05, 2013

by Alan Gottlieb Following the hysteria generated by gun prohibitionists in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, a nationwide rush on gun stores began as citizens bought semiautomatic modern sporting rifles, handguns and ammunition, in effect "making a political statement" about proposals to ban such firearms. Making political statements is what the First Amendment is all about. The so-called "...

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Foolish to think 'It can't happen here'

3:00pm Monday, March 04, 2013

by Thomas Lucente As the gun control debate rages on, I have taken some flak for stating, quite correctly, that the sole purpose of the Second Amendment is for the citizenry to protect itself from the government. Period. End of debate. Of course, that leads to nothing but derision from leftist gun-grabbers. The government, their argument goes, is not going to kick in your door. I suspect a few...

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Consent of the Governed? Time for Long Look in the Mirror

7:00am Monday, March 04, 2013

by Paul Markel It is no stretch of the imagination that the current political climate is more divisive than it has ever been in modern times. As a nation, we have always had competing parties in our government. However, like a family that argues amongst itself, when an external threat materialized, historically we put aside partisan issues and united. That was the way our parents and grand-...