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Another Week, Another Executive Gun Control Action: BATFE Reverses Prior Position on Pistol "Stabilizing Braces"

3:00pm Thursday, January 22, 2015

On January 16, BATFE released an Open Letter on the Redesign of “Stabilizing Braces .” This letter articulates BATFE’s official position on the use of pistol stabilizing braces like the Sig Sauer SB15 . It concludes that “[a]ny person who intends to use a handgun stabilizing brace as a shoulder stock on a pistol (having a rifled barrel under 16 inches in length or a smooth bore firearm with a...

'Bullet Voting': Increase your NRA Board of Directors ballot power

by Joe Eaton

7:00am Thursday, January 22, 2015

All NRA members with five consecutive years of membership or a Life membership or above should be looking for the annual NRA Board of Directors (BOD) ballot in their NRA Magazine (or mailed separately). The NRA Board of Directors consists of 76 persons, with 25 elected each year for a three year term. (The 76th is elected at the NRA Annual Meetings). When your ballot arrives, you will usually...

To the Editor: Being armed is sensible, even in ‘safe’ situations

3:00pm Wednesday, January 21, 2015

In response to a letter in the Columbus Dispatch , in which a reader assigned mental illness to those who carry a gun, Buckeye Firearms Association President Jim Irvine submitted his own letter , which was published a few days later. Regarding Sean Allen’s letter, “Shootings have become public-health threat,” in Friday’s Dispatch: Responding to a tragic accident in Idaho in which a 2-year-old...

Vote Sean Maloney for NRA Board of Directors

3:01pm Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Buckeye Firearms Association's own Sean Maloney is seeking election to the NRA Board of Directors. If you are an NRA voting member, you will receive your ballots soon. We ask that you VOTE FOR SEAN MALONEY. Endorsements include Buckeye Firearms Association, Soldier of Fortune Magazine , Ohio Gun Collectors Association, Dick Heller (DC vs. Heller), The Colorado Second Amendment Association, Laura...

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Our lives and our safety is OUR job

3:00pm Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Do you believe the government can keep you safe? What's the cost to a country that thinks its rules can shield good people from bad things? Our safety is our job, because our lives are our job. >>> CLICK HERE to join the NRA or renew your membership now . If you know some good guys and gals, get them a gift membership.

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Save a life or sneer at an idiot - your choice

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Interesting experience at the shooting range this afternoon ... The range is packed. Everyone got new guns for X-mas and wants to shoot them. There was about an hour wait for a stall. I sit down and start reading as I wait my turn. In a few minutes, a young girl sits down to wait in the chair next to mine. She's by herself and appears to be in her early 20s. She's the only black person in the...

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Who's Right About Right-to-Carry?

3:00pm Monday, January 19, 2015

Later this year, Congress may consider Right-to-Carry reciprocity legislation that would require states to honor each other’s concealed firearm carrying permits. When they do, gun control supporters better hope they have someone more effective to argue for their side than anti-gun advocate Daniel Webster. The Washington Post reports that Webster, the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun...

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What HB 234 Means to You: Part I - NICS compliant background checks

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, January 19, 2015

On March 23, 2015 several changes to Ohio law that are of particular significance to Ohio gun owners will take effect. This article will look at improvements in the background check process to obtain an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL). There has been a considerable amount of discussion and misinformation related to HB 234 (and HB 203) relating to the provision making the background check for...