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Ohio Democrats join call for suspension of Second Amendment

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, July 21, 2016

During the runup to the March 16 primary, Democrat Senate candidate P.G. Sittenfeld staged a last-ditch effort to gain publicity for his underdog campaign by calling for a constitutional amendment to repeal Ohio's preemption law which prohibits cities from enacting laws that are more strict than state law. As Buckeye Firearms Association and several news outlets have noted since Sittenfeld's...

Violate these 4 gun safety rules at your own risk

3:00pm Wednesday, July 20, 2016

The single most important subject for every gun owner is also the subject few gun owners ever want to talk about: safety. Why? Because to many, it's boring. It's a lot more fun to talk about the latest and greatest firearm or debate the best caliber for self defense. Right? But let's face it. Accidents happen. And there's only ONE reason they happen. In every case, without exception, an...

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Bloomberg Moms Claim Eddie Eagle Message as Their Own

7:00am Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Imitation, so they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. But heaping condemnation on something you later steal and then try to portray as your own? Well, that’s just downright weird. And if there’s any truth to a recent blog post appearing in the New York Times, that’s what Shannon Watts – head of the Bloomberg-backed gun control group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America – has done in...

BFA's Sean Maloney schools NBC viewers on open carry

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Tuesday, July 19, 2016

On July 19, as the Republican National Convention opened in Ohio, Buckeye Firearms Association's Sean Maloney appeared on Cincinnati's NBC affiliate, WLWT, to educate viewers on the legality of open carry in Ohio. Maloney responded to a suggestion by Steve Loomis, the president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, that Governor Kasich should suspend Ohioans' constitutional right to...

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The NRA and the Death of the Elite Media

by Brian Anse Patrick

7:00am Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The following is excerpted from the Foreword to the revised Arktos edition of Brian Anse Patrick’s The National Rifle Association and the Media: The Motivating Force of Negative Coverage . Prof. Brian Patrick introduces and summarizes his years of research into media bias against the National Rifle Association, and NRA's success in spite of this opposition, and describes what this tells us about...

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Hillary Clinton: Gun Control a “Civil Rights Issue”

3:00pm Monday, July 18, 2016

Inspired by the staged “sit-in” for gun control conducted by Democrats in the House of Representatives the week of June 20, Hillary Clinton said during a campaign speech in Chicago a week later “saving [people] from gun violence is a civil rights issue.” Correctly speaking, civil rights are those that are protected against infringement by government and its agents. Of course, Clinton doesn’t see...

Cleveland Police Representative Seeks to Illegally "Suspend" Gun Laws and Constitutional Rights

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Monday, July 18, 2016

Steve Loomis, the president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, has called for Governor Kasich to suspend Ohio open carry laws during the Republican National Convention. Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) denounces this outrageous request in the strongest possible terms and calls on Loomis to retract this unconstitutional and illegal request. Loomis was quoted by CNN, saying, "We are...

Reality Check: Why FBI Terror Watch List Should NOT Be Used To Prevent Gun Purchases

3:00pm Friday, July 15, 2016

In the wake of the Orlando mass shooting, there is a major push about what to do over gun control. And while some of the discussion is repetitive, what about the simple idea that if someone is on the FBI watch list, they should not be allowed to buy a gun? Is it fair? Does it make sense? This is a Reality Check you won’t see anywhere else.