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FLASH: SB184 assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice

3:37pm Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce that Senator Steve Buehrer's Castle Doctrine legislation, which concerns protecting crime victims and restoring the presumption of innocence to those forced to act in self-defense, has received a committee assignment. Click here to download this important three-page bill.

Tiahrt Responds to Bloomberg Campaign of Lies and Distortion

12:05am Wednesday, June 20, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-Goddard) today blasted the organization behind a comprehensive campaign aimed at repealing current law that prohibits public release of critical data related to ongoing criminal investigations. In addition to a full page ad in USA Today last week, Internet ads and a series of television ads, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has now hired someone to...

The Truth About H.R. 2640 The ''NICS Improvement Act''

12:10am Tuesday, June 19, 2007

H.R. 2640, THE "NICS IMPROVEMENT ACT," PASSES HOUSE BY VOICE VOTE On June 13, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 2640, the "NICS Improvement Act," by a voice vote. H.R. 2640 is consistent with NRA's decades-long support for measures to prohibit firearm purchases by those who have been adjudicated by a court as mentally defective or as a danger to themselves or others...

Thousands celebrate 100 years at Camp Perry

12:10am Monday, June 18, 2007

The Port Clinton News Herald is reporting that up to 6,000 shooters are expected to take part in a historic milestone this July -- the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Camp Perry as the site for the National Matches. From the story: "Camp Perry may well be the single most revered place in the hearts and minds of competitive shooters," said new NRA President John Sigler, a lifelong...

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Former anti-gun Representative completes firearms instruction course

12:10am Thursday, June 14, 2007

It isn't often that a politician admits he was wrong. It is even less often that a politician acts on his new convictions so immediately and publicly as has Rep. Michael DeBose (D - Cleveland) in the weeks since he was made victim by armed criminals in an attempted mugging last month. Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to report that on June 8th and 9th, Rep. Debose, his wife and 10...

ESPN Networks to Air College Shotgun Competition

12:05am Thursday, June 14, 2007

NEWTOWN, Conn. — ESPNU and ESPN2 will televise the 39th Annual ACUI Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships, exposing the networks' millions of viewers to the action and excitement of the shooting sports. ESPNU, with major sponsorship from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), will televise the competition throughout June and July. ESPN2 will air the finals of the international skeet...

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Anti-gun Senator Does Bloomberg's Bidding - Yanks Tiahrt Amendment

12:35am Wednesday, June 13, 2007

June 8, 2007 NRA-ILA.org Anti-gun Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced she will not include the Tiahrt Amendment in the CJS appropriations bill. In doing so, Mikulski will defy the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) and the Fraternal Order of Police-supporters of the Amendment-and...

USSA: Microsoft Funds the Anti-Hunting Movement

12:10am Thursday, June 07, 2007

(Columbus) – Microsoft has rejected a U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance request to abandon its partnership with the nation’s leading anti-hunting organization. Microsoft, the software giant, will make a $100,000 donation to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and is partnering with the group on a pilot program called the i’m Initiative. Through the new program, whenever a Windows Live...