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Phony Prayer Vigils: The Last Desperate Gasp of Unenlightened Scoundrels

12:10am Thursday, October 29, 2009

By Gerard Valentino Columbuslocalnews.com is reporting that Ohio's most rabidly anti-gun organization has begun staging prayer vigils to remind the community of the ravages of homicides and violent crime. The Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, led by Toby Hoover, has a long and sorry history of dancing in the blood of murder victims. Their tactic of staging prayer vigils reaches a new low, as...

Ohio Liberty Council holds town hall forum on Issue 2

12:05am Thursday, October 29, 2009

On Election Day 2009, Ohio voters will be asked to decide on Issue 2, a ballot initiative which would amend the Ohio constitution to create a livestock board appointed by the governor that would set standards for livestock care in Ohio. While Buckeye Firearms Association determined that this issue falls too far outside of our mission , others including the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance , are...

Ohio bar shootings: The fallacy of "No-Guns" zones on full display

by Chad D. Baus

12:10am Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Despite these prominently posted "no-guns" signs, which are required by law to be posted in every Class D liquor permit location in the state of Ohio, it's getting increasingly hard to keep track of all the shootings occuring across the Buckeye state in places that serve alcohol.

Training, Yes – Mandatory, No

12:05am Wednesday, October 28, 2009

By Jeff Knox At the recent Gun Rights Policy Conference in Saint Louis, Missouri I had the privilege of introducing a couple of resolutions that were adopted by the assembly. The first dealt with the recent attempt by Customs and Border Protection to classify certain "easy open" pocket knives as "switchblades," and subsequent efforts to amend the Federal Switchblade Act. My resolution suggested...

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75 year-old Ohio CHL-holder shoots armed teen during attempted robbery

1:26pm Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Columbus' 10TV.com is reporting that a 75 year-old man who was walking his dog used a firearm in self-defense when an armed teen tried to rob him.

Buckeye Firearms Chairman Jim Irvine debates Bloomberg crony on gun show "loophole"

12:10am Tuesday, October 27, 2009

By Chad D. Baus On October 20, 2009, Buckeye Firearms Chairman Jim Irvine appeared as a guest on WCPN's (Clevland Public Radio) "The Sound of Ideas," hosted by Dan Moulthrop. In a typical display of your tax dollars at work on the "impartial" forum of National Public Radio (NPR), the opening half of the show was given solely to one of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's cronies - John Feinblatt,...

Gun owners' single issue is the Constitution

12:05am Tuesday, October 27, 2009

By Jeff Knox The Firearms Coalition is a single-issue organization and GunVoters are a single-issue group, but, while that single issue is generally accepted as being the Second Amendment, the issue is actually the Constitution as a whole. The Second Amendment stands as a bulwark around the Constitution and "gun groups" in defending the Second Amendment are in fact defenders of the Constitution...

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Buckeye Firearms Association issues endorsements in several local races

12:10am Monday, October 26, 2009

As a part of our focus on general firearms issues, this political action committee continues to direct our attention to a variety of local races in the state of Ohio for off-year elections. This year, there are a few contests which pique the interest of Buckeye Firearms Association, some because they are between pro-gun candidates and out-and-out liberal anti-gunners, and others because we wish...