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Ohio Hunters Check more than 16,500 Wild Turkeys during Spring Season

3:00pm Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Ohio hunters checked 16,556 wild turkeys during the combined 2014 wild turkey hunting season and youth wild turkey hunting season, April 19-May 18, 2014. To see county-by-county results from Ohio's 2014 wild turkey hunting season, click here . The top 10 counties for the wild turkey harvest were Ashtabula (615), Tuscarawas (493), Coshocton (484), Guernsey (466), Muskingum (453), Belmont (444),...

Heart attack free zones

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States accounting for approximately 600,000 deaths annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition to all the dead people, heart attacks also have a negative effect on the family members who’ve lost a loved one, and all of the innocent bystanders who witness this horrible death. It is time to outlaw...

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Headline: Dayton VA Medical Center shooting revives gun ban debate

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Monday, May 19, 2014

The subject of so called "no-guns" victim zones is once again being discussed, and this time by those not often willing to give the problem the kind of attention the subject deserves: the media. From a report by WXIX, Dayton's Fox affiliate: In the wake of a shooting early this month at a VA hospital in Dayton, that city's FOX affiliate is asking if the hospital's ban on concealed carry should be...

Two BFA-supported bills to receive hearings in Senate committee

7:00am Monday, May 19, 2014

Chairman Bill Coley has announced that the Senate Civil Justice Committee will be hearing testimony on Senate Bill 338 (Concealed Carry Law Reform) and HB 234 (Allow Noise Suppressors While Hunting) on May 21, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room. This will be the first hearing for HB 234,and sponsor-only testimony will be considered. Buckeye Firearms Association has previously provided...

Headline: Woman Stabbed Outside Gym Getting Gun License For Personal Safety

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Friday, May 16, 2014

WBNS (CBS Columbus) is reporting that women from one Ohio community are aiming to keep themselves safe, after a dangerous attack hit close to home. From the article : Rikki Whitaker survived a stabbing outside of her gym in early one morning in March. She's now out of the hospital and learning self-defense. Whitaker says police are still searching for the man, who attacked her. In fact, next week...

A trauma kit in every school

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Friday, May 16, 2014

In keeping with our effort to keep our children safe, Buckeye Firearms Foundation is announcing an initiative to put a trauma kit in every school building in Ohio. Our FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response) program has always maintained that we should take every reasonable step to save children’s lives. That includes steps taken before, during, and after an active...

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Elderly Columbus man defends self and wife in violent attack

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Thursday, May 15, 2014

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a 21 year-old burglar is dead after he and an accomplice attacked homeowners who came to investigate sounds in their garage. From the article : For the second time in a week, the alarm at Emerson and Nancy Frazier’s South Side ranch home blared. The couple — he is 69, she is 58 — got out of bed about 4 a.m. yesterday to investigate who was breaking into...

The information war against your Second Amendment rights has begun!

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Thursday, May 15, 2014

War has been declared against gun owners. A nd Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, and the Obama administration are leading the charge! Stung with defeat after defeat by U.S. Courts in recent years, these wealthy and powerful elitists have decided that they can't win the debate. So rather than admit the truth, they've decided to CHANGE the truth. They're pouring hundreds of millions of dollars (...