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Op-Ed: U.N. arms treaty a direct threat to American gun ownership

3:00pm Monday, June 17, 2013

by Chris W. Cox Oxfam America has long served as a reliable cheerleader for nearly all misguided United Nations policy. However, Oxfam America President Raymond Offenheiser's Friday op-ed ("President should ignore fear mongering and sign arms treaty") is an exceptional illustration of this blind allegiance. Offenheiser wants us to simultaneously believe the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty is both the...

The Santa Monica College Active Killer: What We Can Learn

7:00am Monday, June 17, 2013

Editor's Note: For the past six months, a national media drumbeat has been sounding: "Pass gun control laws like the ones they have in California and stop these mass killings." On Friday, June 7, the latest mass killing happened...in California. As Active Response Training's Greg Ellifritz points out below, there is a lot we can learn from this latest attack. Among the many lessons? California-...

Firearm Travel Guide: Stay on the road and out of jail

3:00pm Friday, June 14, 2013

by Jim Irvine Now you can carry a gun or transport firearms confidently with ... The Traveler's Guide to the Firearm Laws of the Fifty States by J. Scott Kappas, Esq. NEW and updated for 2013 Only $13.95 (plus $4 shipping) MAIL ORDER: Send a personal check for $17.95 payable to Buckeye Firearms Foundation. Mail to Traveler's Firearm Guide, 15 West Winter Street, Delaware, Ohio 43015. Summer is...

Buckeye Firearms Association Endorses HB203, Concealed Carry Law Reform Bill

7:00am Friday, June 14, 2013

DELAWARE - Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce its endorsement of House Bill 203. The bill's primary sponsor, Terry Johnson (R-McDermott), has again taken lead in improving firearms laws in the Ohio House. HB203 has significant support as indicated by the bill's 15 co-sponsors. The NRA has also endorsed the legislation. HB 203 seeks to make many improvements to Ohio's concealed...

Zero tolerance: 5 year-old boy interrogated by school officials for two hours without parents over orange-tipped toy cap gun

3:00pm Thursday, June 13, 2013

Editor's Note: If the below case doesn't make you mad enough, check out this recent case where a North Carolina teen was been expelled and given a felony charge for accidentally leaving his shotgun in his truck at school and calling his mother to come pick it up when he realized the mistake. A similar incident also happened here in Ohio at Evergreen High School. Reports of overzealous enforcement...

CNN Photo Essay: Ohio teachers pose with their guns

7:00am Thursday, June 13, 2013

by Chad D. Baus CNN's Lauren Russell has written two articles on the move to arm teachers here in Ohio. Accompanying her article is a photo essay compiled by an Italian photographer. From the article accompanying the photo essay, entitled " Teachers pose with their guns ": December's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut jarred parents and teachers around Ohio. Thinking more had...

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Toledo woman confronts would-be home invader with handgun

3:00pm Wednesday, June 12, 2013

by Chad D. Baus WTVG (ABC Toledo) reported recently that a Toledo woman with a handgun was able to detain a man who was attempting to gain entry into her home. From the article : Tense moments in the early morning hours, as a woman carrying a gun confronts a man trying to get into her home. The attempted home invasion happened on the 1900 block of Loxley near Upton, just before 5 a.m. Thursday...

House committee holds first hearing on HB191 (Align Firearms Definitions)

7:00am Wednesday, June 12, 2013

by Chad D. Baus State Rep. John Becker delivered sponsor testimony on House Bill 191 Tuesday before the House Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security committee. HB191 would change the state's Weapons Control Law by removing from the definition of "automatic firearm" a semi-automatic firearm that is designed or adapted to fire more than 31 cartridges without reloading. Section 2923.11...