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Time Magazine editor-at-large admits "overwhelming sentiment" for "gun control" at most major news organizations

7:00am Wednesday, August 08, 2012

by Chad D. Baus Most gun owners who follow political issues closely already know how biased the establishment media are against guns, even though it isn't often a journalist actually admits it. But that is exactly what happened when Time Magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin, appeared last week on MSNBC and confessed a broad media consensus to curtail gun rights: "If you walk the halls of most...

Pigs fly, it's snowing in Hell, the world as we know it has ended, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes a pro-gun op-ed

7:00am Tuesday, August 07, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a long history of fighting against Ohioans' right to keep and bear arms for self-defense, a right enumerated not just in the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, but in our Ohio Constitution as well (Article 1, Section 4). In the years prior to passage of Ohio's concealed carry law, The Plain Dealer often utilized the editorial page, as well as the...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation Inc. Files Amicus Brief in Woollard Case

5:17pm Monday, August 06, 2012

On August 6, 2012, Buckeye Firearms Foundation Inc., a 501(C)(3) Foundation supporting all legal uses of firearms, filed an Amicus Brief in a Maryland case that may well end up being the next U.S. Supreme Court case on gun rights. The case is Woollard et al v. Gallagher et al. Woollard is the gun owners' “side” of the case and they are represented by Alan Gura. The District Court ruled Maryland’s...

John Farquhar wins 2012 Zombie Apocalypse Gun & Gear Raffle

3:39pm Monday, August 06, 2012

By Dean Rieck On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 John Farquhar of Mad Duck Firearms Training in West Elkton, OH won the $3,500 prize package for our first gun raffle, benefiting Buckeye Firearms Foundation. "I'm surprised I won," said John. "I bought several tickets, but I really just wanted to support the work of the Foundation. I had a little extra cash after completing one of my self-defense classes...

My Two days with Tactical Weapons Training Group

3:39pm Monday, August 06, 2012

by Clint Lake Whenever you go to a new firearms training school for the first time you’re never too sure what to expect. Will the instructors gravitate toward a ‘Stalinist’ style of teaching where they dictate from on high, expecting the peons to accept their crumbs of wisdom? Or will the instructors lean toward the ‘Yoda-ist’ style of teaching where they teach from experience, with patience,...

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Report: Gun Sales Surge in Wake of Colorado Theater Shooting

7:00am Monday, August 06, 2012

by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the Colorado movie massacre, gun stores have reported an increase in sales. By some estimates, stores across the country, from Colorado to Ohio, have seen sales jump from 40 – 60 percent. The Columbus Dispatch is also covering the sales surge :

Obama to 'evaluate' gun control laws proposed in wake of Colorado mass murder

7:00am Friday, August 03, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The Washington Times is reporting that President Obama is considering support for the latest legislative knee-jerk reaction to mass murder in a "no-guns" zone - a proposed ban on the sale of ammunition online and on standard capacity magazines (neither of which would have stopped the Aurora, CO spree killer). From the article : White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that...

A gun would give victims a chance

7:00am Thursday, August 02, 2012

The following op-ed by Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was originally published by The Columbus Dispatch . Republished with permission. by Ken Hanson Shortly after midnight on July 20, 2012, James Holmes entered an Aurora, Colo., movie theater and allegedly committed mass murder. I join millions of American gun owners in extending condolences and support to the victims...