BFA testifies in support of HB 248 to remove background check requirement for antique firearms

7:00am Thursday, September 12, 2019
On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, Dean Rieck, Executive Director of Buckeye Firearms Association, testified before the Ohio House Federalism Committee in favor of House Bill 248 . Also in favor were Sean Maloney, testifying on behalf of the National Rifle Association , and Evan English, for Olde English Outfitters . Sponsored by Representative Jena Powell (R) and Representative Todd Smith (R), HB...

Husted, Yost and Others Honor Life of Second Amendment Warrior Ken Hanson

by Beth Lear
7:00am Wednesday, September 11, 2019
DELAWARE, Ohio — Second Amendment supporters from around Ohio and beyond gathered Saturday at Blackwing Shooting Center to celebrate and memorialize one of gun owners’ greatest allies and advocates – L. Kenneth (Ken) Hanson. Hanson, co-founder of Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA), passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019. He was 49 years old. Lt. Gov. John Husted, Attorney General Dave Yost and Ohio...

Op-Ed: California’s Background Check Law Had No Impact on Gun Deaths, Johns Hopkins Study Finds

by Jon Miltimore
7:00am Tuesday, September 10, 2019
The findings—which run counter to the conventional wisdom that gun control saves lives—have received almost no media attention. A new academic study has found that, once again , gun laws are not having their desired effect. A joint study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of California at Davis Violence Prevention Research Program...

Ohio concealed handgun license-holder stops man threatening McDonald's customers with knife

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, September 09, 2019
WCMH (NBC Columbus) is reporting that an Ohio concealed handgun license-holder used his firearm to disarm a man who was threatening McDonald's customers with a knife in Coshocton County. From the article : Sheriff’s determined when they arrived that the man, 22, from Coshocton, was making threats while inside the restaurant. A customer in the restaurant noticed the man and confronted him. The...

SHOCK: Persons obtain more than four dozen firearms without background check

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, September 06, 2019
According to so-called "common-sense" gun control extremists like Mark Kelly's "Giffords," all we have to do to keep criminals from gaining access to firearms is to mandate that a background check be done before all transfers of firearms. Pass "universal" background checks, we're told, close the "gun show loophole," we're told, and we can stop mass shootings! Indeed, Kelly's group (formerly known...

Walmart Caves in to Pressure while Rural King Stand Firm for Gun Rights

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, September 05, 2019
It's a study in contrast. One retailer caves in to pressure from gun control extremists. Another stands firm on Second Amendment rights. Walmart recently announced it would discontinue sales of rifle ammunition such as .223 and 5.56 caliber as well as stop sales of handgun ammunition. In Alaska, they will stop all handgun sales. Going even further, it is asking shoppers to stop open carry in...

Bill Clinton Touts Failed Gun Ban With Bogus Info

3:00pm Wednesday, September 04, 2019
Bill and Hillary Clinton just don’t draw like they used to. Shunned by much of his own party, (described by one Vanity Fair commentator as “2020’s bubonic plague”) the former president has been relegated to providing lazy commentary on the issues of the day. Such was the case this week when the would-be first gentleman penned an op-ed touting one of his presidential administration’s abject policy...

Headline: Man arrested in Cleveland three times in six months on gun charges: “I’ll never stop carrying a gun”

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, September 04, 2019
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting on an arrest that provides a perfect example of how criminals view gun control laws, and how impotent a so-called "universal" background check law would be to stop them. From Cleveland.com : A man arrested for the third time in six months on gun charges told Cleveland police “I’ll never stop carrying a gun” on his way to the county jail, police said. Lamar...

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