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Military Funding Bill Establishes Mandatory Program to Sell Historic Pistols to the Public

7:00am Friday, January 05, 2018

On Tuesday, [December 12] President Trump signed into law H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (NDAA). Included in the law is a provision long sought by collectors of vintage firearms and militaria that would require military surplus M1911/M1911A1 pistols (1911s) to be made available for sale to the American public. The military currently has some 100,000 excess...

Pro-Gun Women Threatened With Rape and Attacks on Children

by Stephen Gutowski

7:00am Thursday, January 04, 2018

In interviews with the Washington Free Beacon , four prominent pro-gun women detailed the deluge of vitriol and attempted intimidation they face. Each shared their own experience with death and rape threats as well as threats and hatred directed at their children. Each explained how they'd been forced to involve law enforcement during credible threats to their safety. All the women who spoke to...

2018 – The year ahead

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Wednesday, January 03, 2018

2018 is looking like a year of questions and controversies. It will be a year of conflict and change. Some of those changes will be good, some bad, and some we will probably not know yet as the year draws to a close. We have spent the past year with continuous stories about how fractured and divided the Republican party is under President Trump, yet the year ended with the GOP coming together to...

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2017 predictions for progress on gun rights revisited

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Tuesday, January 02, 2018

At the beginning of the year, I made several predictions about how the year would go. At the end of the year I figure it’s fitting to see how I did. Look at what I got right, what I got wrong, and if we can learn from our failures. What I got right I said: One would think that Republicans who tend to be pro-gun would seize this moment and repeal some of the failed gun control laws, but history...

Buckeyefirearms.org: Top 10 News Items of 2017

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, December 29, 2017

In 2017 we published approximately 300 news articles, along with other types of content. Over the years, we have published approximately 12,300 articles, covering elections, legislation, and all manner of events and information of interest to Second Amendment supporters. Over 1 million different people visited our website last year, creating over 2.23 million pageviews. Ours is an international...

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2017 and Your Gun Rights - The Year in Review

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, December 28, 2017

While there is far too much to cover in a single article, we reflect on some of the important events of 2017. January: Calls for national reciprocity law grow louder across the country on the heels of news that officials in the State of Minnesota have decided to no longer accept concealed handgun licenses from Arkansas, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas is beginning to trickle its way through the...

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The Washington Post Exposes Pelosi Lie on National Reciprocity

7:00am Wednesday, December 27, 2017

As the saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Of course, such a record would be an improvement for the Washington Post’s gun coverage. However, over the past year, the Post’s Fact Checker column has provided readers with a handful of well-researched pieces challenging the ridiculous assertions made by some gun control advocates. This week brought their latest, where writer Glenn...

Homeowner forced to defend self from just-released felon during 3 a.m. home invasion

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, December 26, 2017

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a homeowner was forced to defend himself during an early morning home invasion last week. From the article : A 41-year-old homeowner shot and killed a robbery suspect Wednesday after the man broke into his home, police said. ... The shooting happened about 3 a.m. at a home in the 10600 block of Elgin Avenue, south of St. Clair Avenue in the city's...