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Op-Ed: Defining the Debate – Active Shooters and Mass Shootings

by C. D. Michel

3:00pm Thursday, January 30, 2014

"Mass public shootings are on the rise!" "Mass public shootings are not rising!" Oddly enough, both statements are correct, and misused by the gun control lobby to confuse and alarm the public. You need to know the difference, the truth and the oddly calming perspective. Like the mythical "assault weapons"," everything depends on the definition. Across the nation there have been dozens of...

BuckeyeFirearms.org: Top Ten News Items of 2013

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, January 30, 2014

On average, we publish two articles a day and 10 to 12 articles a week. Over the years, we have published well over 9,000 articles, covering elections, legislation, and all manner of events and information of interest to Second Amendment supporters. As content editor for BuckeyeFirearms.org, it's always interesting to look back over the year to see which articles captured the most interest. So...

Numerically Challenged Journalist Wages Weak Attack on NRA, Kleck

3:00pm Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Nearly a century ago, the great jazz drummer Warren "Baby" Dodds was asked for his opinion of other drummers of his day. Dodds, a perfectionist, but also a gentleman, simply said, "All who are drumming aren't drummers." That brings us to the journalist Michael Allen, who, on Monday, [January 13] took advantage of the fact that anyone with a computer and an internet connection can write just about...

Park Commissioners: Everyone but rangers can carry guns in Franklin County MetroParks

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, January 29, 2014

What do you call a security guard without a gun? A target. And that's no joke. But two out of three Board of Park Commissioners in Franklin County recently voted to continue a ridiculous prohibition against arming park rangers. From ThisWeek Community News : Tracy Rader, representative of the Fraternal Order of Police/Ohio Labor Council, said the union was "saddened" that the park district's...

HB 231 (Eliminate 'No-Guns' Victim Zones) scheduled for third hearing in House

3:00pm Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Chairman Jim Butler has announced that the Judiciary Committee will be hearing testimony on Representative Ron Maag's (R-Lebanon) HB 231 Wednesday, January 29 at 4:00 p.m. in Statehouse Room 122. This will be the third hearing for this important bill. Buckeye Firearms Association has previously testified in support of the bill. Under the proposed legislation, Ohioans would be able to carry...

Ten Threats To Our Ohio Gun Rights In 2014

by Gerard Valentino

7:00am Tuesday, January 28, 2014

As 2014 dawns, the gun community has a lot to be thankful for because of so many hard fought victories in 2013. The Colorado recall election wins, the failure of President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden's anti-gun cabal to create momentum for universal gun registration and the end of Michael Bloomberg's tenure as New York Mayor not only helped our cause in 2013, but will yield benefits for...

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Citing Second Amendment, Judge Issues Injunction Against Federal Gun Ban

3:00pm Monday, January 27, 2014

Last Friday, [January 10] Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho issued a preliminary injunction to enjoin the Army Corps of Engineers from enforcing a regulation that, with limited exceptions, banned possession of firearms on lands under the Corps' control. The case, Morris v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was brought by plaintiffs in western...

Civitas Media scraps plans for state-by-state database of CCW license-holders

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, January 27, 2014

Last week, a confidential source provided me with an internal email from the director of content of Civitas Media , a North Carolina-based company which owns some 88 newspapers in 12 states, including 38 here in Ohio. The January 19 email stated that the company was planning to use "public records act requests" to "build state-by-state databases that list" people with concealed carry licenses...