Attorney General announces Third Quarter 2018 CHL statistics; RECORD 660,000 enjoy Ohio concealed carry

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, January 07, 2019
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the third quarter of 2018. As has been true for every quarterly report for 10 plus years, we set a new record for total number of people licensed to discretely carry their firearms. During the second quarter Ohio Sheriff’s issued 13,865 initial CHL’s, renewed 23,847 CHLs and processed 6 Temporary...

3 Republican Senators Who Flip-Flopped on Duty to Retreat

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, January 04, 2019
Last month, many gun owners were disappointed to learn that a provision that would have removed the "duty to retreat" language from Ohio's self-defense test was removed from House Bill 228 before it was passed by the Ohio Senate. While we did everything we could to preserve this language, it was deleted from the bill by a Senate committee in order to pick up votes to get it passed in the full...

H.B. 228: Veto override is start of push to protect Ohioans' Second Amendment rights

3:00pm Thursday, January 03, 2019
The recent battle over House Bill 228 proves that power and money don't always win when it comes to Ohio law. But it also proves that the fight never ends when it comes to protecting Ohioans' Constitutional rights. The Ohio General Assembly showed true grit in returning during Christmas break to override Gov. John Kasich's veto, but it took removing "duty to retreat" and other provisions to get...

Own a BANNED Bump Stock? Here's what the ATF wants you to do with it

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, January 03, 2019
For the record, Buckeye Firearms Association strongly disagrees with the ruling by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) "clarifying" that bump stocks are "machineguns." We provide the following information for educational purposes only. Note that lawsuits have been filed in this matter and the possibility exists that there will be court action. Otherwise, this rule goes...

2018 and Your Gun Rights - The Year in Review

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, January 02, 2019
While there is far too much to cover in a single article, we reflect on some of the important events of 2018. January: The Justice Department announces that it is seeking input on a proposal by President Trump and the BATFE to ban bump stocks via a reinterpretation of the statutory definition of “machine gun” in the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act. Fox News reports that a Democrat-...

Buckeyefirearms.org: Top 10 News Items of 2018

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, December 31, 2018
In 2018 we published approximately 300 news articles, along with other types of content. Over the years, we have published approximately 12,600 articles, covering elections, legislation, and all manner of events and information of interest to Second Amendment supporters. Ours is an international audience. Beyond the U.S., we receive the most visits from Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, India,...

Who’s BS’ing Now? Gonzalez Argues for Gun Confiscation but Insists She’s “Pro Second Amendment”

3:00pm Friday, December 28, 2018
Gun control advocates are constantly looking for the right messenger to push an agenda that boils down to law-abiding Americans giving up their freedoms, their security, and their property without expectation of affecting the behavior of criminals. It’s a tough pitch, which is probably why it has always been difficult for its adherents to sustain any lasting intensity in the public debate. This...

Ohio General Assembly Overrides Gov. Kasich's Veto of H.B. 228 [UPDATE: VOTE TALLIES]

by Jim Irvine
10:45am Thursday, December 27, 2018
NOTE: The contents of this article were updated as circumstances warranted. In a historic action, the Ohio General Assembly has overridden Governor Kasich's ill-advised veto of H.B. 228. The House override was on a 67 to 22 vote. The Ohio Senate override was on a 21 to 11 vote. Even though John Kasich used all his political power and even used political gamesmanship, he could not stop the...

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