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The new Classic Country Radio Outdoor Show

7:00am Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Join Buckeye Firearms Association sportsmen leader and outdoor writer Larry Moore with co-host David Linkhart for an hour of live radio with the best in the outdoors of southwestern Ohio. Lifelong Greene County residents and Xenia High School graduates Linkhart and Moore share their passion for all things outdoors with Classic Country Outdoors listeners each Sunday from noon to 1PM on WBZI AM1500...

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IMPORTANT NOTE TO THOSE TAKING 8 HOUR TRAINING CLASSES

by Ken Hanson, Esq.

3:00pm Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Am. Sub. H.B. 234 was signed by Governor Kasich on December 19, 2014. One provision of this law was to reduce the training requirement to obtain an Ohio CHL from 12 hours down to 8. We are already seeing trainers advertising 8 hour classes. It is critical to understand that the 8 hour training classes will not qualify you to apply for an Ohio CHL until after the effective date of the new law...

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First Ohio Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus reception held

by Larry S. Moore

7:00am Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The first Ohio Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus reception was held in the Ohio Capitol Atrium on Wednesday December 10. The event was hosted by the National Assembly of Sportsmen Caucuses, the Congressional Sportsmen Foundation (CSF) and the member organizations of the Ohio Conservation Federation. Buckeye Firearms Association had a table and several of our leadership and volunteers attending. It...

CHL-holder stops armed robbery outside Dayton Mall

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Monday, December 22, 2014

Dayton's NBC affiliate, WDTN, is reporting that an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) -holder was able to protect himself and a friend during an attempted armed robbery outside Dayton Mall on Saturday. According to the article , three juvenile males approached two adult men outside the Dayton Mall at 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning. One of the juveniles produced a gun and demanded newly purchased...

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Governor Kasich signs landmark firearms legislation into law

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, December 22, 2014

Governor John Kasich signed HB 234 (Allow Noise Suppressors While Hunting) on Friday, December 19. It will become effective on March 23, 2015. A signing ceremony was held at the statehouse to allow the many people involved to witness the signing of this significant piece of legislation. Photo from left: Linda Walker (BFA), Gov. John Kasich (R), Ken Hanson (BFA), Sen. Larry Obhof (R) (background)...

Wisconsin Police Chief Badgers Residents to Forego Second and Fourth Amendment Rights

3:00pm Friday, December 19, 2014

Perhaps inspired by the recent introduction of surprise home inspections of gun licensees in the UK, Beloit, Wisc., Police Chief Norm Jacobs issued a press release on December 1, urging city residents to volunteer for warrantless police searches of their homes for firearms. Jacobs framed the residential probes as a valuable “opportunity” his department was offering to the public. Notably, the...

Man killed in Columbus home invasion had prior record of violence

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, December 19, 2014

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a man who was shot and killed in an apparent home invasion had been one of a number of people charged in 2013 after what police said was “a riot” that turned fatal in Circleville. From the article : Columbus police said yesterday that someone who lives at 556 Station Rd., south of Sullivant Avenue, called 911 at 10:17 p.m. and said someone with a gun had...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc's Linda Walker discusses lessons after assault of Ohio Realtor on NRANews

3:00pm Thursday, December 18, 2014

In the wake of the sexual assault of a 39 year-old Realtor in Zanesville, and her subsequent decision to share her experience in hopes of warning others , Buckeye Firearms Association Vice President Linda Walker (herself a Realtor) discusses the lessons learned.