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Two BFA-supported bills to receive hearings in Senate committee

7:00am Monday, May 19, 2014

Chairman Bill Coley has announced that the Senate Civil Justice Committee will be hearing testimony on Senate Bill 338 (Concealed Carry Law Reform) and HB 234 (Allow Noise Suppressors While Hunting) on May 21, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room. This will be the first hearing for HB 234,and sponsor-only testimony will be considered. Buckeye Firearms Association has previously provided...

Headline: Woman Stabbed Outside Gym Getting Gun License For Personal Safety

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Friday, May 16, 2014

WBNS (CBS Columbus) is reporting that women from one Ohio community are aiming to keep themselves safe, after a dangerous attack hit close to home. From the article : Rikki Whitaker survived a stabbing outside of her gym in early one morning in March. She's now out of the hospital and learning self-defense. Whitaker says police are still searching for the man, who attacked her. In fact, next week...

A trauma kit in every school

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Friday, May 16, 2014

In keeping with our effort to keep our children safe, Buckeye Firearms Foundation is announcing an initiative to put a trauma kit in every school building in Ohio. Our FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response) program has always maintained that we should take every reasonable step to save children’s lives. That includes steps taken before, during, and after an active...

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Elderly Columbus man defends self and wife in violent attack

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Thursday, May 15, 2014

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a 21 year-old burglar is dead after he and an accomplice attacked homeowners who came to investigate sounds in their garage. From the article : For the second time in a week, the alarm at Emerson and Nancy Frazier’s South Side ranch home blared. The couple — he is 69, she is 58 — got out of bed about 4 a.m. yesterday to investigate who was breaking into...

The information war against your Second Amendment rights has begun!

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Thursday, May 15, 2014

War has been declared against gun owners. A nd Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, and the Obama administration are leading the charge! Stung with defeat after defeat by U.S. Courts in recent years, these wealthy and powerful elitists have decided that they can't win the debate. So rather than admit the truth, they've decided to CHANGE the truth. They're pouring hundreds of millions of dollars (...

Attorney General announces First Quarter 2014 CHL statistics; Record demand for CHLs continues

by Jim Irvine

3:00pm Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the first quarter of 2014. Looking at new licenses issues and renewed, we see an increase from last quarter. Only four quarters in the program's history had higher overall demand. There were 16,205 new CHLs issued during the first quarter of 2014. While the number of new licenses are down...

30 Ohio Schools Now Have Gun Policies to Defend Students; Apply NOW for FASTER training

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Last December, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced that there were 20 Ohio school districts that had authorized persons to carry firearms in their schools. That number has now grown to approximately 30 districts that have authorized such carry. While keeping track of specific district information gets more difficult as the program grows in popularity, there is little doubt that at least 50...

April 2014 firearms sales checks second highest on record

3:00pm Tuesday, May 13, 2014

The April 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 988,726 is the second highest April on record for the system, even with a decrease of 16.6 percent compared to the April 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,185,231. For comparison, the unadjusted April 2014 NICS figure of 1,733,651 reflects a 1.8 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure 1,702,...