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Ohio and Kansas Sign Concealed Carry Reciprocity Agreements

3:00pm Monday, March 19, 2012

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt have signed an agreement permitting reciprocity between their states for citizens who have valid concealed carry permits. "This agreement between Ohio and Kansas allows Ohioans with valid concealed carry permits the same rights to carry a concealed handgun in the State of Kansas," said Attorney General...

Another accidental firearm fatality prompts question yet again: Who is to blame when children have accidents with guns?

7:00am Monday, March 19, 2012

by Chad D. Baus As the editor of news content at BuckeyeFirearms.org, I peruse a great deal of gun-related news each and every day, and am usually among the first to learn of incidents involving accidental shootings. While nationwide statistics prove that at the same time gun ownership in America is at an all-time high , and firearm accident fatalities are at an all-time low (it is 3 times more...

VICTIM ZONE: Four stabbed at downtown Columbus office building

3:00pm Friday, March 16, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The stabbing of four people in a downtown Columbus office building, and subsequent shooting of the knife-wielding assailant by police, has made national news headlines over the past two days. Glaringly absent from news coverage, however, is any mention of the fact that the building is a "no-guns" zone, thanks to Ohio laws which prohibit concealed carry in government buildings (the...

Important Pro-Gun Legislation to be Introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives

7:00am Friday, March 16, 2012

Please contact your state representative NOW! by Ken Hanson State Representative Terry Johnson (HD-89) is circulating a letter inviting fellow legislators to co-sponsor an important bill he will soon be introducing to address several problems with current gun laws by: Establishing an automatic reciprocity between Ohio and other states that have automatic reciprocity for their concealed handgun...

USSA: Santorum Provides Views on Sportsmen’s Issues

3:00pm Thursday, March 15, 2012

Editor's Note: Although his campaign spending dwarfs Rick Santorum and other challengers, Mitt Romney, the only remaining Republican presidential candidate with an anti-gun record, is struggling to win the votes of more than a third of his party's primary voters in most states. The following interview wasn't released in time to influence voting in Ohio, but it is being offered here as a service...

"No-guns" zone at Afghanistan's Camp Leatherneck: U.S. Marines ordered to disarm before listening to secretary of defense speak

7:00am Thursday, March 15, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The New York Times is reporting that American Marines operating in war-time Afghanistan were ordered to disarm before being allowed to listen to a speech by President Obama's Secretary of Defense, Leon Panneta. From the article : In a sign of the nervousness surrounding the visit, Marines and other troops among the 200 people gathered in a tent at Camp Leatherneck to hear Mr...

No Fear - Former Ohio police detective espouses concealed carry

3:00pm Wednesday, March 14, 2012

"I would recommend to every citizen in this country, from 21 to 101, to obtain your concealed carry license." The following incident in Ohio just this week stresses the points made in the above video all too well: Woman Tells 911 Operator 'Oh God, He's In'

Father arrives home to hostage situation, is shot and still manages to return fire and stop his attacker

7:00am Wednesday, March 14, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The Daily Jeffersonian of Cambridge, Ohio is reporting that a hostage situation led to a pair of shootings in Guernsey County's Liberty Township on February 28 and sent two men to the hospital with gunshot wounds. From the article : According to a Southeastern Med spokesperson, the male assailant who allegedly held the second man's family hostage was in "critical" condition...