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Craigslist seller returns fire after being led into trap

3:11pm Thursday, March 04, 2010

An Ohio man is recovering from a gunshot wound after being attacked in an ambush by people who told had lured him to Dayton on the promise of buying his car, which he had advertised on Craigslist.com. As it turns out, however, the car thieves weren't the only ones carrying guns.

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Townhall meeting: Patriots rally in support of the Second Amendment Marches

7:00am Thursday, March 04, 2010

By Nick Arnold On February 20th, over 40 local patriots rallied at Black Wing Shooting Center in Delaware, OH to support the Ohio and national Second Amendment Marches. Literature and promotional material regarding the marches and trip-planning information was disseminated to the participants. Buckeye Firearms Association volunteers Steve Loos and Sara Arnold, along with myself, welcomed guests...

USSA: Anti-hunting legislator likely head of key House committee for sportsmen

3:00pm Wednesday, March 03, 2010

The next chairman of a key house committee with oversight over federal funding for wildlife conservation has a long history of opposing hunting, trapping, and gun ownership. U.S. Representative Jim Moran (D- VA) is expected to be named Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. This subcommittee oversees funding for the Department of...

Athens News editor corrects false comments about Buckeye Firearms Association after readers respond

7:00am Wednesday, March 03, 2010

By Chad D. Baus On Thursday, February 25, Athens News editor Terry Smith, who also teaches journalism courses at Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, published an editorial on the topic of the state and national tea party movement in which he encouraged Congressman Democrat Zack Space to refuse an invitation to appear at an event. While the greater scope of Smith's article falls...

McDonald v. City of Chicago oral arguments transcript released

2:43pm Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Download our pdf to read the transcript of oral arguments in McDonald v. City of Chicago . . The Court has refused a media request to promptly release the audiotape. Analysis from Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson, the attorney of record for Buckeye Firearms Foundation, which filed friend-of-the-court briefs in both the McDonald and Heller Supreme Court cases, is...

SCOTUSBlog.com post-hearing analysis: Second Amendment extension likely

12:15pm Tuesday, March 02, 2010

By Lyle Denniston The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed poised to require state and local governments to obey the Second Amendment guarantee of a personal right to a gun, but with perhaps considerable authority to regulate that right. The dominant sentiment on the Court was to extend the Amendment beyond the federal level, based on the 14th Amendment's guarantee of "due process," since doing so...

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray defends Second Amendment rights against cities like Cleveland and Columbus

12:06pm Tuesday, March 02, 2010

By Chad D. Baus As we reported last November, Attorney General Richard Cordray is a co-sponsor on an amicus brief in landmark gun rights case heard earlier today by the United States Supreme Court. The brief, which Cordray's office and its counterpart in Texas led the writing of and which was signed by 38 state attorneys general, argues that these rights should be protected from undue...

Op-Ed: Will the Supreme Court Recognize the Truth About Chicago's Handgun Ban?

7:00am Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Editor's Note: The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in the Second Amendment case, McDonald, et al., v. Chicago, et al. (08-1521). The Court has refused a media request to promptly release the audiotape. The written transcript of today's argument will be released later in the day. The argument is scheduled for one hour, starting at 10 a.m. Check back for more coverage...