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Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2008 CHL statistics

12:10am Monday, October 06, 2008

Improvements to law spark continued surge in demand for concealed handgun licenses By Jim Irvine The Ohio Attorney General’s office has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2008. Demand continues to be strong. It was the fifth straight quarter that demand increased over the same period a year prior Ohio is now into its fifth year of licensing citizens...

Undeterred: "NRA plans a wider ad assault on Barack Obama in battleground states"

12:05am Monday, October 06, 2008

Despite threats of lawsuits from the Obama campaign, termed by a campaign finance expert as "frightening" and "dangerous" , the National Rifle Association has announced that it is about to turn up the volume on its campaign against Barack Obama by airing more commercials taking him to task over his anti-gun record.

Ohio Voting Has Begun – What Have You Done For A Pro-Gun Candidate Today?

9:53am Friday, October 03, 2008

By Ken Hanson Absentee and same day voting has begun in Ohio. Perhaps you have seen the videos of the community organizers picking up drunk and homeless people in Ohio and running them to the polls to vote for Obama , or about poll observers being turned away from polling places ? Buckeye Firearms Association believes that every effort must be made to aid pro-gun candidates, whatever office...

SAF National Gun Rights Policy Conference: Gun Rights Proponents Meet as Absentee Voting Begins

12:10am Thursday, October 02, 2008

By Ken Hanson The Second Amendment Foundation's (SAF) National Gun Rights Policy Conference was held at the beautiful Sheraton Crescent Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona this past weekend. I had the honor of attending on behalf of Buckeye Firearms Association and was one of the presenters during the state rights panel. This three-day conference served as a final “pep rally” as pro-gun teams headed into...

Obama says gun owners are bitter clingers; Supporter now says we're racist anti-Semites

12:10am Wednesday, October 01, 2008

By Chad D. Baus Barack Obama had not yet locked up the nomination for his party when he revealed his true feelings about gun owners to attendees of a private fund raiser in San Francisco last April : “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them,” Obama said. “And they fell through...

Family vacation – a lesson in other state gun laws

12:05am Wednesday, October 01, 2008

By Jim Irvine I just finished a family vacation traveling through and spending time in several states including West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. It is interesting what is legal or illegal as you travel across state lines. I have concealed carry licenses from Ohio and Florida which allowed me to carry in each mentioned state, except...

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McCain receives warm reception at USSA's 12th Annual Save Our Heritage Rally

12:10am Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Several members of Buckeye Firearms Association joined hunters, anglers and trappers from across the state this past weekend at the United States Sportsman’s Alliance's 12th Annual "Save Our Heritage Rally" held in Columbus on September 27th. The event, as always, was a well-organized flurry of activity, as guns, hunting trips and other outdoors accessories were auctioned off and given away...

Faith & Joy Ferkel making headlines as Ohio concealed handgun license instructors

12:05am Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Mother & daughter team Joy & Faith Ferkel are making headlines in Ohio and across the nation as concealed handgun license (CHL) instructors. The Fremont News-Messenger recently featured photos of the pair, decked out in Second Amendment Sisters t-shirts, explaining pistol mechanics and proper loading techniques to students during one of their women's-only training sessions for the...