Guns in the News

Hamilton homeowner shoots and kills attacker after being stabbed multiple times

8:00am Friday, September 13, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Cincinnati News reported recently that a Hamilton resident shot and killed a man who stabbed him during a robbery. From the article : Chad Gabbard, 44, of Hamilton was shot to death at 11 p.m. inside 1860 Parrish Ave. in Hamilton, said Hamilton Police Sgt. Ed Burns. Gabbard tried to rob Robert D. Shoemaker, 38, who was found on the front porch with three stab wounds to the...

Cleveland.com Writer Acknowledges Inaccurate Reporting on Gun Law

4:00pm Thursday, September 12, 2013
Editor's Note: This report is a follow-up to an article posted at BuckeyeFirearms.org on September 9, in which we attempted to make sense of an Cleveland.com article by Jeff Piorkowski. by Jesse Hathaway A correction to an inaccurate Cleveland.com story about House Bill 203 (HB 203) is forthcoming, after communications between Media Trackers, Northeast Ohio Media Group reporter Jeff Piorkowski,...

Colorado sends a message to politicians: Vote against your constituents, and your constituents will vote against you

12:00pm Wednesday, September 11, 2013
by Jim Irvine After very hard-fought, highly-contested recall races in Colorado, which saw hundreds of thousands of dollars from out of state, the votes are counted. Two anti-gun, anti-freedom, anti-self-defense Democrats who voted to trample on individual rights and support a radical agenda being pushed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg have been voted out of office. The importance of these...

One of these news reports is not like the others... Columbus ABC buries news of Bloomberg anti-gun group's failed rally

8:00am Wednesday, September 11, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Last week, Buckeye Firearms Association volunteers made national news after they succeeded in out-numbering a tiny rally (mostly-paid staffers) organized by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns. The turn of events was covered by everyone from the Washington times to Breitbart.com, all of whom noted the fact that MAIG produced a tiny turnout, with BFA...

Why the NSA surveillance program matters for the universal background check debate

8:00am Tuesday, September 10, 2013
by Mike Horning, PhD Last week's anti-gun protest in Columbus seemed to fizzle when BFA supporters turned it into a pro-gun rally , but that doesn't mean the debate on universal background checks is even close to being over. If the lack of gun control support suggests anything, it is that Ohioans aren't interested much in Mayor Bloomberg's efforts to bring New York-style gun laws to the state of...

"Thank God I had a gun!": Dog awakens woman to home invader; Glock ends the confrontation

3:00pm Monday, September 09, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Cincinnati News is reporting that a disabled 64-year-old woman, who just got her license to carry a concealed weapon in June to protect herself, repeatedly fired her gun at an intruder during an attempted home invasion robbery last week. From the article : "I can shoot good. If I'd a had my glasses on, I probably would have shot better," said Mabel Fletcher. "But who thinks...

Misinformed South Euclid Council President David Miller sponsors resolution opposing guns in bars...two years late

8:00am Monday, September 09, 2013
South Euclid Police Chief Kevin Nietert also seems unaware of current state law on the subject by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer 's Cleveland.com is reporting that South Euclid, Ohio Council President David Miller has sponsored a council resolution opposing a portion of House Bill 203 involving proposed modifications to Ohio's self-defense law, as well as another modification to Ohio law...

Op-Ed: How to keep gun rights for the long term

4:00pm Friday, September 06, 2013
Editor's Note: The following op-ed, which can be read in its entirety at WorldNetDaily.com, was written by Buckeye Firearms Foundation Board of Directors member Gerard Valentino. Students of history and pro-gun advocates know that every case of genocide or political oppression was preceded by the confiscation of privately owned firearms. We also know that it wasn't the immortal words Thomas...

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