By Jim Shepherd Most of the conversational around the industry since Tuesday's Supreme Court oral arguments in the McDonald v. Chicago case has been pretty optimistic. It seems a foregone conclusion that the Supreme Court will vacate both firearms restriction ordinances in Chicago and its suburb, Oak Park, lllinois. But there's been very little sai...

By Gerard Valentino When a disgruntled employee shot two supervisors earlier this week, Ohio State University added its name to the list of educational institutions with multiple victim shootings and a policy against legal concealed carry on campus. During the debate about concealed carry in Ohio several years ago, the OSU administration took the ...

The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving the city of Cleveland's ongoing fight to enforce its illegal local gun control ordinances. Last November, a three judge panel in the 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals sided with Cleveland, declaring that Ohio R.C 9.68 - which became law in 2007 with passage of HB347 to preempt local gun co...

On September 9th, 2009 Wisconsin Carry member Frank Hannan-Rock of Racine was unlawfully arrested while open-carrying on the front porch of his home in Racine. On January 8th Wisconsin Carry filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Wisconsin, City of Racine, two Racine Police officers, The City of Milwaukee and one Milwaukee Police Officer. In...

By Jeff Knox Oral arguments in the Supreme Court case of McDonald v. Chicago were an interesting show on March 2. Most of the Justices made their positions on applying the Second Amendment to the states – and what mechanism to use to do it – fairly clear from the outset. Most observers agree that the Court will declare that states must recog...

By Gerard Valentino A recent Toledo Blade editorial about pro-gun reform in Ohio reads like something out of the anti-gun playbook from 1999. The anti-gun hit piece titled "Get a Handle on Guns" uses a series of misleading statements and outright lies to push a misinformed agenda. By making the claim that guns and alcohol don't mix, the author tri...

By Chad D. Baus Gun owners and other voters opposed to the resurgence of Mike DeWine in Ohio politics have been put on quite a roller-coaster ride in recent weeks. On January 25, Ohio GOP chair Kevin DeWine worked to orchestrate an unopposed primary for his anti-gun cousin Mike by enticing pro-gun candidate Dave Yost to drop out of the race for Att...

Alan Gura, Counsel for McDonald in McDonald v. Chicago, explains the implications of a Supreme Court Decision in this case. ...

Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine was a guest on the Armed American Radio Network Sunday, March 7 at 8:30 p.m. Ken will be discussing the McDonald v. City of Chicago oral arguments, as well as his candidacy for NRA Board of Directors with Armed American Radio (AAR) host Mark Walters in conjunction with the United States Concealed Ca...

Are you interested in talking about politics and politicians? Do you have a few weekends free between now and November? If so, here's a unique opportunity! Buckeye Firearms Association needs to recruit several teams of volunteers to work at gun shows from now through the November elections. Gun shows offer the highest volume, lowest cost channel ...

In most cases, suicide is a solitary event and yet it has often far-reaching repercussions for many others. It is rather like throwing a stone into a pond; the ripples spread and spread. - Alison Wertheimer, "A Special Scar" By Chad D. Baus According to a recent cover story by Steph Greegor in Columbus' The Other Paper, two incidences of suicide th...

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. From Cincinnati's ABC affiliate, WCPO.com: The victim named "Chris" ...

By Nick Arnold 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 and introduced the day's speakers. First to speak was Libertarian candidate for Ohio's 23rd House Distri...

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 subc...

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. W...

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 forthcoming. Related Story: Buckeye Firearms Foundat...

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 Amendmen...

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 ...

By John Lott In the 2008 Heller decision, the Supreme Court struck down Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban and gunlock requirements. Unsurprisingly, gun control advocates predicted disaster. They were wrong. What actually happened in our nation's capital after the Heller decision ought to be remembered [today] as the Supreme Court hears a similar const...

Hunters kill more than 260,000 deer for the first time A total of 261,314 deer were killed during Ohio's 2009-10 hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. This season's total surpasses the 2008-09 record total of 252,017. "Ohio deer hunters had another great year and continue to play a vital ...

vic·tim? ?[vik-tim] –noun 1. a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency By Chad D. Baus A north Toledo homeowner and concealed handgun license (CHL)-holder was the victim of an attempted home robbery last week, and yet in an article covering the homeowner's act of defending himself and shooting two intruders, the Toled...

Demand continues to soar for concealed carry licenses in Ohio By Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the year-end report, Ohio Concealed Handguns Law - 2009 Annual Report. There were 10,687 concealed handgun licenses (CHL's) issued for t...

Readers are aware that Ken Hanson, Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair, is on the ballot for the National Rifle Association's Board of Directors. The Ballots are located in the March edition of your NRA magazine. (American Rifleman, American Hunter, and America's 1st Freedom) Ken's bio and qualifications can be reviewed in this articl...

Open houses will be on a Saturday The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites the public to its annual Open Houses on Saturday, March 6, 2010, from 12:00 noon until 3 p.m. "At each open house location, fish and wildlife biologists along with law enforcement officers will be on hand to answer questions," said David M...

For the fifth year in a row, Buckeye Firearms Association has teamed up with the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, as well as several other conservation & firearms-related groups, to host a candidate's forum. The event will take place in Columbus on March 9th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and we hope you will make plans to attend! Several Buckeye Fire...

By Chad D. Baus Agents and officers of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that 289 of their handguns, shotguns or automatic rifles had been lost or stolen between 2005 and 2008, the agency's inspector general said in a report released last week. Some of the weapons were left in places such as fast-food restaurant restrooms, bow...

A new law allowing concealed carry in national parks went into effect on February 22, and according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the change "got more resistance from the weather than from the handful of visitors in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Monday. From the story: The law says state law applies, so visitors to the national park that stra...

We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States...We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it state by state. - Humane Society of the United States Executive Director Wayne Pacelle The nation's largest anti-hunting group, the Humane Socie...

According to the Columbus Dispatch, the anti-hunting animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is applauding Ohio first lady Frances Strickland for not wearing fur. From the story: PETA said it recently sent surveys to first ladies across the country asking them whether they wear fur, and that Strickland was among the first to...

House Bill 158, which seeks to add instructors who are certified to teach courses that meet the requirements of Ohio's concealed handgun license (CHL) law to the list of persons who are exempted from paying a fee to obtain a CHL, has been added to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security agenda for proponent, opponent and interest...

By Chad D. Baus In a recent opinion piece ("Obama Anti-gun? No, anti-gun control"), Chicago Tribune columnist Steve Champan referenced "Obama's overall refusal to do anything to advance gun control." I contacted Mr. Chapman to advise him that Obama has, in fact, called for the advance of gun control by urging the U.S. Senate to ratify a United Nat...

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By Ken Hanson, Esq. On February 18, 2010, Handgun Control Inc. (now known as "The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence") released their annual "State Scorecards", grading states on how closely a state agrees with the gun ban movement's agenda. "As the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violenc...

No matter what gun you carry or what caliber you load, in a self-defense situation your safety comes down to your gun handling skills. Now you have a chance to join a small, select group of fellow Ohioans to brush up on your gun skills at the 2010 Buckeye Gun Skills Challenge! This special event is open to just 50 participants and will give you a ...

By Gerard Valentino MercuryNews.com is reporting that an East Palo Alto, CA police officer allegedly posted comments on Facebook to advocate shooting citizens who open carry. Detective Rod Tuason's comments angered pro-gun supporters and should have angered all citizens with the flippant tone he took while he discussed killing another human being....