Buckeye Firearms Association

Gun control activists cite 'loopholes' in CEO’s murder, ignore facts and law

6:00am Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Predictably, gun control activists are citing the cold-blooded Manhattan murder of health insurance executive Brian Thompson to call for more gun control, particularly in the hot-button areas of “ghost guns” and “3D-printed firearms.” There are at least two main problems with this.

Media hit piece on 'ghost guns' resorts to scare tactics

by Dean Weingarten

6:00am Monday, December 16, 2024

USA Today published a hit piece on “ghost guns” Dec. 12, attempting to use the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as a reason to impose unconstitutional restrictions on homemade firearms.

Operation Choke Point 2.0? Financial services discrimination back in the news

6:00am Friday, December 13, 2024

Marc Andreessen, a pioneer in the web browsing industry and venture capitalist, shocked podcaster Joe Rogan by detailing how political opponents of the Biden administration were being deprived of financial services. For Second Amendment advocates, it was a reminder of Biden’s association with official corruption aimed at businesses involved with firearms and ammunition.

Ohio 2024 weeklong deer gun season nets highest totals since 2011

6:00am Thursday, December 12, 2024

Ohio hunters checked 87,192 white-tailed deer during the weeklong gun season that concluded Dec. 8. See which counties made the top 10, in terms of deer taken.

House Committee passes two BFA-backed bills to prohibit firearms liability insurance, sales tracking, and registries

by Dean Rieck

6:00am Wednesday, December 11, 2024

UPDATE: On Wednesday, Dec. 10, the Ohio House passed amended Senate Bill 58 with a floor vote of 61 to 27. Now the Senate must vote to concur, and it moves on to the governor.

Florida high school suspends student over 3 spent shell casings

by Lee Williams

6:00am Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Florida Carry Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the Hillsboro County School District over its decision to suspend a high school student identified in their lawsuit only as “J.S.,” who, officials claim, brought three spent shell casings into one of their schools.

Buckeye Institute asks SCOTUS to stop Mexico's suit against firearms industry

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Monday, December 09, 2024

Buckeye Institute, a think tank whose mission is "to advance free-market public policy," on Dec. 3 filed its second amicus brief in Smith & Wesson v. Mexico, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Mexico from shifting blame onto American firearms manufacturers for its own failure to control drug crime there.

AG nominee Pam Bondi's mixed record on Second Amendment raises 'red flags'

by F Riehl

6:00am Friday, December 06, 2024

During her tenure as Florida’s attorney general (2011-2019), Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald J. Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney general, gained attention for both defending and restricting gun rights.