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Looking Back at the Fort Hood Shooting

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Monday, November 30, 2015
I was doing some active killer research and came across this excellent recap of all of the events that took place in the (first) Ft. Hood shooting six years ago this month. Read this extremely detailed account of the Ft. Hood activer shooter (terrorist) incident. Whether you are a cop, soldier, or citizen, think about how you would respond in an event like this. Some very interesting passages: “...

Public university professor labels NRA a "murderous terrorist organization" & "threat to national security"

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, November 30, 2015
[UPDATE: A follow-up article is available here .] A public records request has revealed that Dr. James E. Evans, a professor of geology at the Bowling Green State University (BGSU), considers the National Rifle Association (NRA), which is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, to be "a murderous terrorist organization that is a threat to national security." The claim came in...

Obama, 7-time Gun Salesman of the Year, Looking To Retire Undefeated

by Jim Shepherd
3:00pm Friday, November 27, 2015
Lately, President Obama has done more smack talking about gun owners than Rhonda Rousey before Saturday night's title, um, defense. Unfortunately, our peerless leader doesn't have to defend his title against anything more intimidating than a Washington media corps that's more than demonstrated an ability to hit the canvas faster than any pug brought in to "fight" a contender. At a time when I'd...

Here's an easy way to donate items to our Buckeye Bash

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Friday, November 27, 2015
The Buckeye Bash is coming up on April 16, 2016 at the Villa Milano banquet center in Columbus, Ohio. It's the biggest fundraising event of the year for our Foundation. It takes months to collect donations of guns and gear for all the auctions and raffles. And you can help us kick things off this week as you start your Christmas Shopping. It's easy! And you can do it online without ever setting...

Thanksgiving: George Washington's 1789 Proclamation

7:00am Thursday, November 26, 2015
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor -- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful...

Report: City of Atlanta Illegally Stockpiling Seized Guns

3:00pm Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The job of America’s brave men and women of law enforcement is to defend the Constitution and uphold the laws of their jurisdictions. It’s a tough job, and those who do it faithfully are to be respected and commended. But as movie hero Billy Jack famously said, “When policemen break the law, then there isn’t any law ….” Now, a disturbing report from CBS46 in Atlanta is claiming that city...

Fraternal Order of Police calls on NFL to lift concealed carry ban; cites threat of terrorism

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, November 25, 2015
On November 20, the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) sent a letter to Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football Leage (NFL), asking him to reconsider the League's ban on concealed carry. The letter, written by National FOP president Chuck Canterbury, states, in part, as follows: Today, I am writing on behalf of the members of the Fraternal Order of Police to urge you to rescind...

Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Nomination of Operation Choke Point Overlord

3:00pm Tuesday, November 24, 2015
[Recently], the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Stuart F. Delery for the position of associate attorney general of the United States. If confirmed, Delery would become the third-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), behind the attorney general and the deputy attorney general. Delery has been serving as “acting” associate attorney general since...

Headline: Obama says gun control to be top issue of final year

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The Washington Times is reporting that President Obama is now publicly admitting that he hopes to make gun control the top issue of his final year in office, saying Americans aren’t more violent than other people but they “have more deadly weapons to act out their rage.” From the article : In an interview published Tuesday in GQ magazine, Mr. Obama said easy access to guns is “the only variable”...

60 Minutes Showcases "Smart" Guns Technology

3:00pm Monday, November 23, 2015
You may be wondering why CBS 60 Minutes aired a segment on “smart” guns [recently]. After all, a gun that will never work in the hands of an unauthorized person, but that will always work in the hands of everyone else hasn’t been invented. Even the segment’s reporter, Lesley Stahl, conceded that there are concerns about whether “smart” guns “work in snow and rain? Will they work if you`re...

Headline: Maryland scraps gun "fingerprint" database after 15 failed years

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, November 23, 2015
The Baltimore Sun reported recently that, after millions of wasted tax-payer dollars, the State of Maryland has officially decided that its 15-year effort to store and catalog the "fingerprints" of thousands of handguns was a failure. From the article : Since 2000, the state required that gun manufacturers fire every handgun to be sold here and send the spent bullet casing to authorities. The...

Ohio's Traditional Deer-Gun Hunting Season Begins Nov. 30

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, November 20, 2015
Youth only weekend to be held Nov. 21-22 COLUMBUS, OH – Deer hunting is an extremely popular activity for sportsmen and women statewide and Ohio’s white-tailed deer continue to provide hunters across the state with excellent opportunities for success as they head out into the field. Ohio’s deer-gun season opens Monday, Nov. 30 and not only provides opportunities for outdoor sports enthusiasts,...

AP fact-checks Hillary Clinton's debate comments on guns, and guess what?

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, November 20, 2015
The Associated Press - not known either for its conservative or pro-gun rights leanings - was recently forced to admit that Hillary Clinton wildly inflated statistics on so-called "gun violence" to support her extremist gun control stance. From the article : CLINTON: "Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns. Two hundred children have been killed. This is...

Election Day: Guns Win - AGAIN

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Thursday, November 19, 2015
GOP should spotlight issue or voters will go hunting next fall and skip polls As this column reported a few weeks ago, the Democrats are betting big on gun control for this election cycle. That’s good news for GunVoters, that minority of us who, while perhaps not being one-issue voters, don’t trust a politician who doesn’t trust us with a gun. Republicans, however, seem oblivious to the...

Hamilton Co. sheriff: FASTER Saves Lives training "long overdue"

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, November 19, 2015
One day after Cincinnati's CBS affiliate, WKRC, aired a report noting that more than 40 Ohio schools now authorize and train teachers to carry guns to protect students in class, the news station sat down with Hamilton County sheriff Jim Neil to gauge his reaction after he viewed the video. The reaction was as positive as it is for many others who are first exposed to the Buckeye Firearms...

Wasserman Schultz Orders Democrats to Embrace Gun Control

3:00pm Wednesday, November 18, 2015
At the Florida Democratic Party Convention, held October 30-November 1, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz claimed, “The Florida Democratic Party is back and better than ever.” Also back, it would seem, is the national party’s misguided emphasis on gun control. Speaking at a convention event held at the Walt Disney World Yacht and Beach Club Resort, Wasserman Schultz...

FoxNews.com & UK's Daily Mail documents success of Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, November 18, 2015
FoxNews.com and British newspaper The Daily Mail are informing their international audiences of the success of Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program. From FoxNews.com : Dozens of school districts in Ohio now allow teachers who have conceal-carry permits to pack heat on the job. In several cases, boards of education have been pressed into adopting the policy by parents concerned...

House passes Sub HB 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones) [UPDATE: Vote Tally]

by Jim Irvine
6:41pm Monday, November 16, 2015
Sub. HB 48, sponsored by Ron Maag (R-Lebanon), passed the Ohio House of Representatives today with a 68-29 vote. The bill is now headed to the Senate for further consideration. HB 48 makes several critical changes to Ohio firearms laws. Currently it is against the law to possess a firearm on school property. There is an exemption for license-holders “immediately in the process of picking up or...

FLASH: HB 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones) scheduled for House floor vote – ACTION NEEDED

by Jim Irvine
6:00pm Monday, November 16, 2015
Substitute House Bill 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones), sponsored by Ron Maag (R-Lebanon), is scheduled for a vote by the full House on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. The bill, which passed out of the House State Government Committee back in June by a 9-2 vote, seeks to restore Ohioans' right to carry in day-care facilities (unless they post "no-guns"), private airplanes, school safety...

UPDATE: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Legislation Gains Co-Sponsors

3:00pm Monday, November 16, 2015
Thanks to your continued calls and emails, NRA supported Right-to-Carry bills have seen increases in cosponsorships over these past few weeks. Please continue to contact your elected officials and urge them to cosponsor and support these important bills: S. 498 – Introduced by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), this legislation would respect the rights of individuals who possess concealed carry...

More than 40 Ohio schools authorize and train teachers to carry guns to protect students in class

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, November 16, 2015
WKRC (CBS Cincinnati) is reporting that, in Ohio, around 40 school districts now allow teachers with concealed handgun licenses to carry their firearms in class. The news station was invited to document a recent FASTERSavesLives.org Level 3 training program in upstate Ohio. From the report : Parents in a district asked that their staff be armed. The board OK'd the training and the carrying of...

Media Bias Goes Extreme

3:00pm Friday, November 13, 2015
The national and local media bias against the Second Amendment reached bizarre heights [recently] when a newspaper headline proclaimed “Shooter kills 4; 30 injured.” The problem? Well, even a casual reader would note that the tragedy described in the article had nothing to do with a “shooter” but was about a individual who drove her car through a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University...

Ohio Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus Sporting Clays Shootout

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Friday, November 13, 2015
The Ohio Legislative Sportsmen Caucus recently held their 2015 Sporting Clay Shootout at the Cardinal Shooting Center. Kyle Rorah, Midwestern State Coordinator for the Congressional Sportsmen Foundation, welcomed the legislators and sportsmen to the event, “Today’s event is made possible by sponsors DU, Ohio State Trappers Association, the NWTF and the Ohio Conservation Federation. Karen Stewart...

Schumer Puts Military at Risk by Playing Politics with Their Sidearms

3:00pm Thursday, November 12, 2015
In 1995, Bob Dole said of Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), “[t]he most dangerous place is between him and a camera.” [Recently], Schumer publicly announced a plan to require bidders for a $580 million Department of Defense contract to supply the U.S. Army with handguns to submit to questioning regarding efforts to push a gun control agenda. The fact is, Schumer’s attempt to subject the vital fighting...

Ohio Sheriffs educate gun owners with CCW Wallet Cards

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, November 12, 2015
Years ago, leaders with Buckeye Firearms Association saw a gun-rights group handing out small "business cards" with information about that state's concealed carry rules. We thought it was a great idea. So I designed a similar card we could use for Ohio. The cards were a big hit. It wasn't long before we were printing these cards in large quantifies and distributing them by the hundreds of...

63% of Americans Blame Mental Health—Not Guns—for Mass Shootings

3:00pm Wednesday, November 11, 2015
In another hit to the prospects of gun controllers, the Washington Post [has] published the findings of a recent survey conducted by the Post in conjunction with ABC News. The results show that Americans overwhelmingly understand high-profile shootings as pointing to a problem with the country’s mental health system, rather than a lack of gun control laws. The survey, carried out October 15-18,...

October 2015 Firearms Sales Checks Highest October on Record

7:00am Wednesday, November 11, 2015
The October 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,211,478 is the highest October on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 3.1 percent compared to the October 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,174,797. For comparison, the unadjusted October 2015 NICS figure of 1,969,248 reflects a 23.4 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS...

Obama to Police Chiefs: Crack Down on Gun Owners

3:00pm Tuesday, November 10, 2015
[Recently], President Obama addressed the 122nd Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (a transcript is available at this link ). The president aptly praised the work of America’s law enforcement community. He mentioned the “astonishing statistic” that “[o]ver the last 20 years, police have helped cut the violent crime rate and homicide rate in America by almost...

Please share! FASTERSavesLives.org introduction video

7:00am Tuesday, November 10, 2015
In the following video, Buckeye Firearms Foundation (501c3) president Jim Irvine introduces the Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response (FASTER) Program. Please view and share widely, especially with members of your local boards of education, parents and grandparents of school children, school administrators, school teachers, etc.

Brady Campaign Labels NRA "Terrorists"

3:00pm Monday, November 09, 2015
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has never had a firm grasp on the English language, as evidenced by the repudiation of their bizarre interpretation of the Second Amendment at the U.S. Supreme Court. However, [recently], in an attempt to demonize NRA, Brady Campaign took their hyperbole to a new low, referring to the NRA as “terrorists.” That’s right; according to the Brady Campaign,...

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