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Your Action Needed to Oppose Anti-Gun Supreme Court Nominee!

7:00am Thursday, March 24, 2016

Dear Ohio NRA Member: The National Rifle Association strongly opposes President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court. Please read Chris Cox's recent op-ed detailing NRA's opposition to Merrick Garland. Anti-gun groups want to see the Heller and McDonald decisions overturned and the Second Amendment erased from the Constitution. If confirmed to the Supreme Court...

NRA: Why we oppose Merrick Garland’s Supreme Court nomination

by Chris Cox

3:00pm Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Last month, Second Amendment advocates and other patriotic Americans were shocked by the news of the sudden passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. His death was a tragedy for our Constitution and our country. For supporters of the Second Amendment, his death could result in the end of individual gun ownership in the United States. In 2008, the Supreme Court answered the question of...

Kasich suggests he'd nominate anti-gun judge to Supreme Court, then back-tracks

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Ohio Governor John Kasich, fresh off his first (and likely only) victory in a presidential primary, thanks to voters in his home state, is busy making the case that he should stay in the race (despite it being mathematically impossible for him to acquire the required 1237 delegates) because recent polls show that he stands a better chance of defeating Hillary Clinton in November than do either...

TONIGHT: Buckeye Firearms Assoc's Joe Eaton to participate on FOX45Now's 'Guns in the Miami Valley'

3:00pm Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Buckeye Firearms Association Treasurer Joe Eaton will participate in a FOX45 Dayton Ohio panel on 'Guns in the Miami Valley' Tuesday March 22 at 7pm. Joining Joe on the panel will be Bill Parsons, former police officer and security consultant, Eric Zamonski from the Dayton Chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and Darren Byrd, member of Community Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence...

A "Constitutional solution to guns" in search of a problem

by Gerard Valentino

7:00am Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Editor's Note: The Following op-ed was submitted to the Cincinnati Enquirer in response to yet another anti-Second Amendment op-ed published recently by that newspaper, entitled " Constitutional solution to guns ." The editors didn't give Valentino the courtesy of a reply. Despite self-identifying as a “retired writer,” which implies a level of professionalism, Rick Ellison’s recent editorial...

Flawed Study from the Prestigious Lancet Exposes Broader Problems in Anti-gun Research

3:00pm Monday, March 21, 2016

The anti-gun press couldn’t contain their excitement. A new study published in the UK’s prestigious The Lancet medical journal purported to show that certain gun control measures could lead to incredible reductions in the firearm mortality rate. CNN blared, “Study: 3 federal laws could reduce gun deaths by more than 90%,” the L.A. Times touted, “Aiming to drive down gun deaths? Put these three...

Headline: "Columbine survivor, now a lawmaker, pushes to legalize guns in schools"

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, March 21, 2016

USA Today reported recently that Colorado State Rep. Patrick Neville, a survivor of the Columbine High School shooting, has introduced a bill that would allow guns in Colorado schools. According to the article, Neville was a student at Columbine on April 20, 1999, when two peers opened fire, killing 13 people. From the article : “The only thing that is going to stop murderers intent on doing harm...

Second Amendment as Second-Class Right? A Dismal Warning

3:00pm Friday, March 18, 2016

A case involving the scope of firearm prohibitions prompted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to break his more than decade-long silent streak on the bench. Justice Thomas last asked a question in February 2006, but he made headlines on February 29 by asking a question during oral argument in the case of Voisine v. United States. Unfortunately, commentators seized on the fact that he spoke at...