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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...

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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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New Calls for Gun Control are Based on Skewed Statistics

by Gary Evens

7:00am Monday, November 09, 2015

Just recently another active shooter event took place at a community college in Oregon. The “anti-gunners” were once again quick to jump to conclusions and renewed their calls for stricter gun control laws. In a news conference shortly after the event occurred, President Obama expressed his frustration and anger. He once again called for action to enact stronger gun control laws and claimed that...

Tell Your Congressional Lawmakers: No New Federal Gun Control!

3:00pm Friday, November 06, 2015

Recently, we reported on a partisan gun control rally on the Capitol steps that sought to exploit recent tragedy and loss to build momentum for a longstanding agenda. Anti-gun members of the president’s party, always quick to do his bidding, have been emboldened by Obama’s own not-so-thinly-veiled call for confiscatory gun control. This week, the air on Capitol Hill remains thick with rumors of...