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VIDEO: Toledo police do all they can to prevent gun "buyback" participants from getting top dollar for their firearms

7:00am Wednesday, June 19, 2013

by Chad D. Baus Gun "buyback" programs, misnamed because a government entity can't "buy back" something it never owned to begin with, have been proven to be a failure at preventing violent crime. According to the federal government, gun 'buybacks' have "no effect" on preventing violent crimes. ( Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising, National Institute of Justice, July 1998...

Bill Introduced to "Get State Department Out of the Gun Control Business"

3:00pm Tuesday, June 18, 2013

As longtime readers--and especially gun collectors--know, the State Department has often stood in the way of importing historic military firearms from overseas. The issue was highlighted early in the Obama administration, when the department first approved, and then denied, the importation and sale of collectible, American-made M1 Garand rifles and M1 carbines originally furnished to South Korea...

May sees 15.9% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 36th straight month over month increase

7:00am Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The May 2013 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 974,457 is an increase of 15.9 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 840,412 in May 2012. For comparison, the unadjusted May 2013 NICS figure of 1,424,450 reflects a 9.1 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,305,392 in May 2012. This marks the 36th straight month that NSSF-...

Op-Ed: U.N. arms treaty a direct threat to American gun ownership

3:00pm Monday, June 17, 2013

by Chris W. Cox Oxfam America has long served as a reliable cheerleader for nearly all misguided United Nations policy. However, Oxfam America President Raymond Offenheiser's Friday op-ed ("President should ignore fear mongering and sign arms treaty") is an exceptional illustration of this blind allegiance. Offenheiser wants us to simultaneously believe the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty is both the...

The Santa Monica College Active Killer: What We Can Learn

7:00am Monday, June 17, 2013

Editor's Note: For the past six months, a national media drumbeat has been sounding: "Pass gun control laws like the ones they have in California and stop these mass killings." On Friday, June 7, the latest mass killing happened...in California. As Active Response Training's Greg Ellifritz points out below, there is a lot we can learn from this latest attack. Among the many lessons? California-...

Firearm Travel Guide: Stay on the road and out of jail

3:00pm Friday, June 14, 2013

by Jim Irvine Now you can carry a gun or transport firearms confidently with ... The Traveler's Guide to the Firearm Laws of the Fifty States by J. Scott Kappas, Esq. NEW and updated for 2013 Only $13.95 (plus $4 shipping) MAIL ORDER: Send a personal check for $17.95 payable to Buckeye Firearms Foundation. Mail to Traveler's Firearm Guide, 15 West Winter Street, Delaware, Ohio 43015. Summer is...

Buckeye Firearms Association Endorses HB203, Concealed Carry Law Reform Bill

7:00am Friday, June 14, 2013

DELAWARE - Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce its endorsement of House Bill 203. The bill's primary sponsor, Terry Johnson (R-McDermott), has again taken lead in improving firearms laws in the Ohio House. HB203 has significant support as indicated by the bill's 15 co-sponsors. The NRA has also endorsed the legislation. HB 203 seeks to make many improvements to Ohio's concealed...

Zero tolerance: 5 year-old boy interrogated by school officials for two hours without parents over orange-tipped toy cap gun

3:00pm Thursday, June 13, 2013

Editor's Note: If the below case doesn't make you mad enough, check out this recent case where a North Carolina teen was been expelled and given a felony charge for accidentally leaving his shotgun in his truck at school and calling his mother to come pick it up when he realized the mistake. A similar incident also happened here in Ohio at Evergreen High School. Reports of overzealous enforcement...