NSSF objects to U.S. government abandoning position that U.N. treaty must be based on international "consensus"

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation today strongly objected to the last-minute reversal of the U.S. government position regarding the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. In the closing hours of negotiations on Thursday, March 28, the government abandoned its previous insistence that the treaty be approved only through achieving "consensus" of all the member states. Requiring...

Murder in Ohio church during Easter services "the will of Allah"

by Chad D. Baus Yet another murder occurred over the weekend in a so-called "gun free" zone in Ohio, and church officials are thankful the death toll wasn't higher. From The Star Beacon : Children screamed in terror and hid under the pews at Hiawatha Church of God in Christ on Sunday, witnesses said, as an Ashtabula man was shot and killed by his son just after the Easter service. Richard Riddle...

Big City Schools Ask for More Money; Voters Are Shocked!

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Newton, CT school shootings were a tragedy. Nationwide, the debate has ignited over what to do in response to these shootings. In response, big-city school districts have dismissed arming teachers in favor of more anti-bullying programs, locked doors, door buzzers, security cameras, "no guns" signs, gun bans, candle-light vigils and a supply of sacrificial animals as an...

Gun-Banners Follow a Proud Civil Rights Tradition

by Ken Hanson, Esq. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Faced with political and legal threats to existing, and proposed, gun-control laws, activists have borrowed a page from those who blazed the trail before them – the American civil rights movement. "It really crystalized, for me, when people laughed when I suggested homeowners randomly fire guns in the air to deter crime," said Vice President Joe Biden. "It...

Urgent Message to All Ohio NRA Members

Dear Ohio NRA Member: The U.S. Senate is currently scheduled to vote on several anti-gun bills during the week of April 8. One, the so-called "universal background check" bill being pushed by Senator Chuck Schumer, would criminalize the private transfer of firearms between law-abiding citizens. This legislation would make it illegal for a family member to transfer a firearm to another family...

HB495: Definition of "unloaded" gun is now fixed for all Ohioans; "No Guns" signs come down in Statehouse parking garage

by Ken Hanson and Sean Maloney HB495, sponsored by Rep. Terry Johnson (R) and passed into law last December, became effective March 27, 2013, and is now the law of the land. The reforms make three changes to current law: Eliminates the "demonstrated competency" requirement for second and future CHL renewals, making CHL training similar to a hunting license. Fixes the definition of a "loaded gun"...

Messages of thanks pour in from school employees after attending Buckeye Firearms Foundation-funded training opportunities

In addition to its much-publicized Armed Teachers Training Program, Buckeye Firearms Foundation is supporting various types of educational opportunities all over the state of Ohio. Following are just a few of the many responses we have received from people who have attended the training. ...I received a rare chance to be a guest of yours for the teachers conference Saturday morning [March 16]. I...

First class for Buckeye Firearms Foundation-funded Armed Teachers Training Program held at Tactical Defense Institute

by Chad D. Baus The first Armed Teachers Training Program class was conducted this week at Tactical Defense Institute in Adams County. The Columbus Dispatch has published the first coverage of the training, which was funded by Buckeye Firearms Foundation. From the article : Arming teachers in classrooms is the best way to stop more mass murders, said Jim Irvine, the president of the Buckeye...

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