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Buckeye Firearms Association's Ken Hanson participates in ABC Town Hall debate on the Sandy Hook Shootings

6:59pm Thursday, December 20, 2012

The shooting at Sandy Hook has ignited a fierce discussion about guns and school safety. On Thursday evening, December 20, Columbus' ABC Channel 6 held a town hall to bring together advocates on both sides of the issue. In advance of the event, we were told this town hall might be picked up by as many as 100 stations around the country. Buckeye Firearms Association Legal Chair Ken Hanson and...

Governor John Kasich signs Am. HB495; Ohio's concealed carry and firearms laws continue to be improved

3:00pm Thursday, December 20, 2012

On Thursday, December 20, Governor John Kasich (R) signed amended House Bill 495 into law. HB495, sponsored by Rep. Terry Johnson (R), makes 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" to match the commonly accepted definition. Allows...

Op-Ed: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown

7:00am Thursday, December 20, 2012

There were 18 random mass shootings in the 1980s, 54 in the 1990s, and 87 in the 2000s. by David Kopel Has the rate of random mass shootings in the United States increased? Over the past 30 years, the answer is definitely yes. It is also true that the total U.S. homicide rate has fallen by over half since 1980, and the gun homicide rate has fallen along with it. Today, Americans are safer from...

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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine calls for arming school employees

3:00pm Wednesday, December 19, 2012

by Chad D. Baus Various Ohio media are reporting that advocates who've long been calling for arming our teachers to deter mass murderers and to stop them if they can, have a new ally: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R). From The Columbus Dispatch : Attorney General Mike DeWine said today that Ohio schools should consider arming at least one staffer in their building in case of a shooting...

Across the nation and around the world: BFA brings facts to an extremely emotional nation following Connecticut killings

7:00am Wednesday, December 19, 2012

by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the Auroro, CO "no-guns" theater shooting, Buckeye Firearms Association published an article entitled " How long is too long to wait to defend the Second Amendment? ," in which we discussed the dilemma we face each time another deranged lunatic decides to murder as many people as they can in a "no-guns" zone. In the article, I outlined how the media and gun control...

Op-Ed: I am Adam Lanza’s Mother

3:00pm Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Friday's horrific national tragedy, the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, has ignited a new discussion on violence in America. Liza Long, a writer based in Boise, says it's easy to talk about guns. But it's time to talk about mental illness. by Liza Long Three days before 20 year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, then opened fire on a...

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Headline: Kasich Will Not Delay Signing Of New Gun Bill

7:00am Tuesday, December 18, 2012

by Chad D. Baus WBNS (CBS Columbus) is reporting that Gov. John Kasich said he will sign House Bill 495, even after calls on him to postpone his decision in wake of the Connecticut shooting. The liberal group Progress Ohio, possibly acting as a mouthpiece for Mayor Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns , had requested Kasich hold off signing the law. From the article : "I'm a Second Amendment...

Bloomberg’s “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” Has Barely-Bipartisan Support in Ohio

3:00pm Monday, December 17, 2012

by Jesse Hathaway The "bipartisan" support claimed by Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), a national coalition of more than 700 mostly progressive mayors, is slim and dwindling in Ohio. MAIG, founded by anti-Second Amendment New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has coordinated with leftist groups and staffers in Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman's office to target Ohioans' gun rights. Between 2009...