No Blue Wave in Ohio - Pro Gun Candidates Carry Election Day 2018!

The Buckeye Firearms Association PAC-endorsed, A-rated ticket of Mike DeWine and Jon Husted (R) achieved victory in the race to see who would be the next Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. DeWine and Husted defeated Richard Cordray (D) in a rematch of the 2010 Attorney General race. Listed as a “toss up” in most polls, DeWine bested Cordray by over 184,000 votes, or better than 5% of the...

ELECTION DAY 2018 - VOTE YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS!!

THE POLLS ARE OPEN TODAY from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. NEW! Use our BFA Voter App to look up candidates on your computer or mobile device: OhioGunVote.com Election Day is here. We hear it every two years, "This is the most important election of our lifetime!" Obviously, every election can’t be "the most important." But it can be the most important one to date. Today is a critical election for Ohio...

It's time to overhaul the National Firearms Act of 1934 - and your vote could make it happen

Some laws grow stale with age and the National Firearms Act (NFA), at 84 years old, is one of those laws that needs complete overhaul, if not repeal. The 1920s and 30s were a period of sensational headlines dealing with interstate bandits and mobsters. You know the names as Hollywood has glorified these thugs in many films over the years: "Baby Face" Nelson, John Dillinger, "Machine Gun" Kelly, "...

Free CCW Licenses for Military Members

Senate Bill 81, sponsored by Senator Terhar (R-8), was signed into law in August and became effective today, Monday, November 5, 2018. SB 81 specifies that active duty military and retired and honorably discharged veterans will have their fees waived for initial and renewed Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs). NOTE: This does NOT mean military members can carry concealed without a license. You must...

CNN Denies Reality of Gun Confiscation to Attack President Trump

It’s as if someone confiscated the facts from CNN. When it comes to guns or President Donald Trump the self-professed “most trusted name in news” has a difficult time telling the truth. Combine those topics into a single story and the network can’t seem to help but fabricate a story. In an October 19 piece for CNN.com titled, “ The 45 most bizarre lines from Donald Trump's wild Montana speech ,”...

Armed Defenders in the Classroom - Reality Replaces Myth

Arming teachers is more than a concept, an idea, or a theory. Armed school staff are now a well-worn reality. The FASTER program teaches school staff to stop a threat and to treat the injured. That program has been in place for the last five years and has trained over a thousand teachers. These first responders have many days of instruction. Once they are back home, these teachers apply what they...

Profiling an Active Killer

What motivates a person to become a mass killer? Using reason and logic may only give us a headache as we try to deduce the motive of an unreasonable and illogical rogue human. It may not be any easier if he survives. Profiling such a rogue would be difficult for most. Their motives can be as complicated as they are. Some surviving active killers have described a real or imagined wrong done to...

Study: Stricter Gun Laws Haven’t Made Communities Safer from Mass Shootings

A trauma research team has developed a profile of commonalities among communities where mass shootings have occurred that includes a shortage of mental health professionals, a relative lack of socialization opportunities, higher rates of income inequality, and relatively high housing costs. ... The findings were presented [last week] at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018 in...

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