Study: Restrictive gun control laws 'unlikely' to solve youth gun violence

A first-of-its-kind study published in late May in the American Medical Association’s JAMA Network Open concluded that community-level “social vulnerability” factors like poverty, unemployment, crowded housing, and minority status were much more likely than “permissive” gun control laws to be strongly associated with a high gun-violence death rate among youth. “Our results suggest that...

BFA Testifies in Support of SB 58 to Prohibit Requiring Firearms Liability Insurance

On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, Buckeye Firearms Association presented testimony in the Ohio House Insurance Committee supporting Senate Bill 58 to prohibit requiring firearm liability insurance or being required to pay a fee for the possession of a firearm, part of a firearm, its components, its ammunition, or a knife. This was the second hearing for this legislation in the House, sponsored by...

40 million Americans refuse to comply with Biden's ATF pistol brace rule

I have seen various estimates of the percentage of pistol brace owners who have complied with the new BATFE rule that deems braced pistols to be subject to prohibition or registration as Short Barreled Rifles (SBR) under the National Firearms Act (NFA). The most defensible estimates seem to be around 2.5% compliance. The most generous estimates come in near 8% compliance, while other estimates...

Help us WIN on Issue 1 - Ask for Your FREE Barn Banner

We The People Convention is offering FREE barn banners to support Issue 1 and protect Ohio's constitution. A YES vote on Issue 1 protects our Constitution and Second Amendment rights from deep-pocketed, out-of-state interests. By passing Issue 1, the People will ensure constitutional changes are widely accepted and declare that Ohio’s Constitution is not for sale to gun grabbers like Mike...

Win this Ruger PCC and support the DC Project Women for Gun Rights

The DC Project is a nationwide organization of women committed to safeguarding the Second Amendment. They are a non-partisan initiative of daughters, mothers, and sisters that believe education is the key to firearm safety and violence prevention, not legislation. They counter the disinformation gun control groups circulate by informing our friends, families, communities, and legislators with the...

Ohio Farm Bureau supports BFA-backed constitutional amendment: Issue 1

Note from Buckeye Firearms Association: Ohio Farm Bureau on May 26 published this editorial in support of the BFA-backed Issue 1 , which would raise the threshold to 60% to approve Ohio Constitution amendment proposals. Issue 1, a ballot initiative that asks Ohio voters if the state should strengthen the petition process and raise the threshold to 60% for approving constitutional amendment...

Time's up: Is your AR-style pistol brace registered as short-barreled rifle?

Note: This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended as, nor should it be considered, personal legal advice. If you currently own an AR-style pistol and you also possess a brace that can be attached to that pistol, then you are subject to felony prosecution as of the end of May unless you file, or have filed, paperwork to register it as a short-barreled rifle . The easiest...

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