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Massad Ayoob says this new book will give you "powerful ammunition"

Our own Gerard Valentino has authored his first book, The Valentino Chronicles - Observations from a Middle-Class Conservative . The book is now available at the Buckeye Firearms Gun Stuff Mall for two dollars off the cover price of $19.95 ($17.95 + shipping). When Massad Ayoob saw it, he said, "If, like me, you believe that decent citizens have the right to protect themselves and their loved...

Governor Ted Strickland attends 2009 Buckeye Bash; promises to veto any anti-gun legislation

By Chad D. Baus Attendees of the 2009 Buckeye Bash already knew they were in for a special time on Saturday, October 17, but didn't know until soon after they arrived that the evening was going to be made even more special by the appearance of Governor Ted Strickland. The 2009 Buckeye Bash, which was held at Cardinal Center Campgrounds and Shooting Center in Marengo, just 30 miles north of...

Let's put a Buckeye on the NRA Board of Directors!

We have a chance to get Ken Hanson, our legal guru and author of The Ohio Guide to Firearm Laws, on the NRA Board of Directors. Not only would this be a great honor, it would help put Ohio gun issues front and center with the most powerful pro-gun organization in the country. First, we have to get him officially nominated and we need more petition signatures. Will you help us? Here's what you...

Buckeye Firearm's Gerard Valentino to appear weekly on syndicated radio show beginning Sunday

Gerard Valentino, a leader with Buckeye Firearms Association and Treasurer of Buckeye Firearms Foundation, will appear on "The Great Outdoors" with host Calvin Pyle every Sunday afternoon for the next five weeks. Beginning October 11, Valentino and Pyle will discuss a different aspect of firearms issues and firearms law. The segment will usually take place between 12:15 and 12:30, and will run...

We need $30,000! The 2nd Amendment is at stake!

Please read this carefully. We have never needed your help more than we need it now! Dear Friend, Last year, in a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court clearly proclaimed that the Second Amendment is an individual right. Not a collective right. Not a right of the "militia." A right of each American citizen. You might think that would have ended the debate, but it didn't. Even after this...

Linda Walker accepts NRA's 2009 Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award in D.C.

Buckeye Firearms Association Central Ohio Chair Linda Walker made the trip to Washington D.C. recently to receive the National Rifle Association's 2009 Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award at the NRA's fall Board of Directors meeting. Walker shown here with other past recipients, from left: Marion Hammer 1995, Linda Walker 2009, Edie Reynolds 2007, Patty Clark 2005. According to the NRA, "the...

U.S. Supreme Court to hear another landmark gun rights case

DELAWARE, OH - The United States Supreme Court has accepted a second historic gun rights case. The ruling on this case could affect the laws of every state and city in the nation. McDonald v. City of Chicago focuses on "incorporation" of the Second Amendment. This means the court will be answering the question: Does the Second Amendment restrict state and city action, or just action by the...

FLASH: Supreme Court agrees to hear new Second Amendment case

We have just received word that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear another case on the individual rights of gun owners. A group of Chicago gun owners is challenging a lower appeals court ruling that while the Second Amendment guarantees individual rights on the federal level, it does not bar state or city governments from passing restrictions or outright bans on guns. Chicago imposes a handgun ban...

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