Education

Be Wary of Media Reports. We All Agree -- Let's Fix NICS

Be wary of a national news media in search of information they work hard to find that fits a pre-existing narrative. Ever since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, reporters have been trying to drive a wedge between organizations that speak up for the Second Amendment. They often find support for their efforts from anti-gun organizations and politicians. After all, conflict makes news...

To the Editor: Board should permit teachers to carry guns

The following letter was published in the Columbus Dispatch on March 7. Board should permit teachers to carry guns As a teacher at East High School, I think teachers and school personnel with concealed-carry licenses should be allowed to carry their weapon with them to school. The Ohio Revised Code gives teachers and school personnel this right if their Board of Education gives them permission...

Buckeye Firearms Association Patriot Profiles: Sgt. Joyce

by Clint Lake This is the first in a monthly series letting BFA supporters tell their unique and compelling stories about how they were introduced to firearms, how firearms and the 2nd Amendment effected their lives, and how they left their own personal impression on the American heritage of gun ownership. My goal is to help those of us fighting the fight to never forget those that have come...

Cedarville University Student Marksmen (Chi Sigma Mu) 100+ students strong and growing

by Chad D. Baus Cedarville University Student Marksmen, also known as Chi Sigma Mu, new to the Cedarville, Ohio campus, already boasts more than 100 student members. After an NRA University meeting last semester, club advisor Sandy Yoder stated that they were told by the NRA that it had been one of the largest meetings to date. Yoder says that the members of Chi Sigma Mu would like to be an...

Northwest Ohio school employees join area law enforcement for 16 hour active killer training class in Williams Co. school

by Chad D. Baus On the weekend of March 2 and 3, both Buckeye Firearms Foundation President Jim Irvine and I were privileged to attend an Active Killer in Schools training course in the Williams Co., OH community of Edgerton. The training was conducted by the Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) , a world-renowned training facility based in Adams Co., OH that is owned and operated by former SWAT Team...

Owning firearms is a First Amendment exercise, too!

by Alan Gottlieb Following the hysteria generated by gun prohibitionists in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, a nationwide rush on gun stores began as citizens bought semiautomatic modern sporting rifles, handguns and ammunition, in effect "making a political statement" about proposals to ban such firearms. Making political statements is what the First Amendment is all about. The so-called "...

Foolish to think 'It can't happen here'

by Thomas Lucente As the gun control debate rages on, I have taken some flak for stating, quite correctly, that the sole purpose of the Second Amendment is for the citizenry to protect itself from the government. Period. End of debate. Of course, that leads to nothing but derision from leftist gun-grabbers. The government, their argument goes, is not going to kick in your door. I suspect a few...

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