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Chairman's notes from the 26th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC)

by Jim Irvine The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) held their 26th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Chicago this year. I have missed the last few events and was excited to attend this year's conference. I'm not sure how many I have attended, but for me, this was the best. Many criticized going and spending money in Chicago, Illinois, which is enemy territory for gun owners. Illinois...

Ohio Gun Collectors Association donates $3000 to Buckeye Firearms Foundation

by Larry S. Moore The Ohio Gun Collectors Association ( www.ogca.com ) (OGCA) is the largest gun collecting association in the world. They are also second to none in the promotion and protection of our Second Amendment rights. The OGCA recently continued this tradition by presenting checks to the Butler County Sportsmen Club and the Buckeye Firearms Association. Jim Tekavec, OGCA; Larry Moore...

2011 CCRKBA 'Grassroots Organization of the Year' Award goes to Buckeye Firearms Association

by Jim Irvine From left: Jim Irvine, BFA Chairman; Alan Gottleib, CCRKBA Chairman (Photo courtesy of Dave Workman) The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) has named Buckeye Firearms Association their "Organization of the Year" for 2011. The award was presented at the 26th Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) by CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, who said "No organization...

Wisconsin Carry, Inc. reaches settlement in lawsuit against City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee police

Buckeye Firearms Foundation-supported civil rights lawsuit against City of Madison, WI alive and well by Chad D. Baus Wisconsin Carry, Inc., a pro-gun group which, with the help of the Buckeye Firearms Foundation and readers of this website , recently successfully defended a group of five of its members who had been arrested for legally open carrying in their local Culvers restaurant, has brought...

City council repeals firearms measure after lawsuit filed by Ohio concealed carry group

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that the City of Cleveland Heights has repealed firearms ordinances following a lawsuit by Ohioans for Concealed Carry. From the article : City Council unanimously approved the measure at its Sept. 6 meeting, after the interest group filed to seek a permanent injunction against the city in mid-August for passing legislation that superceded state law. This...

Join me at the Second Amendment Foundation's 26th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Chicago this weekend!

by Jim Irvine For those that have not already made plans to attend our sold out Dave Grossman event this weekend, I highly recommend a trip to Chicago for the Second Amendment Foundation's 26th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC). The event is free and will be held at the airport Hyatt at the Chicago O'Hare airport. This year's speakers include: Mark Walters of Armed American Radio Alan...

Call for support: "Voice of Ohio sportsmen now needs help from them"

Wooster's The Daily-Record is reporting that one of our own needs our help. For the past three decades, Don Smith has been fighting for sportsman's rights as a field representative for the United States Sportsman's Alliance. There's not a sport show, rendezvous or traderee that he hasn't set up a booth at in the state of Ohio. He's logged more miles than a long-distance truck driver, carrying the...

Report: ATF Director Reassigned; U.S. Attorney Out Amid 'Fast and Furious' Uproar

by Chad D. Baus Fox News is reporting that acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson has been reassigned to a lesser post in the Justice Department and the U.S. attorney for Arizona was also pushed out Tuesday as "fallout from Operation Fast and Furious reached new heights." On July 4, Melson decide to testify about Fast and Furious without having Justice Department counsel present to "advise him" on...

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