National Politics

Ohio Voting Has Begun – What Have You Done For A Pro-Gun Candidate Today?

By Ken Hanson Absentee and same day voting has begun in Ohio. Perhaps you have seen the videos of the community organizers picking up drunk and homeless people in Ohio and running them to the polls to vote for Obama , or about poll observers being turned away from polling places ? Buckeye Firearms Association believes that every effort must be made to aid pro-gun candidates, whatever office...

SAF National Gun Rights Policy Conference: Gun Rights Proponents Meet as Absentee Voting Begins

By Ken Hanson The Second Amendment Foundation's (SAF) National Gun Rights Policy Conference was held at the beautiful Sheraton Crescent Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona this past weekend. I had the honor of attending on behalf of Buckeye Firearms Association and was one of the presenters during the state rights panel. This three-day conference served as a final “pep rally” as pro-gun teams headed into...

Obama says gun owners are bitter clingers; Supporter now says we're racist anti-Semites

By Chad D. Baus Barack Obama had not yet locked up the nomination for his party when he revealed his true feelings about gun owners to attendees of a private fund raiser in San Francisco last April : “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them,” Obama said. “And they fell through...

McCain receives warm reception at USSA's 12th Annual Save Our Heritage Rally

Several members of Buckeye Firearms Association joined hunters, anglers and trappers from across the state this past weekend at the United States Sportsman’s Alliance's 12th Annual "Save Our Heritage Rally" held in Columbus on September 27th. The event, as always, was a well-organized flurry of activity, as guns, hunting trips and other outdoors accessories were auctioned off and given away...

'Nobody knows Obama's record on guns better than I do,' says Illinois gun rights activist

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sept. 24 -- The following is a press release by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): "One of the most blatant lies ever to come from a politician's mouth," is how the ISRA is characterizing a recent statement by U.S. Senator Barack Obama. Speaking in the latest issue of "Field & Stream," Obama claims that Illinois sportsmen know him as an advocate for their rights...

Hating on the First AND Second Amendments: Obama campaign threatens to sue over NRA ads

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has sent threatening letters to news agencies in Pennsylvania and Ohio to stop airing ads exposing his anti-gun record sponsored by the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF). The kicker? NRA-PVF's Ohio’s ads have not yet begun running. “Barack Obama and his campaign are terrified of the truth,” declared Chris W. Cox, Chairman of NRA-...

FactCheck.org in the tank for Obama over NRA ads

Analysis: Fact-Checkers Fall Short in Criticizing NRA's Anti-Obama Ads By John R. Lott, Jr. Guns have become an important issue for Barack Obama's campaign. Starting around the Pennsylvania primary, Obama and his campaign surrogates began strenuously assuring gun owners that he supports gun ownership, and it appears to be paying off. A poll in August showed that John McCain only led Obama among...

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