National Politics

Bloomberg mouthpiece Michael Coleman calls for "reasonable gun control"; BFA's Ken Hanson responds

7:00am Tuesday, August 14, 2012
WCMH, Columbus' NBC affiliate, recently interviewed Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman regarding his latest call for "reasonable" gun control. Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was asked to respond. The heavily edited video (which omits any of Hanson's responses to what Coleman calls "reasonable" gun control) can be seen here: Mayor Coleman holds the title of Ohio Chairman of...

Romney chooses strong Second Amendment advocate and avid hunter as running mate

7:00am Monday, August 13, 2012
by Chad D. Baus For gun owners who have been less than enthused to have another "so-so" Republican nominee to face the vehemently anti-gun Barack Obama, Mitt Romney's choice of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate is sure to lift their spirits. Much like Gov. Sarah Palin in 2008 , Ryan brings a strong understanding of Second Amendment rights and hunter's issues to the ticket. Ryan...

Op-Ed: Concealed weapons save lives

7:00am Thursday, August 09, 2012
The evidence is clear: Massacres are stopped by legally armed citizens by John Lott [The] horrible shooting in Colorado occurred in yet another place where guns are banned. And that's consistent with a trend: With a single exception, every multiple-victim public shooting in the U.S. in which more than three people have been killed since at least 1950 has taken place where citizens are not allowed...

Time Magazine editor-at-large admits "overwhelming sentiment" for "gun control" at most major news organizations

7:00am Wednesday, August 08, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Most gun owners who follow political issues closely already know how biased the establishment media are against guns, even though it isn't often a journalist actually admits it. But that is exactly what happened when Time Magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin, appeared last week on MSNBC and confessed a broad media consensus to curtail gun rights: "If you walk the halls of most...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation Inc. Files Amicus Brief in Woollard Case

5:17pm Monday, August 06, 2012
On August 6, 2012, Buckeye Firearms Foundation Inc., a 501(C)(3) Foundation supporting all legal uses of firearms, filed an Amicus Brief in a Maryland case that may well end up being the next U.S. Supreme Court case on gun rights. The case is Woollard et al v. Gallagher et al. Woollard is the gun owners' “side” of the case and they are represented by Alan Gura. The District Court ruled Maryland’s...

Obama to 'evaluate' gun control laws proposed in wake of Colorado mass murder

7:00am Friday, August 03, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Washington Times is reporting that President Obama is considering support for the latest legislative knee-jerk reaction to mass murder in a "no-guns" zone - a proposed ban on the sale of ammunition online and on standard capacity magazines (neither of which would have stopped the Aurora, CO spree killer). From the article : White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that...

A gun would give victims a chance

7:00am Thursday, August 02, 2012
The following op-ed by Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was originally published by The Columbus Dispatch . Republished with permission. by Ken Hanson Shortly after midnight on July 20, 2012, James Holmes entered an Aurora, Colo., movie theater and allegedly committed mass murder. I join millions of American gun owners in extending condolences and support to the victims...

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