National Politics

Background checks on firearm sales up 4.3% in October

12:05am Monday, November 16, 2009
Background checks on the sale of firearms were up 4.3 percent in October, according to data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). A total of 1,233,982 checks were reported for the month, up from 1,183,279 in October 2008. The 2009 year-to-date total for background checks is 11,403,417, an increase of 18.1 percent over the same time period last year.

World Net Daily op-ed by Buckeye Firearms' Gerard Valentino addresses fallacy of "no-guns" army bases

12:10am Thursday, November 12, 2009
Buckeye Firearms Foundation Treasurer Gerard Valentino was again published nationally, this time at WorldNetDaily.com. As a veteran who served at Fort Hood, Valentino has an interesting perspective on how the massacre there fit the same pattern as every other spree killing in a gun-free zone. Valentino makes the point that soldiers, when disarmed, are no different than students or co-workers left...

Op-Ed: Time to Put An End to Army Bases as Gun-Free Zones

12:05am Thursday, November 12, 2009
By John Lott Shouldn't an army base be the last place where a terrorist should be able to shoot at people uninterrupted for 10 minutes? After all, an army base is filled with soldiers who carry guns, right? Unfortunately, that is not the case. Beginning in March 1993, under the Clinton administration, the army forbids military personnel from carrying their own personal firearms and mandates that...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. volunteer discusses concerns of gun control loophole in health care bill with Congressman Zack Space

12:05am Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Editor's Note: Just hours before he cast a vote in favor of nationalized health care, Congressman Zack Space had a meeting with constituents regarding his pending vote. Buckeye Firearms Association volunteer Jason Mihalick attended the meeting, and brought up the concerns about the health care bill opening the backdoor to gun control . Following is his summary of the meeting: By Jason Mihalick On...

Will Health Care Reform Regulate Guns?

8:21pm Friday, November 06, 2009
By Ken Hanson, Esq. Buckeye Firearms Association is a single issue, non-partisan PAC concerned with gun rights. As such, the debate on health care reform occurring across the U.S. is not something that would be within our normal sphere of coverage. However, my good friend Chad Baus posted a story a few days ago highlighting how the Centers for Disease Control has begun researching gun violence...

13 murdered, 30 wounded at "no-guns" Ft. Hood Army base

6:36pm Thursday, November 05, 2009
For the first 24 hours, this story was updated as additional details became available. By Chad D. Baus A murderous rampage killing was carried out today at Texas' Ft. Hood Army base by American Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan. According to news reports, ten soldiers and two civilians were killed and thirty-one wounded in the attack. Initial reports said Hasan was also killed in an exchange of...

Editorial: The feds take a shot at guns

12:05am Thursday, November 05, 2009
Obama administration caught "loading their guns" for a new round of anti-gun legislation For a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been forbidden by Congress from doing research on gun-control issues. Such piddling hurdles as federal law don't matter to the Obama administration. With a wave of a hand, the CDC has simply redefined gun-control research so the ban no longer...

Sometimes Criminals Walk Among Us: Self-Enforcement is Key at Gun Shows

12:10am Wednesday, November 04, 2009
By Gerard Valentino The national establishment media is getting a lot of mileage from another of New York Mayor Bloomberg's dirty tricks. In this case, the Mayor sent private investigators to gun shows in several states to prove that illegal gun trafficking is taking place, and that criminals can easily buy firearms in unregulated private transactions. Video collected at several guns shows showed...

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