HILLSBORO, Ohio — Growing up on a small southern Ohio farm, the favorite Christmas gift I received as a child was a “Rifleman” rifle, ordered from the Sears “wish book” that still…
Author: Buckeye Firearms Association
Trump endorses arming teachers AND doubles-down on support for new gun control
One day after he took fire from gun owners after he called for a ban on bump stocks and taking away the Second Amendment rights of military-aged Americans until they are 21…
Democrat candidates for governor race to the altar of gun control
Since the announcement of our endorsement of Mike DeWine for the Republican nomination for governor, we've received a few inquiries as to whether or not we would be making an endorsement in…
Another Ohio school board votes to incorporate armed, trained staff members into safety plan
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that members of the East Guernsey Local Board of Education in Guernsey County took action Monday night that they hope will secure added safety for the children…
President Trump joins “blame the tools” crowd, calls for bump stock ban
CNBC is reporting that President Donald Trump (R) has joined Ohio governor John Kasich (R) and others calling for bans on tools used by mass murderers instead of offering solutions that will…
“Student-led” anti-gun march is just another Bloomberg astroturf show
Gun rights advocates have long-maintained that there is a vast difference between groups such as the National Rifle Association or Buckeye Firearms Association, made up of millions of individual paid members, and…
PoliceOne.com: 4 key takeaways from the Fla. high school shooting
A 19-year-old man shot and killed 17 students and adults at a high school in Parkland, Florida, and wounded many more. The man is in police custody after he surrendered to them “without incident.”…
John Kasich’s best idea to stop school shootings is a retread two decades-old idea even HE admitted was a failure
"I'm not gonna f#$! with your guns!" That is what John Kasich (R) pulled me aside to tell me back on April 13, 2009. We had just finished a 15-20 minute roundtable…
Active Killers Using Fire Alarms to Facilitate an Attack
Everyone is talking about the latest school shooting and looking for solutions. I’ve been writing about how to solve this problem for more than a decade. It isn’t easy. While the ultimate…
The uncomfortable truth about school shootings
Editor's Note: The following article first appeared on this website on October 4, 2006, in the wake of a massacre at an Amish school in Pennsylvania. Leaders at Buckeye Firearms Association have…