By Mark Noble Last weekend, the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) convened in Fort Mitchell, KY. With eight hundred pre-registered attendees, this was the largest SAF event ever….
Gun ban extremists’ answer to school shootings is more of the same
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Castle Doctrine: Senate hearing scheduled Oct. 17 for Sponsor testimony
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Cleveland School Shooting Highlights Plight of Unarmed Victims
This story was updated during the first 24 hours after the attack, as more information became available.
There was a shooting today at SuccessTech Academy, a Cleveland high school located across the street from an FBI office in downtown Cleveland. Early indications are that multiple people were shot and transported to area hospitals. The Associated Press (AP) is reporting the attacker, believed to be 14 year-old freshman Asa Coon, is dead.
Buckeye Firearms Association Announces 2007 Endorsements
The Buckeye Firearms Association proudly announced many endorsements in local races around the state today. As a part of our focus on general firearms issues, this political action committee continues our efforts…
CCRKBA ‘Grassroots Organization of the Year’ Award goes to Buckeye Firearms Association
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Teachers Begin School Year Armed with Lucky Charms
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National Collegiate Student Empty Holster Protest
10/22-10/27
On April 16, 2007, twenty-seven students and five faculty members at Virginia Tech lost their lives to a madman who possessed one distinct advantage over his victims—He was not concerned with following the rules. Undeterred by Virginia Tech’s status as a “gun free zone,” this mentally unstable individual carried two handguns onto the university campus and indiscriminately opened fire.
During the week of October 22-27, 2007, college students throughout America will attend classes wearing empty holsters, in protest of state laws and campus policies that stack the odds in favor of armed killers by disarming law abiding citizens who are licensed to carry concealed handguns virtually everywhere else.
Buckeye Firearms is the Grassroots Organization of the Year!
By Jim Irvine
Alan Gottlieb presented Buckeye Firearms Association with the Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms (CCRKBA) “2007 Grassroots Organization of the Year” award at the Second Amendment Foundation’s 22nd annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) held in Covington, Kentucky.
It reads:
In Recognition of the Tireless Hard Work and Dedication to the Preservation of the Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms by its Members
Buckeye Firearms Association at the Gun Rights Policy Conference
The Buckeye Firearms Association welcomes the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to the Ohio area for the 22nd Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference.
Friday, October 5
Starting early Friday morning, area volunteers showed up in force to assist with setup and other pre-conference activities. Preparing the material and room took the better part of 72 man hours and would not have been possible without the hard working volunteers.