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Mall Security: Separating Fact from Fiction

by Gary Evens

3:00pm Thursday, February 26, 2015

It sounded awfully familiar. In late February a group calling itself al-Shabaab (operating out of Somalia) threatened to attack the Mall of America in Minnesota. It was kind of like déjà vu for me; I’d seen this before some place. Then it hit me. That was the plot of Stephen Hunter’s book Soft Target (Simon & Schuster, 2011)! The target: the Mall of America (or “America, the Mall” as it is...

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What HB 234 Means to You: Part II - Reciprocity

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Thursday, February 26, 2015

On March 23, 2015 several changes to Ohio law that are of particular significance to Ohio gun owners will take effect. This article will look reciprocity and related issues. Currently, Ohio residents may carry on an Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL) or a license from another “substantially equivalent” state that the Ohio Attorney General has signed a reciprocal agreement with. Residents from...

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Looking for something new? Try Cowboy Action Shooting!

by Gary Evens

3:00pm Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Cowboy action shooting (CAS) was what got me back into shooting after many years. At the time I was heavily involved in Civil War re-enacting where all of the shooting is done with blanks. Since the “cowboy era” immediately followed the end of the Civil War, I figured it would be an easy transition. I already had clothing of the appropriate styles. All I needed was the guns and to find a local...

Review: Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 2.0 IWB Holster

by Scott Seibert

7:00am Wednesday, February 25, 2015

I met my contact in the parking lot between Applebees and McDonalds in the middle of Little Mogadishu. I pulled up next to his vehicle and he handed me the package through the open driver’s side windows. The first thing I noticed about the object was that it was soft and a little squishy. But it had hard bits in it as well…not unlike a freshly-killed cottontail rabbit. It was a Ziplock-style...

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Mementos Reveal Civil Rights Icon's Exposure to Armed Self-Defense

3:00pm Tuesday, February 24, 2015

On Wednesday, [February 4,] the Library of Congress made the Rosa Parks Collection available to researchers. The compilation includes 2,500 photos and 7,500 manuscripts pertaining to the civil rights icon. Among these documents is a short autobiographical piece highlighting some of Parks’ early experiences with armed self-defense. A February 3 Washington Post article details the “biographical...

Your Action Urgently Needed to Prevent BATFE from Banning Common Rifle Ammo!

7:00am Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Editor's Note: In addition to the important information below, activists concerned about this latest gun control effort by the Obama administration are encouraged to send letters to the BATFE through www.WeWillNotBackDown.com . Not only will you be helping in the effort to stop President Obama's latest executive overreach, but you will have the chance to win the exact ammo the president wants to...

Don’t Evacuate into a Parking Lot

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Monday, February 23, 2015

I recently taught a class that covered the skills an armed citizen needs to respond to a terrorist bombing attack. In the class, I spent a lot of time talking about the concept of the “secondary device.” The secondary device is some hazard that is designed to injure or kill additional victims or first responders some time after an initial attack. Most commonly, secondary devices are bombs set to...

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Firearms Training: How Much Should Be Required?

by Gary Evens

7:00am Monday, February 23, 2015

Ohio has required individuals that want to obtain a concealed handgun license to complete a minimum of 12 hours of training, but that is about to change. As I’ve previously recorded, the mandatory topics Ohio requires include being able to: Name, explain, and demonstrate the rules for safe handling of a handgun and proper storage practices for handguns and ammunition; Demonstrate and explain how...