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CHL-holder ruled to have acted in self-defense in neighborhood shooting

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, April 03, 2015

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court judge has found a 52 year-old concealed handgun license-holder who had been charged with murder not guilty. From the article : Andre Jackson of Bedford Heights was charged with murder in the death of Michael Davis. What started as an altercation about debris in the front yard ultimately ended up in a situation where -...

Man with concealed handgun license turns tables on would-be robbers in Akron

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Thursday, April 02, 2015

WJW (Fox Cleveland) is reporting that a man with a concealed handgun license stopped a robbery in Akron last weekend. According to the article , police say two men met a man and woman on East Market Street in Akron for the purpose of purchasing a PlayStation gaming console. The woman, Natasha Brady, reportedly asked the men to go behind a nearby house, and when they refused, the woman's male...

NEW UPDATE: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Legislation

7:00am Thursday, April 02, 2015

The U.S. Senate and U.S. House are back in session in Washington D.C. and because of your calls and emails, each of the NRA supported National Right-to-Carry bills have seen an increase in cosponsorship. Please continue to send a message to President Obama and Michael Bloomberg, that we want National Right to Carry Reciprocity. Please contact your elected officials and urge them to cosponsor and...

FOOLISH: Gun Prohibitionists Concoct Elaborate Fraud to Harass Manhattanites Open to Gun Ownership

3:00pm Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Recently, the nearly forgotten anti-gun crusaders, States United to Prevent Gun Violence (SUPGV), grasped at relevancy when they debuted their latest shenanigans targeting lawful gun ownership. Called “Guns With History,” the campaign aims to harangue first-time gun buyers for even considering the exercise of their rights. At the center of the campaign is video of a purported hidden camera stunt...

Rep. Bill Patmon (D-Cleveland) proposes bill to ban simulated hammers

by Ken Hanson, Esq.

7:00am Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Representative Bill Patmon, (D-Cleveland), past Chairman of the Cleveland Employment and Affirmative Action Committee and author of the most sweeping employment discrimination law in the history of Cleveland, has introduced HB 985, legislation which seeks to ban imitation hammers. The bill is being co-sponsored by Rep. Alicia Reece (D-Cincinnati). In 1997 Bill Patmon received the National League...

M855 Plot Thickens: Congressman Proposes Center-Fire Ammo Ban

3:00pm Tuesday, March 31, 2015

You didn’t need a crystal ball to see this one coming. A week after the BATFE withdrew its plan to ban M855 as “armor-piercing ammunition,” U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) announced that he intends to introduce legislation to “extend the definition of armor-piercing ammunition to include all bullets that can pierce body armor and be used in handguns.” The reason you didn’t need a crystal ball is...

Carrying spare ammunition: It's not an option, it's a must

by Gary Evens

7:00am Tuesday, March 31, 2015

At the end of December, Buckeye Firearms Association published my article, " Ammo Capacity: How Much is Enough? " The point of the article was to suggest that your self-defense firearm needs to have enough ammunition capacity to deal with all of the threat you might expect to encounter during a violent attack. I wrote that a handgun with a 10-15 round capacity seemed to be about right to deal...

Anti-gun U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel Introduces Ammo Ban Legislation

3:00pm Monday, March 30, 2015

On March 13, 2015, three days after the BATFE rescinded its proposed ammo ban framework regulation, anti-gun U.S. Representative Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 1358, a bill designed to ban civilian use and possession of M855 ammunition. This is the same round that the BATFE, after meeting fierce bipartisan opposition from Capitol Hill and from NRA members and supporters across the country,...