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Buckeye Firearms Association PAC endorses Dave Yost for Ohio Attorney General

3:00pm Tuesday, September 18, 2018

COLUMBUS – The Buckeye Firearms Association PAC today announced its endorsement Dave Yost for Ohio attorney general. The organization cited Yost’s staunch support of Second Amendment rights and his background as a prosecutor as reasons for its unflinching support. “This is a critical race for gun owners and anyone who supports the rule of law, or the rights of citizens against tyrannical...

The Ultimate Rifle Tip: Real Time Zeroing with Ryan Cleckner

7:00am Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Former Army Ranger sniper team leader Ryan Cleckner walks us through his process for sighting in a new rifle in real-time and delivers several other shooting tips in the process.

Who Says We Should Arm School Staff to Protect Our Children?

by Rob Morse

7:00am Monday, September 17, 2018

Solid facts are rare in the ocean of opinion about arming teachers. Allowing armed defenders in school is a polarized issue with plenty of passion. The legacy news media feeds us lots of emotion but they have relatively little data and analysis. I asked the best sources I could find if school staff should be armed to protect our students. Their answer was clear. I spoke to the brain trust at...

Cordray seeks to ban all Second Amendment rights for military-aged adults

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, September 14, 2018

In advance of their first scheduled debate on September 19, gubernatorial candidates Mike DeWine (R) and Richard Cordray (D) have been asked by one of the debate partners, the Dayton Daily News , to weigh in on various issues. On September 13, the focus was on "guns and school safety." From the article : Q: Since the Las Vegas, Parkland and other shootings, Ohio and other states have opened the...

Using the .22 for Self Defense

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Thursday, September 13, 2018

Since my handgun stopping power study was published in American Handgunner Magazine , I’ve received several questions from readers about my data. I expected to be castigated by all the big bullet aficionados for reporting honest data about the “mouse gun” calibers. That wasn’t what I received. All the email that I got was from .22 advocates telling me that I misinterpreted my data and that the ...

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The Fifth Third Bank murders and the fallacy of "no-guns" policies

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, September 12, 2018

On Friday, September 7, for as-yet unknown reasons , a man entered Fifth Third Bank's corporate headquarters on Cincinnati's Fountain Square and began firing a 9mm handgun. Three people lost their lives, and two more were injured. The company's "no-guns" policy, enforced not only at its headquarters but also at all of its branches, did not stop the attack. The company's security turnstiles did...

Anti-gun Senator Distorts the Law and the Facts in Unsuccessful Attack on Supreme Court Nominee

7:00am Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Last week the nation was subjected to an embarrassing and undignified spectacle of obstructionist partisan politics surrounding the confirmation hearings of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court. The Democrat caucus, understanding that Judge Kavanaugh is an eminently qualified jurist with an upstanding reputation and that the votes likely exist to confirm him, abandoned the norms of...

Before and After Bang: Treatment and prevention of celebrity violence in our schools

by Rob Morse

7:00am Monday, September 10, 2018

The school safety movement is growing. Parents, school staff, and law enforcement officers are working together. They are slowly solving the complex and interrelated issues of protecting our students from armed murderers in our schools. We see varied solutions from school to school and from state to state. There is much to learn as we protect our children. The “solutions” to school safety aren’t...