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BFA's Ken Hanson recognized for lifetime of work to protect and defend Second Amendment

7:00am Monday, August 15, 2016

Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson has been recognized in recent months for his many years of service to protect and defend the Second Amendment. At the 2016 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits, Hanson was further honored with the NRA-ILA Defender of Justice Lifetime Achievement Award. A photo above shows Hanson (right) being presented the award by NRA-ILA Legislative Counsel...

July 2016 firearms sales jump 27.9% over prior year

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Friday, August 12, 2016

The wave of increased gun sales that followed the terrorist attacks in San Bernadino, CA and Orlando, FL, along with more political talk about blaming law abiding gun owners or blaming inanimate objects (instead of the terrorists themselves), has sent firearms sales back through the roof. The July 2016 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,210,731 is...

Keeping Kids Safe In A Broken World

by Laura Carno

7:00am Friday, August 12, 2016

Editor's Note: The following article has been featured at TheBlaze.com . Republished with permission of the author. Children are being murdered in their schools while politicians trade talking points and campaign promises about school safety. Our children are neither partisans nor political chess pieces. What can we do to keep our children safe while politicians jockey for position in back rooms...

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Home invasion suspect shot and killed by resident

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Thursday, August 11, 2016

Cleveland media are reporting that a home invasion ended badly for a man who chose to force his way into a home looking for his former girlfriend. From WEWS (ABC Cleveland) : Witnesses at the scene said 35-year-old Antonio L. Sanford forced his way into a residence in the 1100 block of East 78th Street, looking for his ex-girlfriend. Once inside, there was a struggle with the man who lived at the...

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Ted Strickland says Heller author's death "came at a good time"

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, August 11, 2016

Audio has been uncovered of former Ohio governor Ted Strickland saying that the death of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia - author of the Heller decision affirming the individual Constitutional right to bear arms - "came at a good time," all to the applause and laughter of his audience. An audio recording of the remarks, made at an AFL-CIO rally in Cleveland, have been released...

When it comes to the shooting sports, media have Olympic Fever immunity

by Jim Shepherd

3:00pm Wednesday, August 10, 2016

If you're like most sports enthusiasts, you're waking up groggy this week because you're maxing-out on the Olympics. And you've got another week ahead, so try to get those catnaps in when you can, because there are literally thousands of hours of virtually any summer sport imaginable on TV. I used the qualifier "virtual" because if you're a shooting enthusiast and you're hoping to watch on the...

Ohio CHL-holder credited with thwarting broad-daylight armed robbery

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Details are still sparse, but Cleveland media are reporting that an Ohio concealed handgun license-holder was forced to defend himself in a broad-daylight armed robbery at a local discount store. According to Cleveland.com , the incident happened about 3 p.m. last Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of a Family Dollar Store. WJW (Fox Cleveland) reported that both the CHL-holder and the robber...

Ginny Thrasher Finds Many Firsts at 2016 Rio Olympic Games

by Ashley Brugnone

3:00pm Tuesday, August 09, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – During her first Olympic showing, American Ginny Thrasher, shooting member of Team USA currently in Rio for the Olympics, became the first gold medal winner for the United States and the first medal winner of the 2016 Games after firing an unbeatable score in the Women’s 10-meter Air Rifle event. Her unbelievable performance, which included a 10.9 in the qualifying round...