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FLASH: Ohio Concealed Handgun License Approved as Background Check

2:30pm Wednesday, May 25, 2016

COLUMBUS, OH - Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is pleased to announce that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) has certified the Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL) as a valid NICS-compliant background check for firearm purchases. Click here to see the letter from the BATFE . This is the result of more than six years of work by BFA to improve and simplify background...

10 key factors to keep active-killer response on the cutting edge

7:00am Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Dr. Mike Clumpner brings a multi-faceted perspective to the many challenges of active-killer emergencies. Among other roles, he holds a PhD in homeland security policy, with dissertation research on coordinated public safety responses to active shooters...has logged 24 years in urban fire services, 21 years as a paramedic, and seven years in law enforcement, assigned to SWAT special ops...and he'...

Federal Judge (Again) Suspends Enforcement of D.C.'s Prohibitive Concealed Carry Regulation

3:00pm Tuesday, May 24, 2016

The fight to restore Second Amendment rights in the Nation’s Capital gained an important victory [last week] when U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ordered D.C. officials to begin issuing concealed carry licenses without regard to the “good reason” requirement under which most applications are denied. Applicants must still fulfill the District’s other licensing requirements, including proof of...

Is it legal to shoot someone in the back?

7:00am Tuesday, May 24, 2016

You've seen it a hundred times. Two men walk to the center of a dusty street, guns slung low on their leg. They stand about 20 paces apart, staring each other down with a steely gaze. Their fingers twitch in anticipation. Then it happens. The bad guy goes for his gun. He draws and fires with an evil smile on his face. But wait! The good guy isn't hurt. He's faster on the draw and a better shot...

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10 (other) people you shouldn't talk to after a self defense shooting

3:00pm Monday, May 23, 2016

If you know anything at all about the legal perils of defending yourself with a gun, you know that you should never speak at length to a 911 operator or responding police. Why? Because the physical and emotional trauma of defending your life can give you diarrhea of the mouth. And in the minutes and hours after a shooting, you could say things that a prosecutor could decide to use against you in...

Lack of action on Sittenfeld's anti-gun rights petition proves effort was just a PR stunt

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, May 23, 2016

Hardly anyone in Ohio knows the name P.G. Sittenfeld, and that fact was a problem for him during his recent primary campaign to win the Democrats' nomination for U.S. Senate over former Governor Ted Strickland. Alexander Paul George "P.G." Sittenfeld, who has served as a Cincinnati city councilman since 2011, sought to compensate for his short-comings in name recognition by trying to make sure...

What every gun owner says right before going to jail

3:00pm Friday, May 20, 2016

It's a sad fact of life that many gun owners are in denial when it comes to the realities of using a firearm for self defense. Gun owners may think about someone breaking into their home or hijacking their car, so they plan ahead to have the appropriate means of protection. However, they don't think beyond pulling the trigger. And ironically, it's what happens right after you pull the trigger...

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Hillary Remains Willing to Ignore Federal Firearms Law

7:00am Friday, May 20, 2016

[Recently], Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told viewers of an MSNBC “townhall” that her efforts to enact gun control would start her “very first day” as president. [Then, in] a Washington Post article titled, “Can Clinton make good on immigration, guns?,” shed some light on her anti-gun plans. Rather than rely on the quaint notion that the legislative branch should be relied on...