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FASTER Saves Lives at BASA “Are you prepared?” conference

by Jim Irvine

3:00pm Monday, March 09, 2015

This week the Buckeye Association of School Administrators (BASA) holds its “Are you prepared?” school facilities and safety conference in Columbus, Ohio. FASTER Saves Lives will be on hand at booth 40 near the BASA registration desk. We will have trauma kits for review and will be discussing various ways to save lives before, during, and after an active killer event. School safety is a topic...

What HB 234 Means to You: Part III - 31+ round magazines & non-contiguous transfers

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, March 09, 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 at a change in the definition of automatic firearms (31+ round magazines) and non-contiguous state transfers. Current law: ORC 2923.11 (E) "Automatic firearm" means any firearm designed or specially adapted to fire a succession of cartridges with a single...

Legislation Introduced to Break Administrative Choke Hold on Firearm and Ammunition Vendors

3:00pm Friday, March 06, 2015

In January, we reported on encouraging news that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) had taken steps to reassure banks that they are not categorically prohibited nor discouraged from servicing customers in the firearms and ammunition industries. Of course, the very fact that this should be considered newsworthy demonstrates just how bad the politically-motivated abuses of federal...

The difference between "qualification" and "training"

by Varg Freeborn

7:00am Friday, March 06, 2015

Let’s talk about the difference between “qualification” and “training”. Do you believe that because someone has taken a concealed carry course they are now proficient in employing a weapon safely and effectively in a fast moving deadly confrontation? Or that someone who has hunted and been a recreational shooter all of their life is thereby skillful enough to operate effectively in a gun fight?...

Pakistani Teachers Arm Themselves after Taliban School Massacre

3:00pm Thursday, March 05, 2015

Back in November, we reported on Israeli Public Security Minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, announcing a decision to relax the rules governing the carrying of firearms in the wake of the murder of four Orthodox Jewish men and a police officer in a West Jerusalem Temple by terrorists armed with knives, axes and a gun. We noted then that Israeli officials had rightly recognized the protective benefits...

FASTER ad running in Ohio School Board Association magazine

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Thursday, March 05, 2015

The Ohio School Board Association (OSBA) publishes a magazine for its members on a bi-monthly basis. Inside the back cover of the latest edition school administrators will find an ad for FASTER Saves Lives , sponsored by Buckeye Firearms Foundation. The idea for the ad came after attending the OSBA Capital Conference last November. It became apparent that most school officials have talked about...

Remaining Anti-Gunners in U.S. Senate Renew Push for Gun Control

3:00pm Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Anti-gun U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.), have introduced their Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act (S. 407 and H.R. 752, respectively), in yet another attempt to ban magazines that accept more than 10 rounds. Similar legislation has been introduced in previous Congresses, and has repeatedly failed since the expiration of the Clinton “...

2014 Attorney General Summary on Concealed Carry: Program's second-busiest year ever

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the fourth quarter of 2014 and the annual report. 2014 was the second busiest year in the history of the concealed carry program, and ended with a record 438,000 Ohioans licensed to discretely carry firearms. Demand for CHLs finished the year strong, with demand increasing slightly over the prior...