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9 ways your firearm can be attacked in court

3:00pm Thursday, September 01, 2016

To most level-headed people, a gun is a gun is a gun. So the equipment you own or carry shouldn't matter if you find yourself in court after a self defense shooting. After all, when your life is on the line, you're going to use whatever weapon you have at hand. But as crazy as it seems, some prosecutors will do anything to get a conviction, and that includes trying to turn a jury against you...

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BFA PAC announces second round of 2016 endorsements

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Thursday, September 01, 2016

We started this year’s endorsements with Sheriffs because they have best exemplified the role of doing their job in service to Ohio voters, especially concealed handgun license-holders. For the second round, we tackle statewide races , including Supreme Court justices and the U.S. Senate. We've also added a few more local candidates. In this round we have endorsed three candidates for Ohio...

Guns vs. The Environment

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Here’s the short version of the article: the environment wins. Last week I wrote an article about how I was incapacitated after surgery and needed to change the gun I normally carry. I chose to carry my S&W 351C revolver. I had been carrying it for about a week when I went to shoot it. The cylinder wouldn’t open. This is a revolver. They never malfunction, right? Wrong. The cylinder wouldn’t...

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Poll: Trump wins 85% of Ohio gun owners

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Wednesday, August 31, 2016

During every election cycle, we are barraged with polling data. Who's up and who's down. Who people trust and who people don't. Whatever your interest, issue, or affiliation, there's a poll on it. One of the more interesting types of polls are "election trial heats," where pollsters ask which candidate people would vote for if they were to vote at that moment. Attitudes can change rapidly in an...

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When the Criminal is Armed with Pepper Spray

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Tuesday, August 30, 2016

It finally happened. After nearly 21 years of police work, a couple weeks ago I was threatened by a person wielding pepper spray. I’ve sprayed lots of criminals over the years and been sprayed by some errant shots from other cops on the street, but that was the first time I had ever been confronted by a suspect threatening to use pepper spray against me. We had been dispatched to a suicide...

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Judge strikes some of Cleveland's latest gun control regulations, others upheld

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Cleveland.com is reporting that a county court has "axed" several of Cleveland’s expansive gun ordinances adopted last year, while upholding others. From the article : On Monday, Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland-Saffold knocked out Cleveland’s firearms ordinances in four ways. The first found the city’s definition of “automatic firearm” to include semi-autos capable of firing more than 31...

5 Things About Personal-Defense Ammunition

by Michelle Cerino

3:00pm Monday, August 29, 2016

Have you ever gone to the store to buy personal-defense ammunition and been completely confused by the number of options? Let’s break down the details, and hopefully your selection process will become easier. Cartridge: This is the complete package of what you load into your gun. Some people also refer to it just as bullets or rounds. The cartridge consists of 4 parts: primer, powder, case and...

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Trump vs. Hillary on Gun Rights

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Monday, August 29, 2016

Just in case there is any confusion over possible outcomes for the 2016 presidential election, either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be our next President and Commander in Chief. Yes, others will be on the ballot, including Libertarian and Green Party nominees, but they have no chance of winning. So let's not kid ourselves. If you're a gun owner and you're evaluating how to vote, these are...