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Compliance Doesn’t Always Ensure Your Safety

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Many of my students tell me that, should they ever be robbed, they plan on complying with the robbers’ demands. While I can’t presume to tell anyone the individual best course of action during a dangerous situation, I can provide some general statistics about past events. Statistically, complying with armed robbers’ demands generally results in fewer injuries to the victim than resisting (except...

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Report: Dick’s Sporting Goods to stop selling guns at most of its stores

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, March 31, 2020

After the Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre in 2012, Ohio-based Dick's Sporting Goods announced that it would stop selling AR-15s. After the Parkland, FL school massacre in 2015, Dick's announced that they would deny military-aged adults 18-20 years-old the right to purchase ANY firearm. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported recently that Dick’s Sporting Goods will stop selling ALL guns at most...

Spaces to Shoot Still Available in Northeast Ohio

3:00pm Monday, March 30, 2020

AKRON, Ohio – Many shooting ranges with public access in northeast Ohio remain open for those who want to enjoy the shooting sports and get outdoors, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Visitors are encouraged to follow all social distancing guidelines and respect others’ personal space while at a shooting range. State-owned public shooting ranges...

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Ohio 2020 Primary Election is Now by Mail-In Ballot ONLY

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Monday, March 30, 2020

Note: The information in this article is valid as of March 26, 2020. Given the frequent changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is possible that things will continue to change. If you have any questions about Ohio's 2020 Primary Election, visit VoteOhio.gov or contact your local board of elections . Ohio lawmakers recently passed legislation to extend Ohio's 2020 Primary Election through April...

On Guns, Joe Biden is Full of It

3:00pm Friday, March 27, 2020

Presumptive Democratic 2020 Presidential Nominee Joe Biden is not one for clarity, tact, or a firm grasp of the facts. However, even an American public that has long been aware of his shortcomings was taken aback [recently] when the former vice president launched an unhinged attack on a pro-Second Amendment auto worker. Aside from further exposing a waning control of his faculties, the exchange...

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Is New Orleans on a Path to Repeat the Errors of Katrina?

7:00am Friday, March 27, 2020

Learn from your mistakes. That’s solid advice, but hardly axiomatic. In reality, we are all too frequently reminded of philosopher George Santayana’s famous statement; “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Is that what we are beginning to see in New Orleans? In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina striking New Orleans in 2005, local authorities, led by then-Mayor Ray...

Export Reform Rules Take Effect After Anti-Gun States (Mostly) Strike Out in Court

3:00pm Thursday, March 26, 2020

On March 9, President Trump’s historic Export Reform initiative officially got underway, as companion rules published by the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce took effect. These rules are aimed at modernizing America’s regime for exports of non-military firearms and ammunition and will promote both U.S. businesses and national security. An effort to block implementation of the rules by the...

Cities Seek to Close Gun Stores, Claim Exercise of Second Amendment Rights “Non-Essential”

7:00am Thursday, March 26, 2020

In San Jose, California, police have ordered a gun shop to close. Local officials insisted it is a “nonessential” business and therefore may not operate during the “shelter in place” directive currently affecting the area. Philadelphia officials are now making similar claims, even as buyers flock to local gun sellers. But make no mistake: the “essential” character of the right to keep and bear...