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Tactical Defense Institute's Partner Tactics Class prompts self-reflection

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, June 03, 2019

I recently attended the “Partner Tactics” class at Tactical Defense Institute (TDI). I’ve taken most of their handgun classes (including this one, a few years ago) and help with the FASTER Saves Lives training at TDI, and with Chris Cerino. So I benefit from spending significant time on a range with world-class instructors. But I had not personally taken a class in a few years, and I know it’s...

HB 178 (Constitutional Carry, Concealed Weapons License & Remove Duty to Notify) scheduled for sixth hearing

3:00pm Sunday, June 02, 2019

Representative John Becker (R-Union Twp, Clermont Co.), who chairs the House Federalism Committee, has announced a sixth hearing for House Bill 178 (Constitutional Carry, Concealed Weapons License & Remove Duty to Notify) on Wednesday, June 5 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 121. The committee will again consider opponent testimony. The chair has indicated that amendments may be offered. HB 178,...

What to Make of Crime in England?

7:00am Friday, May 31, 2019

Sometimes it’s hard to understand what things are really like “across the pond.” Anti-gun extremists in America reflexively point to England whenever the discussion about adding restrictions, and especially banning firearms, arises here in the United States. England, after all, had banned virtually all semi-automatic and pump-action rifles and shotguns in the 1980s, then imposed a near total ban...

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Free FFL Seminar in Ohio - RSVP By May 31!

4:48pm Thursday, May 30, 2019

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms industry, will host a free educational seminar on Tuesday, June 11 at 9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. at the Embassy Suites by Hilton - Columbus as part of the ongoing Operation Secure Store® initiative. Please RSVP by May 31, 2019, by contacting...

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Trump Administration, Other Pro-Gun Heavyweights Lend Support on Pending Supreme Court Case

7:00am Thursday, May 30, 2019

As NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox reported in March, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken up a challenge by an NRA state affiliate to a New York City gun control scheme that effectively prohibits lawfully licensed handgun owners from leaving the city with their own firearms. The plaintiffs in the case have raised a number of objections to the regime, the foremost of which is that it violates...

Will Ohio Cities Ever Give up on Local Gun Control?

by Dean Rieck

3:00pm Wednesday, May 29, 2019

I live in Westerville, Ohio. It's a great city with an abundance of parks, friendly employees, quiet neighborhoods, and endless activities. And like many municipalities in the state, it has a city council seeking to pass local laws to regulate firearms. However, as I explained to them at a recent meeting where they voted to pass a gun control "resolution," they do not have the legal authority to...

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A look back at my first NRA Annual Meetings, and why I keep going back

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Wednesday, May 29, 2019

I first attended the NRA member meetings in 2002. It was in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. My company was in turmoil and furloughing pilots and the economy was a mess. I had an April vacation and my wife and I had no plans or ideas on where to go or what to do. Seeing an advertisement in the NRA magazine, I joked to her that we could go. I was not really serious, but she was. She asked...

HB 178 (Constitutional Carry, Concealed Weapons License & Remove Duty to Notify) scheduled for fifth hearing

3:00pm Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Representative John Becker (R-Union Twp, Clermont Co.), who chairs the House Federalism Committee, has announced a fifth hearing for House Bill 178 (Constitutional Carry, Concealed Weapons License & Remove Duty to Notify) on Wednesday, May 29 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 121. The committee will again consider opponent testimony. HB 178, introduced in March by Reps. Ron Hood (R-Ashville) and Tom...