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Both HB 228/ SB 180 (Fix Burden of Proof/Concealed Carry Modernization) get hearings

by Jim Irvine

3:01pm Thursday, December 21, 2017

Last week HB 228 (Johnson/LaTourette) and SB 180 (Uecker/Hottinger) received hearings in their respective committees. The core issues in these bills are: Shift the burden of proof from a crime victim to the state where is properly belongs Eliminate the “duty to retreat” for persons under threat of death or great bodily harm On Tuesday, December 12, the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen...

A New Active Killer Trend and Eight Ways to Counter It

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Thursday, December 21, 2017

[Recently], we’ve seen two active killer incidents with large body counts. Interestingly, the killers in both events started shooting OUTSIDE their target location. Reading about [one] shooting, I stumbled across the following quote: “Because there were a series of gunshots about a quarter mile away that alerted that staff, and they went on an immediate lockdown without having to be alerted by...

Stupid Active Killer Advice

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Wednesday, December 20, 2017

I just finished the book Be a Hero . It was a very good book, full of useful information about how to successfully survive an active killer attack. There was one section, however, with which I profoundly disagree. The authors talk about setting off fire alarms, breaking bottles full of slippery liquids in hallways, and activating building sprinkler systems to slow the killer’s progress. The book...

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Cardinal Center rifle and pistol ranges now open to public

7:00am Tuesday, December 19, 2017

COLUMBUS, OH – The Cardinal Center Campground and Shooting Center in Marengo will now open their rifle and pistol ranges to the public four days a week, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The Cardinal Center has entered into an agreement and is partnering with the ODNR Division of Wildlife to provide public shooting access while the Delaware Shooting Range is...

Couple forced to defend themselves in early-morning home invasion

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, December 18, 2017

WCPO (ABC CIncinnati) reported recently that two men are dead after what appears to have been a home invasion that ended badly (for the perpetrator). From the article : Deputies discovered two men dead of gunshot wounds Friday morning on the same rural road: one in the middle of an apparent attempted home invasion and another in a car that crashed nearby. The Highland County Sheriff’s Office is...

FASTER Saves Lives' Joe Eaton on Washington D.C. Public Radio

3:00pm Friday, December 15, 2017

Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives is getting attention across the country as the nation marks the five year anniversary of the mass killing in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Washington D.C.'s public radio station, WAMU, hosted a panel show featuring FASTER program director Joe Eaton, along with Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and...

Sandy Hook massacre – looking forward (Part II of II)

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Friday, December 15, 2017

(Continued from Part I ) Ohio leads the nation on school safety. We have the best law which states: 2923.122 Illegal conveyance or possession of deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance or of object indistinguishable from firearm in school safety zone. (D) (1) This section does not apply to any of the following: (a) An officer, agent, or employee of this or any other state or the United States who is...

Five Years After Sandy Hook

by Jim Shepherd

3:00pm Thursday, December 14, 2017

Today's an anniversary most of us would rather not celebrate. Five years ago, a disturbed 20-year old slaughtered 20 young children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. The fact he'd murdered his mother and stolen her guns didn't stop the calls for new gun laws. None of which would have prevented the event. But that didn't stop the gun control groups. Never does, as we...