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How the News Media Skews Reporting of Mass Murders

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Monday, May 11, 2015

“Research on the content of crime news has long shown that the news media misrepresent the social reality of crime. Although news organizations are obligated to inform the public, they are also compelled to generate revenue, for they are businesses whose primary purpose is to create a profit….In an effort to make crime news more entertaining, and thus more appealing to consumers, the news media...

What is “Gun Violence?”

by Jeff Knox

3:00pm Friday, May 08, 2015

When you hear terms like “gun violence” and “gun deaths,” what do you think of? For most people, the first thought is of thugs waving guns and shooting people during the commission of a violent crime. But that’s not what’s being talked about in “studies” and “statistics” published in the media. Sure they include this terminology when they report on those types of crimes, but most of the time,...

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Several firearms-related bills scheduled for proponent testimony in House committee

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, May 08, 2015

Chairman Ron Maag has announced that the House State Government committee will be hearing proponent testimony on several firearms-related bills next Wednesday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 121. Bills for which proponents will be testifying are: HB 20 (Rule Modification for Concealed Carry in School Zones) - Reps. Gonzales/Koehler HB 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones) - Rep. Maag HB 152 (...

Training Scars

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Thursday, May 07, 2015

Training scars … we all have them. I’m not talking about training scars like the black eye you get when your partner goes a little too hard while sparring or the scars you get when you cut your finger trying to quickly open your fighting knife. The training scars I’m talking about are the unintentional bad habits you have acquired during the course of your training. All training, no matter how...

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CAUTION: Criminals don't think like you do!

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Thursday, May 07, 2015

Reprinted with permission from Second Call Defense . A couple years ago, I attended a 3-day handgun class at Tactical Defense Institute in West Union, Ohio. One of the many ideas that stuck with me was what the training center's owner, John Benner, said in the classroom portion of the training: "Criminals don't think like you or me. Their minds work differently. They want what they want and all...

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Processing the Concealed Carry Draw

by Tiger McGee

3:00pm Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Republished from The Outdoor Wire . It's been a great week. You finished up a big project at work, and decide to stop at your favorite market to pick up some steaks for an evening celebration. The market is in a questionable part of town, but you've been coming here for years. It's twilight, the streetlights are just coming on, and the temperature is perfect. This is one of those evenings when...

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Gun Grabbers High on Hillary, Look to Her to Enact Controls Where Obama Failed

7:00am Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Never mind all the rhetoric about how Hillary Clinton can’t get the Democrat Party’s presidential nomination because some fringe elements don’t think she’s radical enough. The Hill reports that “Advocates for gun control [an increasingly fringe group in their own right] have high hopes for Hillary Clinton’s presidential run,” seeing her as “an ally who can finish the push for tightened background...

Gun store robbed once by thieves – then by ATF: Agents won’t return stolen firearms to owner

by C. D. Michel

3:00pm Tuesday, May 05, 2015

An Indiana gun store was robbed last year and its owner is attempting to get his inventory back. No, not from the original thieves, but from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents who had recovered his stolen merchandise. And when asking nicely doesn’t work, you turn to the courts. Profire Arms and Supplies owner Andrew Hall filed his handwritten complaint in a federal...