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Active Killer Response for the Armed Citizen

8:00am Wednesday, September 18, 2013

by Greg Ellifritz On January 8, 2011 Jared Loughner shot 20 people in the parking lot of an Arizona grocery store. In law enforcement terminology, this type of crime is called an "Active Shooter" or "Active Killer" event. In this kind of incident, one or more shooters are trying to kill as many people as possible. The shooters may or may not be politically motivated. Most of these events last...

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New York Times: Burden More Gun Buyers with "Woefully Flawed" FBI Checks

4:00pm Tuesday, September 17, 2013

In a scathing editorial published August 18, titled, A Flawed Background-Check System , the New York Times takes to task the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the detrimental effect the agency's inability to conduct accurate checks has had on job seekers. The Times notes that "F.B.I. background checks are widely viewed as the gold standards but are in fact woefully flawed, often based on...

Real World .22s for Self Defense

8:00am Tuesday, September 17, 2013

by Greg Ellifritz I've recently received quite a bit of feedback on carrying and using the .22 as a self defense weapon. I had no idea how many of you rely on the rimfire for a defense round! There are a lot of people packing .22s out there! I occasionally carry either my S&W 317 or 351 as self defense weapons in low threat situations…usually while working in the yard or garage. They are...

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Gun Control Costing States… Literally

4:00pm Monday, September 16, 2013

In recent months, several traditionally anti-gun states, and Colorado, have enacted laws that abuse the rights of the average citizen and offend their corporate citizens. The situation has led to an exodus of gun manufacturers to more friendly climes, with anti-gun states losing the significant tax revenue and jobs these companies provide. Amongst the companies that have chosen to relocate is...

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Let’s Kick Bloomberg While He’s Down: Colorado Victory - Proof and Opportunity

8:00am Monday, September 16, 2013

by Jeff Knox Colorado Senate President John Morse and State Senator Angela Giron are both out of a job as of September 10 when vote-counts showed that recall elections against the pair were successful. Morse lost in a close race, while Giron was effectively trounced. The recall effort was initiated by angry GunVoters after the legislature passed, and the Governor signed, a gun control bill which...

A Good Reason Why Congress Shouldn't Fund Gun Control Research

4:00pm Friday, September 13, 2013

It’s no news that the NRA supports not only the Second Amendment, but also other parts of the Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment’s protection of the right to express one’s political opinion. That was made that pretty clear in the debate over Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which the Supreme Court ultimately struck down restrictions on the ability of the NRA and other...

Hamilton homeowner shoots and kills attacker after being stabbed multiple times

8:00am Friday, September 13, 2013

by Chad D. Baus The Cincinnati News reported recently that a Hamilton resident shot and killed a man who stabbed him during a robbery. From the article : Chad Gabbard, 44, of Hamilton was shot to death at 11 p.m. inside 1860 Parrish Ave. in Hamilton, said Hamilton Police Sgt. Ed Burns. Gabbard tried to rob Robert D. Shoemaker, 38, who was found on the front porch with three stab wounds to the...

Cleveland.com Writer Acknowledges Inaccurate Reporting on Gun Law

4:00pm Thursday, September 12, 2013

Editor's Note: This report is a follow-up to an article posted at BuckeyeFirearms.org on September 9, in which we attempted to make sense of an Cleveland.com article by Jeff Piorkowski. by Jesse Hathaway A correction to an inaccurate Cleveland.com story about House Bill 203 (HB 203) is forthcoming, after communications between Media Trackers, Northeast Ohio Media Group reporter Jeff Piorkowski,...