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An Alternate Look at Handgun Stopping Power

3:00pm Friday, July 08, 2011

by Greg Ellifritz I've been interested in firearm stopping power for a very long time. I remember reading Handguns magazine back in the late 1980s when Evan Marshall was writing articles about his stopping power studies. When Marshall's first book came out in 1992, I ordered it immediately, despite the fact that I was a college student and really couldn't afford its $39 price tag. Over the years...

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Report: Obama to bypass representative government, dictate new gun control policies via executive order

12:00pm Friday, July 08, 2011

by Chad D. Baus Having failed in their apparent goal of creating demand for gun control legislation by allowing thousands of guns to "walk" into Mexico, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced on Thursday, July 7, that the Obama administration is set to impose a series of gun control "reforms" via executive order. From The Huffington Post : The reforms, which are being crafted by the...

Ohio Attorney General's "Violent Crime with Guns Advisory Group" holds first meeting; AG's goal is targeting repeat offenders

7:00am Friday, July 08, 2011

The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced that held the first meeting of the Ohio Attorney General's Violent Crime with Guns Advisory Group on Wednesday, July 7. The group discussed its mission, and DeWine emphasized that repeat gun offenders are the ones with which the group should be most concerned. According to a press release, the advisory group was established to focus...

Why you should ALWAYS carry

3:00pm Thursday, July 07, 2011

"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid for?" - Clint Smith "Remember the first rule of gunfighting ... have a gun." - Jeff Cooper "I'd much rather go to my grave never needing my gun, than go there wishing I had it." - Phil Dalmolin by Chad D. Baus At the beginning of every concealed handgun class I teach,...

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The News - Bought by Gun Ban Extremists

7:00am Thursday, July 07, 2011

by Gerard Valentino When the ground breaking book, "More Guns, Less Crime" hit bookstores, the anti-gun establishment media, and anti-gun lobbyists were up in arms. The first step they took in trying to shut off meaningful debate on the issue, was to immediately attack the book's author, Professor John Lott, because the funding for his research came from the John M. Olin Foundation. Since the...

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Toledo police create gun task force that will stop "those who look suspicious"

3:00pm Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Toledo's Fox News affiliate is reporting that anti-gun Police Chief Michael Navarre is desperately looking for ways to control crimes committed with guns in the city. From the report : In the wake of at least six shootings and eight people shot over the weekend in the Glass City, Toledo Police Chief Michael Navarre has come up with a new way to stop the violence in the city and put some extra...

Ohio gun owners, energized by Kasich's support for pro-gun legislation, look forward to other critical fixes in months to come

7:00am Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Gov. John Kasich signs Restaurant carry bill. Nikki Goeser's gift of John Lott's "The Bias Against Guns" can be seen at his left. by Jim Irvine With the signing of SB17 and HB54, Governor Kasich provided weight to his supporters' assurances that he would be friendly to Second Amendment issues. Kasich signed the two pro-freedom bills into law in the first six months of a legislative session - the...

If Not Me Then Who?

3:00pm Tuesday, July 05, 2011

by Tom Wert On the drive home from Cincinnati, after attending John Giduck's presentation of "Terror at Beslan," hosted by Buckeye Firearms, several thoughts were running through my mind. First, the nightly news doesn't even begin to touch on the brutality that terrorists are willing to inflict on innocent children. Second, I am certain that not only are terrorists planning and training for a...