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When it comes to the shooting sports, media have Olympic Fever immunity

If you're like most sports enthusiasts, you're waking up groggy this week because you're maxing-out on the Olympics. And you've got another week ahead, so try to get those catnaps in when you can, because there are literally thousands of hours of virtually any summer sport imaginable on TV. I used the qualifier "virtual" because if you're a shooting enthusiast and you're hoping to watch on the...

Ohio CHL-holder credited with thwarting broad-daylight armed robbery

Details are still sparse, but Cleveland media are reporting that an Ohio concealed handgun license-holder was forced to defend himself in a broad-daylight armed robbery at a local discount store. According to Cleveland.com , the incident happened about 3 p.m. last Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of a Family Dollar Store. WJW (Fox Cleveland) reported that both the CHL-holder and the robber...

Ginny Thrasher Finds Many Firsts at 2016 Rio Olympic Games

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – During her first Olympic showing, American Ginny Thrasher, shooting member of Team USA currently in Rio for the Olympics, became the first gold medal winner for the United States and the first medal winner of the 2016 Games after firing an unbeatable score in the Women’s 10-meter Air Rifle event. Her unbelievable performance, which included a 10.9 in the qualifying round...

6 Tips for Keeping the Secret of Concealed Carry

Some people think the practice of carrying a concealed firearm in public begins and ends with taking a course and becoming certified. Whether you are preparing to get your license or you already have it, the following 6 tips will help you remain concealed. 1- Gear There are many choices in concealed-carry gear. Just stop into your local firearms store and ask anyone there to walk you through your...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Violent Airline Passenger

(Image source: FreeImages.com/Alberto Grilo) It seems to happen on a weekly basis…a plane is diverted for emergency landing on the account of a violent passenger. One of the more recent cases involved a man who attempted to open a door mid-flight, attacked a flight attendant, and placed a passenger in a choke hold. Since 9/11, folks have been pretty alert and quick to respond to violence on a...

The FBI's Illegal Privacy-Breaching Activities

The FBI and Justice Department have routinely been engaged in illegal practices regarding lawful gun purchases for over a decade, and now some members of Congress want to reward this criminal behavior with expanded powers and increased secrecy. As debate and childish hissy fits rage on in D.C. regarding supposed “loopholes” in our nation’s gun laws, particularly the so-called “Terrorist Loophole...

Two armed citizens stop robbers in separate incidents

Armed citizens in Cincinnati and Dayton were forced to use their firearms to defend their lives in two recent incidents. WCPO (ABC Cincinnati) is reporting that a store clerk who had a concealed handgun license shot an armed robbery suspect on late on Friday, July 29. From the article : The suspect went into the Harrison Food Mart at about 11:03 p.m. and held the clerk at gunpoint, a news release...

Gun Control Supporters Are Once Again Rebranding Their Efforts

Decades of failure to strip Americans of their gun rights has forced gun control groups to continually retool their anti-freedom message in the hopes of making it more palatable to the American public. As reported by Politico , the latest rebranding effort comes courtesy of gun control organization Americans for Responsible Solution, founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and husband...

Think Before You Act - The Traffic Stop Edition

This story was relayed to me by a friend and fellow police officer (who will remain anonymous). He told me about a traffic stop he recently conducted where the driver’s actions almost led to fatal consequences. He wanted armed citizens everywhere to know about what happened and learn from the actions of the man he stopped. My officer friend recently conducted an evening traffic stop on a busy...

Another Ohio school district incorporates armed, trained staff members into safety plan

WHIO (CBS Dayton) is reporting that the Mad River Local Schools, located in the Dayton suburb of Riverside, has joined school districts in a total of 63 counties across the state by implementing a comprehensive safety that includes an armed response team inside the school. According to the report, the plan that was studied for over a year. Trained persons will have access to firearms in all...

Boy Scout Eagle Project seeks to put a trauma kit in every classroom

In 2014, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced an initiative to put a trauma kit in every school building in Ohio. Now, one Boy Scout from northwest Ohio is seeking to further that goal by providing kits and medical training to his local school as an Eagle project. CLICK HERE to contribute to this project . Most school buildings have a first aid kit and an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator)...

The Fall of California

My family has been on the front lines battling the dangerous hoax called “gun control” for half a century. In that time, we’ve seen just about everything – repeatedly. The single most important thing we’ve learned over those 50 years is that gun control zealots are never satisfied. They keep coming back again and again, demanding ever more restrictions to pile on top of the current restrictions...

Self Defense After Surgery

(Image source: FreeImages.com/zarco kecman) As I write this post, I am about three weeks into my recovery for a fairly major abdominal surgery. I was under the knife for almost three hours and now have seven healing incisions in my belly. It also required an overnight stay in the hospital. I’m happy to say that the surgery was successful and I am healing up ahead of schedule, but I suffered quite...

Ohio CHL-holder honored for saving police officer's life

(Photo by Brian Ball, published in Mt. Vernon News ) Ohio concealed handgun license-holder Dylan DeBoard was honored last week for his action in saving a law enforcement officer's life last year, and Mt. Vernon Police Department Cpl. Michael Wheeler says he thanks every chance he gets. The Mount Vernon News was first to report on the news: Wheeler was attempting to apprehend a suspect in the...

7 ways to improve your self defense handgun skills

While there should never be a training requirement to exercise your Second Amendment right, training is nevertheless a good idea. First, knowing how to use a firearm safely and effectively will pay off if you're ever in a situation where your life depends on your shooting skill. Second, the more training you have, the more likely you are to avoid mistakes that could lead to legal troubles. You...

BOOK REVIEW: The War on Guns - Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies

For most firearms enthusiasts, the name John Lott is synonymous with one thing: More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws . When that book hit the market in 1998, it quickly became recognized as what is perhaps the best critique of gun control ever written. Having endured a term and a half of what was possibly, until that time, the most anti-gun presidential administrations...

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