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Beware the "excited utterance" when talking to law enforcement

7:00am Tuesday, August 16, 2016
One of the most important concepts to understand in the laws of evidence is what is referred to as the "excited utterance." An excited utterance is a statement made in response to a shocking event. It is an exception to the hearsay rule and is admissible as evidence against you. Why? The theory is that because it is spontaneous, unplanned, and made while still under the stress of excitement from...

Why You Should Use A Shot Timer as a Training Tool

by Michelle Cerino
3:00pm Monday, August 15, 2016
During the competition season, when I have the opportunity to practice, I always bring along my shot timer. Many shooters hear that high-pitched beep only during a match, because it is most likely one of the least-used tools for training. If you’re like me, you might have never even touched a timer before, but I want to convince you why you should use a shot timer as a training tool. I hadn’t,...

BFA's Ken Hanson recognized for lifetime of work to protect and defend Second Amendment

7:00am Monday, August 15, 2016
Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson has been recognized in recent months for his many years of service to protect and defend the Second Amendment. At the 2016 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits, Hanson was further honored with the NRA-ILA Defender of Justice Lifetime Achievement Award. A photo above shows Hanson (right) being presented the award by NRA-ILA Legislative Counsel...

July 2016 firearms sales jump 27.9% over prior year

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, August 12, 2016
The wave of increased gun sales that followed the terrorist attacks in San Bernadino, CA and Orlando, FL, along with more political talk about blaming law abiding gun owners or blaming inanimate objects (instead of the terrorists themselves), has sent firearms sales back through the roof. The July 2016 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,210,731 is...

Keeping Kids Safe In A Broken World

by Laura Carno
7:00am Friday, August 12, 2016
Editor's Note: The following article has been featured at TheBlaze.com . Republished with permission of the author. Children are being murdered in their schools while politicians trade talking points and campaign promises about school safety. Our children are neither partisans nor political chess pieces. What can we do to keep our children safe while politicians jockey for position in back rooms...

Home invasion suspect shot and killed by resident

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, August 11, 2016
Cleveland media are reporting that a home invasion ended badly for a man who chose to force his way into a home looking for his former girlfriend. From WEWS (ABC Cleveland) : Witnesses at the scene said 35-year-old Antonio L. Sanford forced his way into a residence in the 1100 block of East 78th Street, looking for his ex-girlfriend. Once inside, there was a struggle with the man who lived at the...

Ted Strickland says Heller author's death "came at a good time"

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, August 11, 2016
Audio has been uncovered of former Ohio governor Ted Strickland saying that the death of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia - author of the Heller decision affirming the individual Constitutional right to bear arms - "came at a good time," all to the applause and laughter of his audience. An audio recording of the remarks, made at an AFL-CIO rally in Cleveland, have been released...

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

by Jim Shepherd
3:00pm Wednesday, August 10, 2016
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

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, August 10, 2016
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

by Ashley Brugnone
3:00pm Tuesday, August 09, 2016
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

by Michelle Cerino
7:00am Tuesday, August 09, 2016
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

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Monday, August 08, 2016
(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

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Monday, August 08, 2016
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

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, August 05, 2016
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

7:00am Friday, August 05, 2016
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

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Thursday, August 04, 2016
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

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, August 04, 2016
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...

The Fall of California

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Wednesday, August 03, 2016
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...

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

7:00am Wednesday, August 03, 2016
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)...

Self Defense After Surgery

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Tuesday, August 02, 2016
(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

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, August 02, 2016
(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

3:00pm Monday, August 01, 2016
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

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, August 01, 2016
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...

5 Things to Do After a Shooting

3:00pm Friday, July 29, 2016
What you say or do after a self defense shooting can mean the different between freedom and imprisonment. Here is Massad Ayoob explaining what he teaches his students to do immediately after defending their life with a firearm. From our friends at Second Call Defense ...

When the Killer’s Gun Jams…Can you Recognize an Opportunity for Action?

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, July 29, 2016
I’ve written quite a bit about malfunctioning guns over the years. I published Criminals and the Guns They Carry . That article was a study of all the unloaded broken and malfunctioning guns police take from criminals. A couple weeks later I wrote Weapon Malfunctions in the Active Shooter Environment about how commonly killers’ guns jam when they are engaged in a shooting spree. I guess I’m not...

NSSF Infographic: Gun Sales Up, Crime Rates Down

3:00pm Thursday, July 28, 2016
With gun control advocates in Congress continuing to beat the drum on restricting Americans' Second Amendment rights, it's important to remember the facts are on our side. As NSSF's new infographic shows, violent crime continues its downward trend, even as the firearms market has seen more and more growth over the past two decades. Fortunately we also see the number of firearm accidents dropping...

FASTER Saves Lives: Who Will Protect Your Children at School?

by Michelle Cerino
7:00am Thursday, July 28, 2016
Not a month goes by without a news report of an active shooter situation somewhere in the United States. If you look at the FBI statistics (which have only been updated to 2013), they are constantly on the rise. If only the police could get there faster, to protect our children at school. I spent many years substitute teaching while my boys were in grade school. Eventually I earned my teaching...

Understanding the Miranda warning and what it means to you

3:00pm Wednesday, July 27, 2016
The Miranda warning, sometimes referred to as your Miranda rights, is a warning police give to criminal suspects after they are taken into custody. The purpose of the Miranda warning depends on whether you are the law enforcement officer or the suspect. From a suspect's point of view, it is to remind you that you have a 5th Amendment right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself. From an...

Knox County concealed carry instructors indicted for teaching short classes; Dozens of licenses suspended

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, July 27, 2016
The Columbus Dispatch reported last week that a Knox County grand jury has indicted two former NRA-certified instructors on a combined 50 felony counts, accused of falsifying certificates of completion for the concealed handgun license courses. From the article : Robert Hess, 55,of Loudonville, was indicted on 38 counts of forgery, and John Fisher, 36,of Cardington, was indicted on 12 counts. All...

Massachusetts Attorney General Unilaterally Bans Thousands of Previously Legal Guns

3:00pm Tuesday, July 26, 2016
On July 19, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued an “ enforcement notice ” that greatly expands the Commonwealth’s definition of “assault weapon.” AG Healey alleges that the ban’s definition of “copy” or “duplicate” “assault weapons” has been misinterpreted for the last 18 years and she is simply the first law enforcement official to discover this incorrect interpretation...

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