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CAUTION: Criminals don't think like you do!

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, April 21, 2016
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 you are to them is an object in their way." That's...

Ohio Wildlife Council Approves 2016-2017 Hunting Regulations

3:00pm Wednesday, April 20, 2016
COLUMBUS, OH - The 2016-2017 hunting and trapping seasons were among the regulations approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council at its scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 13, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). White-tailed deer hunting season changes include moving the two-day gun season to Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17-18, and muzzleloader season to Jan. 7-10, 2017...

School "Active Killer" Training Offered to Ohio Law Enforcement

7:00am Wednesday, April 20, 2016
COLUMBUS, OH - The Buckeye Firearms Foundation has announced its first Law Enforcement only "active killer" training class to be held on June 25 and 26, 2016, hosted by a west central Ohio school district. The additional of this new class highlights the significant growth of the FASTER Saves Lives program just since the start of 2016. This training is being offered at no cost to any law...

Shotgun Tips from Tactical Defense Institute's John Motil

3:00pm Tuesday, April 19, 2016
John Motil is General Manager and Instructor of Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) . John is at every shotgun class taught at TDI and put together a few notes based on past experience about what works and what doesn’t. It’s good advice! – Make sure your shotgun has a stock (either polymer or wood) and a nice soft recoil pad. The wire or metal AK style or no buttstock at all won’t work. – Please don...

How will YOU react when you're attacked?

7:00am Tuesday, April 19, 2016
When was the last time you were in a fight? We're talking about a real, physical altercation where someone was punching you in the face or wrestling with you on the ground and trying to hurt you. If you're like most men, your last fight was probably in grade school, assuming you've been in a fight at all. If you're a woman, you've probably never been in a fight. You can pat yourself on the back...

Does Your Self- Defense Gun Work?

by Gary Evens
3:00pm Monday, April 18, 2016
Seriously, when was the last time you took your self-defense gun out for a functional check to make sure it is still working? Those of you that carry a concealed hand gun on a regular basis probably do check it to see that it is loaded, that there is a round in the chamber, and hopefully you are shooting it periodically. But, what about that pump shotgun you stuck in the back of the closet or...

3 Concealed Carry Tips for "Experienced" Gun Owners

7:00am Monday, April 18, 2016
No one likes to be thought of as a "senior" these days. Maybe you use another word, such as "mature" or simply "experienced." But whatever you call it, the fact is we all get older. And just as we need to be practical in our approach to other things in life, we need to be equally practical in assessing our ability to carry and use a firearm in self defense as we age. So here are 3 simple tips to...

Caught Red-Handed: Entertainment Industry Conspires to Condition the Public Against Gun Ownership

3:00pm Friday, April 15, 2016
Does it ever seem like the entertainment industry needlessly interjects biased and politically-charged content into otherwise entertaining television programs or films? If so, rest assured you’re not unreasonably suspicious. Aside from the biases already attendant to the industry, the truth is that Hollywood is engaged in a concerted effort to propagandize unsuspecting Americans on certain...

5 Serious CCW Mistakes to Avoid

7:00am Friday, April 15, 2016
The number one rule for winning a gunfight is to have a gun. But even if you do, you may be doing things wrong that put you at risk both physically and legally. If you carry concealed, here are five mistakes you definitely want to avoid. Warning Shots and Brandishing We've warned you about this before. But it's worth repeating, because this is more common than you think. And the idea probably...

Your Tactical Training Scenario…Sudden Deadly Attack

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Thursday, April 14, 2016
Take a couple of minutes and watch the video in the link below. Even if you aren’t a police officer, it highlights a dangerous situation for which you should probably be prepared. If you are a cop, do you have a plan for dealing with a pursuit suspect who quickly jumps out of a moving car and advances on your patrol car while firing? If you aren’t a cop, imagine a similar scenario in the context...

CCW and Law Enforcement: First Impressions Matter

7:00am Thursday, April 14, 2016
What do you think when you see a man walking down the sidewalk in a nice suit, carrying a briefcase? You probably assume he's a businessperson, that he's professional and courteous, earns a good living, and presents no threat to you at all. Now what do you think when you see a man walking down the sidewalk in baggy pants with the waist down to his ankles, face hidden in a hoodie? You probably...

Louisiana man attempts to steal gun openly-carried, is shot and killed after struggle

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, April 13, 2016
WWL (CBS New Orleans) is reporting that a disgruntled customer was shot and killed after he tried to take an openly-carried gun from a man who followed him outside to record his license-plate number. From the article : 'We got a call around 10:15 a.m. this morning, what we call a disperse subject. Apparently, the store was having a problem with a customer," said Capt. Ron Ruple. "They were asking...

TSA rules for flying with guns and ammo

7:00am Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Travel season is upon us. Everyone knows how much trouble you can get into if you walk into an airport or try to board a plane with a firearm. But did you know that many gun owners routinely take their guns and ammo with them when they travel by air? The trick is simply to follow the rules outlined by the Transportation Security Administration : You may transport unloaded firearms in a locked...

Weapon Malfunctions in an Active Killer Event

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Tuesday, April 12, 2016
I was recently doing some research on historic active killeer incidents and found these articles about an election night shooting in Canada. This shooting didn’t get much media traction in the USA, but it was an interesting case. Read more about it at the links below: Gun jams on active shooter in Montreal 16 Charges for Suspect in Montreal Shootings The shooter was allegedly mentally ill and...

VIDEO: What Hunters Should Know about HSUS

7:00am Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Humanewatch.org - About 14 million Americans hunt, and those who do, support it passionately—to say nothing of the billions of dollars hunters have contributed to conservation. One of the threats to this age-old activity comes from the Humane Society of the United States. HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle has said, “We want to stigmatize hunting, we see it as the next logical target and we believe it is...

Legal Considerations for Armed Citizens

by Gary Evens
3:00pm Monday, April 11, 2016
On November 7, 2015 I attended a seminar sponsored by the Buckeye Firearms Association in Columbus, Ohio. The featured speaker was Massad Ayoob, an internationally-known firearms and self-defense instructor and firearms law expert. He has authored numerous books and thousands of magazine articles on the topics of firearms, self-defense and the law. He has been the handgun editor of GUNS Magazine...

March 2016 firearms sales jump 9.2% over prior year

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, April 11, 2016
As we predicted at the beginning of the year, sales of firearms continue to rise in the wake of the December 2 terrorist attack in San Bernadino, CA and President Obama's latest attempts to intimidate peaceable gun owners through executive actions. The March 2016 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,297,275 is an increase of 9.2 percent compared to...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - “I’m going to kill anyone who breaks into my house”

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Friday, April 08, 2016
(Image source: FreeImages.com/J Cash) Editor's Note: In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 19, a former University of Akron football player shot his ex-teammate in the stomach after mistaking him for a burglar after he entered the apartment unannounced and without knocking. Earlier this year, a Cincinnati man, believing his 14-year-old son was at school, fatally shot the boy in the neck...

Give Us Election Ammunition!

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Friday, April 08, 2016
As the presidential primaries continue to unravel in the news, it seems the main concern of Republican leaders in D.C. and around the country is stopping Donald Trump from becoming the party’s official standard bearer in November. What they should be focused on is what has happened in this country to shift the political paradigm so dramatically that a populist outsider like Trump could be...

Home invasion suspect killed attempting to rob condo, accomplices charged

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, April 07, 2016
Columbus media are reporting that one robber is dead and two accomplices have been charged with murder because of their roles in a home invasion robbery in which a person was killed. From WTTE (Fox Columbus) : Officers found Nathaniel Easley, 24, in the middle McAndrews Way at the McNeil Farms condo complex shortly after 7:00 p.m. He was pronounced dead at Mt. Carmel East. Easley was shot in a...

Justice Thomas speaks: Misdemeanors and the Constitution

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Thursday, April 07, 2016
“One question … This is a misdemeanor violation. It suspends a constitutional right. Can you give me another area where a misdemeanor violation suspends a constitutional right?” With that “one question,” two weeks after the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, and one week after the unofficial anniversary of a decade of silence during oral arguments in the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence...

Class review: “Understanding and Training the Female Shooter"

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Wednesday, April 06, 2016
I first met Lou Ann Hamblin more than 10 years ago at a police training conference organized by the now -defunct American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers. The conference brought together all of the biggest names in the police training business, putting on a bewildering array of classes. In between classes, several other events were designed to keep us all occupied. One such event was a...

"My gun is bigger than yours": Armed robbers surrender to armed Cleveland deli owner

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, April 06, 2016
Cleveland.com is reporting that a Cleveland deli owner turned the tables on two armed robbers who he believed were about to murder he and a friend who was helping him run the store. From the article : The owner was manning the store about 9:45 p.m. and talking to a friend who was helping him run the shop, police reported. Two masked men burst into the pointing guns and demanded money. A man...

The Distance Bias

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Tuesday, April 05, 2016
Think about your last firearms training session. From which distance did you spend the majority of your time shooting? Next question... When you visualize possible scenarios when you might have to defend yourself with a firearm, how far do you imagine the criminal shooting at you will be? If you are like most shooters, you tend to both practice for and imagine scenarios that are far different...

High Court Opinion Hardly the “Stunning” Reaffirmation of Heller Some Portray It to Be

7:00am Tuesday, April 05, 2016
On Monday, [March 21] the U.S. Supreme Court caught both friends and foes of the Second Amendment off guard with a summary opinion in the case of Caetano v. Massachusetts, ordering the state’s highest court to reconsider its decision that stun guns are not protected under the Second Amendment. While a clear rebuke to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for its superficial treatment of the...

The Principals of Personal Defense: Alertness

by Gary Evens
3:00pm Monday, April 04, 2016
Lieutenant Colonel John Dean “Jeff” Cooper (1920-2006) is widely recognized as the father of the “modern technique of the pistol”. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Following his military service he became a part-time high school and community college history teacher. He was involved in competitive handgun shooting and became a firearms instructor. He...

URGENT: Tell Senate and Governor Kasich it's time to move gun rights legislation

by Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, April 04, 2016
There's time for talk, and there's time for action. And if you are one of the nearly one-half million concealed handgun license-holders in the state of Ohio, or if you support the right to bear arms, today is a day for ACTION. House Bill 48, introduced over a year ago by Rep. Ron Maag, and passed by the Ohio House nearly half a year ago by an overwhelming 68-29 vote, has seen very little action...

Pinocchio's Greatest Hits

3:00pm Friday, April 01, 2016
Hillary Clinton Always Does What's Right? CNN reported [recently] that former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, now a gun control advocate campaigning for Hillary Clinton for president, told the news organization, “Time and time again, Hillary has done and said what is right.” But if you’re not so sure about that, you aren’t alone. Gallup reports that when asked for the first word or phrase that...

You Won't Believe What This Gun Control Group Has Finally Admitted

by Ken Hanson
7:00am Friday, April 01, 2016
A press release from a gun control group is turning heads today. Dear <supporter name redacted>, On March 31, 2016, after our customary 2 hours of aversion and projection therapy, we went to bed confident in our mission to destroy the U.S. Constitution. A curious thing happened overnight - a tragedy that impacted all of us here at D.N.B.C. We are confident that most common sense Americans...

Registration for 2016 National Matches at Camp Perry Opens April 1st

by Ashley Brugnone
3:00pm Thursday, March 31, 2016
Registration for the popular and historical 2016 National Trophy Pistol and Rifle Matches will begin April 1, 2016 – fired at Camp Perry, Ohio, six miles west of Port Clinton, during the months of July and August. Register on the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) website to claim your spot at this year’s event! The 2016 Match Schedule will be different from the 2014-2015 National Matches –...

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