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Action Needed! Urge Your U.S. Rep to Vote Against Any Anti-Gun Amendments

7:00am Wednesday, December 16, 2015
In the wake of [the recent terror attack] in San Bernardino, California, President Obama and the usual cast of anti-gun politicians were -- again -- quick to exploit an act of terrorism to push for more gun control. The president suggested the NRA was somehow to blame for the tragedy, and when addressing the nation over the weekend, he predictably called for new gun laws. This time, the president...

New York Times Calls for Gun Confiscation

3:00pm Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Never let it be said that the New York Times can’t recognize the important moments in American history, nor muster the courage to express its opinions on its front page when the situation demands. In 1920, for example, feeling strongly about the upcoming presidential election, the newspaper published a front-page editorial criticizing the Republican Party for nominating Warren Harding. In that...

Attorney General announces Third Quarter 2015 CHL statistics; 34% increase over prior year

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the third quarter of 2015. There were a total of 26,139 licenses issued during the quarter, exceeding the average demand for CHLs for the 16th straight quarter. Governor John Kasich (R) signed HB 234 in December of 2014. In the first two quarters of 2014, when bills were just languishing in the...

Reality Check: Did Australia And Great Britain See Lower Gun Violence After Mass Confiscation?

3:00pm Monday, December 14, 2015
Ben Swann takes a look at whether mass gun confiscation in the United States would work like it did in Australia and Great Britain. But more importantly, he will ask the question, the mass confiscation even work over there? What follows is a Reality Check you won't see anywhere else.

Sandy Hook: In memory of those who were murdered three years ago today

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, December 14, 2015
It has been three years since a coward killed his mother, stole her guns, and went to the Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The school was locked for the beginning of the school day. The coward shot out the windows and entered through the administration area, killing several there. He proceeded down the hallway, murdered 27 year-old Victoria Soto, who had hidden her children,...

Ohio concealed handgun license-holder defends self and co-worker from armed robber

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, December 11, 2015
WXIX (Fox Cincinnati) is reporting that a contractor with a concealed handgun license defended his life, and that of a co-worker, from a 16 year-old armed robber who attacked them outside a home they were rehabilitating. From the article : Officers responded to Jonathan Avenue near Fernside Place near Walnut Hills High School about 11:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a shooting, said Captain...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. president: Trump and Kasich are WRONG on no-fly list gun sales

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, December 11, 2015
Last weekend, Ohio Governor John Kasich and businessman Donald Trump, both Republican presidential candidates, joined President Obama in calling for persons who find themselves on the government's "no-fly" list to be prohibited from purchasing firearms. Kasich first expressed the opinion at a Saturday, Dec. 5 town-hall meeting in New London, N.H., and doubled-down on the position on CNN's "State...

To the Editor: ‘Duty to retreat’ had no bearing on conviction

3:00pm Thursday, December 10, 2015
The following letter to the editor of the Toledo Blade was published in response to an editorial entitled " Tragic Lesson - A case just decided in Ohio shows why lawmakers should reject ‘stand-your-ground’ laws ," in which the Blade editorial board claimed that an area murder "could have been legally justified under a stand-your-ground law." ‘Duty to retreat’ had no bearing on conviction You are...

November 2015 firearms sales jump 7.7% over prior year; Black Friday sales set all-time record

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, December 10, 2015
The November 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,432,451 is an increase of 7.7 percent compared to the November 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,329,688. For comparison, the unadjusted November 2015 FBI NICS figure of 2,236,457 reflects a 24.4 percent increase from the unadjusted FBI NICS figure of 1,797,163 in November 2014. USA Today...

Newsflash for unarmed Americans: We gun owners don't carry for you

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Like many Americans, I frequently carry a gun. I’ve done so for over 30 years without ever laying hand to it in need. Professor John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center reports that some 12.8 million people, over 5.2 percent of the adult U.S. population, are licensed to carry a concealed handgun. In addition to concealed carry license holders in all 50 states, seven states require no...

Bowling Green professor admits to "lobbying activity," claims support for gun ownership racially motivated

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, December 09, 2015
On November 30, I published an article exposing a large number of faculty at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) for having used university resources to lobby against House Bill 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones). I reported that Dr. James E. Evans, a professor of geology and ringleader of participant in the lobbying effort, informed Rep. Tim Brown (R-Bowling Green) that he considers...

Op-Ed: No, Mr. President, the NRA is not to blame

by Chris Cox
3:00pm Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Editor's Note: BRAVO to the NRA's Chris Cox for responding within 48 hours to the blaming of peacable gun owners by President Obama and others in the wake of the terrorist attack in Calilfornia. As we argue here , gun rights advocates can no longer afford to surrender the first week of airtime to the opposition. Just when we think that politics can’t sink any lower, President Obama once again...

The Terrorist Watch List and Firearms Sales: Political Pandering Over Due Process

by Larry Keane
7:00am Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Editor's Note: On Sunday, December 6, Ohio Governor and presidential-candidate John Kasich stated "on the no-fly list, we probably could keep them from getting guns and ought to ban them." Here's why Kasich is WRONG. There appears to be no limit on the opportunistic lengths to which Congressional Democrats and the Obama administration will go to pursue gun control by other means. The latest...

Dangerous Disorder in the Court

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Monday, December 07, 2015
The Federal Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has once again come down with a shameful ruling based on selective interpretation of the Supreme Court’s narrow rulings in Heller and McDonald, the landmark Second Amendment cases decided in 2008 and 2010. In this latest abomination from the courts, the three-judge panel concluded that New York and Connecticut’s laws banning virtually all semi-auto...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - An Unnecessary Shooting

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Friday, December 04, 2015
Those of us who train to use defensive firearms often think about scenarios where we might have to shoot an attacker. But how often do we think about alternate courses of action in situations where we might still be legal to shoot. Just because we legally CAN shoot someone, doesn’t mean that it’s always the best idea to do it. Put yourself in this situation… You are at a bar with your significant...

Report: Cleveland’s new gun offender registry has zero takers in first month

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, December 04, 2015
What happens when an anti-gun rights mayor passes a new gun control law and no one complies? That question has now been answered in the City of Cleveland. According to WEWS, Cleveland's ABC affiliate, Tuesday December 2 marked a month since Cleveland's controversial gun registry program went active and, in 30 days, not one person has registered . The law, which Mayor Frank Jackson claimed would...

Ohio sheriffs urge citizens to obtain concealed handgun licenses to protect against terror

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, December 03, 2015
Dayton's WHIO (AM 1290) is reporting that two Ohio county sheriffs took to Twitter in the hours after news of the attack in San Bernadino, CA to urge Ohioans to obtain concealed handgun licenses. From the article : Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones in a Twitter exchange called on people to get a conceal and carry permit. “I have said it in the past and I said it (Wednesday) , people should get...

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Violent Purse Snatching

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Wednesday, December 02, 2015
Watch the video. It’s only a minute long. The first 55 seconds show the purse snatcher’s identification of the victim, approach, and escape. After second 55 the view changes and you see the attack. Ladies, the question for you is: “Have you trained to defeat this level of violence?” The attacker was not big, nor skilled. He was fast and extremely violent. Notice how quickly he appeared and...

Ohio CHL-holder credited with stopping robber's escape

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, December 02, 2015
WKEF, Dayton's ABC affiliate, is reporting that a customer with an Ohio concealed handgun detained a man who robbed a local restaurant. From the article : Walter Schwytzer III went to [Tipp of the Town] restaurant and allegedly handed the hostess a note. "To my knowledge it just said ‘I have a gun, give me your money,'" said [restaurant owner Paul] Loubier. He got the money and took off. "My...

20 Years and Millions of “Assault Weapons” and “Large” Magazines Ago...

3:00pm Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Twenty years ago, not long after Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) federal “assault weapon” and “large” magazine “ban” took effect, CBS 60 Minutes reporter Lesley Stahl faced a dilemma. To help Feinstein make her case for a new ban that would cover more types of guns and more magazines, CBS would have to do something that doesn’t come naturally to gun control supporters. It would have to tell...

Lessons from the UC Merced Stabbing Incident

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Tuesday, December 01, 2015
[Recently], a student at The University of California at Merced entered a classroom and began stabbing another student. A construction worker who was working nearby heard the commotion and interrupted the attack by kicking the knife wielding attacker. The construction worker was stabbed himself before the suspect fled. While fleeing, the student stabbed two more people in the stairwell of the...

Looking Back at the Fort Hood Shooting

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Monday, November 30, 2015
I was doing some active killer research and came across this excellent recap of all of the events that took place in the (first) Ft. Hood shooting six years ago this month. Read this extremely detailed account of the Ft. Hood activer shooter (terrorist) incident. Whether you are a cop, soldier, or citizen, think about how you would respond in an event like this. Some very interesting passages: “...

Public university professor labels NRA a "murderous terrorist organization" & "threat to national security"

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, November 30, 2015
[UPDATE: A follow-up article is available here .] A public records request has revealed that Dr. James E. Evans, a professor of geology at the Bowling Green State University (BGSU), considers the National Rifle Association (NRA), which is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, to be "a murderous terrorist organization that is a threat to national security." The claim came in...

Obama, 7-time Gun Salesman of the Year, Looking To Retire Undefeated

by Jim Shepherd
3:00pm Friday, November 27, 2015
Lately, President Obama has done more smack talking about gun owners than Rhonda Rousey before Saturday night's title, um, defense. Unfortunately, our peerless leader doesn't have to defend his title against anything more intimidating than a Washington media corps that's more than demonstrated an ability to hit the canvas faster than any pug brought in to "fight" a contender. At a time when I'd...

Here's an easy way to donate items to our Buckeye Bash

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Friday, November 27, 2015
The Buckeye Bash is coming up on April 16, 2016 at the Villa Milano banquet center in Columbus, Ohio. It's the biggest fundraising event of the year for our Foundation. It takes months to collect donations of guns and gear for all the auctions and raffles. And you can help us kick things off this week as you start your Christmas Shopping. It's easy! And you can do it online without ever setting...

Thanksgiving: George Washington's 1789 Proclamation

7:00am Thursday, November 26, 2015
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor -- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful...

Report: City of Atlanta Illegally Stockpiling Seized Guns

3:00pm Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The job of America’s brave men and women of law enforcement is to defend the Constitution and uphold the laws of their jurisdictions. It’s a tough job, and those who do it faithfully are to be respected and commended. But as movie hero Billy Jack famously said, “When policemen break the law, then there isn’t any law ….” Now, a disturbing report from CBS46 in Atlanta is claiming that city...

Fraternal Order of Police calls on NFL to lift concealed carry ban; cites threat of terrorism

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, November 25, 2015
On November 20, the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) sent a letter to Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football Leage (NFL), asking him to reconsider the League's ban on concealed carry. The letter, written by National FOP president Chuck Canterbury, states, in part, as follows: Today, I am writing on behalf of the members of the Fraternal Order of Police to urge you to rescind...

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