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Maine is now another state where your Ohio Concealed Handgun License is valid

3:00pm Friday, October 23, 2015
Thanks to a recent change in Maine's concealed carry law, persons who hold are residents of Ohio and who hold valid concealed handgun licenses will now be recognized in the Pine Tree State. This change has been reflected on the Ohio CCW Reciprocity Map, which shows the states where your Ohio Concealed Handgun License is valid. This map is courtesy of www.Handgunlaw.us . Click here to visit the...

Newsflash to CNN viewers (but not to gun owners): The NRA's political cash comes from individual donors

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, October 23, 2015
Those who who oppose the individual right to bear arms recognized by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution love to talk about the "gun lobby." They claim that while a majority of American people opposes the "gun lobby," their elected representatives are enslaved by money provided by this "gun lobby," supposedly made up of evil corporate gun manufacturers via the NRA. There is no...

Democratic Debate "Race to the Bottom" on anti-gun posturing

3:00pm Thursday, October 22, 2015
[Last week], during the first Democratic Party presidential debate, former First Lady, U.S. senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley attacked the NRA by name and called for a renewed push for national gun control. “It’s time the entire country stood up against the NRA,” Clinton said, to wild cheers from the adoring audience on hand. When CNN...

Democrats Bet Big on Gun Control

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Thursday, October 22, 2015
The shooting at Umqua Community College in Roseberg, Oregon, last week, and its immediate politicization by President Obama, has revived gun control as a key issue among presidential candidates. Shannon Watts, the public relations executive who runs Mike Bloomberg’s anti-rights subsidiary, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, told ABC News: “This is really a sea change in terms of how...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Properly Timing your Resistance Efforts

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Read this story and imagine a similar scenario happening to you. An armed robber is holding you at gunpoint. You think he’s going to shoot you whether you give up the money or not. You have a concealed pistol, but you can’t outdraw a trigger press. When should you make your attempt to resist? When I start working with students in force on force training drills, I often have to slow them down. I...

President Obama Shows His True Gun Control Agenda

7:00am Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Most of the media attention on President Obama’s renewed calls for gun control has focused on the tone of his remarks, rather than on the substance of what he said. You don’t have to scratch very deep, however, to understand that what the president really wants to see in the U.S. is gun confiscation. Reiterating his support for gun control [recently], Obama vowed, “I am going to talk about this,...

Games, Practice and Fun Now Available at CMP Open Public Nights

by Ashley Brugnone
3:00pm Tuesday, October 20, 2015
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Come be a part of Open Public Shooting at the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) world-class air gun facilities in Camp Perry, Ohio, and Anniston, Ala. All ages and genders are welcome and urged to take a shot (or two or three) at the rousing world of air rifle and air pistol marksmanship from our safe and fun indoor ranges. “Open Public Shooting at the air range is an...

Clinton Says That the Second Amendment DOES NOT Protect an Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms

7:00am Tuesday, October 20, 2015
A recent CNN/ORC International Poll found that 57-percent of Americans do not find Hillary Clinton “honest or trustworthy.” If there are figures in American public life with a stronger disregard for the rights of the American people, they have yet to come to our attention. Obviously, Clinton is referring to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald...

Ammo, Ankles Holsters and Reloads: The Best Choices for Carrying a Snub-Nose Revolver

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Monday, October 19, 2015
I recently received this question from a reader. Considering the popularity of the snub nose revolver as a carry pistol, I figured it would be useful if I answered the question in a blog post: “I’m looking to pick up a S&W 340PD here soon as a backup or pocket gun to add to my daily carry. I’m looking for recommendations on carry ammo for it, what ankle holsters to look at and the best way to...

Your rights in jeopardy over fundraiser-inspired lies

by Tim Inwood
7:00am Monday, October 19, 2015
Days ago I had yet another argument with a short-sighted individual who was buying into the leftist mantra that that we need to ban semi-auto firearms. This latest anti-gun frenzy was brought on by the shooting in Roseburg, Oregon. The reality you won't get from the establishment media is that, according to the FBI, so-called "semi-auto assault weapons" are used in less than 1/4 of 1% of any...

Ohio deer-trafficking scheme nets record $1.6 million fine

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, October 16, 2015
Recently, the Columbus Dispatch published an article noting that the largest fine and restitution for a wildlife crime in U.S. history, $1.6 million, has been ordered in an Ohio case involving trafficking in whitetail deer. From the article : Benjamin N. Chason, 61, of Climax, Ga., was sentenced in U.S. District Court for violations of the Lacey Act, a 115-year-old federal wildlife-protection law...

September 2015 Firearms Sales Checks Highest September on Record

7:00am Friday, October 16, 2015
The September 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,071,945 is the highest September on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 4.7 percent compared to the September 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,024,272. For comparison, the unadjusted September 2015 NICS figure of 1,786,743 reflects a 23.4 percent increase from the unadjusted...

The .22 Magnum for Self-Defense

by Richard Mann
3:00pm Thursday, October 15, 2015
A practical personal protection plan should include a handgun, but that handgun should, without question, be one you’re comfortable with. As you become more experienced you’ll have the opportunity to further evaluate the situation and trade-up as your comfort and skill levels increase. For some, a .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (WMR) might be the best place to start. It’s also affordable, readily...

How to Help a Cop During a Life-Threatening Struggle - Part II

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Thursday, October 15, 2015
[Recently] I wrote an article about How to Help a Cop in a Life-Threatening Struggle . The article was well received and generated a lot of comments and questions. One of the most common questions was: “The article provided good options for an armed individual to assist an officer in trouble, but I don’t have a CCW permit. Is there anything an UNARMED individual can do to help?” It’s an excellent...

Safe Storage—More Than a Steel Box and Combination Lock

by Tisma Juett
3:00pm Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Storing firearms, whether loaded or unloaded, so that they are inaccessible to children and other unauthorized individuals is easy to do given the many options on the market today. Now, when you hear the word “storage,” most people are thinking a safe of some sort, and that is certainly an appropriate way to store firearms. But have you considered how you safely store your firearm when carrying...

Are terrorists watching your kid’s school?

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Wednesday, October 14, 2015
I got a call from a school superintendent last week. There was a threat against a school. There would be a shooting involving a rifle during the 6th period that day. The attack didn’t happen, but the school and law enforcement took it seriously. If this was terrorists' probing, it gave them a good look at the response they will need to contend with when they execute a mass hostage siege at our...

The Illegal Alien Licensing Loophole

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Editor's Note: On September 15, a Painesville, Ohio resident who authorities believe is in the United States illegally was arrested after admitting to buying guns and selling them to undocumented immigrants . [I have written many articles] about the problem of the “Gun Free Zone” loophole, which disarms the law-abiding (who are a threat to no one and a possible deterrent/protection for innocents...

Associated Press headline falsely claims Ohio colleges have choice when it comes to security

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, October 13, 2015
An Associated Press article headlined " Ohio leaves response plans for campus shooters to colleges " hit the wires on Saturday and has been published probably hundreds of times across the country and the Internet. The problem? The headline is a lie. The article begins by discussing variations in active killer training in various states, then quotes Jeff Robinson, a spokesman for higher education...

“Run, Hide, Fight?”- Not Always the Best Active Killer Response

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Monday, October 12, 2015
[Recently], the Ohio State University Police Department put out a video titled “ Surviving an Active Shooter .” The crux of the message in the video is that the best chance for surviving an active shooter is to follow the hierarchical advice of running as a first choice, hiding as a second choice, and fighting as a last resort option. The video isn’t bad and it contains some very good advice. I...

Jim Irvine a SAF “Defender of Liberty” award winner

7:00am Monday, October 12, 2015
Buckeye Firearms Association is proud to announce that our president and co-founder, Jim Irvine, has been recognized by the Second Amendment Foundation for his tireless service to the cause of gun rights. Irvine was awarded SAF's 2015 "Defender of Freedom Award" by SAF founder Alan Gottlieb at the recent Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC). Speaking of the honor, Gottlieb said "The...

USAToday Op-Ed: Umpqua shooting - a tragedy, not a trend

by James Alan Fox
3:00pm Friday, October 09, 2015
Another mass shooting sears deep into our collective consciousness, but it is hype and hysteria on the rise, not violence. Another mass shooting sears deep into the collective consciousness of the American people. Another school — this time a community college in an otherwise peaceful town in rural Oregon — is devastated by a young man taking aim at students trapped in classrooms. Nine are...

Emotion vs. Facts, Society's Emasculated Males and an Inconvenient Truth

by Jim Shepherd
7:00am Friday, October 09, 2015
As we go through the grieving process that follows a tragedy like [the recent] shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, it seems our society overstays the time in the questioning phase of grief. Refusing to accept "that" something happens; some keep on asking "why." In the absence of an answer, they angrily demand that someone "do something." So we find ourselves mired in a...

When Anti-Gunners Say "Gun Safety," They Don't Mean It

3:00pm Thursday, October 08, 2015
In what can only be described as a blatant display of hypocrisy, two gun ban groups have started a petition to deny a federal grant for Project Childsafe, a gun safety program operated by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). This year, for the first time since Barack Obama’s 2008 election, the NSSF has won a U.S. Department of Justice grant, in the amount of $2.4 million dollars for...

Anti-Gun Group Fundraises on Massacre at "No-Guns" Oregon College

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, October 08, 2015
Just weeks after the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) was scorned in the national media for encouraging the "SWATting" of peacable gun owners, the anti-gun extremists are at it again. This week, just 5 days after a disturbed individual with several legally-purchased guns went on a murderous rampage at a "no-guns" college campus in Oregon , CSGV is now attempting to capitalize on the deaths...

The Real Scoop on Sound Suppression

by Jeff Zimba
3:00pm Wednesday, October 07, 2015
Thanks to Hollywood, gun mufflers, sound suppressors or “silencers” — one and the same — are viewed in a negative context by many non-shooters. But the truth is that noise suppressors are used daily—as they have been for more than a century — to enhance safety, ease instruction and improve accuracy for shooters of all demographics. ... To put the function of a sound suppressor it in its simplest...

Op-Ed: Gun rights are the people's rights

7:00am Wednesday, October 07, 2015
Editor's Note: FASTERSavesLives.org Program Director Joe Eaton submitted the following op-ed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer in response to an anti-gun rights screed published recently by that news outlet. As it happens, Eaton's op-ed appeared at Cleveland.com the day after yet another mass murder in a "no-guns" zone. Guest columnist Robert Grow, in his Sept. 25 op-ed, " Ohio, let's stop pandering...

Holster Selection for the New Shooter - How Do I Chose?

by Dave Dolbee
3:00pm Tuesday, October 06, 2015
One of the primary reasons people begin shopping for a holster is because they’re planning to carry a firearm concealed. Some people also like to use a holster when they head to the range, and certainly handgun competitors in the action pistol sports like IPSC, IDPA, 3-Gun and Cowboy Action also need the right holster. The biggest difference between the two is that in the first case the holster...

Another mass shooting – FASTERSavesLives.org has solutions

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, October 06, 2015
The latest mass killing at Umpqua Community College in Oregon has media and “experts” talking about what we should do about these events. Rather than talk about what we could do, or should do, or might do, let me tell you what we HAVE done. In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced it would pay for a class of 24 educators to attend a...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation's Jim Irvine addresses 2015 GRPC on FASTER program

3:00pm Monday, October 05, 2015
Buckeye Firearms Foundation President Jim Irvine was invited to the 2015 Gun Rights Policy Conference to speak about FASTER Saves Lives , the groundbreaking, nonprofit program that gives educators practical violence response training. Irvine remarks begin at 53m 51s on the counter in the embedded video below, or click here to begin the video at his remarks in a new window.

Why I believe gun rights advocates SHOULD comment after mass shootings

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, October 05, 2015
" Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it ... We have become numb to this. " - President Barack Obama, October 1, 2015 President Obama is right: the response to mass shootings in "gun-free" zones has indeed become routine. Gun ban extremists (including the president himself) don't...

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