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Assumptions and Biases in Training

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Tuesday, May 19, 2015
A friend of mine recently pointed me towards Rory Miller’s blog post about assumptions and biases in training. I’ve read most of Rory’s material and really like it. Before reading any more of this article, please check out the link below: Assumptions and Biases My friend challenged me to examine my training biases and describe how these biases affect the content of my training classes….as Rory...

Can Your CCW Gun "Survive"?

by Chuck Haggard
3:00pm Monday, May 18, 2015
Republished from The Outdoor Wire . Over my years of carrying and training people to carry handguns for serious purposes, I have noted some trends in how people decide "what gun" they want to have for concealed carry. The considerations for both regular CCW folks and off-duty LE are almost exactly the same, so I see little difference in requirements for what one should carry. Most people will...

Guns save lives, but Big Media doesn't like to tell the tale

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Monday, May 18, 2015
Did you see the story about the Uber driver who shot a man in Chicago’s Logan Square on Friday evening, April 17. The story blipped across newspapers and TV screens on Monday, but little has been heard about it since. The unidentified driver of an Uber rideshare car was parked when he saw a young man across the street open fire on a group of pedestrians. The Uber driver jumped from his car and...

Elderly homeowner uses gun to defend himself during home invasion

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, May 15, 2015
The (Alliance, OH) Review is reporting that a 63 year-old Minerva homeowner was able to protect himself when a home invader rushed into his home. From the article : Ryan Johns, 33, of Canton, was shot and fatally wounded by homeowner William Dietrich Jr., 63, of Virginia Avenue. Johns was pronounced dead on arrival at Alliance Community Hospital. According to Columbiana County Sheriff's Office...

Appeals Court: Arrest for open carry violated Ohioan's 4th Amendment rights

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, May 15, 2015
A three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court's ruling allowing a lawsuit against a City of Toledo police officer to proceed. The suit claims that TPD officer David Bright illegally detained Shawn Northrup for openly carrying a semi-automatic handgun. From the Northrup v. City of Toledo Police Dept. ruling: On a midsummer evening,...

Seeking Nominations for 2014 NRA-ILA Volunteer Awards

3:00pm Thursday, May 14, 2015
The NRA-ILA "Jay M. Littlefield Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award" is an annual honor that recognizes an NRA member who demonstrates exceptionally meritorious activism in defense of our Second Amendment rights. Similarly, the "NRA-ILA Volunteer Organization of the Year Award" is bestowed upon a group that has gone above and beyond in defending and promoting our rights over the past year...

BFA's Sean Maloney offers testimony in support of firearms-related bills

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, May 14, 2015
On Wednesday, May 13, Buckeye Firearms Association Region Leader (and NRA Board of Directors member) Sean Maloney testified on behalf of BFA before the House State Government committee in support of two pro-gun rights bills that are under consideration. Rep. Anne Gonzales' (R-Westerville) House Bill 20 seeks to to correct several problems with current law regarding concealed handgun licenses'...

Guns vs. Cars Comparison is No Accident

3:00pm Wednesday, May 13, 2015
In the Art of War , Chinese military theoretician Sun Tzu advised, “appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” Since gun control supporters are trying to make guns look bad by comparing the number of gun-related deaths to those due to motor vehicle accidents, they’re apparently applying the second part of Sun Tzu’s advice. To feign strength, gun control supporters have been...

Ohio CHL-holder chases away robbers on Dayton crime spree

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, May 13, 2015
WKEF , Dayton's ABC affiliate, reported recently that a trio of armed robbers on a crime spree revealed themselves nothing but cowards when they were confronted by an Ohio concealed handgun license-holder. From the report : Calls to 911 and several surveillance videos are shedding more light on this morning's string of robberies during which three suspects hit three stores, all within an hour...

Latest field reports from ODNR Division of Wildlife Officers highlight need to obey hunting regulations

3:00pm Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Central Ohio – Wildlife District One State Wildlife Officer Chad Grote recently attended a hunter education class in Marion County. While at the class he went outside to retrieve prizes for students who answered questions correctly. He noticed a vehicle that was suspected of driving off-road at Delaware Wildlife Area. After checking photographs Officer Grote confirmed it was the same vehicle...

Good Guy with a Gun: The Arming of Teachers in America

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, May 12, 2015
In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacres in Newtown, Connecticut, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced that we would pay for a trial course for teachers and school staff to be trained by John Benner of Tactical Defense Institute. The response from media, and school employees was overwhelming. One class grew into the FASTER Saves Lives program and interest continues to grow. In 2014, I was...

Your Tactical Training Scenario…Post Office Stabbing

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Monday, May 11, 2015
You are in the Post Office standing in line to mail a package. When you get to the counter, the Post Office clerk informs you that you need to fill out some more paperwork before mailing your item. The clerk instructs you to step aside and complete the form. He then tells you that when you are finished, you may step ahead of the other customers in line to complete the transaction. You do as you...

How the News Media Skews Reporting of Mass Murders

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Monday, May 11, 2015
“Research on the content of crime news has long shown that the news media misrepresent the social reality of crime. Although news organizations are obligated to inform the public, they are also compelled to generate revenue, for they are businesses whose primary purpose is to create a profit….In an effort to make crime news more entertaining, and thus more appealing to consumers, the news media...

What is “Gun Violence?”

by Jeff Knox
3:00pm Friday, May 08, 2015
When you hear terms like “gun violence” and “gun deaths,” what do you think of? For most people, the first thought is of thugs waving guns and shooting people during the commission of a violent crime. But that’s not what’s being talked about in “studies” and “statistics” published in the media. Sure they include this terminology when they report on those types of crimes, but most of the time,...

Several firearms-related bills scheduled for proponent testimony in House committee

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, May 08, 2015
Chairman Ron Maag has announced that the House State Government committee will be hearing proponent testimony on several firearms-related bills next Wednesday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 121. Bills for which proponents will be testifying are: HB 20 (Rule Modification for Concealed Carry in School Zones) - Reps. Gonzales/Koehler HB 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones) - Rep. Maag HB 152 (...

Training Scars

by Greg Ellifritz
3:00pm Thursday, May 07, 2015
Training scars … we all have them. I’m not talking about training scars like the black eye you get when your partner goes a little too hard while sparring or the scars you get when you cut your finger trying to quickly open your fighting knife. The training scars I’m talking about are the unintentional bad habits you have acquired during the course of your training. All training, no matter how...

CAUTION: Criminals don't think like you do!

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, May 07, 2015
Reprinted with permission from Second Call Defense . 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...

Processing the Concealed Carry Draw

by Tiger McGee
3:00pm Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Republished from The Outdoor Wire . It's been a great week. You finished up a big project at work, and decide to stop at your favorite market to pick up some steaks for an evening celebration. The market is in a questionable part of town, but you've been coming here for years. It's twilight, the streetlights are just coming on, and the temperature is perfect. This is one of those evenings when...

Gun Grabbers High on Hillary, Look to Her to Enact Controls Where Obama Failed

7:00am Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Never mind all the rhetoric about how Hillary Clinton can’t get the Democrat Party’s presidential nomination because some fringe elements don’t think she’s radical enough. The Hill reports that “Advocates for gun control [an increasingly fringe group in their own right] have high hopes for Hillary Clinton’s presidential run,” seeing her as “an ally who can finish the push for tightened background...

Gun store robbed once by thieves – then by ATF: Agents won’t return stolen firearms to owner

by C. D. Michel
3:00pm Tuesday, May 05, 2015
An Indiana gun store was robbed last year and its owner is attempting to get his inventory back. No, not from the original thieves, but from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents who had recovered his stolen merchandise. And when asking nicely doesn’t work, you turn to the courts. Profire Arms and Supplies owner Andrew Hall filed his handwritten complaint in a federal...

Report: Gun grabbing sweeping the nation

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, May 05, 2015
According to a recent report on Fox News, and despite claims from anti-gun extremists including the current president of the United States assuring us that no one wants to take our guns away, cases of persons having their firearms confiscated are far from rare. From the article : Cherished family heirlooms were among the 21 firearms Michael Roberts surrendered to the Torrance Police Department in...

Ohio Wildlife Council Approves 2015-2016 Hunting Regulations

3:00pm Monday, May 04, 2015
COLUMBUS, OH - A reduction in white-tailed deer bag limits and antlerless permit use during the 2015-2016 hunting seasons were among regulations approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council at its scheduled meeting [last month], according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The council also voted to remove the peregrine falcon from Ohio’s list of threatened species. The Ohio Wildlife...

USA Today: Contentious debate over guns expected soon in Congress

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, May 04, 2015
While there has been little action to advance gun rights in the months since voters handed Republicans control of the U.S. Senate, USA Today is reporting that "the debate is coming." From the article : "Last November, Americans sent a clear message to Washington that they do not want more gun control by defeating anti-Second-Amendment candidates at the ballot box," said Chris Cox, executive...

Caught in the Act: Anti-Gunners' Trick Photo Exposed

3:00pm Friday, May 01, 2015
If a picture is worth a thousand words, you should be skeptical about what this picture from "Moms Demand Action" has to say. The photo, the [Facebook] caption for which claims that it shows "hundreds" of anti-gun protesters, was taken a half-mile or so from the NRA Annual Meeting in Nashville. However, so was this photo, which shows that there were only about 100 protesters. And that includes...

Mother questions motives of police officer who shot her son, a concealed handgun licensee

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, May 01, 2015
A late night at Lucky’s Bar and Grill in Columbus nearly turned deadly for an Ohio concealed handgun licensee last month. According to the Columbus Dispatch , Joseph Davis Jr. told his mother he and a friend were in his car in the bar's parking lot when a fight among some women broke out nearby. In the chaos that followed, Davis says he honked his horn at the crowd and tried to leave, but was...

Several firearms-related bills scheduled for sponsor testimony in House committee

by Chad D. Baus
4:39pm Thursday, April 30, 2015
Chairman Ron Maag has announced that the House State Government will be hearing sponsor testimony on several firearms-related bills next Wednesday, May 6 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 121. Bills for which their sponsors will be testifying are: HB 20 (Rule Modification for Concealed Carry in School Zones) - Reps. Gonzales/Koehler HB 35 (Prohibit seizure/registry of firearms) - Reps. Retherford/Hood HB 48 (...

Off-duty police officer and Ohio CHL-holder respond to sounds of shooting in Dayton

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, April 30, 2015
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that an off-duty police officer and an Ohio CHL-holder responded to sounds of shooting at 10:15 a.m. on Monday morning. According to the report, multiple shots were fired in what was described as a “drug deal gone bad” (as though there are drug deals that go good?). The shots fired were from the suspects shooting at each other, and up to 15 rounds struck a...

The Video Every Child - and you - Need to See

7:00am Thursday, April 30, 2015
FAIRFAX, Va. – In spring 2015, the NRA introduced a brand new Eddie Eagle video. Started in 1988, the Eddie Eagle GunSafe program has reached more than 28 million children with an important safety message. Eddie has a modernized look and some new friends—the Wing Team. Together, they learn what to do if they ever find a gun: STOP! Don’t touch. Run away. Tell a grown-up. From a letter anouncing...

Texas and Wisconsin to recognize Ohio concealed handgun licenses issued on or after 3/23/15

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Editor's Note: This article has been corrected to reflect the latest information on New Hampshire. On March 23, 2015, the date House Bill 243 went into effect, Attorney General Mike DeWine issued a press release announcing that Ohioans with concealed handgun licenses will be able to use those licenses "in five additional states." Pursuant to changes adopted in House Bill 234 of the 130th General...

Reality of NRA Convention Defies Anti-Gun Media Stereotype

7:00am Wednesday, April 29, 2015
To say that the agenda-driven media often attempts to portray NRA and gun owners in a negative light is an understatement. Some ignorant writers and political commentators try to label NRA as extremists; or worse. Others claim that gun owners exercising their right to carry will resurrect the "Old West" and that laws recognizing this right "seem almost designed to encourage violence." The actions...

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