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Report: Number of armed teachers to increase at Lawrence County schools

by Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine
7:00am Wednesday, October 08, 2014
WOWK (CBS Huntington, WV) is reporting that school officials have confirmed that teachers in the Rock Hill School District have been carrying guns to class for the past year and a half, and that they decided to make the fact public as a further deterrent measure after a recent rash of school threats in Ironton and Greenup County. From the article : We live in a culture where we can no longer just...

Op-Ed: CDC, FBI - Bicycle and falling deaths far exceed deaths from mass shootings

by Awr Hawkins
3:00pm Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Death statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coupled with crime statistics from the FBI show that bicycle and falling deaths far exceed deaths from "mass shootings." For example, on September 24 the FBI released a study showing there were 64 incidents of "mass killings" (mass shootings) for the years 2000 through 2013. The gunmen in these incidents took the lives of...

Op-Ed: FBI - More people murdered with fire than in mass shootings

by Awr Hawkins
3:00pm Monday, October 06, 2014
According to FBI crime statistics and the bureau's recent study on "active shooter" incidents (ACIs) in the US, far more people are murdered with fire than are killed in mass shootings. Moreover, the number of people killed each year with "personal weapons," such as "feet" and "fists," nearly eclipses the number of people killed in mass shootings. On September 24, the FBI released their study on...

Guns stolen from cars in Findlay; Why does Ohio law force people to leave them there?

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, October 06, 2014
WTVG (Toledo ABC) reported recently that police in Findlay have noted a rash of thefts of firearms from vehicles. From the article : Hundreds of cars are broken into every year, but Findlay police say seven handguns have recently been stolen from six vehicles. At least three of those cars were left unlocked. "Now we have to worry because there's more firearms out on the streets,” says Officer...

2014 Buckeye Firearms Foundation Youth Shoot offers fun for all involved

by Andrea Jolley
3:00pm Friday, October 03, 2014
Dillon Sportsman Center was host to yet another great opportunity for youth this month. The two-day Buckeye Firearms Foundation Youth Shoot was held the weekend of September 13-14 and hosted over 100 youth from around the state. The concept of a youth shoot event started five years ago when the leaders of two Boy Scout troops wanted to give their youth an opportunity to earn their shooting sports...

Ohio Supreme Court Justices French and Kennedy visit Xenia

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Friday, October 03, 2014
Justices Judith French and Sharon Kennedy visited Xenia High School. The program was sponsored by the Greene County Republican Party Xenia Women's Club. The topic for discussion was the Ohio Judicial System and how the Ohio Supreme Court impacts the daily life of Ohioans. Their decisions touch our lives in many ways. Certainly Second Amendment advocates and gun owners know those decisions...

How Gun Control Made England the 'Most Violent Country in Europe'

by Awr Hawkins
3:00pm Thursday, October 02, 2014
Gun control in Britain passed in stages, beginning just after World War I and continuing in a reactionary fashion with increasing strictness through the 1990s. When the final stage arrived in 1997, and virtually all handguns were banned via the Firearms Act, the promise was a reduction in crime and greater safety for the British people. But the result was the emergence of Britain as the "most...

Headline: 2 Van Wert gun trainers guilty of short courses

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, October 02, 2014
The Lima News is reporting that two firearms instructors - one a former police chief - have pleaded guilty to criminal charges after being accused of cutting concealed handgun license classes short of the mandatory 12-hour time frame. From the article : Forest Gordon, 49, of Van Wert, pleaded guilty Friday to attempted conspiracy to falsification to obtain a concealed handgun license, a fifth-...

Headline: Good guy with a gun prevents second beheading in Oklahoma business

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, October 01, 2014
The fact that an armed business owner intervened in an attack by shooting a former employee who had already beheaded one worker and was stabbing another has been covered in media reports, but Breitbart.com's headline gives this fact the kind of attention it deserves: " Good guy with a gun prevents second beheading in Oklahoma business " From the article: Fox News reports that the alleged attacker...

After gun owners react, Ohio Constitution "modernization" panel votes to retain right to bear arms language

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, October 01, 2014
On August 15, I wrote an article entitled " Obscure commission considers "modernizing" Ohio constitution on right to bear arms ," in which I discussed news (being covered by almost no one) that the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission's (OCMC) Bill of Rights and Voting Rights Committee had reversed course on a planned vote to recommend to the full commission that no alterations be made to...

Harvard: Millions of Dollars More For Gun Control

3:00pm Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Harvard University’s School of Public Health is set to receive a $350 million donation to study “gun violence” and other “complex health threats challenging the U.S. and the world,” CNN reports. The donation, the largest ever received by the university, is being made by the Morningside Foundation, run by the descendants of Hong Kong real estate tycoon T.H. Chan, for whom the school will be...

Good guys do what must be done

7:00am Tuesday, September 30, 2014
We're surrounded by a world that demands we submit, succumb and believe in nothing. It takes courage to face a world at its worst — knowing what must be done, won't be done unless you do it. It's what Good Guys do. >>> CLICK HERE to join the NRA or renew your membership now . If you know some good guys and gals, get them a gift membership.

Five Things Non-Gun-Owners Don't "Get" About Gun Owners

by Daniel T. McElrath
3:00pm Monday, September 29, 2014
1. Carrying a Gun Eventually Ceases To Be a Big Deal Many people who don't own guns—for the purposes of this discussion, we'll call them "non-gunners"—have often never even touched a gun. That fact has imbued the inanimate chunk of metal with mystery and undue fear, fear they think must be universal. They don’t understand that to someone who carries daily, a firearm becomes as common as your keys...

Anti-Gun Brady Campaign Caught In Fundraising Scandal

by Bob Owens
7:00am Monday, September 29, 2014
A fundraising email sent out by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence this morning and signed by the organization’s President Dan Gross is attempting to fundraise by claiming credit for sporting goods giant Cabela’s expanded participation a gun safety program started by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the ATF more than a dozen years ago. The fundraising email claims: Dear...

Anti-Gun MarketWatch Article in Re-Run Mode

3:00pm Friday, September 26, 2014
On August 27, MarketWatch.com, supposedly a website for stock market investors, published a cynical article about gun manufacturers and gun ownership, titled 10 Things the Gun Industry Won’t Tell You. In fact, MarketWatch has been running and re-running the same article for months now, just changing the date every so often, to make it appear brand new. MarketWatch apparently isn’t interested in...

BFA's Dean Rieck accepts NRA Top Recruiter Award

7:00am Friday, September 26, 2014
On Saturday, September 13, 2014, Dean Rieck (on the right in the photo) accepted the Top Recruiter Award in the "club" category at the NRA Board Meeting in Arlington, VA. The award recognizes Buckeye Firearm Foundation for recruiting 1,637 NRA members in 2013. "I'm honored to accept this award," said Dean, who serves on the BFA Board of Directors. "Our supporters really stepped up and helped us...

FLASH: Fast & Furious' Eric Holder to step down

by Chad D. Baus
12:12pm Thursday, September 25, 2014
Attorney General Eric Holder, who last year was held in contempt of Congress for refusing to provide documents regarding his Justice Department's Operation Fast and Furious gun-running scandal, will announce today that he is stepping down, according to Fox News. From the article : Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce Thursday that he is resigning from the Obama administration, a Justice...

Review: GrabAGun.com

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, September 25, 2014
Once upon a time, the experience of going from store to store to shop around before making a major purchase was as much a part of the pleasure of the buying experience as taking the item home. At my father and grandfather's (and great-grandfather's) car dealership, people would attend "car showings" each fall when the new models were introduced. Whether or not they were even really in the market...

Gun Owners Oppose Cleveland's New Proposed Regulations

12:00pm Wednesday, September 24, 2014
COLUMBUS, OH - The city of Cleveland has proposed 27 new weapons laws despite two Ohio Supreme Court rulings that prohibit cities from regulating firearms. Collectively, the proposed ordinances would establish a gun-offender registry that is unlikely to deter crime or provide law enforcement with useful information. Ohio gun owners are understandably concerned with Cleveland's proposals. For over...

Prohibitionists Give up on Semi-Auto Bans? Not So Fast

7:00am Wednesday, September 24, 2014
For the last 25 years, banning so-called “assault weapons” has been at the forefront of the anti-gun agenda. However, in recent days, an article from ProPublica and a “study” from The Center for American Progress indicated that the gun control establishment is shifting away from advocating for semi-auto bans and towards background checks/registration. The “coincidence” of these publications...

Five Gun Myths—Exploded

by Daniel T. McElrath
3:00pm Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Myth 1: The Basics Of Gun Safety Are Only For Newbies This is one of the worst, most dangerous gun-related myths there is. The basics of gun safety are for everyone, regardless of experience level. There is an old saying: Familiarity breeds contempt. What it means is that the more familiar you are with something, the less respect you have for it. That’s a bad mistake when it comes to guns. The...

It's time to turn things around

7:00am Tuesday, September 23, 2014
It seems like more and more we’re surrounded by people on edge. All of this anger destroys trust and teamwork and, given time, our nation. So how do we turn it around? It starts with everyone who still believes in civility, responsibility and virtue — the Good Guys. >>> CLICK HERE to join the NRA or renew your membership now . If you know some good guys and gals, get them a gift...

Busting the Top 3 Myths About the Second Amendment

by Daniel T. McElrath
3:00pm Monday, September 22, 2014
Adherents to gun control typically respond with emotional arguments. However, on those occasions when they attempt to respond with “logic” regarding the Second Amendment itself, those arguments typically take the same tired forms. Here are three of the most popular, and how to dismantle them instantly. Myth #1: You have to have a license to operate a car. Why shouldn’t you have to have one to own...

Billionaires Buying Away Rights - Will Washington residents sell out?

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Monday, September 22, 2014
There is a major battle under way in Washington State that has serious implications for the rest of the country. The battle is between two competing ballot initiatives; one, I-591, to limit background checks in the state to federal standards, and the other, I-594, to require all firearm transfer in the state – with a few narrow exceptions – to go through a federally licensed firearm dealer for a...

Crowning A World Champion of Shooting?

by Jim Shepherd
3:00pm Friday, September 19, 2014
Editor's Note: This seemed to be the weekend of worldwide shooting competition. The ISSF World Championships continued in Spain (and the US had a BIG day- see the news section), the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) held its 2014 U.S. Championships at the US Shooting Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the inaugural World Shooting Championship from Glengary, West Virginia set out to...

I-75 shooting in Ohio exposes truth self-defense advocates have long known

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, September 19, 2014
On Friday morning, September 12, police say Terry Froman, 41, went to the Mayfield, KY home of his ex-girlfriend Kim Thomas, 34, shot and killed her oldest 17 year-old son, then kidnapped her. According to The Journal-News , when friends went to her home after she failed to report to work and discovered her son's body, they immediately called police. Prior to that call, the article says the...

Virtual School Practices Real Oppression, Bans Pixilated Firearms

3:00pm Thursday, September 18, 2014
The cultural campaign to label firearms and firearm ownership as socially unacceptable claimed another victim last week, when a “virtual” school demanded that an elementary school student remove an image of a firearm from his online profile. The incident involved Wisconsin Virtual Learning, a public charter school, which offers Wisconsin’s elementary and high school students the opportunity to...

Ray Rice and New Jersey “Justice”

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Thursday, September 18, 2014
The release of a videotape of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his fiancé and knocking her out, has created quite a stir in the media. The TV gossip show, TMZ, released the video [last] week, ushering in a whole new chorus of outrage toward Rice, the NFL, and the Atlantic County, New Jersey Prosecutor’s Office. After an initial 2-game suspension, the Baltimore Ravens have now...

Violence Policy Center's Cars Theory Not Hitting on All Cylinders

3:00pm Wednesday, September 17, 2014
The anti-gun Violence Policy Center (VPC) thinks it has finally come up with a way to get handguns, and maybe some other guns, banned. Compare ‘em to cars! Obviously, some background is in order. VPC was formed, and is still led, by Josh Sugarmann, a former staffer for the National Coalition to Ban Handguns and the author of the book, Every Handgun is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns...

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