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Op-Ed: The FBI’s bogus report on mass shootings

by John R. Lott
7:00am Monday, October 20, 2014
It’s disheartening to see the FBI used to promote a political agenda, but that’s what we got with the bureau’s release last month of a study claiming to show a sharp rise in mass shootings, a la Newtown, Conn. The FBI counted 160 “mass” or “active” shootings in public places from 2000 to 2013. Worse, it said these attacks rose from just one in 2000 to 17 in 2013. Media outlets worldwide gave the...

The Well Armed Woman Program - where the feminine and firearms meet

by Larry S. Moore
3:00pm Friday, October 17, 2014
Women are the fastest growing segment of the shooting sports. A recent National Shooting Sports Foundation survey found that 37% of new shooters are female. The 18 to 34 years old age group make up about two-thirds of new shooters. While Ohio doesn't track concealed handgun license numbers by gender, women most certainly comprise a fast growing segment of the licensed concealed carry segment. So...

Armed robber victimizes customer in Kroger bathroom; Bloomberg Moms silent

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, October 17, 2014
Hamilton, Ohio's Journal-News is reporting that a man reported being robbed in a bathroom at a Kroger store in Butler County - an incident that is drawing national attention due to claims by Michael Bloomberg's Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America that there is never a need to carry a firearm for self-defense in or near a grocery store. From the article : A suspect who reportedly robbed a...

NSSF Poll: Americans Would Rather CDC Spend Time and Resources on Disease and Viruses such as Ebola, Not 'Gun Violence' Studies

3:00pm Thursday, October 16, 2014
NEWTOWN, Conn. — More than eight out of ten Americans say that the misuse of guns in violent crimes is a matter for the criminal justice system, not a public health issue, and that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) should not spend resources on the study of “gun violence” but instead concentrate on viruses and disease. These findings are among the results of a national scientific poll of 1055...

Sean Maloney will be on NRA’s Board of Directors Ballot

7:00am Thursday, October 16, 2014
Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce that Sean Maloney will appear on the ballot as a candidate for the 2015 NRA Board of Directors! "Together we did it," Sean observes. "Thank you to the thousands of people who took the time to sign my petitions and succeeded in having my name appear on the ballot for election to the 2015 NRA Board of Directors. Your signatures, letters, cards,...

Cleveland man brings pretend gun to knife fight...and wins

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, October 15, 2014
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported recently that a man staved off a drunken, knife-wielding attacker by pretending that he was reaching for a gun. From the article : A 33-year-old man pulled into his St. Mark Avenue driveway about 2 a.m. Thursday. A 32-year-old man, later identified as Rayshawn Scott, walked briskly up to his window with his hands behind his back. "What's up now!" Scott said,...

The Fate of Ohio Hangs in the Balance

by Jim irvine
7:00am Wednesday, October 15, 2014
I have urgent news about the upcoming election next month. Ohio Supreme Court Justices Sharon Kennedy and Judi French are up for election . Two years ago, we lost a pro-gun justice. With the looming court battles and Governor Kasich's expected run-away victory, the anti-gun groups are looking at other races they can steal. Supreme Court races are at the top of their wish list. Ohio's Supreme...

Waiting on police to save you? What is their policy/training?

by Jim Irvine
3:00pm Tuesday, October 14, 2014
A recent article at PoliceOne.com, entitled “ Why 'tactical loitering' doesn't cut it anymore ," says more and more respected trainers are concerned about what they call “tactical loitering” and/or “dithering.” The terms, writes Charles Remsberg, refer to first responders who arrive at the scene of an urgent, life-threatening crime-in-progress — particularly an active shooting — but instead of...

The buck stops with YOU

7:00am Tuesday, October 14, 2014
We are surrounded by a world where lying is in and the truth means little. The best lies are called spin, and the buck never stops. But the Good Guys are still here, and all of them believe that getting away with a lie means getting away with nothing at all. >>> CLICK HERE to join the NRA or renew your membership now . If you know some good guys and gals, get them a gift membership.

September 2014 Firearms Sales Checks Second Highest September on Record

3:00pm Monday, October 13, 2014
The September 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of1,024,272 is the second highest September on record for the 16-year-old system, even with a decrease of 1.0 percent compared to the September 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,034,701. For comparison, the unadjusted September 2014 NICS figure of 1,447,485 reflects a 4.0 percent increase from the...

Sick Joke: MSNBC and States United Blame NRA for Ebola Crisis

7:00am Monday, October 13, 2014
In what appears to be an attempt to upstage Louis Farrakhan’s assertion that Ebola is an invented “race-targeting weapon,” MSNBC and gun control organization States United are pointing the finger at NRA for the ongoing public health crisis. According to their “logic,” NRA’s opposition to Obama’s nomination of anti-gun activist Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General has exacerbated the Ebola crisis, as...

Plain Dealer op-ed analyses BFA PAC 2014 grades and endorsements

by Chad D. Baus & Ken Hanson
3:00pm Friday, October 10, 2014
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently published an op-ed from the newspaper's former editorial director, Brent Larkin, which focused entirely on Buckeye Firearms Association PAC's 2014 candidate grades and endorsements . The op-ed, entitled "Ohio's gun-lobby report card is all about ownership -- of state lawmakers", beings with this: Report cards are out . Students have learned their lessons well...

Guns & Ammo "Best States for Concealed Carry" shows Ohio legislators have a LOT of work to do

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, October 10, 2014
Although Republicans have been in control of the General Assembly and governor's mansion for the past 4 years, no pro-gun rights legislation has been sent to the governor's desk in 3.5 years. That lack of progress shows in the state's fall in Guns & Ammo's ranking of the Best Concealed Carry States from 39th in 2013 to 41st in 2014. The 50 united States and Washington D.C. are ranked by Guns...

Ohio’s Antlerless Deer Muzzleloader Hunting Season Oct. 11-12, 2014

3:00pm Thursday, October 09, 2014
AKRON, OH - The white-tailed deer antlerless muzzleloader hunting season returns to Ohio on October 11-12, 2014. Hunters checked 5,608 antlerless deer during the 2013-2014 season. It is legal to hunt antlerless deer with a muzzleloader or bow during this two-day season. No antlered deer may be harvested regardless of hunting implement. Antlerless deer include deer without antlers and deer with...

Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2014 CHL statistics; Record demand for CHLs continues

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Thursday, October 09, 2014
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2014. Even though over 22,000 licenses expired during the quarter, Ohio still increased the total number of licenses by almost 8,000. There were 16,004 new Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs) issued during the quarter, about the same as the first quarter. There were an...

Concealed Carry Fashion Show a "tremendous success"

by Amanda Suffecool
3:00pm Wednesday, October 08, 2014
The REALIZE Firearms Awareness Coalition’s Concealed Carry Fashion Show, held Wednesday, September 17th in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was a tremendous success. The show, held in conjunction with the Northeastern Ohio chapters of A Girl and A Gun, presented the "conceal" aspects of concealed carry of firearms as a walk down the fashion runway. Twelve live models, volunteers from the local A Girl and A...

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...

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