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July 2014 Firearms Sales Checks Third Highest July on Record

3:00pm Thursday, August 14, 2014
The July 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 816,588 is the third highest July on record for the 16-year-old system, even with a decrease of 4.5 percent compared to the July 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 855,259. For comparison, the unadjusted July 2014 NICS figure of 1,393,705 reflects a 9.6 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of...

Colorado Experience Invalidates Big Private Transfer ‘Loophole’ Myth

by Larry Keane
7:00am Thursday, August 14, 2014
We have long known that the argument of gun control activists that 40 percent of gun sales in this country occur without a background check was bogus. Even the Washington Post zinged President Obama in 2013 for his frequent use of that ersatz stat, awarding three of four possible Pinocchio’s in a rating category that requires “significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions”. The...

Gun Control Strategists Mind Their Tongues, Look To NRA for Tactics

3:00pm Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Facts are stubborn things. So when the facts are not in your favor, it’s not surprising that your message and strategy will need to continually change. For gun controllers – while that message may be incorrect on important facets of history, constitutional principles, Supreme Court doctrine, or even the will of the American people – $50 million dollars is quite an incentive to stay on script. On...

Gun Industry Sales Reflect a 'New Normal,' Says NSSF President

7:00am Wednesday, August 13, 2014
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Last year was an extraordinary one for firearm sales, a year unlike any other in the industry's history. That's a fact to be mindful of when comparing estimated sales through the first seven months of 2014 with those of the previous year, notes Steve Sanetti, President and CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms and ammunition...

Girls with Guns Duo to Highlight “Save Our Heritage” Rally

3:00pm Tuesday, August 12, 2014
(Columbus, OH) – The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance’s 18th Annual “Save Our Heritage” Rally, sponsored by the Ithaca Gun Company, will be held Saturday September 20th at the Aladdin Shrine Center in Columbus. This year’s featured guests will be Norissa Harman and Jen Adams, co-owners of Girls with Guns (GWG) clothing and the stars of Universal Huntress debuting in 2015 on Sportsman Channel. The “Save...

Democrat gubernatorial candidate promotes banning private transfers of firearms

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Ohio Democrat gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald's campaign is on the rocks. So much so that last week, just 90 days before the election, typically Democrat-friendly Ohio media outlets like the Cleveland Plain Dealer began openly questioning whether FitzGerald should bow out of the race. The campaign train-wreck started at least as far back in November of 2013, with FitzGerald's choice of 2010...

Op-Ed: VPC = Very Petty Con

by Chuck Michel
3:00pm Monday, August 11, 2014
Analysis performed by gun control groups is about as thoughtful and deep as Miley Cyrus’s song lyrics. The Violence Policy Center, one of America’s oldest and most conniving Joyce Foundation funded institutions, is this week’s example. Keep in mind that the VPC has called for the banning of all handguns, declared that confusing the public about “assault weapons” is good policy, and even...

Reciprocity Mix-Up Leads to Felony Charges for Philadelphia Mom

7:00am Monday, August 11, 2014
On Tuesday [August 5], Superior Court Judge Michael Donio declined to dismiss a case for unlawful possession of a firearm against Philadelphia resident Shaneen Allen. Allen was arrested during a traffic stop last October after she volunteered to the officer that she had a firearm in her car. She mistakenly believed her Pennsylvania license to carry firearms was valid in New Jersey. This was...

Op-Ed: Halt and I Won’t Shoot

by Chuck Michel
3:00pm Friday, August 08, 2014
Cornered on his ATV by a rampaging maniac in a Northern California suburban cul-de-sac, an armed financial advisor had the legal authority to shoot his attacker in self-defense with the .45 pistol he had in his hand. He didn’t. His story is not unique, but tales like his are vastly underreported. Of the millions of annual instances of self-defense with a firearm (defensive gun use, or DGU) fewer...

Headline: Firearms group promotes self-defense

7:00am Friday, August 08, 2014
A group that trains with firearms puts down guns and picks up different self-defense techniques. The Well-Armed Woman" put on a survival workshop Tuesday night. It's a group usually known for firearms, specifically training women. But Tuesday evening the group was not at the range to shoot. The Cincinnati East chapter of The Well-Armed Woman was hosting women and men at a self-defense seminar...

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Releases Candidate Questionnaire

3:00pm Thursday, August 07, 2014
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a multi-billionaire. According to Forbes, he is the 16th richest person in the world. There's nothing wrong with being one of the richest people on the planet, but it doesn't mean you get to dictate how others lead their lives. Apparently, Bloomberg believes he is in a position to tell everyone else--especially gun owners--what's best for them and...

CCW in places of worship? No more "our insurance guy says no" excuse

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, August 07, 2014
The issue of security in places of worship has been near and dear to my heart for as long as Ohio's concealed carry law has been in place. That's because, whereas all other private property owners in the State of Ohio must choose if they want to ban legal concealed carry on their property, when it comes to places of worship, legislators chose for them. (Apparently the myth known as a First...

Op-Ed: The Social Utility of Firearms

by Chuck Michel
3:00pm Wednesday, August 06, 2014
Looking down the wrong end of a telescope gives you an entirely mistaken perspective on the universe. The Los Angeles Daily News allowed Tim Rutten to publish an opinion piece ( The dangerous illusion of Americans and their guns , May 30, 2014) that displayed just such an inverted perspective on the topic of the social utility of guns in American society. Rutten correctly noted that nearly two...

Firearms Training: How Do I Get Ready for My Next Class?

by Gary Evens
7:00am Wednesday, August 06, 2014
I've noted that many students, upon completing a basic handgun course, are eager to obtain additional training...at least that is what they say when I tell them about the next course in the sequence that they might want to take and when it will be offered. Unfortunately, few of them follow-up and actually take that course. One of the reasons may be the passage of time, because I tell students...

NSSF Issues Report on Combined Spending by Hunters and Target Shooters

3:00pm Tuesday, August 05, 2014
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- National Shooting Sports Foundation's "Hunting in America" and "Target Shooting in America" reports reveal the broad impact that spending by hunters and target shooters have on America's economy. Now, responding to demand for a combined report, NSSF has issued "Economic Impact of Hunting and Target Shooting in America," showing, among other significant statistics, that spending...

Church Safety

by Ron Borsch
7:00am Tuesday, August 05, 2014
One would imagine that among different locations, places of worship would be a safe haven and we would not have to be concerned about safety from violence there. Unfortunately, churches are not the sanctuary they once were. Here we are not talking about mere arson, assault, burglary, mugging, rape, or robbery. Even worse, churches can and have been the site of murder, multiple murders, and “Rapid...

Rolling Stone’s seven steps to winning the war against the NRA

3:00pm Monday, August 04, 2014
Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis had it right in 1963 – coincidentally, the year that Colt introduced the AR-15 to the civilian market – when he named one of his band’s classic albums “Seven Steps To Heaven.” The release features exceptionally creative improvisations by Davis, tenor saxophonist George Coleman, pianists Victor Feldman and Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummers Frank Butler and...

Gun rights advocacy starts over the backyard grill

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Monday, August 04, 2014
We all like talking about guns at the gun show. We are comfortable when surrounded by friends and family who share our passion and enthusiasm for collecting and shooting. It’s easy and enjoyable to “preach to the choir,” but we need to reach out to the “non-believers.” Too many gun owners shy away from discussing Second Amendment issues with their neighbor, school teachers, friends at church, or...

Appellate Court Upholds Privacy Law, Tells Anti-Gun Doctors to Take a Powder

3:00pm Friday, August 01, 2014
In a victory for gun owners who pay to visit doctors for medical care, and not the political opinions of their physicians, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has upheld Florida’s Firearm Owner’s Privacy Act. This law was passed after an escalating series of events in which patients were harassed or denied access to services because they refused to be interrogated by their doctors...

FASTER Class Level 2 raises concept of armed response in school to new level

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Friday, August 01, 2014
At the conclusion of the first Level 2 FASTER (Faculty & Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response) class last week, I was filled with pride. Not just a happy, proud moment, but a deep pride in a reality that far exceeded my wildest dreams. The concept of armed response in our schools has been raised to a whole new level. I was saying goodbye to teachers and school superintendents...

Op-Ed: Armed doctor saved lives

by John R. Lott
3:00pm Thursday, July 31, 2014
On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Lee Silverman undoubtedly saved many lives. Using a handgun, the Delaware County psychiatrist stopped what both police and the district attorney described as a certain mass killing at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital. The attacker, Richard Plotts, is a convicted felon, which bans him from legally owning a gun. But Pennsylvania's universal background check law did not stop him...

BACKFIRE: Bloomberg's "Everytown" for gun control ad sparks pro-gun conversation on The View

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, July 31, 2014
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's newly-minted gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety isn't getting off to a very good start, especially for a group that, like its predecessors (Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America), didn't start with the grassroots and is simply PR smoke and mirrors. At the time it was launched in April, and despite the fact that he can...

Colorado's Experience Soundly Refutes Common Anti-gun Talking Point

3:00pm Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Last month, while addressing a group of Colorado sheriffs, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper spoke on the topic of the state's 2013 measure outlawing almost all private transfers of firearms. According to the Denver Post, Hickenlooper told the sheriffs, "I think we screwed that up completely... we were forming legislation without basic facts." A new Associated Press report examining Colorado...

Biden, Bloomberg Describe Second Amendment Supporters with Vulgarities and Slurs

7:00am Wednesday, July 30, 2014
What is it with the elitist political class and their insulting, arrogant, even vulgar comments about gun owners and others who live in Heartland America? It’s been going on a long time and continues to this day, even though it gets gun control supporters nowhere. In 1985, then-New York governor Mario Cuomo said that people who oppose mandatory seat belt laws are “hunters who drink beer, don’t...

Op-Ed: New Study- Criminals Prefer Handguns, Not “Assault Weapons”

by Chuck Michel
3:00pm Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Thugs prefer handguns over any type of rifle, shotgun or other “long gun.” Go figure. According to a study published on June 16, 2014, the vast majority of guns seized from gang members, felons and drug traffickers were handguns, not fully-automatic rifles, nor even the semi-automatic modern sporting rifles deliberately mislabeled as “assault weapons” by the gun ban lobby. Why? For decades...

Bloomberg Proxy Releases Anti-Gun Manifesto; Proposes to Ban Cartoon Characters and Colors!

7:00am Tuesday, July 29, 2014
The name of U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) headlines the Kelly Report, a new manifesto identifying a long list of gun control initiatives that anti-gun activists intend to pursue in the near future. However, the document appears to be the handiwork of Michael Bloomberg, whose misleadingly-named Independence USA political action committee contributed $2.1 million to Kelly’s congressional campaign...

NSSF Statement on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Study on Traditional Ammunition and Bald Eagles

3:00pm Monday, July 28, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has made available a preview of a new study regarding traditional ammunition and mortality of bald eagles in the upper Midwest that has led to news stories misleading the public into thinking the use of traditional ammunition containing lead components is having a population-level impact on bald eagles. That is not the case. The National Shooting Sports...

Headline: 1960s Ohio State star sues over road rage arrest

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, July 28, 2014
Concealed handgun licensees are, general speaking, a law-abiding bunch - more-so than the average non-license-holder. Crimes committed by concealed handgun licensees are rare. Violent crimes committed by licensees are so rare, in fact, that statistically speaking, a law enforcement officer has been shown to be three times more likely to commit murder than a concealed handgun licensee...

FLASH: Firearms carry ban struck down in D.C. [Update: Judge stays ruling]

8:47pm Saturday, July 26, 2014
The ban on carrying of firearms by citizens in the nation’s capitol has been struck down by the United States District Court, District of Columbia, attorney Alan Gura, representing plaintiffs in Palmer vs. District of Columbia announced Saturday. "In light of Heller, McDonald, and their progeny, there is no longer any basis on which this Court can conclude that the District of Columbia's total...

NSSF's Project ChildSafe Takes Second Annual S.A.F.E Summer into Communities Nationwide

3:00pm Friday, July 25, 2014
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Project ChildSafe, in partnership with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), announces the second annual S.A.F.E Summer campaign, a part of Project ChildSafe's ongoing program to emphasize the importance of responsible firearm storage -- particularly while children are home from school and more likely to be unattended. Each month, Project ChildSafe will recognize and...

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