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Flying with Firearms - Get the Facts

7:00am Monday, September 25, 2017
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has established specific requirements for transporting firearms and ammunition in checked baggage on commercial aircraft, including the following: All firearms or ammunition must be checked with the air carrier as luggage or inside checked luggage. Firearms, firearms parts, and ammunition are prohibited from carry-on baggage. Firearm parts include...

2017 National Hunting and Fishing Day is September 23

by Richard Childress
7:00am Friday, September 22, 2017
Throughout my life, I have been blessed with a love and passion for the outdoors. From hunting big game out West to bass fishing in North Carolina, I have a lifetime of cherished memories shared with family and friends. Being in the outdoors brings me pleasure, exhilaration, peace of mind and a sense of wonderment. My life outdoors is as much a part of me as auto racing. This lifetime love began...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program featured on CBS Evening News

by Chad D. Baus & Joe Eaton
7:00am Thursday, September 21, 2017
On Tuesday, September 19, CBS Evening News' Nikki Battiste reported on Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program. The report marks the first time a national news service has done in person coverage of the FASTER Saves Lives training. We have seen print coverage from FOX News, CNN and others in the past, but the Level 2 class this past July was the first time a national news program...

Substitute HB 142 has sixth hearing, reported favorably by committee

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Wednesday, September 20, 2017
I was on hand to testify for Substitute HB 142 as it had its sixth hearing and was reported favorably by the House Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations by a 9-2 bi-partisan vote. The bill now awaits a vote by the full House, which would send it to the Senate for further deliberation. There has been much confusion about the bill. Several legislators indicated they have received calls...

Sub. HB 142 (Modify LEO Notification) Explained; 6th Hearing, Possible Vote Today

by Jim Irvine
7:00am Tuesday, September 19, 2017
This afternoon, I will testify before the House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee in support of Substitute HB 142. That testimony is included at the end of this article. Committee chair Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) has designated the bill for a possible vote. Over the past few days, there has been much misunderstanding/misinformation about what this substitute bill would and would not...

Senate Bill 180 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization) scheduled for first hearing

7:00am Monday, September 18, 2017
Senator Kevin Bacon (R-Minerva Park), who chairs the Judiciary Committee, has announced a first hearing for Senate Bill 180 (Concealed Carry Modernization) on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 10:15 a.m. in the North Hearing Room. The committee will consider sponsor testimony. SB 180, introduced last month by Sens. Joe Uecker (R-Miami Twp.) and Jay Hottinger (R-Newark), seeks to reform the state's...

Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll Throws Wrench in Anti-gun Agenda

7:00am Friday, September 15, 2017
[Last] week, the Wall Street Journal and NBC News released the results of a 1200 person survey that measured Americans’ opinions on a host of political issues. Included were a handful of questions that gauged Americans’ attitudes on gun rights and gun control. The results should serve to bolster the position of gun rights advocates and prompt bouts of anxiety among anti-gun activists and...

House committee adopts Sub HB 142 (Modify LEO notification); Chair signals vote coming soon

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, September 14, 2017
On Tuesday, September 12, the House Federalism & Interstate Relations Committee, chaired by Rep. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson), reviewed and adopted a substitute version of Rep. Scott Wiggam's (R-Wooster) House Bill 142. As originally introduced, HB 142 sought to eliminate the requirement that, when detained for a law-enforcement purpose, a concealed handgun license (CHL) holder must "promptly...

NRA Applauds Reintroduction and Expansion of SHARE Act

7:00am Wednesday, September 13, 2017
On Sept. 1, U.S. Congressman Jeff Duncan introduced H.R. 3668, the Sportsman’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act (SHARE Act) , a wide-ranging package of legislation aimed at promoting Second Amendment rights and America’s outdoor sporting traditions. Different versions of the SHARE Act have been pending for a number of years, and the legislation has passed the U.S. House of...

"New" group behind proposed ballot initiative to mandate background checks is same old anti-gun rights crowd

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Last week, a "newly-formed" group calling itself "Ohioans for Gun Safety" announced a press conference to discuss their goal to launch a "common sense" ballot initiative to mandate background checks between private individuals in Ohio. Both the Columbus Dispatch and WCMH (NBC Columbus) covered the event, providing quotes from: a father whose son was killed by a gang-banger and believes a...

HB142 (Repeal LEO notification) scheduled for 5th hearing in House committee

7:00am Monday, September 11, 2017
Chairwoman Kristina Roegner (R-37) has announced that the House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee will be holding a 5th hearing on Rep. Scott Wiggam's HB 142 (Repeal LEO notification) on Tuesday, September 12 at 2:30 p.m. in Room 115. The committee will be considering a substitute bill that is slated to be introduced. In its original form, House Bill 142 seeks to repeal requirements...

The Post-Recall Ruger Mark IV

by Rich Grassi
7:00am Friday, September 08, 2017
Everyone who owns the excellent Ruger Mark IV 22 pistol should be aware of the safety recall – and should be in line to get their guns updated. A Ruger Mark IV Target has just made the trip back from the recall, making it a good time to take it to the range and see what's changed. There are certain guns in the line that were found to fire if the safety lever was moved only part-way between "fire...

NRA Condemns U.S. Virgin Island Firearm Confiscation Plan

7:00am Thursday, September 07, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association on Tuesday announced its strong opposition to the order signed by U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp allowing the government to seize personal firearms and ammunition ahead of Hurricane Irma. The NRA is prepared to engage the legal system to halt the unconstitutional order. "People need the ability to protect themselves during times of natural...

Infographic: Hunters Saved Species with the Reintroduction & Management of Wildlife

7:00am Wednesday, September 06, 2017
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) understands that hunting can be a counterintuitive subject for some, so we’ve created this infographic to help explain the sustainable system of wildlife management and restoration that allows Americans to hunt under regulations that contribute to maintaining healthy animal populations and habitat. This conservation model brought species like Rocky...

Buckeye Firearms Association Joins Campaign to Save Ohio Shooting Ranges

7:00am Tuesday, September 05, 2017
Unless something is done to upgrade and repair the state's network of decaying public shooting ranges, Ohio's 4 million gun owners will see declines in the availability of places to safely shoot, train, and sight in guns. To help address this growing problem, Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) has joined forces with the Sportsmen's Alliance and other leading sporting organizations and gun clubs...

Repudiated at the Polls, National Democrats Continue to Push Gun Control

7:00am Friday, September 01, 2017
Recent weeks have seen a heated debate involving national Democratic Party figures over how to approach the issue of abortion in a manner that would allow the party to be more competitive in portions of the country dominated by Donald Trump and the Republicans in the 2016 election. Such soul-searching is to be expected for a party that does not hold either chamber of Congress or the presidency...

Guns Trickle in to Australia Turn-in

7:00am Thursday, August 31, 2017
U.S. policymakers, NRA-ILA, and even some of the most ardent anti-gun researchers, have long understood that gun turn-in programs do not hinder criminal violence. Despite the overwhelming evidence, the Land Down Under is currently in the midst of a National Firearms Amnesty program that aims to rid the country of its illegally possessed guns. Given the results so far, it appears unlikely the...

Report on Heller Aftermath Reinforces Urgent Need for Congressional Action

7:00am Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Award-winning journalist John Stossel published a report [recently] that provides a timely reminder that – nearly a decade after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller – law abiding gun owners are still routinely persecuted and punished for exercising their rights. Stossel’s report profiled harmless travelers caught up in New York City’s draconian approach to gun...

Mike DeWine joins 20 other state attorneys general to defend Second Amendment rights

7:00am Tuesday, August 29, 2017
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Twenty-one state Attorneys General have filed a joint amici curiae, or “friends of the court,” brief supporting the petitioning of the U.S. Supreme Court by plaintiffs, including the National Shooting Sports Foundation, to take up Kolbe v. Hogan , the case in which the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Maryland could ban semi-automatic modern sporting rifles on grounds they...

F Stands for FAIL: Magnets – 1, “Smart Gun” Technology – 0

7:00am Monday, August 28, 2017
The news broke [recently] that the “smart gun” which many gun control advocates hoped would usher in the brave new world of mandatory user recognition technology is … if not exactly a fraud … a good example of common arguments made against smart guns. According to an article in Wired magazine , the $1,800 .22 LR pistol that made such a splash with gun controllers upon its debut is easily hacked...

Arming Teachers, a Countermeasure to Active Killers

by Ron Borsch
7:00am Friday, August 25, 2017
As a retired law enforcement officer, in my second career of training police officers, one of my proprietary courses was Tactical 1st Responder ©, the responses to Rapid Mass Murder©, which was eventually attended by officers from ten states. Having researched Rapid Mass Murder© by the random acts of active killers back to 1975, I discovered that the primary target of this type of homicide was...

Op-Ed: FBI Report on Congressional Baseball Shooting Quietly Debunks Gun-Controllers’ Talking Points

by Charles C. W. Cooke
7:00am Thursday, August 24, 2017
The FBI has published a brief report on the shooting in Alexandria. It is devastating to the idea that the gun-control measures presently coveted by the Democratic party would have done something to prevent the attack. Over the past two decades, Democrats have focused on three major proposals for reform. They are: 1) That all private transfers should be contingent upon a federal background check...

Justice Department Terminates and Repudiates Operation Chokepoint

7:00am Wednesday, August 23, 2017
[Last] week the Department of Justice made clear that the Obama Administration’s underhanded attack on the gun industry using the banking system - better known as Operation Chokepoint - is over. In a strongly-worded letter to U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) dated August 16, Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd assured the chairman that the operation has been...

Ohio judge returns fire after being ambushed; attacker dead

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Media outlets around the country are reporting that Jefferson County, Ohio Common Pleas Judge Joseph J. Bruzzese Jr. was able to protect his own life by using his concealed handgun to return fire after being ambushed outside the courthouse in Steubenville on Monday. His assailant was eventually shot dead by a nearby probation officer. Another man who was accompanying the attacker is currently in...

Nearly 1100 Teachers and Staff Members in 12 States Get "Armed" Active Killer Training

by Jim irvine
7:00am Monday, August 21, 2017
When an active killer targets a school, the standard protocol is to wait for law enforcement to arrive on the scene to stop the violence. In 2013, that protocol started to change for many schools, with the introduction of the FASTER Saves Lives program , which provides lethal force training and medical response to teachers and staff members. Now, after five years, FASTER Saves Lives has trained...

Ohio Boy Scout installs FASTER Trauma Kits in school, trains teachers on use

7:00am Friday, August 18, 2017
In 2014, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced an initiative to put a trauma kit in every school building in Ohio. Now, one Boy Scout from northwest Ohio accomplished that goal by providing kits and medical training to his local school as an Eagle project. Levi Baus, a 15-year-old Life Scout from rural Archbold, Ohio, recently completed an extensive Eagle project involving the purchase and...

Appeals Court Schools D.C. on Heller’s Meaning, Invalidates “May-Issue” Concealed Carry Licensing

7:00am Thursday, August 17, 2017
In a major development in the ongoing effort to restore the Second Amendment in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion on Tuesday [July 25] that would effectively require D.C. officials to make concealed carry licenses available on a “shall-issue” basis. The court’s decision comes in the combined cases of Wrenn v. D.C. and Grace v. D.C...

The Media's (and Retailers') One Dimensional Viewpoint on Softening Gun Sales

by Jim Shepherd
7:00am Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Instructors, whether they're teaching driving, flying, tactical shooting or scuba diving share a common viewpoint on tunnel vision: generally speaking, it's a bad thing. Tunnel vision focuses you on a single point when you should still be thinking wide. Tunnel vision is how a child learning to ride a bicycle can invariably center-punch a tree surrounded by open yard. They were focused on the tree...

Poll Shocker: “Overwhelming” Support for More Background Checks is Actually Rather Underwhelming

7:00am Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Lacking evidence that gun control restrictions reduce crime or enhance public safety, proponents of such measures seek to justify them by misleading messages, misciting statistics, or pointing to a “groundswell” of popular support, alleging that an overwhelming majority of the general public/gun owners/NRA members/Green Party voters support whatever new restriction it is that’s being proposed...

SHOCK: Persons obtain 70+ firearms without background check

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, August 14, 2017
According to so-called "common-sense" gun control extremists like Mark Kelley's "Americans for Responsible Solutions," all we have to do to keep criminals from gaining access to firearms is to mandate that a background check be done before all transfers of firearms. Pass "universal" background checks, we're told, close the "gun show loophole," we're told, and we can stop mass shootings! Indeed,...

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