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Cross Draw Holsters: Advantages and Disadvantages

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Recently, a couple of readers asked my opinion of cross draw holsters for carrying a small defensive revolver on the belt. The readers noted that this style of carry is comfortable and very easy to access from a seated position in a vehicle. Those are certainly worthy attributes of the cross draw position, but I still believe that most folks will be better served with a different style of holster...

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What to do when faced with violent crime

by Chris Bird

7:00am Monday, June 19, 2017

To what extent should ordinary citizens become involved in stopping violent crime and terrorism? This question has become more relevant in the age of what the police call the active shooter. For decades, law enforcement agencies, particularly big city police departments, have urged residents not to become involved, give robbers what they want, don’t fight back, call 911. According to John Lott of...

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Rifles 101: Shouldering a Rifle & Eye Dominance [Video]

7:00am Friday, June 16, 2017

Top Shot Champion Chris Cheng addresses for beginner target shooters how to shoulder a rifle based on eye dominance. Firearm instructors and experienced shooters are encouraged to watch and share these tips with newcomers to the shooting sports.

BFA Member Produces Big Screen Survival Movie in Zanesville, Ohio

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Thursday, June 15, 2017

I've been a movie aficionado since I was young. Whether it was watching Godzilla stomp Tokyo on our old black and white Zenith on Sunday afternoons, staying up late with friends to shudder at "Chilly Billy" horror movies broadcast out of Pittsburgh, or scraping up just enough spare change to go to the Court Theater in Wheeling, WV to be dazzled by sci-fi flicks such as 2001: A Space Odyssey or...

2017 Ohio State SASP Match sets new record for participation

by Thomas Kilbane

7:00am Wednesday, June 14, 2017

On May 20, 2017, the Ohio State SASP Match was held at the Cardinal Center in Marengo, Ohio. 120 individual shooters and over 200 entries (pistol and rifle) made this the largest single day match in the five year history of the program. Teams from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan participated in the match. Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) offers youth from 5th grade through college...

Fast(er) & Furious(er)

by Jim Shepherd

7:00am Tuesday, June 13, 2017

If there was ever any doubt that the Justice Department was stonewalling the Congressional investigation into the ill-fated "Fast & Furious" debacle, a 262-page report released yesterday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) should assuage them. The report lays out the fact that while most...

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Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program poised to set new records

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, June 12, 2017

I always intend to do updates through the summer as we do FASTER Saves Lives classes. There are so many great stories to tell, but I never find the time to write it down. FASTER is an acronym for Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response. It’s a program started after the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown Connecticut that helps schools be prepared to stop armed killers. The FASTER...

Dayton RTA reverses illegal ban on concealed carry

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, June 09, 2017

13 years after the Ohio Attorney General first declared bans on concealed carry on city busses to be illegal, the Dayton Daily News is reporting that the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (or RTA, the city's public bussing system) has approved a change in their policies to allow concealed carry on city busses. This author has been reporting on Dayton RTA's illegal ban on concealed carry...