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CCW and Law Enforcement: First Impressions Matter

7:00am Thursday, April 14, 2016

What do you think when you see a man walking down the sidewalk in a nice suit, carrying a briefcase? You probably assume he's a businessperson, that he's professional and courteous, earns a good living, and presents no threat to you at all. Now what do you think when you see a man walking down the sidewalk in baggy pants with the waist down to his ankles, face hidden in a hoodie? You probably...

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Louisiana man attempts to steal gun openly-carried, is shot and killed after struggle

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Wednesday, April 13, 2016

WWL (CBS New Orleans) is reporting that a disgruntled customer was shot and killed after he tried to take an openly-carried gun from a man who followed him outside to record his license-plate number. From the article : 'We got a call around 10:15 a.m. this morning, what we call a disperse subject. Apparently, the store was having a problem with a customer," said Capt. Ron Ruple. "They were asking...

TSA rules for flying with guns and ammo

7:00am Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Travel season is upon us. Everyone knows how much trouble you can get into if you walk into an airport or try to board a plane with a firearm. But did you know that many gun owners routinely take their guns and ammo with them when they travel by air? The trick is simply to follow the rules outlined by the Transportation Security Administration : You may transport unloaded firearms in a locked...

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Weapon Malfunctions in an Active Killer Event

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Tuesday, April 12, 2016

I was recently doing some research on historic active killeer incidents and found these articles about an election night shooting in Canada. This shooting didn’t get much media traction in the USA, but it was an interesting case. Read more about it at the links below: Gun jams on active shooter in Montreal 16 Charges for Suspect in Montreal Shootings The shooter was allegedly mentally ill and...

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VIDEO: What Hunters Should Know about HSUS

7:00am Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Humanewatch.org - About 14 million Americans hunt, and those who do, support it passionately—to say nothing of the billions of dollars hunters have contributed to conservation. One of the threats to this age-old activity comes from the Humane Society of the United States. HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle has said, “We want to stigmatize hunting, we see it as the next logical target and we believe it is...

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Legal Considerations for Armed Citizens

by Gary Evens

3:00pm Monday, April 11, 2016

On November 7, 2015 I attended a seminar sponsored by the Buckeye Firearms Association in Columbus, Ohio. The featured speaker was Massad Ayoob, an internationally-known firearms and self-defense instructor and firearms law expert. He has authored numerous books and thousands of magazine articles on the topics of firearms, self-defense and the law. He has been the handgun editor of GUNS Magazine...

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March 2016 firearms sales jump 9.2% over prior year

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, April 11, 2016

As we predicted at the beginning of the year, sales of firearms continue to rise in the wake of the December 2 terrorist attack in San Bernadino, CA and President Obama's latest attempts to intimidate peaceable gun owners through executive actions. The March 2016 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,297,275 is an increase of 9.2 percent compared to...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - “I’m going to kill anyone who breaks into my house”

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Friday, April 08, 2016

(Image source: FreeImages.com/J Cash) Editor's Note: In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 19, a former University of Akron football player shot his ex-teammate in the stomach after mistaking him for a burglar after he entered the apartment unannounced and without knocking. Earlier this year, a Cincinnati man, believing his 14-year-old son was at school, fatally shot the boy in the neck...