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Ohio concealed handgun licensees involved in separate self-defense incidents

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, January 08, 2015

According to news accounts, two Ohio concealed handgun license-holders, one from Toledo and one from Cincinnati, were involved in separate incidents in which they were forced to defend their lives from violent attackers. Cincinnati's CBS affiliate, WKRC, reported recently that a North Fairmount homeowner was forced to shoot a man who police say was trying to break into his residence. Under Ohio's...

Gun Safety Begins With You

by Tom McHale

3:00pm Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Did you know? The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Project ChildSafe program helps coordinate distribution of firearm safety kits which include a free cable-style gun lock. Since Project ChildSafe’s inception, more than 36 million safety kits have been donated throughout the U.S. Firearm-related fatalities in the U.S. have been decreasing consistently since record keeping began in 1903 and...

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Choosing a Handgun to Carry Concealed is an Exercise in the Art of Compromise

by Gary Evens

7:00am Wednesday, January 07, 2015

It seems there is a lot of discussion on the various firearms blogs over the merits of one particular model/style of handgun over another for concealed carry. The reality is that there is no “ideal” concealed carry handgun that meets everyone’s needs. ...[T]he handgun you end up using for your personal protection will inevitably be a compromise. Usually that “compromise” involves the size (and...

Anti-Gun Groups: Even Their Names Are Lies

by Jeff Knox

3:00pm Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Advocates for gun control are liars. They specialize in taking some little snippet of fact and presenting it in a way that totally misrepresents reality. Statements like “3000 children are killed with guns every year,” don’t inform people that most of those “children” are late-teen gang-bangers who are actually killed by adults, or that accidental firearm deaths among children and youths have...

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California police shooting exposes impotence of 'toy gun control' laws

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, January 06, 2015

On November 23, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published an article entitled " In wake of Cleveland boy's shooting death, Ohio lawmaker to introduce legislation requiring that BB guns, air guns be brightly colored ," in which the author discussed legislation that is being promoted by Rep. Alicia Reece (D - Cincinnati), requiring all BB guns, air rifles and airsoft guns sold in Ohio to be brightly...

New Guns: What to Do When You Take Them Home

by Tisma Juet

3:00pm Monday, January 05, 2015

Everyone takes several factors into consideration when purchasing a firearm. What am I planning on using it for—personal protection, hunting or target shooting? Of those firearms that fit my uses, how do I narrow the field and make a choice? Does the gun I like fit me physically? Are the features and cosmetics enough for me? One question that should be at the top of everyone’s list is where and...

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2015 - The Year Ahead

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, January 05, 2015

Every year I do one of these stories, so this year is no different. Except that it is. Normally it’s pretty easy for me to forecast broadly what will happen legislatively because we are always working with people and know what is planned. But this year could go in so many different directions, that this is much more of a guess than in prior years. With that disclaimer, here is what I see...

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Hard Facts: More Guns but Less Crime

by Jeff Knox

3:00pm Friday, January 02, 2015

Crime and criminal violence tend to go up or down due to a variety of factors, many of them apparently not yet identified by criminologists and sociologists. Poverty, the economy, unemployment, and illegal drugs are frequently point[ed] to as major factors, but for the past 7 years, as the US has gone through one of the worst recessions in our nation’s history, [and] while we’ve seen high...