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BREAKING NEWS: Ohio Attorney General Rejects Background Check Petition

4:08pm Thursday, June 20, 2019

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today rejected a summary of a petition for a proposed law that would expand background checks for firearm sales. On June 10, the attorney general’s office received a written petition to amend the Ohio Revised Code by initiated statute, entitled “An Act to Close Loopholes in Background Checks on Gun Sales.” The attorney general’s role is to determine whether the...

FASTER Trauma Training put to use TWICE in May

by Joe Eaton

7:00am Thursday, June 20, 2019

The month of May was national 'Stop the Bleed' month and staff from two different schools had to use the training and equipment they received from FASTER Saves Lives in two different emergencies! The trauma medical portion of the FASTER Level 1 class is valuable inside and outside of schools, not only for injuries resulting from violence, but from any other emergency such as severe weather or...

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Does a Suppressed Pistol Sound like a Nail Gun?

7:00am Wednesday, June 19, 2019

In response to reports that the Virginia Beach shooter used a firearm suppressor in carrying out his terrible crime, David Chipman, Senior Policy Advisor for the Giffords gun control group, claimed that a suppressed pistol is especially dangerous because the noise associated with the firearm is difficult to distinguish from a nail gun. As per usual for claims Chipman and his employer make about...

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Cincinnati woman uses gun to defend self and five children when ex-boyfriend invades home

7:00am Tuesday, June 18, 2019

WCPO (ABC Cincinnati) reported recently that a Cincinnati woman was able to use a firearm to defend herself from a violent home invasion carried out by an ex-boyfriend. From the article : The shooting happened at about 4:30 a.m. at Ring Place. Dante Ruff is accused of breaking into the woman’s home through a front window. She shot him in the abdomen, Sgt. Andrew Fusselman said. First responders...

HB 178 (Constitutional Carry, Concealed Weapons License & Remove Duty to Notify) scheduled for 7th hearing, possible vote

7:00am Monday, June 17, 2019

Representative John Becker (R-Union Twp, Clermont Co.), who chairs the House Federalism Committee, has announced a seventh hearing for House Bill 178 (Constitutional Carry, Concealed Weapons License & Remove Duty to Notify) on Wednesday, June 19 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 121. The chair has indicated that amendments may be offered, and that the bill may be given a vote either at this hearing, or on...

The Media and their Lies: An NRA Board Member's Perspective

by Linda Walker

7:00am Friday, June 14, 2019

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” - First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. As a Constitutionalist, I believe our...

Training Scars

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Thursday, June 13, 2019

Training scars...we all have them. I’m not talking about training scars like the black eye you get when your partner goes a little too hard while sparring or the scars you get when you cut your finger trying to quickly open your fighting knife. The training scars I’m talking about are the unintentional bad habits you have acquired during the course of your training. All training, no matter how...

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Astroturf gun control group in Ohio pushing for "universal" background check ballot initiative

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Ohio news media are gushing this week over a so-called "grassroots" gun control group in Ohio - a group which is promoting a "universal" background checks ballot initiative. From the Columbus Dispatch : Ohio voters might have the opportunity to decide whether to require background checks for gun purchases at the same time they vote for president in the 2020 election. Ohioans for Gun Safety...