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Justice Thomas speaks: Misdemeanors and the Constitution

by Jeff Knox

7:00am Thursday, April 07, 2016

“One question … This is a misdemeanor violation. It suspends a constitutional right. Can you give me another area where a misdemeanor violation suspends a constitutional right?” With that “one question,” two weeks after the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, and one week after the unofficial anniversary of a decade of silence during oral arguments in the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence...

Class review: “Understanding and Training the Female Shooter"

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Wednesday, April 06, 2016

I first met Lou Ann Hamblin more than 10 years ago at a police training conference organized by the now -defunct American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers. The conference brought together all of the biggest names in the police training business, putting on a bewildering array of classes. In between classes, several other events were designed to keep us all occupied. One such event was a...

"My gun is bigger than yours": Armed robbers surrender to armed Cleveland deli owner

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Cleveland.com is reporting that a Cleveland deli owner turned the tables on two armed robbers who he believed were about to murder he and a friend who was helping him run the store. From the article : The owner was manning the store about 9:45 p.m. and talking to a friend who was helping him run the shop, police reported. Two masked men burst into the pointing guns and demanded money. A man...

The Distance Bias

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Think about your last firearms training session. From which distance did you spend the majority of your time shooting? Next question... When you visualize possible scenarios when you might have to defend yourself with a firearm, how far do you imagine the criminal shooting at you will be? If you are like most shooters, you tend to both practice for and imagine scenarios that are far different...

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High Court Opinion Hardly the “Stunning” Reaffirmation of Heller Some Portray It to Be

7:00am Tuesday, April 05, 2016

On Monday, [March 21] the U.S. Supreme Court caught both friends and foes of the Second Amendment off guard with a summary opinion in the case of Caetano v. Massachusetts, ordering the state’s highest court to reconsider its decision that stun guns are not protected under the Second Amendment. While a clear rebuke to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for its superficial treatment of the...

The Principals of Personal Defense: Alertness

by Gary Evens

3:00pm Monday, April 04, 2016

Lieutenant Colonel John Dean “Jeff” Cooper (1920-2006) is widely recognized as the father of the “modern technique of the pistol”. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Following his military service he became a part-time high school and community college history teacher. He was involved in competitive handgun shooting and became a firearms instructor. He...

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URGENT: Tell Senate and Governor Kasich it's time to move gun rights legislation

by Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, April 04, 2016

There's time for talk, and there's time for action. And if you are one of the nearly one-half million concealed handgun license-holders in the state of Ohio, or if you support the right to bear arms, today is a day for ACTION. House Bill 48, introduced over a year ago by Rep. Ron Maag, and passed by the Ohio House nearly half a year ago by an overwhelming 68-29 vote, has seen very little action...

Pinocchio's Greatest Hits

3:00pm Friday, April 01, 2016

Hillary Clinton Always Does What's Right? CNN reported [recently] that former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, now a gun control advocate campaigning for Hillary Clinton for president, told the news organization, “Time and time again, Hillary has done and said what is right.” But if you’re not so sure about that, you aren’t alone. Gallup reports that when asked for the first word or phrase that...