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Are you training for the wrong gunfight?

by Tom Givens

3:00pm Wednesday, May 04, 2016

The holy grail of firearms trainers and students has been to know what really happens in an armed citizen gunfight. Not in a law enforcement gunfight nor a military encounter, but in legal defensive gun uses by CCW holders. For decades we’ve bemoaned the fact while there are excellent data sources for the distances, times, conditions, shots fired, etc. on law enforcement and military gunfights,...

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Clinton Praises Connecticut Gun Ban as a National Model

7:00am Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Hillary Clinton – growing increasingly frayed over the stubborn persistence of her opponent in the Democratic Party primary – took to Connecticut recently to push her gun control message to what she hoped would be willing ears. No surprise, she combined her dual instincts for bad policy and pandering by embracing a 140-page gun control law the state passed in 2013 as a model for national...

A Robbery, a Shooting, and Citizen Intervention

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Tuesday, May 03, 2016

A Seattle TV videographer was in the right place at the right time and caught the take down of a robbery suspect on camera. The video is remarkably clear and shows just how chaotic criminal encounters can become. In the incident, a man allegedly robbed a jewelry store. As he ran out of the store, a doorman working at a nearby hotel gave chase and tackled the robber. The robber fired three shots...

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Professor: "How can I say I don't want to support students who are gun enthusiasts…"

7:00am Tuesday, May 03, 2016

More evidence that America’s institutions of higher education have given up any pretense of providing a bastion for the free exchange of ideas came this week in the form of a commentary published in the Chronicle of Higher Education . The piece, authored by an anonymous college professor, explains the author’s reluctance to write a recommendation for a former student after promising to do so. The...

5 Common Gun Control Myths

3:00pm Monday, May 02, 2016

If you've ever talked about guns or concealed carry with a group of people, you've probably encountered that one person who tried to convince everyone that guns are evil and do more harm than good. Typically, it's someone who doesn't own a gun, has never shot a gun, and knows next to nothing about guns outside of what they've seen in movies and TV shows. The myths they've come to believe are not...

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OH MY! Columbus ABC's Tom Sussi "breaks" old news on out-of-state CCW licenses

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, May 02, 2016

Judging by his performance, WSYX (Columbus ABC) reporter Tom Sussi believed he really had a major story when he "broke" the news that the training requirements to obtain concealed carry licenses from different states have different training requirements. Last week, Sussi breathlessly reported that he had obtained an out-of-state Arizona license to carry a firearm without having taken any range...

You never know when you'll have to defend yourself

3:00pm Friday, April 29, 2016

A lot of people are carrying concealed these days. But many don't carry all the time. One thing you'll hear many of these gun owners say is "Oh, I really don't have to carry when I'm going to the grocery store or safe places like that. I only carry when I'm going to be in an unfamiliar place." Here are results from a survey we did on concealed carry. When ask how often they carry, respondents...

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Are You Practicing or Plinking?

by Gary Evens

7:00am Friday, April 29, 2016

You got your concealed carry license because you were concerned that you might need to use a firearm to protect your life or the life of someone else. And, as a responsible concealed carry license holder you practice with your firearm on a regular basis. You do, don’t you? If not, you might want to reconsider your priorities. Just as you make monthly payments on your auto, home, and life...