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Avoidance: A Key Self Defense Tactic

3:00pm Thursday, April 28, 2016

Most self defense firearms training focuses on shooting tactics: grip, stance, draw, trigger control, clearing drills, and so on. This is all important stuff. When you make the decision to own or carry a firearm, you'd darned well better make sure you know what you're doing when you decide to use the gun to defend yourself or others. But because firearms instructors exist to teach you about using...

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You Might Be a Gun Criminal

by Jeff Knox

7:00am Thursday, April 28, 2016

We’ve all laughed at Jeff Foxworthy’s clever “You might be a redneck” jokes, but firearm crime is no joking matter, and there are a lot of people committing “gun crimes” every day without even knowing it. Whether you know all about guns and gun laws, or you don’t even own a gun, you might be a gun criminal. American gun laws are so convoluted and the definitions so elastic that even the Bureau of...

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Criminals think of themselves as "good people"

3:00pm Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Recently we discussed how criminals don't think the way ordinary people do . According to Stanton E. Samenow Ph.D., criminals think in stark, black and white terms that leave no room for reason, negotiation, empathy for victims. To follow up on this idea, here's another somewhat startling observation: many criminals actually view themselves as good people despite their bad actions. Here's another...

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Is deadly force legal if you HATE your attacker?

7:00am Wednesday, April 27, 2016

When we talk about using deadly force legally, we generally define it like this: Deadly force is justified only to prevent the imminent danger of death or great bodily harm. So, you're in your house minding your own business. A man bursts through the back door waving a machete. And you shoot him because you fear for your life. Pretty simple concept, right? But what if in addition to fear you also...

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Your Tactical Training Scenario - Three Difficult Disarms

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Most of the gun classes I teach involve tactics at extremely close range. When you are within arms’ reach of your assailant deflecting his muzzle or taking his gun away from him is often faster than drawing your own gun to shoot. There are lots of systems ranging from traditional martial arts to military combatives that teach gun deflections/disarms. Most work OK in the dojo or training hall, but...

NRA Members, this is CRITICAL: Have you cast your vote for Sean Maloney?

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, April 26, 2016

As many of you know, Buckeye Firearms Association's own Sean Maloney is seeking re-election to the NRA Board of Directors. If you are an NRA voting member, the March issue of your NRA magazine contained a ballot and it is vitally important that you complete and return it RIGHT NOW. TODAY! Sean has received word that his election is currently running "too close to call." That means EVERY vote...

Hillary Supporter Fact Checks Clinton: Don’t Blame Vermont for New York Crime!

3:00pm Monday, April 25, 2016

Hillary Clinton apparently wants to make sure that no matter how her current campaign fares, she will at least retain her title as the least trusted person in American politics. In campaign-panic mode on Monday [April 4], having lost the last five state caucuses to Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Clinton made another statement to be added to her ever-lengthening list of lies and...

Killing in Self Defense IS Homicide

7:00am Monday, April 25, 2016

Here's a fact many gun owners have a hard time understanding: when you take someone's life, even if you do it in self defense, it is considered a "homicide." But isn't self defense a time-honored right of every individual? Yes. Self defense is a natural right. If someone threatens you with death or great bodily harm, you have the right to defend yourself, and that includes using deadly force...