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Dispatch: Pro-gun group spending big dough to offer arms training for teachers

7:00am Thursday, June 27, 2013

by Chad D. Baus This week, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced the launch of an ambitious program. Now that we've created and tested our "active killer" response training program, otherwise known as FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response), with 24 teachers, it's time to roll it out on a bigger scale. The Foundation has just announced that it will commit to funding...

Outrage of the Week: Bloomberg Gun Control Group Claims Terrorist was "Victim of Gun Violence"

7:00am Thursday, June 27, 2013

This week's outrage comes to us from New Hampshire, where New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun group--Mayors Against Illegal Guns--labeled a terrorist as a "victim of gun violence." As part of a gun control rally this week in Concord, a MAIG-sponsored "No More Names" tour bus arrived and anti-gun organizers read the names of those "killed with guns" since the shooting at Sandy Hook...

Press Club of Toledo to host forum on firearms

3:00pm Wednesday, June 26, 2013

TOLEDO, OH. -- Gun control and mass shootings are much in the news these days and the Press Club of Toledo has put together a session to educate the news media on the topics. Pressing Issues, a regular program of the Press Club, will feature a panel comprised of a weapons expert, lawman, school administrator, concealed-carry instructor, and a seasoned news manager to discuss the topic from...

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2013 Buckeye Firearms Youth Shoot - ONLY $5 PER SHOOTER!

7:00am Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Would you like to give your kids a fun weekend they'll never forget? Enter them in the 2013 Buckeye Firearms Youth Shoot. Entry is just $5.00 per shooter. This is an annual 2-day event that's fun for the whole family. Set up camp. Give your kids two full days of rifle and trap shooting plus an introduction to handgun and skeet for youth with a little more experience. Trophies will be awarded in...

House committee holds first hearing on HB210 (Prohibit Law Enforcement Destruction of Firearms)

3:00pm Tuesday, June 25, 2013

by Chad D. Baus State Rep. John Becker delivered sponsor testimony on House Bill 210 Tuesday before the House Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security committee. HB 210 would prohibit law enforcement agencies from destroying an unclaimed or forfeited firearm, requiring them to instead sell the property to a federally licensed firearms dealer all which are legal for persons to possess,...

What can gun owners do in the face of attempts to destroy the Second Amendment?

7:00am Tuesday, June 25, 2013

by Frank Miniter [The Outdoor Wire's] Jim Shepherd challenged me by saying, "As the author of The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide - my favorite book on how to be a man - I'd like you to write an essay on what America's gun owners should be doing now to defend freedom." Then he told me about www.MyTime2Stand.com and his road trip for freedom. I thought on all this a while and wondered when a person...

76.9% of firearms retailers report increased sales of AR-15's in 2012; 25.8% of customers are first-time buyers

3:00pm Monday, June 24, 2013

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- For the past five years, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has surveyed federally licensed firearms retailers across the country to find out what products are the biggest sellers and who is buying. NSSF has just issued the latest version of that report from an online survey conducted last month. The data shows which types of firearms and ammunition were most popular in...

How to Survive a Mass Shooting

7:00am Monday, June 24, 2013

by Greg Ellifritz In the wake of the Santa Monica College shooting, multiple news outlets are running stories purporting to provide tips about "surviving a mass shooting." Depending on the author and the source, some of these are pretty decent. Some, on the other hand are horrible. Take this one written by John Matthews for FOX News. It starts out with some decent information but rapidly devolves...