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BFA-sponsored Protecting Houses of Worship class earns participants' praise

by Angela Armstrong

6:00am Thursday, September 25, 2025

A recent "Protecting Houses of Worship" training brought together community members, church leaders, and safety volunteers with a shared mission: to safeguard places of worship while preserving their welcoming environment. Here's what participants had to say about it.

NRA files brief in challenge to federal suppressor registration mandate

6:00am Wednesday, September 24, 2025

The National Rifle Association, American Suppressor Association, and Independence Institute filed an amicus brief Sept. 17, urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to grant rehearing en banc (in full court) in a challenge to the National Firearms Act’s registration requirement for suppressors.

Ohio House bill would let certain officials carry concealed firearms in government facilities

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Tuesday, September 23, 2025

A new gun-related bill introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives would give certain state officials, judges, and magistrates permission to carry a concealed handgun in a government facility of the state or a political subdivision.

Protecting Houses of Worship - November 1 in Mayfield Heights

6:00am Monday, September 22, 2025

Does your church or organization have a security team ready to go and are they prepared to counter an active killing event? This all-new training class scheduled Nov. 1 at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Heights is designed as an intro to help identify security needs, as well as organizational and team training standards.

What politicians said about gun laws after Charlie Kirk assassination

by Larry Keane

6:00am Friday, September 19, 2025

Following the heinous political assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, during a peaceful public event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, several politicians have hinted at their renewed commitment to passing new gun control laws.

Latest 'survey' shows why Johns Hopkins project is special interest, not research

by Salam Fatohi

6:00am Thursday, September 18, 2025

The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Gun Violence Solutions released its 2025 National Survey of Gun Policy. Unsurprisingly, the report states it surveyed twice as many non-gun owners as gun owners and 500 more self-described Democrats than self-described Republicans. Keep that in mind when considering these “findings.”

Gun rights update: 90% of states now have open carry

by Dean Weingarten

6:00am Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The number of states that ban the open carry of firearms has again been reduced to five. On Sept. 10, 2025, Florida’s First District Court of Appeal published a unanimous opinion that the Florida ban on the open carry of firearms in public is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment and cannot be enforced in Florida.

Armed citizens: more than an America-only concept

6:00am Tuesday, September 16, 2025

You'll frequently see stories about law-abiding citizens here in the United States who, by exercising their rights protected under the Second Amendment, bring an end to violent criminal assaults. Occasionally, stories like that occur in other countries. Israel, for example, has seen firsthand the value of loosening gun restrictions recently.