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As poll collapse continues, Democrats pull ad buys for once-pro-gun turncoat Ted Strickland

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, September 06, 2016

The news media were awash last week with news that monies originally intended to influence what some expected to be a very close Senate race are being pulled from Ohio. From Cleveland.com : As I report, the Koch brothers network has pulled about $2.1 million worth of ads next month, citing U.S. Sen. Rob Portman's "strong position in the race." The Kochs' move came after the Democratic Senatorial...

Buy a Ruger, help the NRA-ILA fight to protect the Second Amendment

3:00pm Friday, September 02, 2016

Fellow NRA Supporter, With summer drawing to a close, we Americans are now less 100 days from the most important election cycle in modern history. Though it may seem a bit cliché to label it as such, never has so much been at stake where our constitutional rights are concerned. With the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches all figuratively up for grabs, this November stands to serve as a...

Avoid the mistakes made by these Ohio CHL-holders facing potential charges

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, September 02, 2016

With the number of concealed handgun license-holders skyrocketing in Ohio and across the country, there are bound to be a few more headlines mentioning incidents where a CHL-holder makes a mistake. As we take note of a few recent cases below, for the purposes of education and prevention, it is important to keep in mind that the revocation rate for concealed handgun licenses in the Buckeye state...

9 ways your firearm can be attacked in court

3:00pm Thursday, September 01, 2016

To most level-headed people, a gun is a gun is a gun. So the equipment you own or carry shouldn't matter if you find yourself in court after a self defense shooting. After all, when your life is on the line, you're going to use whatever weapon you have at hand. But as crazy as it seems, some prosecutors will do anything to get a conviction, and that includes trying to turn a jury against you...

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BFA PAC announces second round of 2016 endorsements

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Thursday, September 01, 2016

We started this year’s endorsements with Sheriffs because they have best exemplified the role of doing their job in service to Ohio voters, especially concealed handgun license-holders. For the second round, we tackle statewide races , including Supreme Court justices and the U.S. Senate. We've also added a few more local candidates. In this round we have endorsed three candidates for Ohio...

Guns vs. The Environment

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Here’s the short version of the article: the environment wins. Last week I wrote an article about how I was incapacitated after surgery and needed to change the gun I normally carry. I chose to carry my S&W 351C revolver. I had been carrying it for about a week when I went to shoot it. The cylinder wouldn’t open. This is a revolver. They never malfunction, right? Wrong. The cylinder wouldn’t...

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Poll: Trump wins 85% of Ohio gun owners

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Wednesday, August 31, 2016

During every election cycle, we are barraged with polling data. Who's up and who's down. Who people trust and who people don't. Whatever your interest, issue, or affiliation, there's a poll on it. One of the more interesting types of polls are "election trial heats," where pollsters ask which candidate people would vote for if they were to vote at that moment. Attitudes can change rapidly in an...

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When the Criminal is Armed with Pepper Spray

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Tuesday, August 30, 2016

It finally happened. After nearly 21 years of police work, a couple weeks ago I was threatened by a person wielding pepper spray. I’ve sprayed lots of criminals over the years and been sprayed by some errant shots from other cops on the street, but that was the first time I had ever been confronted by a suspect threatening to use pepper spray against me. We had been dispatched to a suicide...