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September 2014 Firearms Sales Checks Second Highest September on Record

3:00pm Monday, October 13, 2014

The September 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of1,024,272 is the second highest September on record for the 16-year-old system, even with a decrease of 1.0 percent compared to the September 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,034,701. For comparison, the unadjusted September 2014 NICS figure of 1,447,485 reflects a 4.0 percent increase from the...

Sick Joke: MSNBC and States United Blame NRA for Ebola Crisis

7:00am Monday, October 13, 2014

In what appears to be an attempt to upstage Louis Farrakhan’s assertion that Ebola is an invented “race-targeting weapon,” MSNBC and gun control organization States United are pointing the finger at NRA for the ongoing public health crisis. According to their “logic,” NRA’s opposition to Obama’s nomination of anti-gun activist Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General has exacerbated the Ebola crisis, as...

Plain Dealer op-ed analyses BFA PAC 2014 grades and endorsements

by Chad D. Baus & Ken Hanson

3:00pm Friday, October 10, 2014

The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently published an op-ed from the newspaper's former editorial director, Brent Larkin, which focused entirely on Buckeye Firearms Association PAC's 2014 candidate grades and endorsements . The op-ed, entitled "Ohio's gun-lobby report card is all about ownership -- of state lawmakers", beings with this: Report cards are out . Students have learned their lessons well...

Guns & Ammo "Best States for Concealed Carry" shows Ohio legislators have a LOT of work to do

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, October 10, 2014

Although Republicans have been in control of the General Assembly and governor's mansion for the past 4 years, no pro-gun rights legislation has been sent to the governor's desk in 3.5 years. That lack of progress shows in the state's fall in Guns & Ammo's ranking of the Best Concealed Carry States from 39th in 2013 to 41st in 2014. The 50 united States and Washington D.C. are ranked by Guns...

Ohio’s Antlerless Deer Muzzleloader Hunting Season Oct. 11-12, 2014

3:00pm Thursday, October 09, 2014

AKRON, OH - The white-tailed deer antlerless muzzleloader hunting season returns to Ohio on October 11-12, 2014. Hunters checked 5,608 antlerless deer during the 2013-2014 season. It is legal to hunt antlerless deer with a muzzleloader or bow during this two-day season. No antlered deer may be harvested regardless of hunting implement. Antlerless deer include deer without antlers and deer with...

Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2014 CHL statistics; Record demand for CHLs continues

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Thursday, October 09, 2014

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2014. Even though over 22,000 licenses expired during the quarter, Ohio still increased the total number of licenses by almost 8,000. There were 16,004 new Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs) issued during the quarter, about the same as the first quarter. There were an...

Concealed Carry Fashion Show a "tremendous success"

by Amanda Suffecool

3:00pm Wednesday, October 08, 2014

The REALIZE Firearms Awareness Coalition’s Concealed Carry Fashion Show, held Wednesday, September 17th in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was a tremendous success. The show, held in conjunction with the Northeastern Ohio chapters of A Girl and A Gun, presented the "conceal" aspects of concealed carry of firearms as a walk down the fashion runway. Twelve live models, volunteers from the local A Girl and A...

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Report: Number of armed teachers to increase at Lawrence County schools

by Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine

7:00am Wednesday, October 08, 2014

WOWK (CBS Huntington, WV) is reporting that school officials have confirmed that teachers in the Rock Hill School District have been carrying guns to class for the past year and a half, and that they decided to make the fact public as a further deterrent measure after a recent rash of school threats in Ironton and Greenup County. From the article : We live in a culture where we can no longer just...