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BFA's Larry S. Moore named National Wild Turkey Federation/ Women in the Outdoors Hunter Education Instructor of the Year

7:00am Thursday, September 23, 2010

Buckeye Firearms Regional Leader volunteer Larry Moore was recently recognized by the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and Women in the Outdoors (WITO) as Hunter Education Instructor of the Year. The award was presented at the River Valley Longbeards annual banquet. Presenting the award was WITO Coordinator Anthony Brooks who noted, "Moore drives here to teach at our WITO event every year...

Good Samaritan couple with Ohio concealed carry licenses stop beating

3:00pm Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Cleveland area media are reporting that Wadsworth police are crediting a gun-carrying couple for helping them catch a man who was allegedly beating his girlfriend in a parking lot in front of her two small children. From NewsChannel5 (Cleveland's ABC affiliate) : Officers said the couple pulled into the Wadsworth McDonald's on High Street Sunday and saw a man hitting a woman in another vehicle...

Cleveland announces "voluntary" handgun registration - help us tell them "NO!"

7:00am Wednesday, September 22, 2010

According to WKYC.com, "Cleveland residents who want to register their handguns can do so 24 hours a day, seven days a week." Let that idea sink in for a moment. Cleveland has launched a voluntary handgun registration program. For what purpose? Are they expecting criminals to register their guns? Not likely. And if any law-abiding citizens register, what will authorities do with the information?...

Vote your conscience

3:00pm Tuesday, September 21, 2010

by Jeff Knox I've told this story before, but I think it's worth repeating. I started carrying on a regular basis over 25 years ago while I was a college student in Prescott, Arizona. I rented a room in the back of Bucky O'Neill Sporting Goods and worked part-time for J. & G. Sales, the firearms wholesaler. Guns had always been an important part of my life and that was especially true in...

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More Evidence That More Guns Equals Less Crime

7:00am Tuesday, September 21, 2010

by Don Kates (reprinted with permission) In 1997 University of Chicago economists John Lott and David Mustard published comprehensive data which showed that in the preceding 25 years in which more and more states had enacted laws requiring police to license all sane and non-criminal applicants to carry concealed weapons (CCW laws) violent crime had sharply fallen in those states. Lott &...

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Killer Empowerment Zones

3:00pm Monday, September 20, 2010

Editor's Note: This article first appeared at www.spartancops.com , and is being republished with permission of the author. by Ron Borsch The November 5th 2009 Ft. Hood TX rapid mass murder incident, as tragic as it was, should have some resultant positive ripple effects. The extended coverage time in the media commanded public attention toward two important areas that were previously not made...

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NRA-PVF Endorses Rob Portman for U.S. Senate in Ohio

7:00am Monday, September 20, 2010

The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) has announced its endorsement of Rob Portman for U.S. Senate. "I am honored to receive the endorsement of the NRA Political Victory Fund," said Rob Portman. "Our 2nd Amendment rights are under attack by forces in Washington that want to limit our Constitutional rights. I will continue fighting to protect and strengthen the rights of...

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Obama reveals anti-gun U.N. intent: Sends ex-Seattle mayor as Rep

3:00pm Friday, September 17, 2010

The appointment of anti-gun rights former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels as an alternate representative to the United Nations has removed any doubt about the Obama administration's intentions regarding global gun control initiatives, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Nickels, a founding member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns and the author of Seattle's failed...