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First Shots: Holster Selection

by Dave Dolbee

3:00pm Wednesday, August 19, 2015

One of the primary reasons people begin shopping for a holster is because they’re planning to carry a firearm concealed. Some people also like to use a holster when they head to the range, and certainly handgun competitors in the action pistol sports like IPSC, IDPA, 3-Gun and Cowboy Action also need the right holster. The biggest difference between the two is that in the first case the holster...

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Another accident as gun ban extremists continue to oppose gun accident prevention education

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, August 19, 2015

On the heels of yet another tragic, preventable accident in Ohio involving a minor child gaining unauthorized access to a loaded firearm, anti-gun State Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10) has once again run to the microphones to promote his Mandatory "Safe" Storage of Firearms legislation. Patmon has been pushing the idea, which has been tried and has failed in other states, for years now. He introduced HB...

No One Wants to Take Your Guns! (And Other Lies Gun Banners Tell)

by Jeff Knox

3:00pm Tuesday, August 18, 2015

If you follow the rights issue at all, you have undoubtedly seen claims from members of the anti-rights crowd insisting that “No one wants to take your guns!” We’ve heard this for years – decades – as enemies of liberty have leveled a ceaseless barrage of attacks on our rights. The drum-beat got particularly loud during Obama’s first presidential election, and has continued to gain volume and...

Still time to register for BFA's Close Quarters Gunfighting Class!

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Tuesday, August 18, 2015

The Buckeye Firearms Association is Ohio’s premier gun rights advocacy group. They work hard behind the scenes to ensure that the firearms/CCW rights of Ohioans remain secure. I support this group every year by teaching a couple classes. BFA gets a large percentage of the tuition fees for these classes. It’s a win/win. If you enroll in one of these classes, you get quality training and your...

Bill Seeks to Choke Off Anti-Gun "Choke Point"

3:00pm Monday, August 17, 2015

On July 30, The House Financial Services Committee marked up and passed out of committee H.R. 766, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act, which was sponsored by Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO). If this bill becomes law, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would be required to inform banks that they are not prohibited nor discouraged from servicing customers in...

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Should I Pull the Fire Alarm During a Mass Shooting?

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Monday, August 17, 2015

As more details about the Louisiana movie theater mass shooting emerge[ed last month], we learn[ed] that one of the shooting victims pulled the fire alarm to facilitate evacuation as the shooter was targeting victims. For more information about the incident, check out the link below: Hero Lafayette shooting survivor tearfully describes how she took a bullet in the leg for her friend who saved...

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Gun Control "Study" Misses the Mark Badly on Lawful Self-Defense

3:00pm Friday, August 14, 2015

Likely as a response to the growing number of American’s who have come to realize that having a firearm makes them safer, a blogger at the washingtonpost.com recently reported on a “ study ” by an anti-gun professor that attempts to discredit the utility of carrying a firearm for self-defense by placing participants into simulated self-defense scenarios. The “study” was notably prepared for the...

Headline: Mom hits bullseye with kids’ gun sports

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, August 14, 2015

Recently, Fremont's News-Messenger published an excellent article documenting the hard work one mom has put in to make sure that her kids (and many others) can enjoy the shooting sports. From the article : When Mary Ann Miller’s children became interested in 4-H shooting sports several years ago, the closest shooting club was in Ottawa County. Miller, of Fremont, talked with the local extension...