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M855 – A One-Year Retrospective

3:00pm Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Remember a year ago – February 13, 2015, to be precise – when the Obama administration presented a convoluted rationale by which M855, the second most popular variety of ammunition used in the nation’s most popular rifle, was to be banned? At the time, Obama’s White House spokesman said that banning M855 would be a “common sense step” about which “everyone should agree.” Banning the ammunition...

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Your Tactical Training Scenario - Robbery Turns Into Hostage Taking

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Tuesday, March 08, 2016

You and a co-worker are working late into the night. As you open the door to leave, a man bursts in and holds a gun to your head. He marches you and the co-worker to a different part of the building where the safe is located. The attacker thinks that another worker will be coming to deposit money into the safe, so he holds you there at gunpoint. After 20 minutes, the other worker hasn’t arrived...

Students: Apply Now for 2016-2017 $1,000 CMP Scholarships

by Ashley Brugnone

3:00pm Monday, March 07, 2016

CAMP PERRY, OH – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is proud to again award exemplary student-athletes in their future endeavors through its annual scholarship program for the 2016-2017 school year. The CMP offers $1,000 one-year scholarships based on merit and rifle or pistol marksmanship participation to current high school seniors. Last year, the CMP received 256 scholarships – setting...

Headline: Experiment Shows Differences Between Children With Guns in the Home and Those Without

7:00am Monday, March 07, 2016

An experiment held in Iowa by police officers and parents had some interesting findings. Police put a fake gun which could not be fired in a room and then let eight children into the room. It took a child just 15 seconds to find the gun. With parents and law enforcement watching, the children were passing the fake weapon around, aiming it and attempting to shoot it. While the result might not be...

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones calls on people to demand armed presence in schools

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Friday, March 04, 2016

Less than 24 hours after shots rang out in the cafeteria of Madison Jr./Sr. High School, Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones took to the airwaves to discuss the events that transpired, and called upon parents and teachers to demand armed school resource officers or teachers. During the interview, Jones said he that the school employs one uniformed school resource officer (SRO), and that the SRO...

Op-Ed: Kent school board made foolish decision not to learn about violence

by Jim irvine

7:00am Friday, March 04, 2016

Editor's Note: The Following op-ed was published in the New Haven Register (New Haven, CT) in response to an editorial praising a Connecticut Board of Education's rejection of a proposal to consider implementing Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program. A recent editorial declared that “Kent school board made the smart decision not to arm teachers.” (02/13/2016) The school and...

Ohio Wildlife Council Receives 2016-2017 Deer Hunting Proposals

3:00pm Thursday, March 03, 2016

COLUMBUS, OH – Proposals for Ohio’s 2016-2017 deer season dates and bag limits to remain mostly unchanged were presented at [the recent] Ohio Wildlife Council meeting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Among the noteworthy proposals was to move the two-day deer-gun season to Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 28-29. Overview of proposed deer hunting seasons for 2016-2017:...

"The Rest of the Story" on Constitutional "modernization" panel's attempts to "clarify" the right to bear arms

by Judge Pat Fischer

7:00am Thursday, March 03, 2016

Editor's Note: In the summer of 2014, Buckeye Firearms Association became aware that an obcure commission was considering "modernizing" Ohio's constitution when it comes to the right to bear arms. We provided a number of articles on the subject (see here and here and here ) which were intended to shed a great deal of light on workings of this commission. The following, written by one of the...