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Reality Check: The True Intent Of The Second Amendment

7:00am Monday, December 07, 2015

The Second Amendment - so controversial, so contentious... So hard to understand? What if everything you know about the Second Amendment is wrong? This is a Reality Check you won't see anywhere else.

Your Tactical Training Scenario - An Unnecessary Shooting

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Friday, December 04, 2015

Those of us who train to use defensive firearms often think about scenarios where we might have to shoot an attacker. But how often do we think about alternate courses of action in situations where we might still be legal to shoot. Just because we legally CAN shoot someone, doesn’t mean that it’s always the best idea to do it. Put yourself in this situation… You are at a bar with your significant...

Report: Cleveland’s new gun offender registry has zero takers in first month

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, December 04, 2015

What happens when an anti-gun rights mayor passes a new gun control law and no one complies? That question has now been answered in the City of Cleveland. According to WEWS, Cleveland's ABC affiliate, Tuesday December 2 marked a month since Cleveland's controversial gun registry program went active and, in 30 days, not one person has registered . The law, which Mayor Frank Jackson claimed would...

Ohio sheriffs urge citizens to obtain concealed handgun licenses to protect against terror

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Thursday, December 03, 2015

Dayton's WHIO (AM 1290) is reporting that two Ohio county sheriffs took to Twitter in the hours after news of the attack in San Bernadino, CA to urge Ohioans to obtain concealed handgun licenses. From the article : Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones in a Twitter exchange called on people to get a conceal and carry permit. “I have said it in the past and I said it (Wednesday) , people should get...

Reality Check: Can Armed Citizens Stop Mass Shootings?

7:00am Thursday, December 03, 2015

Have you heard the adage "It takes a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun"? Is that true when it comes to mass shootings? What follows is a Reality Check you won't see anywhere else.

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Violent Purse Snatching

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Watch the video. It’s only a minute long. The first 55 seconds show the purse snatcher’s identification of the victim, approach, and escape. After second 55 the view changes and you see the attack. Ladies, the question for you is: “Have you trained to defeat this level of violence?” The attacker was not big, nor skilled. He was fast and extremely violent. Notice how quickly he appeared and...

Ohio CHL-holder credited with stopping robber's escape

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, December 02, 2015

WKEF, Dayton's ABC affiliate, is reporting that a customer with an Ohio concealed handgun detained a man who robbed a local restaurant. From the article : Walter Schwytzer III went to [Tipp of the Town] restaurant and allegedly handed the hostess a note. "To my knowledge it just said ‘I have a gun, give me your money,'" said [restaurant owner Paul] Loubier. He got the money and took off. "My...

20 Years and Millions of “Assault Weapons” and “Large” Magazines Ago...

3:00pm Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Twenty years ago, not long after Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) federal “assault weapon” and “large” magazine “ban” took effect, CBS 60 Minutes reporter Lesley Stahl faced a dilemma. To help Feinstein make her case for a new ban that would cover more types of guns and more magazines, CBS would have to do something that doesn’t come naturally to gun control supporters. It would have to tell...