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Hamilton Co. sheriff: FASTER Saves Lives training "long overdue"

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, November 19, 2015

One day after Cincinnati's CBS affiliate, WKRC, aired a report noting that more than 40 Ohio schools now authorize and train teachers to carry guns to protect students in class, the news station sat down with Hamilton County sheriff Jim Neil to gauge his reaction after he viewed the video. The reaction was as positive as it is for many others who are first exposed to the Buckeye Firearms...

Wasserman Schultz Orders Democrats to Embrace Gun Control

3:00pm Wednesday, November 18, 2015

At the Florida Democratic Party Convention, held October 30-November 1, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz claimed, “The Florida Democratic Party is back and better than ever.” Also back, it would seem, is the national party’s misguided emphasis on gun control. Speaking at a convention event held at the Walt Disney World Yacht and Beach Club Resort, Wasserman Schultz...

FoxNews.com & UK's Daily Mail documents success of Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, November 18, 2015

FoxNews.com and British newspaper The Daily Mail are informing their international audiences of the success of Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program. From FoxNews.com : Dozens of school districts in Ohio now allow teachers who have conceal-carry permits to pack heat on the job. In several cases, boards of education have been pressed into adopting the policy by parents concerned...

House passes Sub HB 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones) [UPDATE: Vote Tally]

by Jim Irvine

6:41pm Monday, November 16, 2015

Sub. HB 48, sponsored by Ron Maag (R-Lebanon), passed the Ohio House of Representatives today with a 68-29 vote. The bill is now headed to the Senate for further consideration. HB 48 makes several critical changes to Ohio firearms laws. Currently it is against the law to possess a firearm on school property. There is an exemption for license-holders “immediately in the process of picking up or...

FLASH: HB 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones) scheduled for House floor vote – ACTION NEEDED

by Jim Irvine

6:00pm Monday, November 16, 2015

Substitute House Bill 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones), sponsored by Ron Maag (R-Lebanon), is scheduled for a vote by the full House on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. The bill, which passed out of the House State Government Committee back in June by a 9-2 vote, seeks to restore Ohioans' right to carry in day-care facilities (unless they post "no-guns"), private airplanes, school safety...

UPDATE: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Legislation Gains Co-Sponsors

3:00pm Monday, November 16, 2015

Thanks to your continued calls and emails, NRA supported Right-to-Carry bills have seen increases in cosponsorships over these past few weeks. Please continue to contact your elected officials and urge them to cosponsor and support these important bills: S. 498 – Introduced by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), this legislation would respect the rights of individuals who possess concealed carry...

More than 40 Ohio schools authorize and train teachers to carry guns to protect students in class

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, November 16, 2015

WKRC (CBS Cincinnati) is reporting that, in Ohio, around 40 school districts now allow teachers with concealed handgun licenses to carry their firearms in class. The news station was invited to document a recent FASTERSavesLives.org Level 3 training program in upstate Ohio. From the report : Parents in a district asked that their staff be armed. The board OK'd the training and the carrying of...

Media Bias Goes Extreme

3:00pm Friday, November 13, 2015

The national and local media bias against the Second Amendment reached bizarre heights [recently] when a newspaper headline proclaimed “Shooter kills 4; 30 injured.” The problem? Well, even a casual reader would note that the tragedy described in the article had nothing to do with a “shooter” but was about a individual who drove her car through a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University...