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Cleveland man brings pretend gun to knife fight...and wins

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Wednesday, October 15, 2014

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported recently that a man staved off a drunken, knife-wielding attacker by pretending that he was reaching for a gun. From the article : A 33-year-old man pulled into his St. Mark Avenue driveway about 2 a.m. Thursday. A 32-year-old man, later identified as Rayshawn Scott, walked briskly up to his window with his hands behind his back. "What's up now!" Scott said,...

The Fate of Ohio Hangs in the Balance

by Jim irvine

7:00am Wednesday, October 15, 2014

I have urgent news about the upcoming election next month. Ohio Supreme Court Justices Sharon Kennedy and Judi French are up for election . Two years ago, we lost a pro-gun justice. With the looming court battles and Governor Kasich's expected run-away victory, the anti-gun groups are looking at other races they can steal. Supreme Court races are at the top of their wish list. Ohio's Supreme...

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Waiting on police to save you? What is their policy/training?

by Jim Irvine

3:00pm Tuesday, October 14, 2014

A recent article at PoliceOne.com, entitled “ Why 'tactical loitering' doesn't cut it anymore ," says more and more respected trainers are concerned about what they call “tactical loitering” and/or “dithering.” The terms, writes Charles Remsberg, refer to first responders who arrive at the scene of an urgent, life-threatening crime-in-progress — particularly an active shooting — but instead of...

The buck stops with YOU

7:00am Tuesday, October 14, 2014

We are surrounded by a world where lying is in and the truth means little. The best lies are called spin, and the buck never stops. But the Good Guys are still here, and all of them believe that getting away with a lie means getting away with nothing at all. >>> CLICK HERE to join the NRA or renew your membership now . If you know some good guys and gals, get them a gift membership.

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September 2014 Firearms Sales Checks Second Highest September on Record

3:00pm Monday, October 13, 2014

The September 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of1,024,272 is the second highest September on record for the 16-year-old system, even with a decrease of 1.0 percent compared to the September 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,034,701. For comparison, the unadjusted September 2014 NICS figure of 1,447,485 reflects a 4.0 percent increase from the...

Sick Joke: MSNBC and States United Blame NRA for Ebola Crisis

7:00am Monday, October 13, 2014

In what appears to be an attempt to upstage Louis Farrakhan’s assertion that Ebola is an invented “race-targeting weapon,” MSNBC and gun control organization States United are pointing the finger at NRA for the ongoing public health crisis. According to their “logic,” NRA’s opposition to Obama’s nomination of anti-gun activist Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General has exacerbated the Ebola crisis, as...

Plain Dealer op-ed analyses BFA PAC 2014 grades and endorsements

by Chad D. Baus & Ken Hanson

3:00pm Friday, October 10, 2014

The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently published an op-ed from the newspaper's former editorial director, Brent Larkin, which focused entirely on Buckeye Firearms Association PAC's 2014 candidate grades and endorsements . The op-ed, entitled "Ohio's gun-lobby report card is all about ownership -- of state lawmakers", beings with this: Report cards are out . Students have learned their lessons well...

Guns & Ammo "Best States for Concealed Carry" shows Ohio legislators have a LOT of work to do

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, October 10, 2014

Although Republicans have been in control of the General Assembly and governor's mansion for the past 4 years, no pro-gun rights legislation has been sent to the governor's desk in 3.5 years. That lack of progress shows in the state's fall in Guns & Ammo's ranking of the Best Concealed Carry States from 39th in 2013 to 41st in 2014. The 50 united States and Washington D.C. are ranked by Guns...