Education

Firearm Travel Guide: Stay on the road and out of jail

by Jim Irvine Now you can carry a gun or transport firearms confidently with ... The Traveler's Guide to the Firearm Laws of the Fifty States by J. Scott Kappas, Esq. NEW and updated for 2013 Only $13.95 (plus $4 shipping) MAIL ORDER: Send a personal check for $17.95 payable to Buckeye Firearms Foundation. Mail to Traveler's Firearm Guide, 15 West Winter Street, Delaware, Ohio 43015. Summer is...

CNN Photo Essay: Ohio teachers pose with their guns

by Chad D. Baus CNN's Lauren Russell has written two articles on the move to arm teachers here in Ohio. Accompanying her article is a photo essay compiled by an Italian photographer. From the article accompanying the photo essay, entitled " Teachers pose with their guns ": December's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut jarred parents and teachers around Ohio. Thinking more had...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation commissions six more teacher classes

by Jim Irvine In the wake of the killings at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, Buckeye Firearms Foundation partnered with John Benner of Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) to give teachers and administrators training on the best ways to stop an active killer in a school. The idea garnered worldwide attention and the first class was a resounding success. Many Ohio schools...

Op-Ed: Why gun control just got even more difficult

by John Lott Gun control, an already difficult task, just got even more difficult. The 3D printing revolution is well under way. This wonderful new technology will allow small companies and even individuals to manufacture a wide range of items, such as medical devices that fit each individual’s unique size and shape. However, it is increasingly obvious that guns and gun parts can be made, even...

Dumbed Down: New OPOTC Rifle Qualification Course

by Greg Ellifritz The Ohio Peace Officer's Training Academy revised the statewide police rifle qualification course of fire last week. Like several other recent revisions, it was a step in the wrong direction. Rather than make the rifle qualification more challenging or more relevant, they dumbed it down. Slower time constraints, no shooting on the move, shorter distances, no multiple targets, no...

The truth about kids and guns

by Larry S. Moore Cynthia Tucker is the latest liberal journalist to use the death of a child to promote the agenda of gun control. In case you missed it, the Sparks family lost their child in a preventable gun accident. Since then the family has been dragged through the major media outlets as an example of why gun safety is a child safety issue and calls for more laws. The left-leaning media...

Gun control laws target law-abiding gun owners, not criminals

by Jeff Knox Dustin Reininger is serving a five-year sentence with a three-year minimum before he's eligible for parole. His crime? Pulling off the highway to get some rest during a long drive. Reininger, a veteran of both the Army and the Air Force, and a former police officer, was moving from Maine back to Texas, but only made it as far as New Jersey. He got tired and parked behind a building...

We're Renaming the Armed Teacher Training Program ... Introducing "FASTER"

by Jim Irvine Last December, Buckeye Firearms Foundation made world-wide news with the introduction of our Armed Teacher Training Program. The program has now been up and running for several months, and along the way we've received some helpful feedback from educators as to how we can best communicate about the program to others in their profession. Some are opposed to the idea of "guns in...

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