Is deadly force legal if you HATE your attacker?

When we talk about using deadly force legally, we generally define it like this: Deadly force is justified only to prevent the imminent danger of death or great bodily harm. So, you're in your house minding your own business. A man bursts through the back door waving a machete. And you shoot him because you fear for your life. Pretty simple concept, right? But what if in addition to fear you also...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Three Difficult Disarms

Most of the gun classes I teach involve tactics at extremely close range. When you are within arms’ reach of your assailant deflecting his muzzle or taking his gun away from him is often faster than drawing your own gun to shoot. There are lots of systems ranging from traditional martial arts to military combatives that teach gun deflections/disarms. Most work OK in the dojo or training hall, but...

NRA Members, this is CRITICAL: Have you cast your vote for Sean Maloney?

As many of you know, Buckeye Firearms Association's own Sean Maloney is seeking re-election to the NRA Board of Directors. If you are an NRA voting member, the March issue of your NRA magazine contained a ballot and it is vitally important that you complete and return it RIGHT NOW. TODAY! Sean has received word that his election is currently running "too close to call." That means EVERY vote...

Hillary Supporter Fact Checks Clinton: Don’t Blame Vermont for New York Crime!

Hillary Clinton apparently wants to make sure that no matter how her current campaign fares, she will at least retain her title as the least trusted person in American politics. In campaign-panic mode on Monday [April 4], having lost the last five state caucuses to Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Clinton made another statement to be added to her ever-lengthening list of lies and...

Killing in Self Defense IS Homicide

Here's a fact many gun owners have a hard time understanding: when you take someone's life, even if you do it in self defense, it is considered a "homicide." But isn't self defense a time-honored right of every individual? Yes. Self defense is a natural right. If someone threatens you with death or great bodily harm, you have the right to defend yourself, and that includes using deadly force...

Gun industry sees jobs increase 73%, overall economic impact up 158%, since Obama took office

(Image source: FreeImages.com/Renxx Gmdr) More than 7 years later, and as we (thankfully) near the end of the Obama presidency, there are many areas of the economy that are still waiting for a post-recession rebound. But Crain's Cleveland Business is reporting that one industry in which Obama has promoted growth - albeit against his will - is the firearms industry. From the article, entitled "...

Movie review: 91% - A Documentary About Guns In America

I was invited to attend the movie “91%: A Documentary About Guns In America” at its premier at the Cleveland International Film Festival. After the showing I participated in a panel discussion and answered questions from the audience. The movie was well received, with an estimated 200 people in attendance. Even more people came in after the movie for this discussion and Q&A. Mike McIntyre...

NSSF Praises U.S. Senate Passage of Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act

NEWTOWN, Conn. - The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industries, praised the passage today by the U.S. Senate of the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act. The act was passed as an amendment to S.2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act. Similar legislation passed the House of Representatives earlier in the 114th...

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