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How having a threshold question for candidates can help you influence those around you

by Sean Maloney

7:00am Tuesday, September 29, 2015

As the 2016 elections approach it is time for each of us as gun owners, Second Amendment advocates, freedom lovers, and patriots to prepare the single most effective form of advertising media there is. The best part is that for all the multimillion dollar media buys the candidates pay for, all the mass emails and websites created, this form of advertising has something the candidates can’t buy at...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Where do you Draw the Line?

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Monday, September 28, 2015

You are walking down the street on a Saturday morning when a car pulls up to the curb. The driver jumps out, pointing a gun at you. He demands your wallet. You comply and give it to him. After taking your money, he demands your pants as well. What do you do? The scenario may sound far-fetched, but that’s exactly what happened in Chicago…twice. In one of the cases, the robber even fired a shot at...

Headline: Cleveland man shot dead after breaking into ex-girlfriend's home

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, September 28, 2015

Cleveland.com is reporting that police say Cleveland man was shot dead after he kicked in the door to his ex-girlfriend's apartment and choked her. From the article : The attack happened about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday night on Elk Avenue near East 105thStreet. The medical examiner identified the man as 28-year-old Cedric Grier. Police said Grier broke into the home and confronted his ex-girlfriend...

Pocket Pistols: Lessons in Compromise

by Adam Heggenstaller

3:00pm Friday, September 25, 2015

Establishing a bond with a pocket pistol is similar to marriage—in one way: You have to be willing to accept compromise. To make any compromise worth the effort, there must be a clear objective. In this case preserving your life is the goal, and pocket pistols, whether diminutive semi-automatics or small-frame revolvers, do their part and offer a solution that is easy to carry concealed. Merely...

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Report: Cleveland gun arrest doesn’t always mean jail time

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, September 25, 2015

WJW (Fox Cleveland) is reporting on an investigation which has found that "getting busted with a gun often does not mean you will get locked up for punishment," but instead that "many convicts facing gun charges get probation." From the article: The I-TEAM reviewed 90 cases in Cuyahoga County from 2014. We specifically looked at cases with the most serious charge being for a concealed weapon or...

Saturday is National Hunting and Fishing Day

3:00pm Thursday, September 24, 2015

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is once again sponsoring National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHF Day). NSSF has been a major sponsor of NHF Day and recognizes the importance to acknowledge the conservation efforts of sportsmen and women across the country. NHF Day is set to take place on the fourth Saturday in September. This year NHF Day falls on September 26. “NSSF...

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Women Too Weak to Defend Themselves With Guns?

7:00am Thursday, September 24, 2015

Anti-gun activist Leah Gunn Barrett, the executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, must have never read Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. Breitbart reports that on Al Jazeera TV, Barrett said that women shouldn’t be allowed to carry firearms for protection on college campuses, on the grounds that “Women are not physically powerful like men are. A gun could...

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Study: Criminals Don’t Get Guns From Legal Sources

3:00pm Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Numerous studies conducted by academic researchers and by the federal government have shown that criminals do not use legal markets to obtain guns. And now we have more evidence of this reality, this time looking at criminals in Chicago. Philip J. Cook, Susan T. Parker, and Harold A. Pollack conducted interviews with criminals being held in the Cook County Jail. Their primary findings were that...