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Newspaper: "40% No-Check Claim is "Mostly False"

3:00pm Tuesday, May 19, 2015

As one of our great national leaders once said when repeatedly confronted with specious and insubstantial arguments, “There you go again.” We could cite plenty of examples used by proponents of gun control in this regard, but for the moment we’re talking about the claim that 40 percent of firearms are sold without a background check. Readers may recall that two years ago, FactCheck.org...

Assumptions and Biases in Training

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Tuesday, May 19, 2015

A friend of mine recently pointed me towards Rory Miller’s blog post about assumptions and biases in training. I’ve read most of Rory’s material and really like it. Before reading any more of this article, please check out the link below: Assumptions and Biases My friend challenged me to examine my training biases and describe how these biases affect the content of my training classes….as Rory...

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Can Your CCW Gun "Survive"?

by Chuck Haggard

3:00pm Monday, May 18, 2015

Republished from The Outdoor Wire . Over my years of carrying and training people to carry handguns for serious purposes, I have noted some trends in how people decide "what gun" they want to have for concealed carry. The considerations for both regular CCW folks and off-duty LE are almost exactly the same, so I see little difference in requirements for what one should carry. Most people will...

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Guns save lives, but Big Media doesn't like to tell the tale

by Jeff Knox

7:00am Monday, May 18, 2015

Did you see the story about the Uber driver who shot a man in Chicago’s Logan Square on Friday evening, April 17. The story blipped across newspapers and TV screens on Monday, but little has been heard about it since. The unidentified driver of an Uber rideshare car was parked when he saw a young man across the street open fire on a group of pedestrians. The Uber driver jumped from his car and...

Elderly homeowner uses gun to defend himself during home invasion

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Friday, May 15, 2015

The (Alliance, OH) Review is reporting that a 63 year-old Minerva homeowner was able to protect himself when a home invader rushed into his home. From the article : Ryan Johns, 33, of Canton, was shot and fatally wounded by homeowner William Dietrich Jr., 63, of Virginia Avenue. Johns was pronounced dead on arrival at Alliance Community Hospital. According to Columbiana County Sheriff's Office...

Appeals Court: Arrest for open carry violated Ohioan's 4th Amendment rights

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, May 15, 2015

A three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court's ruling allowing a lawsuit against a City of Toledo police officer to proceed. The suit claims that TPD officer David Bright illegally detained Shawn Northrup for openly carrying a semi-automatic handgun. From the Northrup v. City of Toledo Police Dept. ruling: On a midsummer evening,...

Seeking Nominations for 2014 NRA-ILA Volunteer Awards

3:00pm Thursday, May 14, 2015

The NRA-ILA "Jay M. Littlefield Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award" is an annual honor that recognizes an NRA member who demonstrates exceptionally meritorious activism in defense of our Second Amendment rights. Similarly, the "NRA-ILA Volunteer Organization of the Year Award" is bestowed upon a group that has gone above and beyond in defending and promoting our rights over the past year...

BFA's Sean Maloney offers testimony in support of firearms-related bills

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, May 14, 2015

On Wednesday, May 13, Buckeye Firearms Association Region Leader (and NRA Board of Directors member) Sean Maloney testified on behalf of BFA before the House State Government committee in support of two pro-gun rights bills that are under consideration. Rep. Anne Gonzales' (R-Westerville) House Bill 20 seeks to to correct several problems with current law regarding concealed handgun licenses'...