Ohio CHL-holder forced to defend self and others when two armed men attempt robbery

A pizza delivery person with an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) was forced to defend themselves when two armed attackers attempted to rob him. From The Journal-News : An employee at a New Carlisle Papa John’s where one person died during an attempted robbery Sunday night described the shooting as self defense to a 911 dispatcher. “Someone just broke in and they were shot in self defense,”...

Narrow 4-3 Ohio Supreme Court ruling says armed teachers need police training

A narrow 4-3 ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court (OSC) determined that Ohio school staff may not carry firearms unless they have police training. Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor joined the three Democrat justices (Justice Jennifer Brunner, Justice Michael Donnelly and Justice Melody Stewart) in a decision which found that a Madison Local School District policy which allowed armed staff violates state...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Racking a Shotgun

How many times have you heard this statement? “Just get a 12 gauge pump shotgun for home defense. The noise of the slide racking will make any burglar piss his pants and run.” Does that actually happen? Sometimes, yes. Here’s an example where a store clerk sent an armed robber running by merely racking his shotgun. Look at the link below for more details. Flint man faces federal charges after...

BREAKING NEWS: BFA to Submit Amicus Brief in Major U.S. Supreme Court Case

We have just confirmed that Buckeye Firearms Association will sponsor an amicus brief in the upcoming Supreme Court Case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett . It has been 13 years since the court ruled in D.C. v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects the individual right to have a handgun in the home for self-defense. The case of McDonald v. City of Chicago followed...

Shot in the Back! How does it happen?

With predictable regularity, the media and various civil rights groups become indignantly incensed when the cops or an armed citizen shoot a criminal in the back. It somehow violates society’s ideal that all confrontations should be settled “face to face” and be a “fair fight.” That doesn’t happen very often in the real world. Society as a whole needs to better understand the dynamics of a...

PODCAST: How the News Media Deliberately Lies About Guns and Gun Rights

Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 18: We live in a never ending news cycle, swimming in a sea of fake news, agenda driven stories, and outright lies, especially...

ATF Targets Pistol Stabilizing Braces in New Rulemaking

On June 7th, ATF published a new notice of proposed rulemaking on its website entitled Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces” . The proposed rule has not yet been published in the Federal Register, and interested parties will have 90 days to comment on the proposed rule once it is published. The rule seems aimed at making nearly all configurations of firearms equipped...

A Couple’s Guide to Hunting Together

Even though most would think we, as a Weatherby couple, have hunted together for many years, the truth is it is something we have grown into. And over the almost past decade, others have observed and asked how we do that. This article is a chance to describe that journey and celebrate it and give some insight into how readers might apply some of the things we have learned. Although this is in the...

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