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Columbus Mayor's solution to 8 shootings, none with "assault rifles?" Ban "assault rifles!"

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, July 20, 2020

There were eight shootings in Columbus, OH on the weekend of July 11-12, resulting in 10 people shot and three people dead. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther has a unique proposal to solve the problem: ban a firearm that wasn't used in a single one of these crimes. From WBNS (CBS Columbus) : “Keeping guns out of the hands of criminals will make our community and our police officers safer,” Mayor...

Our friend Nikki Goeser needs your help. Please READ THIS.

9:00pm Friday, July 17, 2020

"He stalked me. Then he murdered my husband right in front of me. Now he may be released from prison early." Dear BFA Supporter, Nikki Goeser and her husband Ben were madly in love. They ran a karaoke business together throughout the Nashville area. And life could not possibly have been better for them. But then fate took a terrible turn. A man by the name of Hank Calvin Wise began stalking Nikki...

Gun News Roundup - July 17, 2020

3:00pm Friday, July 17, 2020

Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: What Does A Biden Presidency Mean to Americans – Part One A group called 'Black Guns Matter' is teaching Black Americans how to use firearms GUN CONTROL NARRATIVE SHIFTS AS MORE AMERICANS SEE IMPORTANCE OF 2A...

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Trump Hits Judicial Milestone

7:00am Friday, July 17, 2020

[In the last full week of June], President Donald Trump’s 200th judicial nominee was confirmed; Judge Cory Wilson of Mississippi. Wilson will join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Trump has now filled all federal circuit court vacancies, and appointed more appellate judges than any other president at this point in his presidency. He is closing in on making as many circuit court...

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Surviving Mob Attacks on Your Vehicle

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Thursday, July 16, 2020

Watching some violent “protests” got me thinking about individual tactics for escaping riots and demonstrations. One scenario I saw playing out over and over again was when a mass of protesters blocked a road or highway. Those “protesters” would occasionally attack people in the cars that were stopped on the roadway. Others used the opportunity to carjack the victims and steal their cars. In one...

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Surviving the Mob

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Violent protests, mob action, and rioting scenarios fill up your news feed. Lots of folks are contacting me about mob violence issues. Let’s look at some of the issues involved… To date, the majority of mob violence events have occurred in very large public gatherings and at the sites of large political protests. Like many criminal attacks, there are often warning signs that an aware person...

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Choosing Self-Reliance: New NICS Record

7:00am Tuesday, July 14, 2020

June 2020 set another all-time background check record. The FBI NICS office ran 3,931,607 total background checks last month, breaking the previous record by nearly two-hundred-thousand checks. The number of background checks run by the FBI has surpassed 3 million in a month four times. Three of those times have been this year. There have been 38% more checks in January through June of this year...

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Pandemic continues to present challenges for those wishing to apply for or renew concealed carry licenses

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, July 13, 2020

Reports of long waiting lines to apply for or renew concealed handgun licenses during the COVID-19 pandemic continue to come in to Buckeye Firearms Association. In Delaware County, for example, the first available dates are in late September . Warren County has its first opening on October. The Cuyahoga County Sheriff's office website lists no appointment times available through the end of...