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Headline: Local schools analyzing NRA safety recommendations, Firearms group raises funds for teacher training

by Chad D. Baus The Middletown Journal is reporting that Ohio schools are analyzing the results of a recently-released $1 million, 225-page study on school safety funded by the NRA. From the article : Schools should train selected staff members to carry weapons and should each have at least one armed security officer to make students safer and allow a quicker response to an attack, the director...

Messages of thanks pour in from school employees after attending Buckeye Firearms Foundation-funded training opportunities

In addition to its much-publicized Armed Teachers Training Program, Buckeye Firearms Foundation is supporting various types of educational opportunities all over the state of Ohio. Following are just a few of the many responses we have received from people who have attended the training. ...I received a rare chance to be a guest of yours for the teachers conference Saturday morning [March 16]. I...

Sportsmen leaders meet with governor and legislators at Columbus reception

by Larry S. Moore The US Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) recently held a legislative reception in Columbus. In addition to the USSA, the event was co-sponsored by the Buckeye Firearms Association. Buckeye volunteers attending the event included Linda Walker, Sean Maloney, Aaron Kirkingburg, Austin Force and this author. Also representing gun owners were several members of the Board of Directors of...

2013 Buckeye Bash attracts over 450 attendees and raises more than $25,000

By Dean Rieck On Saturday, March 16, 2013, Buckeye Firearms Foundation held its annual Buckeye Bash. More than 450 Second Amendment supporters gathered at the Villa Milano to enjoy fellowship, food, and an evening filled with auctions and raffles to raise money for the Foundation's educational activities, including the Armed Teacher Training Program, which has made news nationwide and around the...

400 Ohio teachers, administrators and school board members attend seminar on school violence

by Jim Irvine On Saturday, March 16th, a group of 400 teachers, administrators and school board members gathered at Villa Milano in Columbus, Ohio to listen to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman talk to them about violence. It was the most powerful event I have ever witnessed and a day which will remain in my mind for as long as I walk this earth. These were not "gun nuts," as the media likes to call those...

Northwest Ohio school employees join area law enforcement for 16 hour active killer training class in Williams Co. school

by Chad D. Baus On the weekend of March 2 and 3, both Buckeye Firearms Foundation President Jim Irvine and I were privileged to attend an Active Killer in Schools training course in the Williams Co., OH community of Edgerton. The training was conducted by the Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) , a world-renowned training facility based in Adams Co., OH that is owned and operated by former SWAT Team...

Is protecting our children in school worth $25?

Dear Gun Rights Supporter, I was speechless. Recently, while reviewing donations, I found myself marveling at the generosity of our many Ohio supporters. From every part of the state, people of all ages were showing their support for our work on our Armed Teacher Training Program. . Checks for $100, checks for $500, and one massive donation for $15,000 from the Ohio Gun Collector's Association (...

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