Education

Dave Spaulding – Challenging the concealed handgun license holder to win on the street

by Larry S. Moore "Be prepared to play an active role in your rescue." That was a key message when Dave Spaulding presented the basics of handgun combat to the group of Buckeye Firearms supporters gathered outside Xenia, Ohio at the Greene County Fish and Game Association. Following a short introduction, Spaulding immediately launched into his presentation. His style is engaging, analytical,...

5.11 Tactical publishes infographic highlighting various states' concealed carry policies

49 states have passed laws allowing citizens to carry a concealed weapon (CCW). This law makes it perfectly legal for citizens to carry certain concealed weapons holstered to your belt or ankle, in a purse, or a pocket. Illinois and the District of Columbia are the only No-Issue jurisdictions in the country where it is illegal to carry any type of concealed weapon. The following infographic...

Dear Editor: What happened to waiting periods for guns?

An open letter to America's news media From: Alan Korwin, The Uninvited Ombudsman, Gunlaws.com Re: The Batman Movie Massacre, Our Forgotten Waiting Periods, The Need for "Gun-Control", Counseling, Banning the Glock, Really Small Bullets, Copycat Heroes, Media Culpability for Massacres. Dear Media Colleagues, Guns can't seem to keep themselves out of the limelight. Urban shootings, outside the...

Tips for Terminating the Second Amendment

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on the website for Texas Fish & Game . Republished with permission. by Dustin Ellermann To terminate the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, you would have to work slowly, by eroding the traditions and values that founded this great country. You would need to use news media to ignore positive uses of firearms,...

Owning weapon ensures safety

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Lima News . Republished with permission. by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. Columnist for The Lima News On July 16, a pizza delivery driver in Columbus was delivering a pizza when two men armed with shotguns approached him. The deliveryman, who has a license to carry a concealed handgun, warned the men off. When they ignored his warnings, the pizza...

Dept. of Homeland Security funds video on surviving a spree killing; Accurately depicts armed attacker passing "no-guns" sign

by Chad D. Baus A video recently published on YouTube by the City of Houston, and reportedly funded by the Department of Homeland Security , may have accidentally brought the reality of where spree killings typically take place to a whole new level of national awareness. The video, entitled "RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. Surviving an Active Shooter Event," is designed to provide tips on how persons involved...

2012 Southwest Ohio Gun Skills Challenge

by Joe Eaton This bi-annual event held in Oxford, Ohio is certainly hitting its stride. The Southwest Gun Skills Challenge was started in 2008 to provide local shooters a smaller and more family-focused version of our premier shooting event, the Buckeye Blast, which is held at Tactical Defense Institute every other year in April. This year's shoot was exactly what we hoped it would be. The...

Op-ed: The benefits of arming 14-year-olds

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared at WorldNetDaily.com . Republished with permission of the author. by Gerard Valentino For the second time this year, the 24-hour news outlets are reporting that a 14-year-old boy used a gun to thwart a violent home invasion. The most recent case took place in Phoenix, Ariz., and the boy not only saved his own life, but also saved two younger...

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