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What about the .22 Magnum?

8:00am Tuesday, August 27, 2013
by Greg Ellifritz After last week's article about using the .22 for self defense, I was deluged with queries about my self defense recommendations concerning the .22 Magnum cartridge. For those of you unfamiliar with the cartridge, HERE is a blog post from Cheaper Than Dirt about the round's history and capabilities. I'm quite fond of the .22 magnum round. The first handgun I ever owned as a kid...

911 calls detail last moments of woman’s life in Kenton murder

8:00am Monday, August 26, 2013
Editor's Note: I have listened to the audio tapes. They are absolutely heart-wrenching. If ever there was a reason to abandon the "dial 911 and wait" mindset, this is it. (Note too that no one in the news media have jumped on this terrible event as a reason to ban knives.) by Greg Sowinski The call to 911 made by a woman who would be stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend minutes later began in a...

Gun Crimes Plummet Even As Gun Sales Rise

4:00pm Friday, August 23, 2013
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has released a new infographic designed to counter the false impression many Americans have that gun-related crime has increased over the past 20 years, even though it has actually fallen dramatically. Fifty-six percent of Americans think crime with firearms has increased, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. However, data show that...

AG DeWine declares some school safety plans "useless"

8:00am Wednesday, August 21, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that, while all Ohio schools meet the legal requirement of having a school safety plan, many are outdated, incomplete or useless to law enforcement. State law requires schools to file reports on how they would handle an active killer incident or other emergency, the article observes, but there are no penalties for failing to file, and the...

Communications to Buckeye Firearms Foundation about Zimmerman Second Amendment Fund expose raging anti-gun mentality

8:00am Monday, August 19, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Nearly a decade ago, I came across an article by a Dr. Sarah Thompson, entitled " Raging Against Self Defense - A Psychiatrist Examines The Anti-Gun Mentality ." The article was originally published by Utah Gun Owners Alliance, where Dr. Thompson served as executive director, but I came across it on the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership's website. In the article, Dr...

Unveiled: Gun ban extremists' secret playbook: Part 2

8:00am Friday, August 16, 2013
by Chad D. Baus A friend sent a very interesting document to me recently - one that is making its rounds through the gun rights community after having been leaked online. Entitled " Preventing Gun Violence Through Effective Messaging ," it is an 80-page playbook designed to help anti-gun rights extremists learn why they continue to get beat, and how to change their message so as to fool the...

Rare accidental shooting in concealed carry class puts focus on gun safety rules

8:00am Thursday, August 15, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Last week, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that a record number of Ohioans had obtained concealed handgun licenses in the second quarter of 2013, and showed an increase over the record number that had been obtained in the first quarter. Over 376,000 Ohio citizens are now licensed to carry handguns. This news was distributed across the state, and was picked up by the...

Translating Anti-Gun Propaganda into English

4:00pm Tuesday, August 13, 2013
In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four , a tyrannical government attempts to control how people think by, among other things, reducing language to "a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc [English Socialism]" and "to make all other modes of thought impossible." In the IngSoc government's new language, Newspeak, the original meanings of many...

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