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Burglar arrested after homeowner with concealed handgun license shoots out getaway car's tire

3:00pm Monday, December 03, 2012
WLWT.com is reporting that a man is in custody after deputies said he picked a concealed handgun licensee's house to burglarize Wednesday. From the article : The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said Jason Hawk broke into a home in the 7000 block of Glendale-Milford Road just before noon, but was discovered when the homeowner returned. The homeowner, who has a concealed carry permit, took out his...

NICS Checks Soar on 'Black Friday'

3:00pm Friday, November 30, 2012
by Bill Brassard A new single-day record for point-of-sale background checks was established on Black Friday, November 23, when 154,873 were conducted by the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). That total was nearly 20 percent more than the previous high of 129,166 set on Black Friday last year. Since a federal background check is mandatory for every firearm sold at...

Buckeye Firearms Association's Sean Maloney to guest host radio program on four upcoming dates

7:00am Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Buckeye Firearms Association Region Leader Sean Maloney has been invited to guest host WBZI 1500 AM's "Class Country Outdoors" radio program. In addition to answering questions on topics raised by listeners who phone in, Maloney will address issues such as: Legislative efforts to protect and improve gun rights at the state and federal level What can happen if a CHL holder fires his weapon in an...

Headline: School shooting protocol shifts from lockdown-only

7:00am Monday, November 26, 2012
by Chad D. Baus ABC News reported recently that a new program, soon to come to Ohio, is allowing students to receive training that would give them a more proactive role in responding to a school shooter. Instead of hiding, they would barricade doors and learn counter techniques. From the article : The program, called ALICE -- alert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate -- has been implemented in...

Canton Repository's latest reporting on Harless fiasco leaves much to be desired

3:00pm Monday, November 19, 2012
by Gerard Valentino As reported earlier today at BuckeyeFirearms.org, an arbitrator ruled that infamous Canton Police Officer Daniel Harless has to be allowed to return to his job once he has received treatment for depression and post traumatic stress disorder. Harless was fired for threatening to execute concealed carry license holder William Bartlett during a traffic stop. While it is shocking...

"Conduct was defensible:" Arbitrator overturns firing of Canton policeman who threatened to execute concealed carry licensee

7:00am Monday, November 19, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Canton Repository is reporting that notorious Canton Police Officer Daniel Harless, who was fired after being caught on his own police dash cam video in June 2011 verbally assaulting a concealed carry license holder and threatening to "execute" him, is one step away from winning back his job. From the article : Fired police officer Daniel Harless could get his job back if he...

Another 4 Years...The assault has already begun

7:00am Thursday, November 15, 2012
by Jeff Knox I'm still reeling with dismay and confusion. How could so many of my fellow Americans choose to reelect someone who has proven to be totally unqualified for the job, if not downright destructive? It is unfathomable to me. I could offer up a litany of reasons why their choice was such a mistake, but most of you reading this know them all too well. Even so, I'm still catching flak from...

Ohio CHL-holder chases off Craigslist robbers

7:00am Wednesday, November 14, 2012
WHIO (CBS Dayton) is reporting that a 32-year-old concealed handgun license-holder was able to scare off a group of robbers after he responded to a Craigslist ad and was held up in downtown Dayton. From the article : The man, who was robbed of $200, was reportedly shaken up when he approached an officer in the Oregon District to tell him he’d been robbed. According to a Dayton police report, the...

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