"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. It's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before." – Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm…
Ohio Democrats’ “assault weapons” ban would actually take your semi-auto squirrel-hunting gun (and all the rest)
Never shy about taking the "opportunity" of dead children to propose legislation they've wanted anyways, Democrats in the Ohio Senate last week introduced Senate Bill 260 – a bill that seeks to "prohibit a…
Do people have the right to own any semi-automatic rifle, magazine size? Yes
Editor's Note: The following article first appeared on this website on April 3, 2013. We, the people, have the constitutional right to own semiautomatic rifles and the standard-capacity magazines designed for those…
Arming Teachers, a Countermeasure to Active Killers
As a retired law enforcement officer, in my second career of training police officers, one of my proprietary courses was Tactical 1st Responder©, the responses to Rapid Mass Murder©, which was eventually…
Outback Steakhouse: No Rights, Just Rules
The word “Outback” used to conjure images of Australia’s tenacious frontier spirit; of hunters, ranchers, and other adventurers who carved out a harsh existence from an unforgiving land. Thanks to a decades-long…
Too Many Teachers Still Armed with Lucky Charms
Editor's Note: The following article first appeared on this website on October 9, 2007. Leaders at Buckeye Firearms Association have long-offered more than tweets about "thoughts and prayers," and in 2012 we…
The Gun Rights Community IS Doing Something About Violence
COLUMBUS, OH – The tragic mass murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has once again stoked the firey debate about gun control in the U.S. And once again…
Divisive Times, No Decisive Actions
Random Thoughts After A Very Long Week In The Trenches…. Since the Valentine’s Day tragedy in Florida, we’ve seen high school kids across the country marching, speaking out and demanding the rest…
Editorial: Changing attitudes key to solving school shootings
Everyone agrees: Someone should do something to prevent the next school shooting tragedy. The answer is far more complicated than making it more difficult for people to get guns, though. Obviously criminalizing…
Another Ohio school board goes public: Armed, trained staff members already in place!
The Superintendent of Noble Local Schools in Noble County, Ohio has made the choice to go public with a part of their safety plan. From a post to the school Facebook page:…