Ohio’s squirrel hunting season opens Sunday, Sept. 1, when many hunters will go to the woods with the opportunity to take as many as six squirrels per day, according to the Ohio…
What about the .22 Magnum?
by Greg Ellifritz After 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…
CO gun control law backfires; Gun “buyback” cancelled due to “universal” background checks
by Chad D. Baus KOAA (NBC Colorado Springs) reported recently that anti-gun rights organizers have had to cancel a so-called gun “buyback” at the request of Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle, who…
911 calls detail last moments of woman’s life in Kenton murder
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…
Gun Crimes Plummet Even As Gun Sales Rise
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 homicides with firearms have declined by 39 percent from 1993 to 2011 and other crimes committed with firearms have fallen by 69 percent during the same period.
Meanwhile, firearm sales in recent years have reached record-high levels, demonstrating that more guns do not equal more crime. Also declining while gun sales have been rising are firearm-related fatal accidents, which have plummeted 58 percent in practically the same period (1991 to 2011).
Using the .22 for Self Defense
by Greg Ellifritz
Since my handgun stopping power study was published last month in American Handgunner Magazine, I’ve received several questions from readers about my data. I expected to be castigated by all the big bullet aficionados for reporting honest data about the “mouse gun” calibers. That wasn’t what I received.
All the email that I got was from .22 advocates telling me that I misinterpreted my data and that the .22 is the best defensive cartridge ever invented. Really? I’m open to an honest discussion about the relative merits of carrying a .22 in certain situations, but I promise you that if I was to grab a gun right now, knowing that I would be getting into a gunfight, my .22s would be VERY low on the list.
Here’s a summary of the data I reported and the heart of the controversy:
Op-Ed: Illegal Mayors
by C. D. Michel Incarcerating Michael Bloomberg may be the next news ironic item. If only! New York Mayor Bloomberg, America’s self-appointed gun control financier and front man, established the group Mayors…
Nanny Bloomberg’s War on the Constitution
by Jeff Knox About a month after the US Senate voted down a series of gun control amendments back in April, an article in the New Republic magazine boldly declared “This is…
Op-Ed: Gun toting teachers’ names must remain private
by John Lott Are people safer if criminals know who is carrying concealed handguns? Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel seems to think so. With school starting soon, he claims that if the…
AG DeWine declares some school safety plans “useless”
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…