by Sean Maloney
I recently received three phone calls from gun owners who experienced negligent discharges. This prompts me to remind us all about the importance of fundamental rules of gun safety.
I will not get into the pending legal implications for each case. I want to focus on safety. Thankfully, there were no injuries in any of the three incidents, but that was just blind luck.
The Miranda warning, sometimes referred to as your Miranda rights, is a warning police give to criminal suspects after they are taken into custody.
The purpose of the Miranda warning depends on whether you are the law enforcement officer or the suspect. From a suspect's point of view, it is to remind you that you have a 5th Amendment right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself. From an officer's point of view, it is to help preserve the admissibility of your statements in a criminal proceeding.
There was a time not so long ago when good information on firearms and self defense was hard to find. But today, with about a billion websites and other online resources, there is so much information, it's hard to know where to start.
To be a responsible gun owner, it's important to stay up-to-date with current events and current advice on these issues. So here are 7 top resources for information of interest to gun owners.
This article was originally published at Buckeye Firearms Association.
by Dean Rieck
If you were to believe what you see on TV and in the movies, the only people who carry a handgun in a holster are cops. Everyone else just shoves their gun into their pants or pocket. But like so many other things, Hollywood is more wrong than right about holsters.
by Dean Rieck
Recently, a friend of mine said that people who want a gun for protection are just plain crazy. My friend’s argument was that you’re a lot more likely to die in a car accident or a fire. The likelihood that you’ll be killed by a burglar who breaks into your home or a hoodlum who jumps you in a dark parking lot, my friend said, are about the same as getting struck by lightning. So thinking you need a gun means you’re afraid of an unlikely event and are therefore irrational.
by Dean Rieck
Like many Americans, I've been following the national discussion about policing for many years. But I question whether this “discussion” benefits anyone.
The folks with Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives just started a challenge program for their students. It's such a good program, we thought we'd share it with everyone whether you've been through FASTER training or not. It's a great way to hone your self defense skills.
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FASTER Saves Lives is excited to announce the launch of our new FASTER Challenge Program!
With the coronavirus pandemic, nationwide protests, and riots in the news, gun sales in the U.S. are skyrocketing.
Background checks for gun sales set a new all-time record in June, 2020, for the most checks in a single month. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 3.9 million checks. That's a massive 70 percent increase over June of last year. And this broke the record-setting 2.7 million checks reported in March.
by Dean Rieck
(This article is reprinted from the Buckeye Firearms Association website in Ohio. While it specifcally discusses Ohio law, it also provides information that is relevant to other states.)
Not long after Ohioans began wearing masks in response to COVID-19, Buckeye Firearms Association staff and volunteers began fielding questions about masks and guns.
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