Op-Ed: Kent school board made foolish decision not to learn about violence
by Jim Irvine
2:12PM Friday, February 26 2016
Editor's Note: The Following op-ed was published in the New Haven Register (New Haven, CT) in response to an Read MoreNews
Armed Teachers Now Trained in 63 Ohio Counties
by Joe Eaton
11:55AM Thursday, February 25 2016
COLUMBUS, OH - In response to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which claimed the lives of 20 children and 6 adult staff members, Buckeye Firearms Foundation launched an emergency response training program here in Ohio for teachers, administrators, ... Read MoreFASTER Saves Lives program recommended to be adopted at first Connecticut school
by Chad Baus
12:32PM Friday, February 5 2016
Just over three years after a deadly attack on an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut inspired Buckeye Firearms Foundation to begin a program to arm school faculty, news media in the Constitution State are reporting that the Foundation's FASTER Saves ... Read MoreLots of exciting news for FASTER 2016
by Joe Eaton
8:16PM Tuesday, January 26 2016
The start of 2016 also marks the start of the Buckeye Firearms Foundation (501c3) Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response (FASTER) program's fourth year. What began simply as a pilot class of 24 teachers and administrators shortly after the ... Read MoreSandy Hook: In memory of those who were murdered three years ago today
by Jim Irvine
12:12PM Monday, December 14 2015
It has been three years since a coward killed his mother, stole her guns, and went to the Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The school was locked for the beginning of the school day. The coward shot out ... Read MoreFoxNews.com & UK’s Daily Mail documents success of Buckeye Firearms Foundation’s FASTER Saves Lives program
by Chad Baus
10:19AM Tuesday, November 17 2015
FoxNews.com and British newspaper The Daily Mail is informing its international audience of the success of Buckeye Firearms Foundation's FASTER Saves Lives program. From FoxNews.com: <... Read MoreHamilton Co. sheriff: FASTER Saves Lives training “long overdue”
by Chad Baus
5:12PM Monday, November 16 2015
One day after Cincinnati's CBS affiliate, WKRC, aired a report noting that more than 40 Ohio schools now authorize and train teachers to carry guns to protect students in class, ... Read MoreMore than 40 Ohio schools authorize and train teachers to carry guns to protect students in class
by Chad Baus
8:55AM Friday, November 13 2015
WKRC (CBS Cincinnati) is reporting that, in Ohio, around 40 school districts now allow teachers with concealed handgun licenses to carry their firearms in class. The news station was invited to document a recent FASTERSavesLives.org Level 3 training program in upstate ... Read MoreFASTERSavesLives.org at the OSBA conference
by Jim Irvine
3:46PM Wednesday, November 4 2015
FASTER Saves Lives will have a booth at this year’s Ohio School Board Association’s “Capital Conference.” We were so well received last year that we have doubled our booth space this year. We will have various people at ... Read MoreFASTER Introduction Video
by Joe Eaton
10:27AM Tuesday, October 20 2015
Buckeye Firearms Foundation (501c3) president Jim Irvine introduces the Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response (FASTER) Program
Buckeye Firearms Foundation (501c3) president Jim Irvine introduces the Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response (FASTER) Program
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