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Buckeye Firearms Association PAC Endorses Bernie Moreno for U.S. Senate

6:00am Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC has announced its endorsement of Bernie Moreno for U.S. Senate . "We're thrilled to throw our support behind Bernie Moreno and help throw out anti-gun, F-rated Sherrod Brown," said Linda Walker, Board President of Buckeye Firearms Association. BFA-PAC leaders sat down with Moreno in May at his campaign headquarters in Columbus to discuss his campaign and stance on...

SCOTUS rejects cases challenging Illinois sporting-rifle ban, for now

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Tuesday, July 09, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court announced July 2 that it would not review challenges to Illinois' new law that makes it a felony to possess what the state brands as "assault weapons," a term that is defined to include AR-15s. The high court denied petitions to hear six separate cases on the ban because the lower court had not yet issued a final judgment.

PODCAST: The ATF, Cincinnati, and Others Get Slapped Down by the Supreme Court

6:00am Monday, July 08, 2024

The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on Podbean and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , iHeartRadio and many other platforms. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. How to Listen to Podcasts on Your Mobile Phone *** Episode 116: The US Supreme Court recently ruled that courts, not agencies such as the ATF, should interpret laws. And an Ohio court told...

BFA PAC Announces Grades and Endorsements for Nov. 5, 2024, General Election

6:00am Friday, July 05, 2024

It's time, once again, to issue grades and endorsements to help you vote your gun rights and elect pro-Second Amendment candidates. CLICK HERE to see our grades and endorsements . Volunteers on the BFA PAC Endorsement Committee spend countless hours reviewing candidate survey answers, legislative voting records, and other information to assign grades and select certain candidates for endorsement...

Independence Day 2024

by Rick Jones

6:00am Thursday, July 04, 2024

With Independence Day upon us, let's look at what it might mean to some people … a day off with pay, just a day off, family, friends, cookouts, reunions or just a day to lounge and watch the fireworks. As for me, I think of our Constitution, our founding fathers, our Bill of Rights, our military men and women who are performing their duties to protect our freedom.

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AG Yost: New fingerprint scanners granted to Ohio courts will bolster criminal-records system

6:00am Wednesday, July 03, 2024

A grant program designed to enhance the accuracy and completeness of Ohio’s criminal-records repository will pay for 77 new devices that courts across the state will use to capture defendants’ fingerprints for submission to the database, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced July 2.

Red flag laws, universal background checks might seem divine, but devil is in details

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Tuesday, July 02, 2024

It's like clockwork with anti-gun government leaders, who promote policies that lead to crime and then rush to blame law-abiding gun owners, the state legislature, and even guns themselves when those policies result in negative statistics. Then they promote the flawed concepts of red flag laws and universal background checks, which sound great until you take a closer look at them.

US Supreme Court deals major blow to executive branch overreach

6:00am Monday, July 01, 2024

On June 28, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and overturned Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Thanks to the court’s decision to reject Chevron deference, all of those ATF "final rules" are now on very questionable legal footing.