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ODNR Offers 7th Annual Ohio Women’s Outdoor Adventures Weekend

3:00pm Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Outdoor education and skill building courses for women returns COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 7th Annual Ohio Women’s Outdoor Adventures weekend will kick off on Friday, September 17 and run through Sunday, September 19 at Salt Fork State Park. This annual event held by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) combines boating, fishing, and outdoor skills with other activities focused on nature and...

PODCAST: Teenage Gun Owners, Revealing Firearm Research, and Shooting Sex Perverts

3:00pm Monday, July 19, 2021

The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 22: A court says Second Amendment rights apply to 18-year-olds. A major university study shows that more guns do NOT equal more crime. A woman is forced to shoot a home invader in her...

Woman calls police to get wanted man out of her house; Officers charge her with "failure to notify;" confiscate her gun

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, July 19, 2021

In the fight to change the law regarding the duty to promptly notify a law enforcement officer that one is legally exercising their right to bear arms in the State of Ohio, Buckeye Firearms Association is often asked what harm is the current law actually causing. We have, of course, pointed out that no one can define what "promptly" means, and that there are no standards for when and how to...

"STRONG Ohio" water-carrier Matt Dolan begins "listening tour" for Senate run

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Friday, July 16, 2021

One would be hard-pressed to find a gun owner over the age of 35 in this state (perhaps even in this entire country) who doesn't remember the problems Mike DeWine created for the Second Amendment while he served in the United States Senate. After he was voted out of office and returned to state politics, his record on the Second Amendment, first as state attorney general and now as governor, has...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joins 21 other AG's in support of a decision that struck down California’s ban on "assault weapons"

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, July 16, 2021

Fox News is reporting that Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) has joined attorneys general from 21 states in filing a court brief in support of a decision that struck down California’s ban on "assault weapons" – which the liberal state has now appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court. From the article : The coalition, led by Arizona, is urging the Ninth Circuit to uphold a lower court decision to...

New Study Shows More Guns Do NOT Equal More Crime

by Dean Rieck

3:00pm Thursday, July 15, 2021

A new study proves once again what we've been saying for years: more guns do not lead to more crime. Axios is reporting on a study from researchers at the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California. They examined the sharp spike in homicides in 2020 to see if they could link it to the equally sharp spike in gun purchases during the same time period. Their conclusion?...

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ATF’s Behavior Paints Ominous Picture for Biden’s “Crackdown” on FFLs

7:00am Thursday, July 15, 2021

According to the president and his ever-obliging attorney general, a “crackdown” is coming on America’s federally licensed gun dealers (FFLs), with “zero tolerance” for allegedly illegal behavior. While no decent person – least of all the NRA or its members – supports arming dangerous criminals, a recent case from Texas provides disturbing hints as to what this policy might look like in practice...

Court of Appeals Affirms Second Amendment Rights Start at Age 18 for Handguns

by Dean Rieck

3:00pm Wednesday, July 14, 2021

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that 18, 19, and 20-year-olds share Second Amendment rights with every other U.S. adult and should have the ability to legally purchase handguns. You can read the full decision in Hirschfeld v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives . The case involved Tanner Hirschfeld and Natalia Marshall,...