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SCOTUS asked to take up State v. Weber, Ohio case with Second Amendment implications

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, June 03, 2021

A man whose conviction for holding an unloaded shotgun in his home while drunk was upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court is taking his case to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). The case is State v. Weber , which as has been noted on our site , "involves a situation where despite the defendant’s wife telling police there was no longer a problem, they pressed their way in. There they...

FBI’s Shadow Gun Bans Threaten First and Second Amendment Rights

7:00am Wednesday, June 02, 2021

For several years the FBI has been operating a shadow gun ban regime whereby Americans who are not prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law are being denied their Second Amendment rights without due process. This extralegal practice was brought to light again in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit case Turaani v. Wray . The case revealed that the FBI’s current...

US Department of Justice: Active Killer Incidents 2000-2018

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Tuesday, June 01, 2021

The US Department of Justice released a useful publication titled Active Shooter Incidents: Topical One-Pagers 2000-2018 . The publication is an 18-page summary of active shooter statistics for every attack that met the FBI definition between the years 2000 and 2018. It is a valuable reference for anyone who is interested in the topic. I suggest that you read the entire document, but for those...

PODCAST: Second Amendment Sanctuary: Fighting Unconstitutional Gun Control

3:00pm Monday, May 31, 2021

Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The 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 15: All across America, cities, counties, and states have been declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries in a desperate...

NSSF Commends Sen. Cornyn’s Concealed Carry Reciprocity Legislation

7:00am Monday, May 31, 2021

Legislation Would End Patchwork of Confusing Gun Law for CC Permit Holders NEWTOWN, Conn. – The NSSF®, the firearm industry’s trade association, commends U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) introduction of S. 1522, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. The legislation was introduced with 30 original co-sponsors – over 30 percent of the U.S. Senate – to protect law-abiding concealed...

CNN surprised that female, minority & LGBTQ+ communities support gun rights

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, May 28, 2021

With the National Rifle Association having been weakened in recent years due to scandal-ridden mismanagement, gun control extremists have hoped they might finally have a chance in Congress. But the mainstream media are finally discovering what we have long known - the gun rights "tent" is very, very large, and the NRA is but one of many tent poles. From a CNN article entitled, " The fight against...

Chuck Schumer Pronounces Lawful, Regulated, Licensed Firearms Dealers are ‘Evil’

by Larry Keane

3:00pm Thursday, May 27, 2021

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has one word for lawful, regulated and licensed firearm retailers. Evil. In remarks to media pushing his gun control agenda, Sen. Schumer said, “…the evil gun dealers, pushed by the NRA, have used gun shows as a major way to get guns into the hands of people without a background check.” What is evil is the senator’s twisted distortions to...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joins 19 other AGs in opposing Biden nominee to head ATF

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, May 27, 2021

Fox News is reporting that Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) has joined attorneys general from 20 states by sending a letter to the Senate on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to reject David Chipman, President Biden’s nominee for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), over his affiliations with gun control organizations. From the article: "The Second Amendment is the...