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Portage Co. Sheriff’s Dept. under fire for denying CHL applicant over music video

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, April 22, 2021

A Cleveland area man is threatening legal action after being denied a concealed handgun license renewal because of an image found in a social media post. Lamont Gist told WOIO (CBS Cleveland) that he went to Portage County to renew his license because they had open appointments, something many counties did not have at the time due to the ongoing pandemic. He was shocked when he was told that his...

Main Stream Media Super Spreaders

7:00am Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Americans are all too familiar with the background details of mass shooters; it’s hard not to be when media accounts of high-profile tragedies focus their coverage on the attackers, their background, and their motives. This coverage actually gives other deranged individuals something to emulate – and can help spread these tragedies. “Shooters get enormous attention: their name, photo, motivations...

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Kamala Harris is Lying. She and Others are Coming After Your Guns

7:00am Tuesday, April 20, 2021

On Wednesday March 24, Vice President Kamala Harris sat for a segment with “CBS This Morning” in which she advocated for a raft of gun control measures. During her anti-gun rant, the former senator from California tried to give the impression that anti-gun politicians are not interested in taking Americans’ firearms, stating, “Stop pushing the false choice that this means everybody's trying to...

When Gun Rights advocacy and "Back the Blue" efforts collide

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, April 19, 2021

I have been involved in gun rights advocacy for two decades now - enough time to see a lot of change, and do some changing myself. One of the more interesting changes I've been noting in recent years is a growing number of conservatives on social media who are conflating their "pro-gun" politics with their "back the blue" politics. Such people react very negatively to questions about law...

Firearm Industry Economic Impact Rises 232% Since 2008

3:00pm Friday, April 16, 2021

NEWTOWN, Conn. – The total economic impact of the firearm and ammunition industry in the United States increased from $19.1 billion in 2008 to $63.5 billion in 2019, a 232 percent increase, while the total number of full-time equivalent jobs rose from approximately 166,000 to over 342,330, a 106 percent increase in that period, according to a report released by the National Shooting Sports...

The Future of American Policing

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Friday, April 16, 2021

I had two different friends send me messages [recently] requesting my thoughts on what policing is going to look like in the future. I thought about it quite a bit and here are my predictions. We have to recognize that police are a part of our society as a whole. Our society is changing and those changes will drive all future changes in police work. As I see it, there are four primary cultural...

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Please Urge Your U.S. Senators to Oppose Biden and Schumer’s Gun Control!

3:00pm Thursday, April 15, 2021

Joe Biden is calling for a nationwide ban on commonly-owned firearms and magazines used for hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense! He is also calling on Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate to take up and pass gun control bills H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446. This legislation won’t have any impact on crime or criminals, doesn’t address America’s broken mental health system and doesn’t address the...

House Committee Removes Gun Crime Items from Budget Bill

7:00am Thursday, April 15, 2021

The newly released Substitute House Bill 110 , which is the state's two-year operating budget, no longer includes several items regarding sentences for crimes that involve firearms. The items were included in Governor Mike DeWine's Executive Budget but were not retained in the House version of the budget bill that is under consideration by the House Finance Committee. Once the House has approved...