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Gun bills trickle in as Ohio legislature's 135th assembly gets rolling

6:00am Friday, February 24, 2023

A handful of House and Senate bills are beginning to work their way through the state's legislative process, as the Ohio Legislature's 135th General Assembly gets underway. The first three, as currently written, would reduce firearms regulations and expand Second Amendment rights. One in particular is called the Second Amendment Preservation Act. Introduced by Reps. Mike Loychik, R-Bazetta, and...

Discover Card to start tracking firearms purchases

By John Crump

6:00am Thursday, February 23, 2023

Discover Financial Services will start tracking gun purchases at retailers nationwide this coming April. Discover is the fourth largest credit card provider after American Express, Visa, and Mastercard and is the first provider to publicly state that it will start tracking gun purchases. The credit card company claims it will begin monitoring gun purchases to help law enforcement agencies...

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State attorneys general to Biden on 'assault weapons' ban: Nope, nada, not having it

6:00am Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Following his State of the Union (SOTU) speech earlier this month, in which President Joe Biden yelled , “Band [sic] ‘assault weapons’ now!”, the president predictably included the same demand last week in remarks at the National Association of Counties legislative conference. “I’m gonna say something that’s always controversial but there is no rationale for assault weapons and magazines that...

A 99% solution to stop mass murders

By Rob Morse

7:00am Tuesday, February 21, 2023

I’ve yet to meet anyone who says they want more mass-murders. We want to stop them, but the question is how. I’ve studied armed defense for about a decade. While I admit there is more to learn, that makes me an elite subject matter expert compared to the journalists and politicians who shape public policy. We can stop most mass-murders today. There are the solutions we should use, the solutions...

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PODCAST: The Media and Gun Control Activists Struggle to Exploit MSU Murders

6:00am Monday, February 20, 2023

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 91: After a 43-year old man killed 3 students and wounded 5 at Michigan State University, the media and activists want to exploit the...

Gun News Roundup - February 18, 2023

7:00am Saturday, February 18, 2023

Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: Exclusive: Discover to enable tracking of purchases at gun retailers from April NC Senate passes gun bill with pistol permit repeal Oregon overturns ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ law Democrats push ahead on gun...

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Pro-gun Senate bill would end discrimination in financial marketplace

6:00am Friday, February 17, 2023

Operation Choke Point was just the beginning. That Obama-era scandal featured federal regulators who used their authority to lean on the banks and payment processors they oversaw to pressure them into severing ties with legal but politically disfavored businesses. At the time, this concept was still considered shameful and overreaching enough for the agencies involved to claim it was all a big...

Lawsuit filed against Columbus over unlawful, unconstitutional gun laws

6:04pm Thursday, February 16, 2023

On Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, The Buckeye Institute filed a lawsuit against the city of Columbus to protect the rights of Ohioans to keep and bear arms after the Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 3176-2022 outlawing certain firearms magazines in violation of Ohio law and the U.S. and Ohio constitutions. Doe v. Columbus was filed in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, along with a...