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Month of headlines about mass murders masks fact that guns are used to PROTECT lives every day

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, April 30, 2021
Lost in headlines about several mass murders around the country is the fact that law-abiding gun owners use firearms to protect themselves or loved ones every single day, with little to no attention from the establishment media. For example, here in Ohio, on March 1, WEWS (ABC Cleveland) reported that a homeowner who had already scared off a would-be thief who had attempted to steal his ATV was...

Leaked ATF Rule Would Upend Firearm Industry

3:00pm Thursday, April 29, 2021
On April 20th, The Reload published what appears to be a leaked draft of an ATF proposed rule . The leaked document purports to be a proposed rule to change the regulatory definition of frame or receiver and alter federal marking requirements for firearms. The rule, if implemented, would completely upend the firearm industry by changing what parts must legally be considered a “firearm” under...

NRA Opposes David Chipman for ATF Director

7:00am Thursday, April 29, 2021
During a press conference on Thursday, April 8, President Biden announced that he would once again be targeting law-abiding gun owners by ordering ATF to develop two new restrictive regulations. Aiming to accessorize the Department of Justice’s anti-gun leadership team, Biden announced his nomination of gun control lobbyist David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,...

Grand jury does not indict after self-defense shooting

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, April 28, 2021
WXIX (Fox Cincinnati) is reporting that a grand jury examined evidence in a March 29 shooting incident and returned no indictment. From the article : A fight that led to a deadly shooting in Hamilton on Monday, March 29 was an act of self-defense, court documents say. According to police, the shooting happened at 8:07 a.m. at 408 S. 7th Street. The police report stated the first suspect threw a...

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Second Amendment Concealed Carry Case

7:00am Tuesday, April 27, 2021
On April 26, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear an NRA-backed case challenging New York’s restrictive concealed-carry-licensing regime. This sets the stage for the Supreme Court to affirm what most states already hold as true, that there is an individual right to self-defense outside of the home. This case challenges New York’s requirement that applicants demonstrate “proper cause” to carry a...

PODCAST: Myths, Lies, and Distortions About Guns in Movies and TV

3:00pm Monday, April 26, 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 10: TV and movies are great for entertainment, but not so great for education. Unfortunately, that's where most people learn most...

In New Executive Gun Control Push, Biden Seems to Throw Obama, and Himself, Under the Bus

7:00am Monday, April 26, 2021
Many have come to realize that Joe Biden rarely seems to make much sense, especially when speaking publicly. At his recent Rose Garden ceremony, where he announced his latest assault on the Second Amendment, he lied a number of times, and garbled the name of the federal agency tasked with enforcing federal gun laws. At the Rose Garden ceremony, Biden announced these six actions: “The Justice...

Indiana red flag law fails to stop FedEx killer

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, April 23, 2021
Gun ban extremists have always been quick to try and take advantage of mass murders to further their political goals. In recent years, after a shooting occurs, one of the first things many in the anti-Second Amendment crowd run to the cameras to promote are so-called red flag laws. In the wake of a mass killing in Las Vagas, despite having campaigned as reformed politician on the issue of the...

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...

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...

PODCAST: How Women are Taking the Lead on Gun Rights Through the “DC Project”

3:00pm Monday, April 19, 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 9: Gun control advocates think the only people who care about guns and the Second Amendment are men. But today, gun owners are a...

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...

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...

Ohio House and Senate Introduce Knife Preemption Bills: HB 243 and SB 156

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Wednesday, April 14, 2021
On April 12, 2021, Senate Bill 140 went into effect. It made two significant changes to Ohio law: it repealed the ban on the manufacture and sale of "switchblade," "spring blade" and "gravity" knives and it cleared up the confusion about carrying knives by defining a knife, razor or cutting instrument as a "deadly weapon" or "weapon" ONLY if it is used as a weapon. This is a welcome change, given...

Ohio Wildlife Council Approves 2021-22 Hunting Regulations

7:00am Tuesday, April 13, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Wildlife Council approved all 2021-22 hunting regulations during its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Hunting season dates and limits are proposed by Division of Wildlife biologists. Regulations for the 2021-22 white-tailed deer hunting seasons were included in...

PODCAST: Project Appleseed - Preserving American Values Through Rifle Marksmanship

3:00pm Monday, April 12, 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 8: The values our founding fathers relied on to win our independence and make America a great nation, such as integrity,...

Improvements to Ohio self-defense law take effect; Chicken Littles offer same old predictions

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, April 12, 2021
On April 6, 2021, changes to Ohio's self-defense law, made possible by passage of SB 175 , took effect in Ohio. This was the result of an historic effort by Buckeye Firearms Association to abolish the "duty to retreat," an unfair and dangerous policy in Ohio law related to the use of lethal force in self-defense. This bill brings Ohio into line with as many as 35 other states that have some form...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Carjacking and Denial

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, April 09, 2021
Place yourself in Carolyn Meadows’ shoes. It’s mid day and you are leaving a large grocery store. You get into your car and start to back out of the parking space only to be startled by a shirtless man yelling and banging on the rear of your car. The man is blocking the car from completely leaving the parking space and if she accelerated, she would hit the man. What would you have done if you...

Second Positive CWD Tissue Sample Identified in Wild Ohio Deer

7:00am Thursday, April 08, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has identified a second positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild white-tailed deer in Wyandot County. The mature doe was harvested in January during a controlled hunt on the Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area refuge, within 2 miles of the first positive location. CWD is a fatal neurological disease...

Project Appleseed Announces 2021 Schedule of Ohio Events

by Steve Branam
3:00pm Wednesday, April 07, 2021
As spring approaches, the Appleseed trail will soon start back up and we will begin building another group of Riflemen here in Ohio. For those who don't know about the Appleseed Project , we are a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that teaches the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship and combines this with a series of presentations on our shared heritage as Riflemen and Riflewomen...

CHL-holder defends self and two kids from road-rage maniac

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, April 07, 2021
WTVG (ABC Toledo) reported recently that an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) -holder was forced to use his gun to defend himself and his two children during a road rage incident. From the article : Police responded to a shots-fired call in the 5200 block of Monroe St. around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. Officers located a scene there, and other officers were sent to a location just across the state...

Clyburn Background Check Bill Would Flip Burden of Proof, Allow FBI to Indefinitely Delay Firearm Transactions by Inaction

7:00am Tuesday, April 06, 2021
Should the government be able to deny your right to obtain a firearm, simply by failing to complete a mandatory background check? Anti-gun Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) apparently thinks so. On March 1st, Clyburn introduced H.R. 1446, the so-called “Enhanced Background Checks Act.” Under the bill, the FBI could indefinitely block federally licensed dealers (FFLs) from transferring firearms, simply...

Homeowner forced to shoot would-be ATV thief when he tries to enter home

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, April 05, 2021
A homeowner who had already scared off a would-be thief who had attempted to steal his ATV was forced to defend himself with a firearm when the man returned and attempted to enter his home. From WEWS (ABC Cleveland) : Deputies responded Saturday to a home on Mayfair Road in Green for reports of a shooting. The homeowner told deputies that he found man attempting to steal an ATV from his property...

More Laws for Government to Ignore?

3:00pm Friday, April 02, 2021
We’ve been saying for years—decades, to be honest—that America does not need any more restrictions on firearms to combat violent criminals who misuse guns; we simply need to enforce the laws that are already on the books. Our argument has always been that passing new laws will only affect the otherwise law-abiding, responsible gun owners the anti-gun crowd keeps claiming support their “sensible”...

Anti-Gunner on “Secure Storage” Requirements: They Make Lawfully-Owned Guns “Legally Useless”

7:00am Friday, April 02, 2021
We often say there is no need to speculate on what the true purposes and effects of gun control are, as real-world case studies abound. This week’s example comes from Canada, where a government official justified a recent gun ban’s grandfather provisions for formerly lawful firearms – presumably included to appease law-abiding owners – by explaining they rendered those guns “legally useless.” Gun...

The American Freedom Liberty Foundation Raffle

3:00pm Thursday, April 01, 2021
Here's your chance to support our friends with the American Freedom Foundation and win some great looking guns. The American Freedom Liberty Foundation, Inc. (AFLF) was formed to preserve hunting, the shooting sports, teach marksmanship, overall gun safety and to continue to foster American traditions, values, and patriotism. It's a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that raises tax-deductible...

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