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Clearing up confusion: 4 common misunderstandings about Issue 1

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Monday, July 31, 2023
I've talked to a lot of family and friends on both sides of the political spectrum about Issue 1, and the most common theme among them all is confusion. It's understandable, considering the misleading messages coming from the opposition. Here are four common points of confusion and the real facts on each one: Is a 60% majority undemocratic? Even though the U.S. Constitution and constitutions and...

Issue 1: Where's the outcry over these major 60% (or higher) organizations?

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Friday, July 28, 2023
It's stunning (not really) the level of hypocrisy these extreme progressives will go to just to get their way. How undemocratic it is, they say, that Buckeye Firearms Association and other Issue 1 supporters want a 60% majority to amend the Ohio Constitution. Yet the very bylaws and constitutions of many of those organizations opposed to Issue 1 require the same threshold — if not higher. Here...

Issue 1: Cleveland mayor admits they're coming after your guns next (Watch this video)

by Dean Rieck
5:00am Thursday, July 27, 2023
We've been telling you Issue 1 is about many issues, including protecting gun rights. And here's proof. Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb admitted that if Issue 1 fails and Ohio's constitution continues to be easy to amend, they could use a constitutional ballot initiative to come after your guns. Here's his exact quote from a recent news conference : We can use our real political power to change...

Should we stay or should we go? How should we stop evil?

by Rob Morse
6:00am Wednesday, July 26, 2023
I observed an advanced training course for armed defenders in school. Some of the problems these defenders wrestle with are beyond what most of us have to consider. On the other hand, some of their concerns are the same as ours whether we own a gun or not. Most of us don’t expect to face a threat today. Everyone performs better if they have thought about an emergency before the problem is staring...

Touting 'smart guns' over traditional firearms is stupid policy

6:00am Tuesday, July 25, 2023
In 2002, Democrat lawmakers in New Jersey passed a first-of-its-kind bill to restrict the handguns that could be sold at retail in that state to “smart guns” (called “personalized guns” in the bill). The law would take effect once the state’s attorney general determined that “at least one manufacturer had delivered at least one production model of a personalized handgun to a registered or...

The REAL reason big-city liberals oppose Issue 1

by Dean Rieck
6:00am Monday, July 24, 2023
Opponents of Issue 1 are throwing a conniption fit over the idea of elevating the standards for amending Ohio's constitution. They keep saying it's "undemocratic" and a "power grab." But as is often the case, leftist and progressive political activists are projecting their own motives onto others, accusing them of doing what they themselves are guilty of. Issue 1 not only requires more votes to...

Registration for 2023 Fall Youth Shoot Now Open

6:00am Saturday, July 22, 2023
Don't miss the 2023 Fall Youth Shoot REGISTER TODAY When: Saturday and Sunday Sep. 9-10, 2023 Camping on-site starting Friday night, Sep. 8 Registration will open closer to the event. Watch your email for our alert. Where : Tusco Rifle Club 2132 Midvale Mine Rd SE Dennison, OH 44621 Cost: Only $10 per Youth Adult Volunteers Free Weekend Camping Free This is a special 2-day event to offer youth...

Right to arms in American colonies predates Bill of Rights

by Dean Weingarten
6:00am Friday, July 21, 2023
New evidence has surfaced which indicates Englishmen in the American colonies had the right to keep and bear arms before the right was codified in England. In 1606, King James I granted perpetual rights to arms for the Virginia colonies, which covered what would become the southern colonies during the 1600s. From The History of Bans on Types of Arms Before 1900, by David Kopel and Joseph Greenlee...

Gun prohibition advocates demonize lawful industry, ignore actual criminals

6:00am Thursday, July 20, 2023
Here we go again. Four years after then-Vice President Joe Biden said, “Our enemy is the gun manufacturers,” gun control advocates are still trying to convince Americans that violent crime results from law-abiding businesses providing a constitutionally protected product under exacting government scrutiny. Amidst the gun prohibition lobby’s never-ending — and usually illegal — campaign of...

Hat tip to Cleveland.com columnist Ted Diadiun for going against MSM grain, supporting Issue 1

By Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Wednesday, July 19, 2023
It's no secret that most members of the mainstream media aren't exactly in line with the conservative side of any issue. And we've called them out for their subjective journalism where firearms are concerned — like a lot. So when a major Ohio newspaper's columnist goes against the grain and takes a side consistent with ours, that columnist is due our praise. Such is the case with Cleveland.com...

Pro-gun states block credit card gun registry scheme

7:59am Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Last September, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved a Merchant Category Code (MCC) for firearm retailers. Since the ISO’s decision, NRA-ILA has worked to alert financial industry stakeholders to gun owners’ concerns and urged state lawmakers and attorneys general to address this matter. To date, several states and their attorneys general have taken important steps to...

PODCAST: A Review of Ohio’s Firearm Bills and the 4 Big Lies Being Spread about Issue 1

11:00am Monday, July 17, 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 100: Ohio has introduced 10 firearm bills so far in the 135th General Assembly, 5 anti-gun bills and 5 pro-gun bills, including a...

Ohio Issue 1: If it's really about big money and democracy, opposition again showing its hypocrisy

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Monday, July 17, 2023
Big money is behind every major election. It's been that way almost since America's founding, and it will always be that way. For grassroots organizations like Buckeye Firearms Association, money comes in small packages from a large pool of donors who live ordinary lives but want to help secure Second Amendment rights in extraordinary ways. It doesn't come from a handful of billionaires, and it...

Ryan Busse is a fear merchant, liar, but no firearms expert

By Larry Keane
6:00am Friday, July 14, 2023
Anytime the media’s favorite former “gun guy” turned-gun control advocate gets invited to speak about gun control, hold on. It’s going to be a wild ride. Ryan Busse, Senior Advisor for Giffords gun control group, was invited to MSNBC’s “Reidout” to speak with host Joy Reid as she bemoaned that she was afraid to leave her home on Independence Day for celebrations because “America’s awash in guns”...

More grassroots support: Ohio AgriBusiness Association backs Issue 1

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Thursday, July 13, 2023
One of Ohio's oldest organizations has joined several others in its support of Issue 1 on the Aug. 8 ballot statewide. The Ohio AgriBusiness Association , a statewide trade association whose roots date back to the 1880s, on July 7 posted its endorsement to require a 60% majority vote for amendments to the Ohio Constitution. “The need for a stable and predictable business environment in our state...

Retaliation? ATF revokes gun store's FFL after store sues ATF

by John Crump
6:00am Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Valley City, North Dakota — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has revoked both Federal Firearms Licenses (FFLs) belonging to a gun shop that sued the federal government over the now-dead frames and receiver rule . Morehouse Enterprises in North Dakota teamed up with Gun Owners of America (GOA) to fight the ATF’s attempt to regulate unfinished frames and receivers...

Early in-person voting on Issue 1 starts today.

11:35am Tuesday, July 11, 2023
VOTE YES on Issue 1 to protect Ohio's Constitution and protect your gun rights! Early in-person voting at your county board of elections starts today, July 11, for the August special election on Issue 1. Click here to check the hours and address for your county board of elections . Your two other options are voting by mail and voting in-person on August 8. Click here to request an absentee ballot...

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner typifies soft-on-crime, anti-gun prosecutors

by Larry Keane
6:00am Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Philadelphia Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner’s reaction to the horrific tragedy that unfolded in Philadelphia after a mentally unstable man fired randomly, killing five innocent bystanders reveals why he’s arguably the country’s most notorious example of a soft-on-crime prosecutor. Authorities are still gathering facts. That didn’t stop DA Krasner from shamelessly asserting more gun...

Here's how Ohio Issue 1 will appear on Aug. 8 special election ballot

6:00am Monday, July 10, 2023
It is vital that all gun owners in Ohio VOTE YES on Issue 1 in the Aug. 8 special election. A YES vote on Issue 1 protects our Constitution and Second Amendment rights from deep-pocketed, out-of-state interests. By passing Issue 1, the People of all 88 counties will ensure constitutional changes are widely accepted and declare that Ohio’s Constitution is not for sale to gun grabbers like Mike...

NRA sues ATF, DOJ over 'pistol brace' rule, defends members against draconian measure

6:00am Friday, July 07, 2023
The National Rifle Association of America (“NRA”) on July 3 announced it had filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”), the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland (“Defendants”) in opposition to the unlawful “ pistol brace rule .” “The NRA has ramped up its offense on this...

Sportsmen's Alliance encourages YES vote on Issue 1

6:00am Thursday, July 06, 2023
Note from Buckeye Firearms Association: Sportsmen's Alliance on June 29 published this editorial in support of the BFA-backed Issue 1 , which would raise the threshold to 60% to approve Ohio Constitution amendment proposals. On Aug. 8, Ohioans will vote on Issue 1, which would raise the bar to pass an amendment to Ohio's Constitution to 60%. Everyone who cares about protecting our outdoor...

Federal judge vacates ATF 'final rule' on unfinished frames, receivers

6:00am Wednesday, July 05, 2023
The Second Amendment Foundation is celebrating a ruling by a federal judge in Texas against Joe Biden’s ATF by vacating the agency’s “final rule” which treated unfinished frames and receivers the same as if they are functional firearms. SAF was allowed to intervene in the case last December. The case is known as VanDerStok v. Garland. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor handed down the decision...

For these 8 organizations, Issue 1 is about more than that one issue

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Tuesday, July 04, 2023
Despite the persistent claim by extreme progressive organizations and many in the media that Issue 1 on the Aug. 8 ballot is all about one issue only, let's be clear: That's a false narrative. Of course, pro-life citizens would prefer to keep abortion out of the Ohio Constitution. But that's one contingent of many who favor making it difficult to amend the state's primary document that is...

PODCAST: Answers to Your Legal Questions About Pistol Braces, Marijuana, Travel, and More

6:00am Monday, July 03, 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 99: What should you do with a pistol brace now that the ATF says they're short barreled rifles? Can you own a gun if you use medicinal...

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