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Washington Post: 'Democratic AGs are Using the Courts to Win on ... Gun Control'

6:00am Friday, May 12, 2023
With all due respect to the Washington Post, the headline to the recent article referenced in the title of this piece reminds us of the iconic phrase uttered by the character Inigo Montoya in the 1987 film Princess Bride. “You keep using that word (in this case, words, as in “courts” and “win”). I do not think it means what you think it means.” A headline announcing “using the courts to win on…...

BFA-backed constitutional amendment for 60% threshold to appear on August ballot

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
3:07pm Wednesday, May 10, 2023
UPDATE: SJR 2 will appear on the ballot on August 8 as "Issue 1." Vote YES for Issue 1. The Ohio House of Representatives today (May 10) passed Senate Joint Resolution 2 , getting us one step closer to requiring a 60% threshold for changes to the Ohio Constitution. The House voted 56-32 to put the measure on the Aug. 8 ballot. Only a simple majority vote was needed. The final vote on the...

BFA delivers thousands of email messages to key House members urging support for SJR 2

6:00am Tuesday, May 09, 2023
The window for the Ohio House of Representatives to place an issue on the ballot to protect Ohio’s Constitution, including our gun rights, is closing fast. To give people a chance to vote on Senate Joint Resolution 2 (SJR 2), it must be passed by the House and Senate by Wednesday, May 10. That's why we sent an action alert to our Ohio-based supporters Monday morning asking them to contact House...

Poll: More and more Americans oppose federal 'assault weapons' ban

By Larry Keane
6:00am Monday, May 08, 2023
President Joe Biden and his gun control advisors won’t like this news. One of the most consistently accurate and reputable polling organizations found more Americans oppose one of the president’s top gun control goals than support it. Monmouth found nearly half of Americans — 49% — oppose a federal ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The poll was released just days after the president once again...

Gun News Roundup - May 6, 2023

6:00am Saturday, May 06, 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: Prohibition on gun insurance requirements getting first Ohio House hearing When politicians push gun control, this happens Singapore picks US firm Colt to supply infantry automatic rifles Texas House approves bill...

Second Amendment Foundation challenges California in federal court over gun waiting period

6:00am Friday, May 05, 2023
The Second Amendment Foundation on May 2 filed a federal lawsuit in California challenging the state’s 10-day waiting period for firearm purchases on Second Amendment grounds. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. SAF is joined by the North County Shooting Center, San Diego County Gun Owners PAC, California Gun Rights Foundation, Firearms Policy...

97Percent: Another fake 'pro gun' group calls for gun control

by Dean Rieck
6:00am Thursday, May 04, 2023
Here we go again. There's another gun group out there claiming to respect the Second Amendment while, of course, calling for more gun control. They call themselves 97Percent , a reference to shoddy research which they claim shows what percentage of Americans favor so-called "universal background checks." And they pose as representatives of the majority of gun owners. In reality, they are a phony...

Say WOT? ATF confiscating wide open triggers from gun owners

by John Crump
6:00am Wednesday, May 03, 2023
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has begun an effort to recover wide open triggers (WOT) from gun owners in multiple states. The WOT is a forced reset trigger (FRT). A forced reset trigger uses the energy from the bolt carrier group to reset the trigger. This action allows the shooter to fire the gun at an accelerated rate. The ATF claims that most FRTs are machine...

Biden ATF director supports 'assault weapons' ban, (still) can’t define it

6:00am Tuesday, May 02, 2023
Steven Dettelbach, President Joe Biden’s appointment to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), recently appeared twice on Capitol Hill to argue in favor of that agency’s funding and to answer questions about its priorities and activities. During those appearances he repeatedly underscored he is not a firearms expert and could not himself define what an “assault weapon...

PODCAST: Courts Rule Against Columbus and the ATF, Plus How to Stay Out of Jail After Self-Defense

6:00am Monday, May 01, 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 95: A Delaware County judge has stopped Columbus from enforcing its magazine and gun storage laws. Plus the Sixth Circuit Court of...

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rules against ATF bump stock rule

by John Crump
6:00am Friday, April 28, 2023
A three-judge panel for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) bump stock rule in Hardin v. ATF. The case centers around a rule made by the ATFs at the urging of then-President Donald Trump after the 2017 tragic attack on country music concertgoers in Las Vegas. The rule reclassified bump stocks as machineguns. The new rule...

ODNR Division of Wildlife acquires 492 additional acres at Woodland Trails

6:00am Thursday, April 27, 2023
A recent acquisition by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife has added 492 acres to Woodland Trails Wildlife Area in southern Preble County. The total size of Woodland Trail now expands to 1,684 acres. “Adding this space to Woodland Trails Wildlife Area secures the conservation of this public land for current and future generations to enjoy,” ODNR Division of Wildlife...

Delaware County judge blocks Columbus gun ordinance enforcement

by Dean Rieck and Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
4:15pm Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Delaware County Common Pleas Judge David M. Gormley issued a ruling today (April 25, 2023) prohibiting the city of Columbus from enforcing its unlawful ordinances that would outlaw certain firearm magazines and implement gun-storage restrictions. From the ruling : ... the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction is granted. Defendant City of Columbus, as well as its officers, agents,...

Fact check: No, children are not more likely to die by guns than by motor vehicles

6:00am Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Another year brings about another opportunity for gun control activists and their media lackeys to manipulate CDC fatal injury data to push a misleading factoid on children and firearms. This is how it works: Step one, acquire statistics on firearm-related deaths among children ages 1-14. Step two, combine that relatively low number with the far greater number of firearm-related deaths involving...

BFA-backed Ohio constitutional amendment threshold inches closer to passage

by Dean Rieck
6:00am Monday, April 24, 2023
Under current law, the Ohio constitution can be amended when an issue is placed on the ballot and voters approve by a simple majority. In other words, Ohio's founding document, the keystone of our entire legal system, can be changed by one extra vote in the affirmative. While the goal may have been to give "power to the people" and enshrine democratic principles in our state, the reality is much...

Gun News Roundup - April 22, 2023

6:00am Saturday, April 22, 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: Fingerprint-activated 9mm handgun coming to market More: Biofire refusing to allow independent reviews of its new ‘smart gun’ Second Amendment scholar challenges gun control narrative, says it increases racial bias...

Concealed-carry manager stops armed robbery at Chicago auto parts store

by Rob Morse
6:00am Friday, April 21, 2023
Some of us need supplies to fix or maintain our automobiles. All of us have been out shopping on the weekend. The customers and employees at an O’Reilly Auto Parts store never thought they would be involved in an armed robbery. The store manager at this auto parts store thought differently. He didn’t know when, but he thought his store could be robbed and his customers threatened. To be fair, the...

Nebraska becomes 27th state to pass NRA-backed 'Constitutional Carry'

6:00am Thursday, April 20, 2023
The National Rifle Association applauds the Nebraska legislature for passing NRA-backed constitutional carry today in a 33-14 vote. The bill is now headed to the governor for his signature. “With Gov. (jim) Pillen’s signature, Nebraska becomes the 27th state in America that protects the right of Americans to carry a firearm outside of their home without first asking the government for additional...

ATF determines 'metal sliver' is a machine gun

by John Crump
6:00am Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Thanks to a Gun Owners Foundation and AmmoLand News Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, the gun-owning community now knows that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has determined a metal sliver is a machine gun. The FOIA in question included a criminal examination letter by the ATF’s Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division (FATD) that examined a Noveske N4 AR...

New York court: 'Innovative' gun control unconstitutional

6:00am Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Well, that was interesting. Our alert last week pointed out that “ [g]un control advocates are ceaseless innovators in the realm of limiting freedom ,” with one of these original ideas being so-called “red flag” gun confiscation laws. The alert added that these laws are open to challenge, citing United States v. Rahimi, 61 F.4th 443 (5th Cir. 2023), a case invalidating a federal firearms...

Ohio's 2023-24 deer hunting seasons approved

6:00am Monday, April 17, 2023
The Ohio Wildlife Council approved proposed hunting and trapping season dates for 2023-24, including deer bag limit changes in seven counties, during its regularly scheduled meeting April 12, according to an April 13 news release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. Deer hunting seasons Deer are Ohio’s most popular game animal. Seasons in 2023-24 will have similar...

African American gun ownership is up; here's why

by Larry Keane
6:00am Friday, April 14, 2023
Policy-makers are confounded. A recent report by The Hill showed that African Americans are the most directly impacted by what they call “gun violence.” At the same time, firearm purchases by African Americans rose steeply in recent years. Those two facts are not mutually exclusive and are linked in ways that gun control groups don’t want to admit. In other words, it’s the crime, stupid. And...

Alabama: House Republican majority moving anti-gun bills

6:00am Thursday, April 13, 2023
The supposedly pro-gun majority in the Alabama House has scheduled committee hearings for three anti-gun bills. House Bill 12 violates Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights by making it a Class A misdemeanor for lawful citizens to not inform law-enforcement, upon request, that they are carrying or possessing firearms. House Bill 28 removes certain exemptions for carry permit holders in order to...

NICS: March 2023 is fourth-highest March for gun sales, background checks

by Dean Weingarten
6:00am Wednesday, April 12, 2023
The National Instant Background Check System (NICS) gun sales and background checks for March 2023 are the fourth-highest on record since recording of background checks started in 1999. In March 2023, there were about 1.51 million gun sales and about 3.04 million background checks total. Having about half of background checks done for gun sales falls well within the expected range in recent years...

Second Amendment vs. 'innovative' gun control

6:00am Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Gun control advocates are ceaseless innovators in the realm of limiting freedom. They continually devise new and bizarre policies to undermine the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) poses a serious problem for these gun control pioneers. In striking down New York’s discretionary carry...

New York court rules due process must be considered for 'red flag' orders

by Larry Keane
6:00am Monday, April 10, 2023
A New York court affirmed that due process rights must be taken into consideration when enforcing so-called “red flag” laws and vacated New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive order for enforcing Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) or “red flag” orders. That is consistent with what NSSF has said from the beginning about ERPOs. If an individual is going to be deprived of fundamental...

Gun News Roundup - April 8, 2023

6:00am Saturday, April 08, 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: South Carolina on track to become 27th constitutional carry state ICYMI: DeSantis’ signature tips US into majority 'constitutional carry' nation with new Florida gun rights law Florida Sheriff Billy Woods: 'The bad...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs 'constitutional carry' into law

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Friday, April 07, 2023
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on April 3 signed into law House Bill 543, the "constitutional carry" legislation that allows Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a government-issued permit. HB 543 goes into effect July 1, making Florida the 26th state to enact "constitutional carry" legislation, according to a post on the governor's website . “Constitutional Carry is in the books...

Effort to require 60% for constitutional changes is essential to gun rights

by Rob Sexton
6:00am Thursday, April 06, 2023
Legislation in both the Ohio House and Senate that would require voters to approve any changes to the Ohio Constitution have received a lot of coverage — most of it negative — in the media these past few weeks. But like many things covered by the mainstream media, the press gets this issue wrong. House Joint Resolution 1 and Senate Joint Resolution 2 are essential to protect Ohio and are equally...

Self-refuting Washington Post: 'No one needs' gun 1 in 20 Americans already own

6:00am Wednesday, April 05, 2023
The Washington Post on March 29 published an editorial titled, “No one needs an AR-15 — or any gun tailor-made for mass shootings.” That piece followed an earlier series of articles about the AR-15 under the heading, “AMERICAN ICON: The gun that divides a nation.” Both efforts were meant to echo and amplify Joe Biden’s call to ban semiautomatic long guns and “large capacity” magazines. They were...

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