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2nd Amendment Summit slated April 15 in Cincinnati

6:00am Tuesday, April 04, 2023
The "largest student-led gun rights conference in Ohio" is coming to Cincinnati this month. The 2nd Amendment Summit will bring together students, industry professionals, policymakers, and other influential voices in the firearms community to advocate for the right to keep and bear arms, according to Nicholas Fisher, summit conference director. The summit, which will begin with check-in,...

PODCAST: Good Gun Bills, Bad Gun Bills, and a Constitutional Joint Resolution

6:00am Monday, April 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 94: Legislators have introduced 3 good pro gun bills and 2 really bad anti gun bills. Plus there's growing support for a pair of joint...

Gun News Roundup - April 1, 2023

6:00am Saturday, April 01, 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: Mother of Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale appears to have been gun control activist Nashville shooting shows America has a mental health crisis, not a gun problem Anti-gun protesters storm Tennessee state...

CCRKBA: Focus should be on mental health, not firearms

6:00am Friday, March 31, 2023
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the facts support only one conclusion about the deadly shooting in Nashville on Monday: America has a mental health crisis, not a firearms crisis. “Firearms don’t have a brain to hate with, or a finger to pull their own trigger,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb in a March 28 post at ccrkba.org . “What happened Monday in Nashville...

Google's experimental AI chatbot Bard admits 'bias in favor of gun control'

by Chad D. Baus
1:00pm Thursday, March 30, 2023
Recently, I received an invitation to participate in an early experiment with Google's generative AI chatbot called Bard. After a week on the waiting list, I received notification that it was my turn to try Bard. My first questions to Bard dealt with simply understanding its purpose: Being a writer, I couldn't help but notice that Bard had referred to itself in the first person in its first...

BFA Testifies in Favor of SJR 2 to Protect Constitutional Rights

by Dean Rieck
6:00am Thursday, March 30, 2023
On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, Buckeye Firearms Association presented testimony in the Senate General Government Committee supporting Senate Joint Resolution 2 to amend the Ohio Constitution to require a vote of at least 60% of the electors to approve any constitutional amendment. This was the second hearing on this resolution, which seeks to raise the bar for altering Ohio's Constitution...

ODNR: New construction to begin at Delaware Wildlife Area Shooting Range

6:00am Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Delaware Wildlife Area’s shooting range hours will be adjusted beginning Wednesday, April 12, to allow for the construction of safety baffles and target positions for the 100-yard lanes, according to a March 28 news release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. Construction is estimated to last up to 12 weeks, during which time the 100-yard range will be closed. The...

Biden swiftly exploits Nashville shooting to push gun control demands

By Dave Workman
6:00am Tuesday, March 28, 2023
President Joe Biden wasted no time Monday to use the murders of six people at a private Christian grade school in Nashville , allegedly by a 28-year-old woman reportedly armed with two semiautomatic rifles and a handgun, to push his gun ban agenda. The shooter was killed by responding Nashville police officers. Fox News: The shooter was identified as Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a Nashville resident,...

Army veteran who shot armed gangster charged with murder by another Soros-backed DA

By Lee Williams
6:00am Monday, March 27, 2023
Most convicts would rather serve a year in a county jail or a state prison rather than six months in the Baltimore City Jail, which is dank, dirty and dangerous, especially for someone accused of murdering one of the city’s Crips gang members. Medically retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alejandro Gonzalez has spent more than 16 months behind bars, accused of first-degree murder. He and his legal team...

Gun News Roundup - March 25, 2023

6:00am Saturday, March 25, 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: North Carolina: Right-to-carry expansion and permit-to-purchase repeal VETOED by Gov. Cooper Florida may soon loosen gun laws as lawmakers pass permitless carry bill Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee: ATF has been keeping...

Progressive prosecutor demonstrates why no one trusts more gun control

By Mark Oliva
6:00am Friday, March 24, 2023
District Attorney George Gascón is putting a "woke" soft-on-crime agenda ahead of community safety. Let the gun control zealots defend this. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón had to be shamed into doing his job to protect his community from a would-be school murderer. DA Gascón refused to bring charges against a teen who allegedly posted threats against a school on social media and was...

Uvalde police, who had ARs, now blame ARs for 21 murders, not own cowardice

By Lee Williams
6:00am Thursday, March 23, 2023
Law enforcement is dangerous. That’s why departments issue handguns, spare mags, Tasers, pepper spray, batons, shotguns, ARs and body armor, and spend millions of taxpayer dollars every year making sure their officers know how to use deadly force with some modicum of proficiency. If you can’t accept the danger, do not apply. Pinning on a badge once came with an implied consent. It meant you were...

Bullying from anti-gun senators, AGs mounts for firearms purchase tracking

By Mark Oliva
6:00am Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Credit card companies "paused" firearms retail-specific merchant category codes. Suddenly, gun control advocates can’t live without them. Here’s why. There’s no bigger proof that the Merchant Category Code (MCC) specific to firearm retailers is really a bad idea than those losing their minds now that major credit card companies announced they won’t put it into practice. U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D...

U.S. taxpayers funding 'red flag' gun confiscation orders

6:00am Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Texans are paying for so-called “Red Flag” gun confiscation orders in New York. North Carolinians are bankrolling Extreme Risk Protective Orders (ERPOs) in New Jersey. Louisianans are footing the bill for gun confiscation orders in Maryland . Thanks to the 2022 federal gun control omnibus bill, titled the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), taxpayers in pro-gun jurisdictions are now...

PODCAST: Biden Signs Executive Order to Harass Gun Dealers and Other Malarkey

6:00am Monday, March 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 93: Desperate to look tough on crime, Biden signs an executive order to harass gun dealers, accuse manufactures of marketing guns to...

ODNR Division of Wildlife accepting sign-ups for special spring hunting, fishing opportunities

6:00am Friday, March 17, 2023
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife is inviting all hunting and fishing enthusiasts to apply for spring 2023 controlled access opportunities available throughout the state. The online application period for special trout fishing and wild turkey hunting is open until March 31, according to a March 15 news release from the ODNR. Successful applicants for each opportunity...

NSSF: Biden ignores Constitution, Congress, signs anti-gun executive order

6:00am Thursday, March 16, 2023
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) posted March 14 that it takes exception with President Joe Biden’s Executive Order to increase gun control measures. In the name of “doing something,” the Biden administration is chilling fundamental Constitutional rights and simply rehashing existing law, many of which were previously supported by the firearm industry. “The Biden administration...

BFA Provides Testimony in Support of SB 58 to Prohibit Firearm Ownership Fees or Liability Insurance

6:00am Wednesday, March 15, 2023
On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, Buckeye Firearms Association presented testimony in the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee supporting SB 58 to prohibit requiring firearm liability insurance or being required to pay a fee for the possession of a firearm, part of a firearm, its components, its ammunition, or a knife. This was the second hearing for this legislation, sponsored by Senator...

Hunting coalition files appeal on California youth marketing law

6:00am Tuesday, March 14, 2023
On March 10, the Sportsmen’s Alliance, Safari Club International and Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation appealed the denial of a preliminary injunction against a California statute that prohibits the "marketing" of firearms and firearm accessories to minors . The law, created with passage of AB 2571 in August 2022, put many youth-related hunting and education programs at risk due to the...

ATF director paints different picture from doctors at 'gun violence' prevention forum

By Matt Manda
6:00am Monday, March 13, 2023
Dozens of hospital and healthcare executives converged on New York City for a conference to discuss their role as “leaders” in reducing criminal misuse of firearms. Criminal misuse of firearms isn’t a public health issue nor should it be addressed as such. It’s a criminal issue caused by individuals breaking the law. These health professionals should have instead listened closer to the keynote...

Gun News Roundup - March 11, 2023

6:00am Saturday, March 11, 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: As the ranks of Black gun owners grow, the Second Amendment finds fresh support Sens. Rounds, Johnson take on ATF, introduce bill to expand full-time travelers’ gun ownership rights More ATF news: Agents raid wrong...

Visa, MasterCard, others announce 'pause' in firearms retail codes

6:00am Friday, March 10, 2023
NSSF, the Firearm Industry Trade Association, posted March 9 that it is encouraged by the announcement from Visa and MasterCard that they will “pause” plans to implement a special Merchant Category Code (MCC) specific to purchases at firearm retailers with their credit cards. That announcement was later echoed by American Express and Discover , which previously announced plans to implement the...

Bump stock ban: District Court rules in favor of Cargill vs. ATF, but refuses relief

By John Crump
6:00am Thursday, March 09, 2023
A federal district judge has issued a judgment for Michael Cargill in a case where Mr. Cargill challenged the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) bump stock ban (Cargill vs. Garland). However, District Judge David Ezra did not grant Cargill and gun owners relief. The Trump-era bump stock ban came after a deranged man killed over 50 people in Las Vegas. According to the FBI,...

Quiz: How well do you know Ohio's and other states' firearms laws?

6:00am Wednesday, March 08, 2023
As of June 2022, law-abiding citizens are no longer required to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun in Ohio. But that's one law in one state, and while it's a good one, it's important to be aware of not only Ohio's firearms laws but also other states' laws, as well. If you own or carry a gun, don't dare travel out of your state without The Traveler's Guide to the Firearm Laws of the...

Columbus keeps violating Ohio law, says give up 'large capacity' magazines by July 1

By Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Columbus' elected city leaders are continuing with their willingness to violate state preemption law and the Ohio Supreme Court when it comes to local firearms ordinances. City Council on Feb. 27 voted 7-0 to amend its illegal December ordinance “to correct a minor drafting error and to allow for disposition of previously legally acquired large capacity magazines ...” Council in December passed...

PODCAST: Surprise! Liberals Own Guns Too and Many Support the Second Amendment

6:00am Monday, March 06, 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 92: Liberals hate guns and the Second Amendment! But wait. Is that always true? The reality is that gun ownership is much more broad and...

Gun News Roundup - March 4, 2023

6:00am Saturday, March 04, 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: With guns now allowed on college campuses, West Virginia governor pledges, 'Mess with us, we can mess back' Downstate judge strikes down Illinois ban on 'high-powered' guns Gun rights advocates flex muscles in...

Their goal: Teach people to despise guns and gun owners

By Rob Morse
6:00am Friday, March 03, 2023
We all know how to sell something. We also know how to discredit an idea or action. All we have to do is ignore its benefits and inflate its costs. Are those lies exactly? A comedian can lie to us, but we don’t go to a comedy club to hear the truth. Here is how the mainstream media and anti-rights politicians teach us to hate guns and to despise gun owners ... and yes, they lie about it. Tell...

The Shortest Bill Ever Written Is Also the Dumbest

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Thursday, March 02, 2023
On March 1, 2023, F-rated Ohio Democrat Sens. Hearcel Craig and Catherine Ingram introduced what may be the world's shortest piece of legislation. It is also arguably the dumbest. Senate Bill 78 seeks to repeal ORC 9.68 , Ohio's preemption law. This would vaporize everything gun rights advocates have fought for over the past 20 years and allow every city, village, and township to enact their own...

Permitless Carry Works: Fewer Ohioans Apply for New CCW Licenses in 2022

by Dean Rieck
6:00am Thursday, March 02, 2023
According to the Ohio Attorney General's annual report on concealed handgun licenses , fewer Ohio residents applied for a new license in 2022 than in previous years. However, license renewals remained average compared to the previous nine years. What this means is that the Buckeye Firearms Association-backed permitless carry law is working as intended. Those who wish to carry concealed may do so...

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