H.R. 127 - The Federal Bill That Seeks to Crush Personal Gun Ownership in America

H.R. 127, sponsored by Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) in the 117th Congress is one of the most outrageous and aggressive anti-gun bills ever introduced. While it falls short of banning guns outright and repealing the Second Amendment, it comes very close to doing just that. The scope and ferocity of this bill cannot be overstated. This is legislation intended to punish law-abiding gun owners and crush...

Millions of New Gun Owners, Now What to Do with Them?

With a record setting year for the firearm industry behind us, many industry professionals are starting to ask; “Now what?” Before answering that question, let’s take a look at some statistics that made 2020 a record year. Using adjusted FBI NICS data as a proxy for firearm sales, 2020 recorded a massive 60 percent increase over 2019. The record 21+ million adjusted background checks in 2020...

FLASHBACK: Rush Limbaugh praises Buckeye Firearms Assoc. response to Sandusky Register

[Editor's Note: As the nation continues to mark the passing of talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh, we thought we'd republish this 2007 article documenting the time Rush covered Buckeye Firearms Association's efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of news media publishing lists of concealed handgun license-holders' names. Godspeed Rush!] On Friday, July 6, 2007, America's #1 talk radio host...

Akron mothers get concealed handgun licenses in response to rising crime

WKYC (NBC Cleveland) is reporting that, as crime rose over the summer, Rev. Roderick Pounds helped 386 Akron mothers obtain their Ohio concealed handgun licenses. From the article : Overall, the city of Akron reported 50 homicides last year, a 52% increase from 2019. Police statistics show gun-related crimes are up even more--78%. This comes even as police seized over 940 guns. ... Experts blame...

NSSF Commends Rep. Jeff Duncan’s Introduction of the Hearing Protection Act

NEWTOWN, Conn. – The NSSF®, the firearm industry’s trade association, commends U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan’s (R-S.C.) introduction of the Hearing Protection Act, H.R. 95. The legislation was introduced with 36 original co-sponsors. The bill would remove firearm suppressors from the list of definitions under the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA), eliminating onerous and duplicitous background checks...

Biden Begins Gun Control Push

On Sunday, President Biden used the three-year anniversary of the criminal attack in Parkland, Florida to call “on Congress to enact commonsense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets.” There is nothing “commonsense”...

4 Ohio Pro-Gun Bills (and 1 Anti-Gun Bill) to Watch

At midnight on December 31, 2020, the 133rd Ohio General Assembly ended. All bills not passed at that time died. Immediately, the 134th General Assembly began, launching a new 2-year period to change the laws of the state. Over the last two weeks, several gun-related bills have been introduced: HB 12 - ENFORCE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (Sponsor: Diane V. Grendell) To provide for a writ of mandamus or...

Tissue Sample Confirmed Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in One Wild Ohio Deer

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has identified a positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild Ohio white-tailed deer in Wyandot County. The Division of Wildlife is gathering additional details about the adult male deer taken by a hunter on private property. Tissue samples were submitted for testing by a taxidermist and the...

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