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Survey Shows Ongoing Problems with Ohio CHL Renewals

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Friday, August 21, 2020

About 700,000 Ohioans have a Concealed Handgun License (CHL). Under normal circumstances, sheriffs have little problem processing applications and renewals in a timely fashion. However, beginning in March 2020, that changed. First, health concerns about coronavirus caused a dozen Ohio Sheriff offices to shut down . Within a few weeks, most reopened, but the closures caused a backlog of license...

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Op-Ed: Voters will rise up against Democrats' jihad on guns

by David Keene

3:00pm Thursday, August 20, 2020

Left weaken police, while denying people the right to protect themselves The left’s social justice warriors in Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon, and here in the East march under the flag of Black Lives Matter, but seem, well, mostly White. They claim to speak for Blacks, Hispanics and others “of color” as well as for the sexually confused but are really the intellectual and cultural heirs of...

Kamala Harris Choice Creates Most Anti-Gun Presidential Ticket in History

7:00am Thursday, August 20, 2020

Between presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s calls for firearm confiscation and the draft Democratic Party Platform, the 2020 Democratic ticket was already shaping up to be the most anti-Second Amendment in history. With Biden’s, or his team of able-minded handlers’, choice of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) for the vice presidential slot, the Biden campaign and the Democratic...

DeWine's STRONG Ohio claims will fall on deaf ears among gun owners

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, August 19, 2020

“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachments by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.” - Justice Louis Brandeis, Associate Justice Supreme Court...

23 New ODNR Natural Resource Officers Begin Law Enforcement Duties

3:00pm Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Officers take Oath of Office at Aug. 17 ceremony COLUMBUS, Ohio — Twenty-three Natural Resource law enforcement officers were sworn in today by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz in a small outdoor ceremony at the agency’s headquarters. “We are incredibly proud to call this impressive group of men and women natural resources officers,” said Director Mertz. “They...

California’s Ban on Large Capacity Magazines “Goes Too Far” -- Ninth Circuit Strikes Ban as Unconstitutional

7:00am Tuesday, August 18, 2020

In Duncan v. Becerra , a case supported by the NRA, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California’s ban on the possession of “large capacity magazines”(LCMs) violates the Second Amendment. The decision affirms a ruling last March by Federal District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez, who ruled, unequivocally, that the California law was unconstitutional. The panel’s...

Take the FBI Handgun Qualification Challenge

7:00am Monday, August 17, 2020

The FBI handgun qualification is a well known standard demonstration of handgun proficiency. This longstanding course of fire was updated in 2019 and includes some new challenges which will push yours skills! The 50-round course of fire covers distances from 3 to 25 yards and includes single hand shooting, off hand shooting, holster work, standing and kneeling positions. There are two levels of...

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Gun News Roundup - August 14, 2020

3:00pm Friday, August 14, 2020

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: The 2020 Democratic Party Platform On Second Amendment Rights Kamala Harris Doesn’t Think You Have The Right To Own A Gun When Government Encourages Victimhood, You Have an Alternative Guns protect people from...