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Supreme Court Rejects 10 Second Amendment Cases

11:00am Monday, June 15, 2020

The Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the future of Second Amendment litigation Monday morning by rejecting nearly a dozen Second Amendment-related cases that it had been considering in conference in recent weeks. Despite four justices announcing in the challenge to a New York City gun law that was mooted by the high court that they wanted and were ready to hear one of the many 2A cases...

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Glimpse of Toy Gun in School-Related Zoom Call Results in Police Response to Family Home

7:00am Monday, June 15, 2020

Of all the recent developments in American life arising from state lockdown orders, perhaps none is so sinister as public officials encouraging people to inform on their neighbors and community members for perceived violations of supposed safety protocols. This trend is made all the worse by the fact that people are getting an unprecedented glimpse into each others’ homes through pervasive online...

Gun News Roundup - June 12, 2020

3:00pm Friday, June 12, 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: A letter to the American public: Why you must decide what you want from cops Warner Bros. Goes Looney Tunes by Taking Elmer Fudd’s Gun Lockdowns And Gun Control Fail Chicago Again Court shoots down assault weapons...

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Ohio House Votes to Pass HB 425 to Eliminate Duty to Inform

12:23pm Friday, June 12, 2020

Late Thursday, June 11, 2020, the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 425. The bill eliminates Ohio’s ambiguously worded requirement that a Concealed Handgun License holder, when interacting with a police officer, “promptly” disclose they are carrying a firearm. The law has been unevenly enforced and has become a trap for law-abiding gun owners in Ohio. HB 425, sponsored by...

Dispatch editorial: "Gun laws pointless if not enforced"

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, June 12, 2020

The headline could have appeared on the Buckeyefirearms.org, NRA.org or a host of any other pro-gun rights websites. But it appeared in the Columbus Dispatch . " Gun laws pointless if not enforced " Written by Theodore Decker, the article documents authorities' consistent failure to prosecute a man who repeatedly violated state and federal gun laws. From the article: The bust yielded both...

Is it time to begin stockpiling ammunition?

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Thursday, June 11, 2020

With the recent COVID-19 pandemic and lots of civil unrest, I’m getting more and more people asking questions about stockpiling ammunition. Online ammunition outlets have been sold out of popular products lately. Ammo availability at local gun stores is starting to increase, but prices are high and many stores are limiting the amount of ammunition an individual can purchase. How many rounds...

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As a Lawyer, Please Don’t Listen to Joe Biden’s Gun Advice

by Joe Bartozzi

7:00am Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Please, for the love of all things precious to you and your family, do not listen to Joe Biden when it comes to using firearms to defend yourself. His advice is dangerous both physically and legally. It’s going to get police killed and lull Americans into a false sense of security. Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has been wrong on guns every time he mentions them. His...

May 2020 firearms sales jump 75.2% over prior year

3:00pm Tuesday, June 09, 2020

The wave of increased gun sales that followed the government's response to a pandemic continued in May. The May 2020 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,595,790 is an increase of 75.2 percent compared to the May 2019 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 910,910. For comparison, the unadjusted May 2020 FBI NICS figure 3,066,740 reflects a 32.1 percent...