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Ohio's 2019 new and renewal concealed carry issuance numbers drop

by Jeffrey L. Frischkorn

7:00am Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Though the associated societal threat from the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has seen record setting sales of firearms, what happened during 2019 with Ohio’s concealed carry permit system might portend whether these gun owners will keep their weapons on them. And based on 2019 statistics compiled by the Ohio Attorney, fewer Ohioans in several years are seeking the legal right to carry their...

Online Gun Control Debate hosted by Braver Angels

3:00pm Tuesday, April 21, 2020

This coming Thursday, the Braver Angels organization will be hosting a debate online. Debate Resolution "Resolved: Any restriction on the law-abiding citizen’s right to own any type of firearm is a violation of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution." When: Thursday, April 23, 8:00 pm ET Register: CLICK HERE This Braver Angels Debate will be held as a ZOOM video call. Anyone can join from home,...

Report: Virus-Panicked Liberal Gun Buyers Are Getting Angry When They Discover Their Own Gun Control Laws

by Kira Davis

7:00am Tuesday, April 21, 2020

I was chatting with a friend of mine recently and the topic of gun sales came up. My friend’s father owns a gun range near me and she said he’s seen a huge amount of liberals coming in to purchase weapons in recent weeks. How does he know they’re liberals? “They’re shocked to discover they can’t just walk out of the store with a gun.” We’ve all heard about gun sales skyrocketing recently, but I...

Pandemic Exposes Dangers of So-Called "Universal" Background Checks

7:00am Monday, April 20, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic makes its way across the country, Americans are getting an important lesson in the dangers of a placing a prior restraint on the exercise of a constitutional right. The vast increase in those seeking protection in the Second Amendment during this period of uncertainty has caused the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and Point of Contact State...

Gun Control End Game Revealed as Bloomberg Groups Launch Campaign to Close Gun Stores

7:00am Friday, April 17, 2020

The mask is off (so to speak), and it is now clear beyond any reasonable dispute: America’s largest and most well-funded gun control advocacy group is systematically trying to ban law-abiding Americans, en masse, from acquiring firearms. And this at a time when Americans in record numbers have decided for themselves they need guns more than ever. Events have been unfolding so quickly with respect...

NICS Record: Outbreak Shows the Importance of the 2nd Amendment

7:00am Thursday, April 16, 2020

Don’t think that gun shops are essential? There are as many as 3,740,688 Americans who would disagree with you. That’s how many background checks the FBI NICS Office ran last month. That’s the most ever, surpassing the previous record by 426,094, and is a million more checks than the previous record for the month of March. Tellingly, it is the third consecutive record-setting month and the third...

COVID-19 Threatens Health…of Second Amendment

7:00am Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Our nation continues to struggle with the widespread impact of the COVID-19 virus. By now, everyone should be aware of the new “social distancing” paradigm, where we are all encouraged to avoid large groups of people, and maintain at least six feet of distance between each other when we do interact. Regular washing of our hands—which we should have been doing already—is now the norm, and anyone...

BFA Encourages Ohio Sheriffs to Restart Concealed Handgun License Processing

by Dean Rieck

3:00pm Tuesday, April 14, 2020

On March 19, 2020, Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) issued an alert to members and supporters saying that due to health concerns about coronavirus, some Ohio Sheriff offices were canceling appointments for Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs), temporarily suspending applications and renewals, or limiting hours for license processing. This set off a chain of events (outlined below) that included a...