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Will We Protect Our Children in School?

by Rob Morse

7:00am Tuesday, November 26, 2019

In the long run, we get the results we plan for. We wear a seatbelt when we drive because we won’t have time to put the seatbelt on the second before an accident. We have insurance when we drive so we can financially and medically recover if someone runs into us. Saying that bad things shouldn’t happen isn’t a workable plan. That is why I’m angry at people who say we shouldn’t protect our kids at...

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Of Course Shannon Watts and Everytown are Anti-gun and Hate the Second Amendment

3:00pm Monday, November 25, 2019

Shannon Watts must be making a late run at PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year. On the October 18 edition of CBS’s “The Takeout with Major Garrett,” the gun control activist told the correspondent, “Often people think that because we're doing this work, we're anti-gun or we don't support the Second Amendment. Nothing could be further from the truth.” Anyone remotely familiar with the American gun...

Gun Rights Apocalypse: Bloomberg Announces 2020 Presidential Campaign

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Monday, November 25, 2019

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the leading source for gun control funding in America, has just announced his candidacy for the 2020 U.S. Presidential race. Running as a Democrat, Bloomberg has pledged to continue his gun-grabbing crusade if he becomes President. From his campaign website: At a time when elected officials from both parties ran from the NRA, Mike built national gun safety...

2A Election Workshop on December 17 in Akron

3:00pm Friday, November 22, 2019

If ever there was a time for patriots to answer the call, that time is NOW! Attend this short, 2-hour workshop to discover what YOU can do to help motivate Ohio's 4 million gun owners to show up at the polls on election day so our rights are represented and our voices are heard loud and clear. WHEN Tuesday, December 17, 2019 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. NOTE: If you can't attend on this date, but still...

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SB 237 (Remove Duty to Retreat) gets first hearing

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Friday, November 22, 2019

Senate Bill 237, the “Ohio Duty to Retreat Act,” received sponsor testimony on Wednesday. Sponsor Terry Johnson (R) gave testimony explaining the bill and stood for questions from committee members for almost an hour. Chairman Bill Coley allowed many questions from anti-self-defense Senators, and engaged in long discussions with Senator Cecil Thomas (D) (a former Cincinnati police officer) about...

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No Protection for the Law that Protects the Firearm Industry: Supreme Court Passes on PLCAA Case

7:00am Thursday, November 21, 2019

A law designed to protect the firearm industry from frivolous litigation is now in jeopardy thanks to inaction by the U.S. Supreme Court, which earlier this month passed on a petition to review a case creating a new exception to the law’s protection. The case before the Supreme Court was Remington Arms v. Soto . It’s hard to imagine a more ridiculous or implausible legal theory: a gunmaker...

Ohio’s Deer Hunters Preparing for Annual Gun Season

7:00am Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Youth-only weekend is Nov. 23-24 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s deer-gun week is fast approaching! White-tailed deer hunters have the chance to pursue Ohio’s favorite big-game animal with approved firearms during the 2019 weeklong gun season, Dec. 2-8, 2019, and the additional weekend, Dec. 21-22, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. “Ohio’s deer hunting...

SB 237 (Remove Duty to Retreat) to receive first hearing in Senate committee

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Senator William Coley (R-4), who chairs the Government Oversight and Reform Committee, has announced that sponsor testimony will be heard on Sen. Terry Johnson's (R) SB 237, recently introduced in the Ohio Senate. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, November 20 at 1:30 p.m. in the North Hearing Room. SB 237 REMOVE DUTY TO RETREAT (JOHNSON, T.) To enact the Ohio Duty to Retreat Act to modify...