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Lawmakers challenge DOJ over tax dollars for red flag gun confiscation orders

8:53am Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Back in March, NRA-ILA alerted members that under the 2022 omnibus federal gun control bill (dubbed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act or BSCA) that the U.S. taxpayer is funding state Red Flag gun confiscation orders . On July 25, a group of federal lawmakers led by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) and Rep. Alex Mooney (R-West Virginia) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice , demanding...

Crunch time on Issue 1: We need your help immediately

6:00am Tuesday, August 01, 2023

Recent polling suggests support for Issue 1 is growing but still very close . We've been doing all we can to educate gun owners, but now it's crunch time and we need to make one final push before Election Day on August 8. We're sending a mailer to thousands of Ohioans to get out the vote in favor of Issue 1 to protect our constitution and our gun rights. And we need your financial support. If you...

Clearing up confusion: 4 common misunderstandings about Issue 1

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Monday, July 31, 2023

I've talked to a lot of family and friends on both sides of the political spectrum about Issue 1, and the most common theme among them all is confusion. It's understandable, considering the misleading messages coming from the opposition. Here are four common points of confusion and the real facts on each one: Is a 60% majority undemocratic? Even though the U.S. Constitution and constitutions and...

Issue 1: Where's the outcry over these major 60% (or higher) organizations?

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Friday, July 28, 2023

It's stunning (not really) the level of hypocrisy these extreme progressives will go to just to get their way. How undemocratic it is, they say, that Buckeye Firearms Association and other Issue 1 supporters want a 60% majority to amend the Ohio Constitution. Yet the very bylaws and constitutions of many of those organizations opposed to Issue 1 require the same threshold — if not higher. Here...

Issue 1: Cleveland mayor admits they're coming after your guns next (Watch this video)

by Dean Rieck

5:00am Thursday, July 27, 2023

We've been telling you Issue 1 is about many issues, including protecting gun rights. And here's proof. Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb admitted that if Issue 1 fails and Ohio's constitution continues to be easy to amend, they could use a constitutional ballot initiative to come after your guns. Here's his exact quote from a recent news conference : We can use our real political power to change...

Should we stay or should we go? How should we stop evil?

by Rob Morse

6:00am Wednesday, July 26, 2023

I observed an advanced training course for armed defenders in school. Some of the problems these defenders wrestle with are beyond what most of us have to consider. On the other hand, some of their concerns are the same as ours whether we own a gun or not. Most of us don’t expect to face a threat today. Everyone performs better if they have thought about an emergency before the problem is staring...

Touting 'smart guns' over traditional firearms is stupid policy

6:00am Tuesday, July 25, 2023

In 2002, Democrat lawmakers in New Jersey passed a first-of-its-kind bill to restrict the handguns that could be sold at retail in that state to “smart guns” (called “personalized guns” in the bill). The law would take effect once the state’s attorney general determined that “at least one manufacturer had delivered at least one production model of a personalized handgun to a registered or...

The REAL reason big-city liberals oppose Issue 1

by Dean Rieck

6:00am Monday, July 24, 2023

Opponents of Issue 1 are throwing a conniption fit over the idea of elevating the standards for amending Ohio's constitution. They keep saying it's "undemocratic" and a "power grab." But as is often the case, leftist and progressive political activists are projecting their own motives onto others, accusing them of doing what they themselves are guilty of. Issue 1 not only requires more votes to...