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Say WOT? ATF confiscating wide open triggers from gun owners

by John Crump

6:00am Wednesday, May 03, 2023

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has begun an effort to recover wide open triggers (WOT) from gun owners in multiple states. The WOT is a forced reset trigger (FRT). A forced reset trigger uses the energy from the bolt carrier group to reset the trigger. This action allows the shooter to fire the gun at an accelerated rate. The ATF claims that most FRTs are machine...

Biden ATF director supports 'assault weapons' ban, (still) can’t define it

6:00am Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Steven Dettelbach, President Joe Biden’s appointment to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), recently appeared twice on Capitol Hill to argue in favor of that agency’s funding and to answer questions about its priorities and activities. During those appearances he repeatedly underscored he is not a firearms expert and could not himself define what an “assault weapon...

PODCAST: Courts Rule Against Columbus and the ATF, Plus How to Stay Out of Jail After Self-Defense

6:00am Monday, May 01, 2023

The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on Podbean and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , iHeartRadio and many other platforms. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. How to Listen to Podcasts on Your Mobile Phone *** Episode 95: A Delaware County judge has stopped Columbus from enforcing its magazine and gun storage laws. Plus the Sixth Circuit Court of...

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rules against ATF bump stock rule

by John Crump

6:00am Friday, April 28, 2023

A three-judge panel for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) bump stock rule in Hardin v. ATF. The case centers around a rule made by the ATFs at the urging of then-President Donald Trump after the 2017 tragic attack on country music concertgoers in Las Vegas. The rule reclassified bump stocks as machineguns. The new rule...

ODNR Division of Wildlife acquires 492 additional acres at Woodland Trails

6:00am Thursday, April 27, 2023

A recent acquisition by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife has added 492 acres to Woodland Trails Wildlife Area in southern Preble County. The total size of Woodland Trail now expands to 1,684 acres. “Adding this space to Woodland Trails Wildlife Area secures the conservation of this public land for current and future generations to enjoy,” ODNR Division of Wildlife...

Delaware County judge blocks Columbus gun ordinance enforcement

by Dean Rieck and Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

4:15pm Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Delaware County Common Pleas Judge David M. Gormley issued a ruling today (April 25, 2023) prohibiting the city of Columbus from enforcing its unlawful ordinances that would outlaw certain firearm magazines and implement gun-storage restrictions. From the ruling : ... the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction is granted. Defendant City of Columbus, as well as its officers, agents,...

Fact check: No, children are not more likely to die by guns than by motor vehicles

6:00am Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Another year brings about another opportunity for gun control activists and their media lackeys to manipulate CDC fatal injury data to push a misleading factoid on children and firearms. This is how it works: Step one, acquire statistics on firearm-related deaths among children ages 1-14. Step two, combine that relatively low number with the far greater number of firearm-related deaths involving...

BFA-backed Ohio constitutional amendment threshold inches closer to passage

by Dean Rieck

6:00am Monday, April 24, 2023

Under current law, the Ohio constitution can be amended when an issue is placed on the ballot and voters approve by a simple majority. In other words, Ohio's founding document, the keystone of our entire legal system, can be changed by one extra vote in the affirmative. While the goal may have been to give "power to the people" and enshrine democratic principles in our state, the reality is much...