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BFA-PAC Announces Grades and Endorsements for August 2, 2022 Ohio Primary

7:00am Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Because lawmakers struggled to finalize district maps, the Ohio Primary Election for 2022 has been divided into two separate elections. The first was on May 3 and included federal candidates (U.S. Senate and U.S. House), Ohio statewide candidates (Governor, Attorney General, Auditor of State, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State,) and Judicial candidates (Ohio Supreme Court and other judicial...

“[A]ll We Need You to Do is Give us the Gun”: U.K. Launches National Firearm Surrender Campaign

3:00pm Tuesday, June 28, 2022

On March 12, a two-week campaign was launched in the United Kingdom to encourage subjects of Her Majesty the Queen to surrender firearms, ammunition, weapons, and any other object even vaguely reminiscent of a gun to local police stations. An official with the National Police Chief’s Council assured citizens that they will receive amnesty for any otherwise illegal possession or transport involved...

Biden Signs Federal Gun Control Bill

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Tuesday, June 28, 2022

On Saturday, June 25, 2022, President Biden signed S.2938, the so-called "Bipartisan Safer Communities Act." The mainstream media are hailing this bill as a great victory and Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), one of the bill's champions, claims it will "save thousands of lives." But this legislative Frankenstein, cobbled together by Republicans and Democrats frantic to "do something," is unlikely...

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PODCAST: Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rules Citizens Have Right to Carry Guns

3:00pm Monday, June 27, 2022

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 68: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that New York's law requiring citizens to show "proper cause" to get a concealed carry license...

Cincinnati: Man uses gun to stop home invasion assault

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, June 27, 2022

WCPO (ABC Cincinnati) reported recently that a man was forced to use his gun to stop an attacker who invaded his girlfriend's home. From the article : West Chester police said 20-year-old Andrew Tyson entered a home on Timberrail Court around 3:30 a.m. Saturday without the homeowner's permission. According to the man and woman who called 911 from inside the house, the woman was Tyson's ex-...

Op-Ed: Would four gun controls considered by Congress prevent mass shootings?

by Jacob Sallum

7:00am Friday, June 24, 2022

The New York Times reckons that four gun control measures Congress is considering “might have changed the course of at least 35 mass shootings” since 1999 — one-third of attacks in which a gunman killed at least four people. While that conclusion is excessively optimistic, the newspaper is at least asking the right question: Are new restrictions on firearms likely to work as advertised? President...

Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rules Citizens Have Right to Carry Guns

by Dean Rieck

3:00pm Thursday, June 23, 2022

On Thursday, June 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that "the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home." This landmark ruling strikes down onerous New York regulations requiring citizens to show "proper cause" in order to get a license to carry a concealed handgun in public. In some places, such as New York City,...

Understanding America’s Rifle, the AR-15

7:00am Thursday, June 23, 2022

The term “modern sporting rifle” was coined to describe today’s very popular semiautomatic rifle designs, including the AR-15 and its offspring. These rifles are used by hunters, competitors, a lot of Americans seeking home-defense guns and by many others who simply enjoy going to the range. Though modern sporting rifles are increasingly popular, they are too often misunderstood. The central...