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Ohio Governor DeWine Signs BFA-Supported Permitless Carry Bill

5:46pm Monday, March 14, 2022

At approximately 4:50 p.m. on Monday, March 14, 2022, Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 215 , which will make it legal to carry a concealed handgun without a license in Ohio 91 days after it is filed by the Secretary of State. "This is a day that will go down in history," said Dean Rieck, Executive Director of Buckeye Firearms Association. "It has been about 18 years since Ohio enacted HB 12 to...

Ohio woman uses firearm to defend life after boyfriend repeatedly strikes her on head and face

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, March 14, 2022

WEWS (ABC Cleveland) reported recently that an Ohio woman was forced to use a firearm to defend herseld during a life-threatening domestic violence incident. From the article : It happened around 5 a.m. Saturday at a home on Enid Road. According to police, the woman returned home earlier that morning and was met by her boyfriend who confronted her about an argument they had before she left...

4 Reasons an “Assault Weapon” Ban Should Matter to Hunters

by Mark Chesnut

7:00am Friday, March 11, 2022

With the Biden administration and some representatives in the U.S. Congress again calling for a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” the situation is more dire than ever. That’s because with Democrats holding the majority in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, along with the White House, the chances of such a measure becoming law are much greater this year than they have been in...

Police Work Going to the Dogs?

7:00am Thursday, March 10, 2022

For quite some time, law enforcement has utilized the extremely sensitive sense of smell dogs possess to help with their work detecting illicit, and often quite dangerous, items. Most people are familiar with the concept of drug-sniffing dogs, which have been utilized to try to diminish the flow of illegal drugs across our border and in our neighborhoods. Explosive-sniffing dogs have been trained...

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Skill Set: Sudden Violence

by Tiger McKee

7:00am Wednesday, March 09, 2022

Most people have a sanitized concept of violence. Unless you’ve been involved in an attack – violent assault, law enforcement, military service and such – it’s hard to understand just how sudden assaults occur, the short distances involved and the timing. In order to combat violence, you have to become familiar with the details. Violent attacks in real life are nothing like in movies or...

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ACTION: Urge Gov. DeWine to Sign Permitless Carry Bill

3:00pm Tuesday, March 08, 2022

On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, the Ohio House voted 58-36 to pass Senate Bill 215, sponsored by Sen. Terry Johnson. If signed into law, this bill makes it legal in Ohio to carry a concealed handgun with or without a license. About an hour later, the Senate concurred with a vote of 24-9. This means the bill moves to the governor's desk! So now what happens? After passage through the House and Senate...

Biden Lies to Push Assault on Second Amendment

7:00am Tuesday, March 08, 2022

It has become axiomatic that, when we write about Joe Biden commenting on guns, we will be reporting that he has uttered something patently false. In fact, there are usually several things that he gets completely wrong, and often the things he gets wrong are things he repeatedly gets wrong. And it’s not just us, or others in the pro-gun community, who are calling out the president for being wrong...

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PODCAST: The Invasion of Ukraine, Armed Citizens, and the True Meaning of the Second Amendment

3:00pm Monday, March 07, 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 55: What we're witnessing in Ukraine is a brutal, real-time demonstration of why gun ownership should be regarded as a basic human right...