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Permitless Carry win: News outlet discovers old gun control laws were enforced unequally against black Ohioans

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, August 22, 2022

Senate Bill 215, Ohio's permitless carry bill, had no shortage of left-wing opponents, and chief among them was the Ohio news media. The editorials (sometimes masquerading as news articles) written in opposition are too numerous to name here. And the attacks didn't stop when the bill was signed. Four days after Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into law, the Columbus Dispatch published an op-ed...

Busting ATF’s “Myth”-Busting

3:00pm Friday, August 19, 2022

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives appears to understand that it has an image problem. According to a recent item from the Washington Times, the ATF has been handing out flyers at gun shows that are designed to bust some “myths” about the agency. Titled “ATF Myths: Not everything you hear is true,” the ATF document juxtaposes a list of supposed “myths” with purported “facts”...

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Sen. Matt Dolan Pushes Red Flag, Gun Owner Permission Slips, and Universal Background Checks

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Friday, August 19, 2022

Here we go again. Senator Matt Dolan, sponsor of the failed SB 221 "Strong Ohio" gun control bill from the last legislative session, has introduced a new bill with some of the same ill-conceived ideas. SB 357 presents what can only be described as "Strong Ohio 2.0," a leaner version of his previous bill. However, it regurgitates ideas we opposed in SB 221, including "safety protection orders" and...

Supreme Court Signals It May Rein In Federal Rulemakers

7:00am Thursday, August 18, 2022

While most of the attention from the end of the United States Supreme Court’s last term focused on several landmark cases, including a major win for gun owners in the NRA-supported case New York State Rifle and Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen , SCOTUS also issued a decision that may substantially limit federal authority to regulate firearms. In West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency , the...

House-Passed Gun Ban Shows the Importance of the Election This November

7:00am Wednesday, August 17, 2022

On Friday [July 29], after a last-minute rule change to allow its consideration, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 1808. Authored by Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-RI), H.R. 1808 would ban the most popular semiautomatic rifles in America, many popular semiautomatic shotguns, and the magazines that come with firearms commonly used for self-defense. The bill would also put millions...

Permitless Carry win: News media discovers previous gun laws were enforced more heavily against black residents

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, August 16, 2022

In the run-up to passage of Ohio's Permitless Carry law, all manner of arguments were leveled by anti-Second Amendment opponents in the media. Some of the most egregious were claims that the proposed law was somehow an overt threat to people of color. Indeed, certain Democrat legislators even took to the floor of their respective chambers to argue about the racist nature of Senate Bill 215. Four...

PODCAST: Argument Highlights from the Landmark Supreme Court Bruen Case

3:00pm Monday, August 15, 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 75: On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen, finding that the...

BFA PAC Aq-rated candidate sends anti-gun Republican packing

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, August 15, 2022

State Central Committee races aren't sexy. They're not races you'll see expensive TV ads for. In fact, there's a good chance nine out of ten voters won't even know what these elected positions do. The Republican State Central Committee is the governing power of the Ohio Republican Party (ORP). It recruits and endorses candidates for federal and state offices. One man and one woman are elected as...