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PODCAST: Everything You Need to Know About Columbus Ohio’s Attempt to Pass Gun Control

7:00am Monday, November 21, 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 85: The City of Columbus has announced its intent to pass gun control laws. But local gun control has been illegal in Ohio for 15 years...

Gun News Roundup - November 19, 2022

7:00am Saturday, November 19, 2022

Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: Gun makers fire back, sue states over "public nuisance" laws Virginia: Fairfax Co. Schools Push Anti-Gun Propaganda on 5th Graders CBS News freaks over armed teachers in Texas Under Oregon’s Measure 114, ‘Common...

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Practice vs. Training

by Gary Evens

7:00am Friday, November 18, 2022

Are they the same when it comes to firearms? The answer is “No.” When you practice your shooting skills you are doing the things you already know how to do, you are just trying to become more proficient at doing so. On the other hand, when you are training , you are learning new things that you did not previously know. We do not learn things we already know, we only reinforce them. I encounter...

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Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Outdoors – the Changing Face of Hunting

by Ken Perrotte

7:00am Thursday, November 17, 2022

The population of the United States has nearly doubled in my lifetime. Rural places where I played and hunted on the edge of the small town where I grew up are unrecognizable. The face of the nation will look considerably different in the middle of the 21st Century than it did in the middle of the 20th Century. Urban centers have exploded in population, consuming rural land for suburbs, and...

Series: Columbus' last assault weapons ban was a failure; City Attorney Zach Klein wants to reinstate it (Part 2)

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Editor's Note: After a three year effort to convince a local judge to rule that Ohio's premption law, R.C. 9.68, unconstitutionally infringes upon the City of Columbus' right to exercise its zoning powers , City Attorney Zach Klein is taking the opportunity to fantasize about reinstating another so-called assault weapons ban in Columbus. Given that Klein was in his mid-20s the last time Columbus...

Ohio’s Deer Gun Hunting Seasons Begin in November

7:00am Tuesday, November 15, 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A favorite fall tradition for many Ohioans includes a trip to pursue deer during the annual gun hunting seasons, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The first of those is the youth deer gun hunting season on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 19-20. The weeklong gun season open to all hunters kicks off Monday, Nov. 28 and continues until...

New landmark medical report proves more guns do not cause more crime

by Lee Williams

7:00am Monday, November 14, 2022

A recently published study by a team of physicians and medical researchers found no link between increased legal gun sales and increased violent crime rates. Moreover, the study concluded “it is unclear if efforts to limit lawful firearm sales would have any effect on rates of crime, homicide, or injuries from violence committed with firearms.” Dr. Mark E. Hamill, a trauma surgeon at the...

Gun News Roundup - November 12, 2022

7:00am Saturday, November 12, 2022

Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: How the Second Amendment fared in the midterms Iowa approves right to keep and bear arms amendment, Oregon gun control measure too close to call Biden Emboldened: ‘I’m Going to Ban Assault Weapons!’ Federal Judge...