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PODCAST: John Lott Shoots Down the Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics of Gun Control

3:00pm Monday, November 29, 2021

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 41: Gun control advocates are fond of trotting out questionable, often fabricated, statistics in a desperate attempt to prove that guns...

Akron traffic stop is latest example highlighting need to modify the concealed carry duty to notify requirement

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, November 29, 2021

In the fight to change the law regarding the duty to promptly notify a law enforcement officer that one is legally exercising their right to bear arms in the State of Ohio, Buckeye Firearms Association is often asked what harm is the current law actually causing. We have, of course, pointed out that no one can define what "promptly" means, and that there are no standards for when and how to...

The Right to Bear Arms Gets Its Day in Court

7:00am Friday, November 26, 2021

November 3 was a historic day for constitutional rights in the United States, as the U.S. Supreme Court delved into a detailed and sophisticated exploration of the meaning and scope of the Second Amendment’s right to “bear” arms in public places, in a case brought by the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NRA’s affiliated association in New York). In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court...

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Thanksgiving: George Washington's 1789 Proclamation

7:00am Thursday, November 25, 2021

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor -- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful...

Experience As a New Hunter

by Brenda Weatherby

7:00am Wednesday, November 24, 2021

“Becoming a new hunter is so complex.” “There is so much to learn and so much to mess up.” “The sheer number of things to remember is mind boggling.” These are thoughts I had while taking my hunter education course with my daughter some seven years ago. We both were in over our heads for the first few lessons, but she had a big advantage — she was 12 and I was in my mid-30’s. I had at least a...

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Ohio’s Deer Gun Hunting Seasons Begin in November

7:00am Tuesday, November 23, 2021

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An estimated 300,000 hunters will make their way to Ohio’s forests and fields as this year’s deer gun hunting seasons kicks off this weekend, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. In 2020, hunters harvested a total of 92,310 deer during the gun seasons, with 71,651 deer taken during the week-long gun season, plus 14,864 deer during the...

PODCAST: The Desperate Lies and Dirty Tricks Used to Prosecute Kyle Rittenhouse

3:00pm Monday, November 22, 2021

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 40: The verdict is in. Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges. That shouldn't be a surprise unless you actually believed...

Nearly half of Columbus' homicides in a nine-month stretch of 2020 involved a very small number of very violent individuals

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, November 22, 2021

Whenever crime is in the headlines, we find anti-Second Amendment politicians directly responsible for addressing crime in their cities running to the microphone to blame the existence of firearms. The truth is, as gun owners already know, the problem is people, not the gun. A team of researchers with the National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) recently worked with the Columbus Division of...