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2022 Annual Butler County Friends of Youth Shooting Sports Banquet

7:00am Tuesday, February 15, 2022

The American Freedom Liberty Foundation has announced their annual Butler County Friends of Youth Shooting Sports Banquet. Enjoy an evening with fellow patriots plus a savory dinner, cash bar, fun games, table of guns, silent and live auction, wall of guns, and special gun drawings. There will be many opportunities to win firearms at this event! Purchase your tickets prior to February 27 for a...

PODCAST: Constitutional Carry Update - How Close is Ohio to Passing Permitless Carry?

3:00pm Monday, February 14, 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 52: To date, 21 states have Constitutional Carry, allowing citizens to carry firearms concealed without a license. And now Ohio is...

Senate Bill 293 Introduced to Protect Gun Owners from Insurance Mandates

7:00am Monday, February 14, 2022

Senators Theresa Gavarone and Terry Johnson have introduced a bill to prevent gun owners from being charged with fees or forced to buy liability insurance as a precondition for gun ownership. Recently, San Jose, CA, passed the first U.S. law requiring all gun owners to purchase liability insurance and pay an annual fee. Touted as a measure to reduce violence, it is actually a thinly-veiled attack...

Small game hunting: Rabbits anyone?

by Larry Case

3:00pm Friday, February 11, 2022

“Look in here! Seek! Get ‘em! Look here!” My hunting buddy’s shouts were measured and rhythmic. He repeated the words over and again, giving emphasis when he stepped in likely looking pieces of cover. When he reached something he thought was especially inviting his tone would change and he would increase the tempo. This meant get here, everybody, right now! His charges, a pack of no less than...

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Social Media Bullies Can Stunt Hunter Recruitment

by Kyle Wintersteen

7:00am Thursday, February 10, 2022

A few years ago, the teenage daughter of a family friend killed the third largest non-typical whitetail buck — and the largest ever taken by a female hunter — in Pennsylvania. It was an achievement she’d earned, having scouted the deer all summer, later encountering it sporadically during archery season and ultimately bagging it with a rifle. It was an incredible moment. A proud moment. But the...

BFA Testifies in Favor of SB 215 for Constitutional Carry

3:00pm Wednesday, February 09, 2022

On Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, Buckeye Firearms Association presented testimony in the House Government Oversight Committee strongly supporting SB 215 to enact Constitutional Carry in Ohio. This was the second hearing in the House for this vital legislation. Yesterday, in the first hearing , the committee heard sponsor testimony from Sen. Terry Johnson. The bill has already passed the Senate. Here...

Protecting Cultural Acceptance

by Peter Churchbourne

7:00am Wednesday, February 09, 2022

There are two ways to promote and defend hunting in the United States. The first is to foster active participation in hunting. The second is to maintain, protect and enhance the cultural acceptance of hunting. The first cannot exist without the second. Today numerous organizations across the country work to increase hunting participation and to develop programs to recruit, retain and reactivate...

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Constitutional Carry Bill Moves Rapidly, Emergency Power Bill Passes Committee

3:00pm Tuesday, February 08, 2022

On Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, the Ohio House Government Oversight Committee held hearings for three BFA-Supported bills. SB 215 on Constitutional Carry received its first hearing in the House with bill sponsor Sen. Terry Johnson presenting testimony. This bill is moving rapidly. In December, the bill passed the Senate and was introduced into the House. In January, it was assigned to committee. The...