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Headline: Former Youngstown police officer sentenced for falsifying concealed-carry records

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, February 12, 2021

WKBN (CBS Youngstown) reported recently that a former Youngstown police officer has been sentenced for running what Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene calls a “CCW certificate mill.” From the article : Phil Chance, Jr....was accused of taking money to provide concealed-carry permits. He never had the proper certification, so the permits were useless. ... Chance is a former Youngstown police...

The complete expert op-ed on teachers with guns Cleveland.com refused to print

by Ron Borsch

7:00am Thursday, February 11, 2021

[Editor's note: On January 30, Cleveland.com published an editorial board roundtable entitled " Should Ohio teachers with CCW permits be allowed to carry on school premises? " Conclusions ranged from "bad idea" and "irresponsible" to "lunatic" and "tragedy waiting to happen," but NO FACTS were offered to back up their opinions. Retired police officer, trainer and Rapid Mass Murder expert Ron...

Ohio Attorney General Yost's office develops searchable stolen gun database

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's office has developed an online tool designed to help potential buyers of used guns detect if the gun is stolen. From the Columbus Dispatch : The Ohio Stolen Guns Database contains the serial numbers of stolen guns "as reported to the Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS) by law enforcement agencies throughout the state and authorized for release to the...

BATFE Leadership Push Biden to Target Pistol Stabilizing Braces and Unfinished Receivers

7:00am Tuesday, February 09, 2021

Just in case anyone needed further proof that much of the federal bureaucracy is more interested in serving themselves and left-wing political interests than public service, news broke...that rogue elements of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) had been conspiring with Joe Biden’s transition team to enact gun control by executive fiat. At the top of these anti-gun...

BFA Announces New Podcast - Keep and Bear Radio

3:03pm Monday, February 08, 2021

Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , and Spotify . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 1: On January 4, 2021, Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 175, which included the repeal of Ohio’s unjust law that requires victims of...

“Unity” President Vows to “Defeat” America’s Oldest and Largest Civil Rights Group

7:00am Monday, February 08, 2021

Joe Biden wants Americans to believe that he will focus on what he calls “the renewal of a politics that’s about solving problems – not stoking the flames of hate and chaos.” Yet what “problem” is Biden promising to “solve” before he even takes office? Why the “defeat” of the National Rifle Association, a group of over 5 million Americans of all different backgrounds from all different walks of...

ATF agent sues Columbus police over armed confrontation/tazing incident

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, February 05, 2021

WOSU (NPR Columbus) reported recently that a special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms is suing the Columbus police department after a July 7, 2020 incident in which Columbus police officers handcuffed and tazed him. The entire incident was caught on body cam. According to the suit, the ATF agent was trying to confiscate an illegally-held firearm when the suspect called...

Two CHL-holders use guns to defend own lives in separate incidents

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, February 04, 2021

Due to the ongoing pandemic and the chaotic aftermath of the presidential election, two self-defense incidents involving concealed handgun license (CHL) -holders went almost unnoticed in Ohio. First, from the Dayton area, on November 17, and as reported by WHIO (CBS Dayton) : A man is dead after a woman shot him before he crashed into an apartment in the 1900 block of Palisades Drive Friday...