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4 Ohio Pro-Gun Bills (and 1 Anti-Gun Bill) to Watch

by Dean Rieck
3:00pm Wednesday, February 17, 2021
At midnight on December 31, 2020, the 133rd Ohio General Assembly ended. All bills not passed at that time died. Immediately, the 134th General Assembly began, launching a new 2-year period to change the laws of the state. Over the last two weeks, several gun-related bills have been introduced: HB 12 - ENFORCE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (Sponsor: Diane V. Grendell) To provide for a writ of mandamus or...

Tissue Sample Confirmed Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in One Wild Ohio Deer

7:00am Wednesday, February 17, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has identified a positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild Ohio white-tailed deer in Wyandot County. The Division of Wildlife is gathering additional details about the adult male deer taken by a hunter on private property. Tissue samples were submitted for testing by a taxidermist and the...

The Old Rabbit Hunter

by Larry S. Moore
3:00pm Tuesday, February 16, 2021
The upland game season is here and I have been running my beagles. I thought about how long I've been hunting with beagles and chasing rabbits. I thought about how that started with family in Kentucky. The next thought was about an old friend and hunting buddy from nearly forty-years ago. He was an old rabbit hunter when I met him sometime around 1976, as best as I can recall. I was about twenty-...

Ohio A.G.Dave Yost joins Attorneys General Amicus Brief in New York Carry Case at the Supreme Court

7:00am Tuesday, February 16, 2021
In December, The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) partnered with the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association and asked the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to New York’s restrictive process for issuing concealed carry licenses. Today, the NRA-ILA applauds the 23 Attorneys General who filed an amicus brief in support of that petition. That effort was led...

Podcast Episode 2: Pushing for Constitutional Carry and Limiting Emergency Powers

3:00pm Monday, February 15, 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 2: 2020 turned out to be crazy year in many ways. But BFA chalked up solid legislative victories. So now that it's a new year and we're...

LV Sun Finally Reveals Biden Interview That Exposes Depths of Anti-Gun Views to Public

7:00am Monday, February 15, 2021
Those who stay involved in the efforts to defend the Second Amendment have always known President Joe Biden is, to put it lightly, no friend to gun owners. During his campaign for the White House last year, the legacy media did everything they could to conceal that fact. The Las Vegas Sun recently revealed that it went so far as to bury an interview with candidate Biden that showed not just his...

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...

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