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Bullying from anti-gun senators, AGs mounts for firearms purchase tracking

By Mark Oliva

6:00am Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Credit card companies "paused" firearms retail-specific merchant category codes. Suddenly, gun control advocates can’t live without them. Here’s why. There’s no bigger proof that the Merchant Category Code (MCC) specific to firearm retailers is really a bad idea than those losing their minds now that major credit card companies announced they won’t put it into practice. U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D...

U.S. taxpayers funding 'red flag' gun confiscation orders

6:00am Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Texans are paying for so-called “Red Flag” gun confiscation orders in New York. North Carolinians are bankrolling Extreme Risk Protective Orders (ERPOs) in New Jersey. Louisianans are footing the bill for gun confiscation orders in Maryland . Thanks to the 2022 federal gun control omnibus bill, titled the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), taxpayers in pro-gun jurisdictions are now...

PODCAST: Biden Signs Executive Order to Harass Gun Dealers and Other Malarkey

6:00am Monday, March 20, 2023

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 93: Desperate to look tough on crime, Biden signs an executive order to harass gun dealers, accuse manufactures of marketing guns to...

ODNR Division of Wildlife accepting sign-ups for special spring hunting, fishing opportunities

6:00am Friday, March 17, 2023

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife is inviting all hunting and fishing enthusiasts to apply for spring 2023 controlled access opportunities available throughout the state. The online application period for special trout fishing and wild turkey hunting is open until March 31, according to a March 15 news release from the ODNR. Successful applicants for each opportunity...

NSSF: Biden ignores Constitution, Congress, signs anti-gun executive order

6:00am Thursday, March 16, 2023

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) posted March 14 that it takes exception with President Joe Biden’s Executive Order to increase gun control measures. In the name of “doing something,” the Biden administration is chilling fundamental Constitutional rights and simply rehashing existing law, many of which were previously supported by the firearm industry. “The Biden administration...

BFA Provides Testimony in Support of SB 58 to Prohibit Firearm Ownership Fees or Liability Insurance

6:00am Wednesday, March 15, 2023

On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, Buckeye Firearms Association presented testimony in the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee supporting SB 58 to prohibit requiring firearm liability insurance or being required to pay a fee for the possession of a firearm, part of a firearm, its components, its ammunition, or a knife. This was the second hearing for this legislation, sponsored by Senator...

Hunting coalition files appeal on California youth marketing law

6:00am Tuesday, March 14, 2023

On March 10, the Sportsmen’s Alliance, Safari Club International and Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation appealed the denial of a preliminary injunction against a California statute that prohibits the "marketing" of firearms and firearm accessories to minors . The law, created with passage of AB 2571 in August 2022, put many youth-related hunting and education programs at risk due to the...

ATF director paints different picture from doctors at 'gun violence' prevention forum

By Matt Manda

6:00am Monday, March 13, 2023

Dozens of hospital and healthcare executives converged on New York City for a conference to discuss their role as “leaders” in reducing criminal misuse of firearms. Criminal misuse of firearms isn’t a public health issue nor should it be addressed as such. It’s a criminal issue caused by individuals breaking the law. These health professionals should have instead listened closer to the keynote...