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Ninth Circuit panel: Convicted felons have Second Amendment rights

by Dean Weingarten
6:00am Tuesday, May 14, 2024
On May 9, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit published a split decision vacating the conviction of Steven Duarte for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Given the history of the Ninth Circuit, it is almost certain the government of California will ask for an en banc (all judges) review of this case. En banc is likely to be granted.

PODCAST: Meet 97Percent, the Fake Gun Rights Group that Pushes Gun Control

6:00am Monday, May 13, 2024
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 114: 97Percent is a second amendment group that supports “assault weapon” bans, magazine bans, bump-stock bans, red-flag laws, even...

Firearms industry surpasses $17 billion in excise tax contributions for wildlife restoration

6:00am Friday, May 10, 2024
NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, celebrates firearm and ammunition manufacturers topping $17 billion in total excise tax contributions to the Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund since its inception in 1937. When adjusted for inflation, the total is more than $27.38 billion.

Gun prohibitionist's convertible pistol bill could ban all semi-autos in New York

by David Codrea
6:00am Wednesday, May 08, 2024
“Proposed legislation in New York could make the state the first in the nation to block gun makers from selling pistols if they don’t take measures to prevent them from being able to be converted to fire like machine guns,” The Wall Street Journal reported May 7.

'Poison everything': AOC misfires on claims about lead ammo

by Matt Manda
6:00am Tuesday, May 07, 2024
In a demonstration that America’s outdoors and recreational shooting sports pastimes still bring people together, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 615 in a bipartisan vote, sending the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act over to the U.S. Senate for consideration. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) spoke out against H.R. 615, reciting a false statement that is...

Canada PM Trudeau's gun confiscation initiative hits 4-year milestone

6:00am Friday, May 03, 2024
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “assault weapon” ban and confiscation (mandatory “buyback”) scheme was announced on May 1, 2020. True to form, some 1,500 days post-launch, three government ministers, two amnesty period extensions, and tens of millions of dollars later, it has become increasingly obvious how hopelessly bad the Liberal government’s misguided gun control scheme is, with a...

President Ronald Reagan gave us the answer to rejecting gun control

by Mark Oliva
6:00am Thursday, May 02, 2024
President Joe Biden said it again. Given another term, he’ll do gun control. Compare that to the 1968 words of Ronald Reagan: “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

SCOTUS takes up Biden administration's attempt to redefine 'firearm'

6:00am Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the Biden Justice Department that asks the high court to lift a stay on an ATF rule supposedly meant to crack down on “ghost guns.” But the bigger, and oft-ignored, issue in the case is ATF’s attempt to massively expand its authority by reinterpreting the meaning of “firearm” itself.

Reminder: You're all gun dealers now, according to ATF (VIDEO)

by F Riehl
6:00am Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Eric Blandford, better known on YouTube as Iraqveteran8888, recently discussed a big change in gun laws. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has a new rule that changes the definition of who is considered a gun dealer. This rule could affect many gun owners, and not in a good way.

Prevention, accountability should be White House 'mass murder' protocols

by Larry Keane
6:00am Thursday, April 25, 2024
The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention is hosting the first in-person meeting of federal agencies to figure out what to do after a tragic mass murder and criminal misuse of firearms. The misguided focus will be on what resources can be brought to bear after a shocking crime has been committed that once again rocks the nation’s conscience.

ATF skirts legal formalities, springs another gun control rule on Americans

6:00am Tuesday, April 23, 2024
On April 19, ATF provided the unpleasant surprise of yet another rulemaking to implement the noxious Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The move came just after last week’s voluminous (and illegal) “engaged in the business” rule. This one seeks to supplement existing federal gun control regulations with definitions and procedures ATF claims are necessitated by the BSCA.

PODCAST: Answers to Legal Questions on Concealed Carry, Backyard Ranges, and More

6:00am Monday, April 22, 2024
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 113: Can you carry a concealed handgun with a threaded barrel? Do you have to obey no-gun signs in public parks? Is it legal to set up a...

Mass stabbing in Australia leaves citizens defenseless, waiting on government to save them (Video)

by John Farnam
6:00am Friday, April 19, 2024
Six unsuspecting, innocent shoppers were murdered at a busy shopping mall in Sydney, Australia, on the afternoon of April 13. The perpetrator was ultimately shot to death by a uniformed, armed, decisive police officer, who courageously took the fight to him.

'Woke' wildlife refuges? Congress blasts climate priority rule that sidelines hunting

by Larry Keane
6:00am Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed Biological Integrity, Diversity and Environmental Health rule update would implement a rule to “combat” climate change at the expense of wildlife conservation through hunting and angling. The proposal would put National Wildlife Refuge System decisions based solidly in Washington and not in the hands of local biologists who are best positioned to make...

ATF tactics in shooting homeowner called 'reckless and incompetent'

by Lee Williams
6:00am Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives went to Bryan Malinowski’s West Little Rock home last month spoiling for a gunfight, and they got one. Now a good man is dead — the latest victim of ATF’s overly aggressive tactics and complete disregard for the sanctity of human life.

Biden ATF criminalizes tens of thousands of private firearms sellers

6:00am Monday, April 15, 2024
We have long been warning of the rule the Biden ATF has been preparing to redefine who is considered a firearms “dealer” under U.S. law. The administration’s explicit objective was to move as close to so-called “universal background checks” for firearm sales as possible. Well, look at what just happened.

New Class: America's Rifle - How to Select and Outfit Your AR-15

6:00am Friday, April 12, 2024
The AR-15 is the most popular rifle in America. That's because it's designed specifically to be modular and readily adaptable to any number of uses, from hunting to competition to self-defense. However, it can also be challenging to understand and sort through all the options given the huge number of manufacturers, calibers, barrel lengths, accessories, price points, and other considerations. BFA...

Despite slick marketing, LA-based nonprofit 97Percent is 100% anti-gun

by Lee Williams
6:00am Thursday, April 11, 2024
The California-based nonprofit 97Percent took its name from a debunked Quinnipiac poll that claimed 97% of Americans supported mandatory background checks. The group calls the remaining 3% “loud voices who have crowded out conversation and prevented collaboration between gun owners and non-gun owners.”

Thoughts on how places of worship should handle concealed carry permissions

by Bob Jewell
6:00am Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Firearms instructor Bob Jewell gives his take on how churches and other places of worship should consider concealed carry permissions among congregants, working backward from “as if an incident has occurred” and asking what procedures, paperwork, and training should be in place to address all the questions that will come up in the aftermath.

Clinton-appointed judge exempts NRA members from fed's pistol brace rule

6:00am Tuesday, April 09, 2024
The National Rifle Association of America (“NRA”) on April 1 announced a major legal victory, as a Texas court enjoined the “pistol brace rule” from taking effect against its members. The legal win is the most expansive ruling of its kind to date — protecting millions of NRA members across the nation.

BFA celebrates 20 years of legal concealed carry in Ohio

by Dean Rieck
6:00am Monday, April 08, 2024
Over the course of a decade filled with political drama and dire predictions, Ohio legislators introduced seven separate bills in an attempt to bring concealed carry to Ohio. Finally, on Jan. 8, 2004, House Bill 12 made it to the desk of Gov. Bob Taft, who signed the bill, and made Ohio the 46th state to legalize concealed carry. The new law went into effect 20 years ago today, on April 8, 2004...

ERPO: DOJ's dangerous 'red flag' distribution center

by Larry Keane
6:00am Friday, April 05, 2024
The Department of Justice has created the national Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center to provide “training and technical assistance” to law enforcement, judges, lawyers, clinicians, victim service advocates, activist organizations and behavioral health professionals so they can work to implement laws that allow for firearm seizures.

SCOTUS looks at government 'blacklists'

6:00am Tuesday, April 02, 2024
Much of the attention recently in the U.S. Supreme Court was on the oral arguments in National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, No. 22-842, a First Amendment case on whether government officials may use their regulatory authority to effect a “blacklisting campaign” to silence and punish entities like the NRA for their pro-gun advocacy.

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