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Free Event: Pickaway County Sportsmen 2022 Youth Day - June 4

3:00pm Thursday, May 19, 2022
Youth 19 years and younger are invited to a full day of outdoor activities, including Archery, Air Rifle, Axe & Knife Throwing, Cowboy Pistol Shooting, Fishing, .22LR Rifle Shooting, Muzzleloader Shooting, Shotgun Shooting, and more! All activities will be age-appropriate. Attendance, activities, and lunch are all provided free. WHO: Pickaway County Sportsmen, Inc. & ODNR WHAT: 2022 Youth...

Throwback Thursday: Holt Collier, America's Greatest Bear Hunter

by W.H. "Chip" Gross
7:00am Thursday, May 19, 2022
Photos courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Born into slavery, Collier's legend eclipses that of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett combined. The American frontier produced several legendary bear hunters, two of the most famous being Daniel Boone (1734-1820) and David “Davy” Crockett (1786-1836). But one particular hunter, Holt Collier, is credited with killing more bears than Boone and Crockett...

BFA Testifies in Favor of SB 293 to Prohibit Firearm Ownership Fees or Liability Insurance

3:00pm Wednesday, May 18, 2022
On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, Buckeye Firearms Association presented testimony in the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee supporting SB 293 to prohibit requiring fees or firearms liability insurance for the possession of firearms. This was the second hearing for this legislation, sponsored by Senator Theresa Gavarone (R-Huron) and Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott). Here is BFA's testimony:...

Government Doxxing – Australian Officials Release “Map” of Legal Gun Owners

7:00am Wednesday, May 18, 2022
“Community safety for everyone,” Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan said, as he introduced his proposal to rewrite his state’s gun laws, adding that it was important to ensure “[we] prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands.” According to a government statement, “Western Australians now own more than 349,000 guns – a 60 per cent jump in the number of licensed guns compared to 13 years...

NRA Files Suit to Dismiss Case Against USFWS and Keep Public Lands Open

by Karen Mehall Phillips
7:00am Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Fighting 24/7 for sportsmen’s access to public lands, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) partnered with Safari Club International, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation yesterday to intervene and file motions to dismiss a Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)...

PODCAST: How Biden Is Weaponizing the ATF to Put Gun Dealers Out of Business

3:00pm Monday, May 16, 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 63: Is it time to abolish the ATF? A journalist who has been exposing their flagrant abuse of power says yes. They've gone after bump...

Where Our Taxes Go: Pittman-Robertson Funds for Wildlife Conservation Featured in New Video

by Brian McCombie
7:00am Monday, May 16, 2022
If you are an American hunter, you’ve no doubt heard of the 1937 Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, better known today as the Pittman-Robertson (P-R) Act. A revolutionary idea, the P-R Act levied an excise tax on firearms, ammunition and archery equipment with those tax dollars paid by sportsmen and women going to state fish and wildlife agencies for wildlife conservation projects. Since...

Reason Magazine Video Obliterates Anti-Gun Junk Science

7:00am Friday, May 13, 2022
The social sciences thrive on making the uncomplicated complex and the actually complicated oversimplified. Rejecting all of human experience, social “scientists” concoct ever-more elaborate mental gymnastics to explain how soft-on-crime policies won’t harm efforts to keep crime in check. At the same time, other “researchers” claim to be able to tell you, down to the decimal point, the homicide...

SPECIAL REPORT: ATF Federal Firearm License revocations up a staggering 500%

by Lee Williams
7:00am Thursday, May 12, 2022
CLICK HERE to listen to the exclusive interview with the author . In the years before the Biden-Harris administration took over the White House, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives usually revoked an average of 40 Federal Firearm Licenses (FFLs) per year. But, in the 11 months since Joe Biden declared war on "rogue gun dealers," the ATF has revoked 273 FFLs – an increase of...

ODNR Conservation Teen Advisory Council Now Accepting Applications

3:00pm Wednesday, May 11, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Highly-motivated high school students with a passion for Ohio’s great outdoors are invited to serve on the Conservation Teen Advisory Council (ConTAC). The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is accepting applications for the 2022-2023 class of conservationists. “I’m so excited to meet a new group of young people who understand the importance of protecting our natural...

The Hypocrisy of Gun Control Elitists

7:00am Wednesday, May 11, 2022
In 2020, then-presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg was asked how he could continue to demand gun control while being protected by private guards equipped with the same firearms and magazines that he wanted to ban others from owning. “Does your life matter more than mine or my family’s or these people’s?” Bloomberg’s response, in essence, was that he was not an ordinary person. He was a...

Internet & Social Media Security Tips For Hunters

by Jay Pinsky
7:00am Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Guess what? The internet is dangerous for us, our wallets, and our sanity. Online, people mislead us, lie to us, and manipulate us to take our money, suppress our opinions, and incite disagreement amongst otherwise friendly groups. It impacts us as hunters, consumers, retailers, and private citizens. It hurts our sporting lives, professional lives, and, yes, our personal lives. Unfortunately,...

PODCAST REPLAY: Will NYSRPA v. Bruen Lead to the Next Landmark Gun Rights Decision?

3:00pm Monday, May 09, 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 62: The Heller and McDonald cases affirmed the right to "keep" arms. And now the U.S. Supreme Court is close to ruling on the right to "...

"I-71 shooter" shows justice system failure, not need for more gun control

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, May 09, 2022
If you've ever listened to an anti-gun politician clamoring for more gun control laws, and found yourself shouting back at the tv something like "what's the point of passing more laws when we don't enforce the ones we have now?", you might want to take your blood pressure meds before reading on. On March 11, a man now reported to be 21 year-old Columbus native Jonathon Myers was recorded by...

ATF Reinterprets the Term “Machinegun,” Again

7:00am Friday, May 06, 2022
On March 22nd, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) released an open letter on “forced reset triggers” (“FRTs”) indicating that the agency’s position is that these triggers meet the definition of “machinegun” under federal law, and are therefore “firearms” under both the Gun Control Act (“GCA”) and National Firearms Act (“NFA”). Under ATF’s new interpretation, these...

White House Panders to Anti-Gun Zealots

7:00am Thursday, May 05, 2022
Everyone knows that Joe Biden has one of the most serious polling problems in presidential history when it comes to his plummeting approval rating. Or, perhaps more appropriate, his skyrocketing disapproval rating. He has lost support from virtually every demographic imaginable, and on virtually every policy position, and many political prognosticators point to this precipitous decline as a...

Ohio Wildlife Council Approves 2022-23 Hunting Seasons

3:00pm Wednesday, May 04, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Wildlife Council approved an amended proposal for the upcoming 2022 fall wild turkey hunting season dates during its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 13, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The council also approved an amended white-tailed deer archery season opener in a three-county disease surveillance area...

2022 Ohio Primary Election Results

7:00am Wednesday, May 04, 2022
The nation watched as several important contests played out in Ohio's 2022 Primary Election on Tuesday, May 3. J.D. Vance won a solid victory in the Republican Primary against five challengers in a high-profile race for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat. Tim Ryan won the Democratic Primary against two challengers. In the Governor's race, Republicans Mike DeWine and Jon Husted finished with a commanding...

Biden Administration Announces New Firearm Rule

7:00am Tuesday, May 03, 2022
On April 11, the Biden Administration announced the finalization of a new firearm rule, and a new nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”). The rule, ATF 2021R-05, is substantially the same as when it was proposed last May. There has been a fair bit of confusion about what the rule does because it changes a number of core definitions in federal law (...

PODCAST: The Division of Government Dedicated to the Great Outdoors and Gun Rights

3:00pm Monday, May 02, 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 61: Sometimes it seems as if all government can do is take your money and spend it on stuff you don't want. But here in Ohio, there's a...

VOTE YOUR RIGHTS for Ohio's Primary Election!

7:00am Monday, May 02, 2022
Election Day is Tuesday, May 3, 2022 CLICK HERE to see BFA PAC's grades and endorsements Where to vote View your sample ballot Additional Voter Information Because lawmakers have been struggling to finalize district maps, the Ohio Primary Election for 2022 will be divided into two separate elections: the first on May 3, and the second on August 2. The May 3 Primary ballot will include federal...

Are Your Instincts Putting Your Child in Danger?

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Friday, April 29, 2022
Recently in my city, a man carrying his infant child in a car seat was accosted by an armed robber. The robber demanded the victim’s wallet. The victim set the car seat on the ground and knelt in front of it to protect his baby as he complied with the robber’s demands. The robber grabbed the wallet and started running away. The victim, a CCW licensee, took that opportunity to draw his pistol in...

Join BFA at the 2022 NRA State Conference

7:00am Thursday, April 28, 2022
The NRA Institute for Legislative Action will hold its Ohio State Conference on Saturday, May 7th, 2022, in Canton. And YOU are invited. Come out for a unique opportunity to gather, learn, and network in support of the Second Amendment. The conference will feature dynamic speakers and panel discussions, including an Ohio legislative update, information about upcoming threats to the Second...

Choosing the Right Rifle Scope

by Greg Brown
3:00pm Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Sporting optics have experienced remarkable technological growth as of late, with rifle scopes and its associated gear at the center. The popularity of shooting sports continues its meteoric rise with people of every age getting involved. Whether you are new to shooting or preparing for your next big-game hunt, rifle scopes are essential to your success at hitting the target. Since the civil war...

Hell Yes! No, Yes Again, and Hell Maybe

7:00am Wednesday, April 27, 2022
“We support the Second Amendment. If you own a gun, keep that gun. Nobody wants to take it away from you – at least I don’t want to do that.” That’s what Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke told voters in an April 2018 radio interview, when he was running against Republican Ted Cruz in the Senate election in Texas. Asked specifically about AR-15s (“I own an AR-15. A lot of our listeners out there own...

NRA-ILA Files Friend of the Court Brief in Key Concealed Carry Case

7:00am Tuesday, April 26, 2022
[Last month[, NRA-ILA filed an amicus curiae (or friend of the court) brief in a case pending before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals concerning how the police may respond when presented with a concealed carry permit. This case began when a Connecticut police officer approached a man who pulled over to fix his phone’s GPS. Upon being stopped, the man presented the officer with his driver’s...

PODCAST: Doobies, Election Maps, ATF Gun Grabbers, and Other Crazy News

3:00pm Monday, April 25, 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 60: Can one Ohio Democrat overturn permitless carry? Can a nonresident carry permitless in West Virginia? Will a Florida candidate...

Akron: Man uses gun to stop home invasion assault

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, April 25, 2022
WEWS (ABC Cleveland) is reporting that a man was forced to use his gun to stop a teen-aged attacker who invaded his home. From the article : Officers responded to a call about a home invasion shortly before 7:30 a.m. in the 700 block of Johnston Street. A 16-year-old boy was found inside home with a gunshot wound. The 74-year-old homeowner told police that the teen forced his way into the home,...

ATF Targeting FFLs for License Revocation

7:00am Friday, April 22, 2022
At the direction of the Biden administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) appears to be revoking the licenses of firearm dealers for even minor paperwork violations. On June 23, 2021, the “Biden-Harris Administration” announced a new policy of “zero tolerance for rogue gun dealers that willfully violate the law.” The policy further specified that “[a]bsent...

Report: Former Addyston police chief indicted in machine gun scheme pleads guilty

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, April 21, 2022
WLWT (NBC Cincinnati) is reporting that a former Addyston police chief accused of conspiring with gun dealers to acquire 200 fully automatic weapons and reselling them at a profit has pleaded guilty to charges. From the article : Dorian LaCourse, 65, was indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in a scheme to use his position as chief of police for the Addyston Police Department to help two...

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