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Voice of Leadership: Sidestepping Stereotypes and Propelling Outdoor Diversity

by Eric M. Morris
7:00am Thursday, December 23, 2021
Do we want to increase outdoor diversity, or are we just paying lip service to the matter? This is a question I ask myself. Most people are familiar with the ongoing efforts within the hunting and outdoor industries to increase the racial diversity among America's hunters and outdoors people. Many have noticed how disproportionately “white” hunting and the outdoors have become. This unequal...

Ohio’s Extra Gun Weekend Delivers Additional Deer Harvest

7:00am Wednesday, December 22, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio hunters harvested 9,392 deer during the extra weekend of gun hunting on Saturday, Dec. 18 and Sunday, Dec. 19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Over the past three years, hunters checked an average of 12,734 deer during the same two-day period. The top 10 counties for deer taken during the 2021 two-day deer gun season include...

Now We Know There are Armed Good Guys on Our Streets

by Rob Morse
7:00am Tuesday, December 21, 2021
The mainstream news media sells shock and revulsion to keep us watching through their many advertisements. Politicians lie to us so we will vote for them. Both have told us that guns are frighteningly dangerous and that we'd be safer if more honest citizens were disarmed. We're tempted to believe them if that is all we know. Now, we have data that calls their story into question. We confirmed...

PODCAST: 2021 Year End Report on Ohio Gun Legislation

3:00pm Monday, December 20, 2021
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 44: 2021 is coming to a close. So where are we with all the pro Second Amendment bills moving through the House and Senate? Are we...

Can You Catch COVID-19 from Deer?

by Jim Heffelfinger
7:00am Monday, December 20, 2021
As if we needed something else to worry about as we close out the second year of living with COVID-19. News reports are showing up regularly warning that a lot of whitetail deer have COVID and so we now need to take precautions in the woods. Deer are pretty good at socially distancing from us despite our best efforts to get closer. In the last two years, nationwide participation in hunting and...

Firearms in Common Use

7:00am Friday, December 17, 2021
Think of the foremost applications of a firearm. Self-defense and protection have become the primary motivation for Americans’ acquisition of firearms, but the prevalence of defensive gun use remains disputed. New research, conducted in support of a brief for the Supreme Court, offers more evidence that a large number of Americans have used a firearm to defend themselves, their loved ones, or...

Senator Grassley Blocks Gun Control on Senate Floor

7:00am Thursday, December 16, 2021
On December 2, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) attempted and failed to pass H.R. 8, the dangerously flawed, so-called “universal” background check bill. As you may recall, Nancy Pelosi and her anti-gun allies in the U.S. House passed this misguided legislation earlier this year. H.R. 8 would do nothing to prevent crime, could not be enforced without a federal gun registry, and would turn...

Ohio Senate Passes SB 215 for Constitutional Carry

3:59pm Wednesday, December 15, 2021
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, the Ohio Senate brought Senate Bill 215 to the floor and passed it with a vote of 23 to 8. The bill now moves to the House. Sponsored by Senator Terry Johnson, SB 215 is a Constitutional Carry bill that seeks to make concealed carry licensing optional as well as change the requirement to "promptly" inform a law enforcement officer when carrying a concealed handgun...

NY AG: “In Some Parts of New York State, You Can Find a Gun More Easily Than You Can Find an Apple”

7:00am Wednesday, December 15, 2021
A local paper quoted New York State Attorney General Letitia James as saying, recently, “What’s so tragic is that in some parts of New York State, you can find a gun more easily than you can find an apple.” Problem is, New York State is flush with apples. According to the U.S. Apple Association, out of the 32 states that grow apples commercially, New York State is the second largest producer of...

CALL TO ACTION: SB 215 for Constitutional Carry Headed to Floor Vote

5:11pm Tuesday, December 14, 2021
On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, the Ohio Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee held a third and final hearing for Senate Bill 215 (Constitutional Carry) and voted 5 - 2 to pass the bill out of committee. The bill now moves to the Senate floor for a vote. Sponsored by Senator Terry Johnson, SB 215 seeks to make concealed carry licensing optional as well as remove the duty to "promptly" inform...

SB 215 (Constitutional Carry) to receive third Senate committee hearing, possible vote

7:00am Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Senator Frank Hoagland (R-Mingo Junction), who chairs the Senate Veterans & Public Safety Committee, has announced a third hearing for SB 215 (Constitutional Carry), sponsored by Sen. Terry Johnson. The Chair has indicated amendments may be considered before a possible vote. The hearing will be held later today, Tuesday, December 14 at 2:30 p.m. in the North Hearing Room at the Statehouse, 1...

PODCAST: 2021 Headlines in the Fight for Second Amendment Rights Across America

3:00pm Monday, December 13, 2021
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 43: Constitutional Carry is sweeping the country. Ohio and other states seek to limit the power of government during emergencies. David...

As resources dwindle, wildlife suffers

by Jim Shepherd
7:00am Monday, December 13, 2021
To the surprise (and chagrin) of many outside the industry, hunters and anglers aren’t neither the most prolific nor profligate consumers of the outdoors. Via the contributions of tax dollars via Pittman-Robertson act, they voluntarily contribute funds to help preserve, protect and defend the nation’s wild resources. As participation numbers fall (despite the increased, but likely temporary,...

How To Form a Marksmanship Team, From Someone Who’s Done It

by Ashley Brugnone
3:00pm Friday, December 10, 2021
As part of its mission, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has been dedicated to the development and longevity of youth shooting sports around the country. With several junior programs currently established in each state, aspiring young marksmen are fortunate to have a number of venues available to continue their growth – yet, there’s always room for more. The thought of starting a team can...

BFA Testifies in Support of HB 297 to Stop Discrimination Against the Firearms Industry

7:00am Friday, December 10, 2021
On Thursday, December 9, 2021, Buckeye Firearms Association presented testimony before the Ohio House Government Oversight Committee in support of House Bill 297 . Sponsored by Representative Scott Wiggam, HB 297, also referred to as the Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act or the FIND Act, would stop corporations seeking government contracts from discriminating against the firearm and...

How Anti-Gun Research Works

3:00pm Thursday, December 09, 2021
The objective world mistrusts most gun policy research because it’s clear the objective is to produce an anti-gun outcome rather than honest analysis. Politicians and professional activists claim the mantle of evidence but will ignore any findings that threaten their anti-gun agenda. Anti-gun politicians continue to advocate for policies that the very researchers they champion have contradicted,...

BFA Testifies in Support of HB 471 to Eliminate Ohio Sales Tax on Guns and Ammo

7:00am Thursday, December 09, 2021
On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, Buckeye Firearms Association presented testimony before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee in support of House Bill 471 . Sponsored by Representative Al Cutrona, HB 471 would exempt from sales and use taxes the sale of certain firearms and ammunition. Any nonshotgun firearm that is .50 caliber or smaller qualifies for the exemption, as does any shotgun that is...

Ohio Wraps Up the 2021 Deer Gun Hunting Week

7:00am Wednesday, December 08, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio hunters harvested 70,413 deer during the 2021 deer gun week that concluded on Sunday, Dec. 5, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Over the past three years, hunters checked an average of 65,280 deer during the same weeklong period, which marks an 8% increase in 2021. Deer gun season is open again on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 18-...

Hunting is under attack, and we must respond

by Jay Pinsky
7:00am Tuesday, December 07, 2021
Life is all about change, and we as hunters know this well. Animals change habits, locations, moods, and tendencies on their time and under their logic, not ours. As hunters, we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt to changes in animals, yes – but we must also adapt to changes in humans, our environments, and our habits. COVID-19 is just the latest example of an external factor which has...

PODCAST: Oxford Murders, Rittenhouse Reactions, Marijuana vs. Guns, and Your Legal Plan

3:00pm Monday, December 06, 2021
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 42: Two Michigan parents have been arrested after their son shot and killed 4 students. The Rittenhouse not-guilty verdict triggers the...

Former deputy who killed CHL-holder Casey Goodson charged with murder

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, December 06, 2021
A Franklin County grand jury has indicted former Franklin County Sheriff's SWAT deputy Jason Meade in the December 4, 2020 death of 23 year-old concealed handgun license (CHL) -holder Casey Goodson. An autopsy report revealed Goodson was shot 5 times in the back and once in the buttocks as he returned from a dentist appointment and was entering his home. From the Columbus Dispatch : The...

CNN Pushes Chinese Communist Party Line on Guns

7:00am Friday, December 03, 2021
CNN’s anti-gun bias, including a willingness to fake stories to push gun control, has been apparent for decades. The self-styled “most trusted name in news” further diminished what’s left of its tarnished reputation this week when it parroted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) line on Second Amendment rights. In a piece titled, “China and the US were both born from armed conflict. They're now...

Background Checks Top 687,000 During Black Friday ‘Week’

7:00am Thursday, December 02, 2021
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearm industry trade association, revealed that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) processed 687,788 background checks during the week leading up to and including Black Friday. FBI’s NICS recorded 187,585 on Black Friday alone, ranking it among the Top 10 Highest Days for NICS checks and a .50...

The Year of the Gun – Record Number of Carry Permits in 2020

7:00am Wednesday, December 01, 2021
Last year was one for the record books. Not only did gun sales climb to unprecedented highs, but 40 percent of all purchasers were first-time gun buyers, estimated to be some 8.4 million people. The number of FBI NICS background checks – used for gun sales and transfers as well as for suppressor sales and concealed carry permits – was just under 40 million for 2020, the highest number since the...

Canada, Six Months from “Confiscation Day”

7:00am Tuesday, November 30, 2021
In early 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his so-called “assault weapon” ban along with a temporary amnesty period that allows the owners of newly-banned firearms to possess their property without incurring criminal liability. Canadians affected by these Orders-in-Council were advised they would have the option of “complying through grandfathering” or surrendering the gun...

PODCAST: John Lott Shoots Down the Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics of Gun Control

3:00pm Monday, November 29, 2021
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 41: Gun control advocates are fond of trotting out questionable, often fabricated, statistics in a desperate attempt to prove that guns...

Akron traffic stop is latest example highlighting need to modify the concealed carry duty to notify requirement

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, November 29, 2021
In the fight to change the law regarding the duty to promptly notify a law enforcement officer that one is legally exercising their right to bear arms in the State of Ohio, Buckeye Firearms Association is often asked what harm is the current law actually causing. We have, of course, pointed out that no one can define what "promptly" means, and that there are no standards for when and how to...

The Right to Bear Arms Gets Its Day in Court

7:00am Friday, November 26, 2021
November 3 was a historic day for constitutional rights in the United States, as the U.S. Supreme Court delved into a detailed and sophisticated exploration of the meaning and scope of the Second Amendment’s right to “bear” arms in public places, in a case brought by the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NRA’s affiliated association in New York). In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court...

Thanksgiving: George Washington's 1789 Proclamation

7:00am Thursday, November 25, 2021
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor -- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful...

Experience As a New Hunter

by Brenda Weatherby
7:00am Wednesday, November 24, 2021
“Becoming a new hunter is so complex.” “There is so much to learn and so much to mess up.” “The sheer number of things to remember is mind boggling.” These are thoughts I had while taking my hunter education course with my daughter some seven years ago. We both were in over our heads for the first few lessons, but she had a big advantage — she was 12 and I was in my mid-30’s. I had at least a...

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