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TAKE ACTION: Urge Ohio Legislators to Pass Constitutional Carry

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Monday, October 11, 2021
Ohio and 33 other states already allow open carry without a license. Plus 21 states allow concealed carry without a license. So permitless or “license optional” carry is a proven concept. That's why it's time for Constitutional Carry in Ohio. Buckeye Firearms Association has been meeting and working with members of the Ohio Senate and House on an almost daily basis to push Constitutional Carry...

Cincinnati-area: Man uses gun to stops home invasion assault

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, October 08, 2021
WLWT (NBC Cincinnati) is reporting that a man was forced to use a gun to stop a home invasion in Mt. Healthy. From the article: Officials said Gregory Lyle, 33, entered through the window of the home and assaulted his ex-girlfriend who was inside. A man living in the house saw Lyle and shot him. Lyle was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials said the investigation is ongoing and there is no...

Buckeye Firearms Association Testifies in Favor of Constitutional Carry

7:00am Thursday, October 07, 2021
On Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee heard proponent testimony on Senate Bill 215 , sponsored by Senator Terry Johnson. Along with the National Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, law enforcement officers, and others, Buckeye Firearms Association testified in support of the bill which seeks to bring Constitutional Carry to Ohio. The bill would not...

Emergency Powers Bill SB 185 Passes Out of Senate Committee

7:00am Wednesday, October 06, 2021
On Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee passed SB 185 , sponsored by Senator Tim Schaffer, on a 5-2 vote. Along with its companion, House Bill 325 , sponsored by Representative Scott Wiggam, Senate Bill 185 seeks to prevent state and local governments from infringing on Second Amendment rights during declared emergencies. It is the most powerful and comprehensive...

Another school shooting in Russia demonstrates gun control laws' impotence at stopping violence

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, October 05, 2021
NPR reported recently on yet another school shooting in Russia - this time at Perm State University, where a student opened fire on his classmates. From the article : At least eight people are dead and two dozen injured at a university in Russia after a gunman opened fire, and some students jumped out of second-story windows in an apparent effort to escape the attack. The shooting occurred at the...

PODCAST: Senator Terry Johnson Takes us Inside the Fight for Constitutional Carry

3:00pm Monday, October 04, 2021
The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 33: In the previous podcast, we discussed 6 reasons why NOW is the time for Constitutional Carry in Ohio. And we listened to Senator Terry Johnson provide testimony in support of his bill,...

CALL TO ACTION: Attend the hearing for Senate Bill 215 at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 2:30 pm.

7:00am Monday, October 04, 2021
On Tuesday, the Senate Veterans & Public Safety Committee will hear testimony in favor of SB 215, Senator Terry Johnson's Constitutional Carry bill. Buckeye Firearms Association will be testifying. And we'd like you to be there too. You can testify to support this bill or just be there to show committee members that there is broad community support for Constitutional Carry. When: 2:30 pm...

"STRONG Ohio" water-carrier Matt Dolan announces Senate run

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, October 01, 2021
One would be hard-pressed to find a gun owner over the age of 35 in this state (perhaps even in this entire country) who doesn't remember the problems Mike DeWine created for the Second Amendment while he served in the United States Senate. After he was voted out of office and returned to state politics, his record on the Second Amendment, first as state attorney general and now as governor, has...

Child’s Play: Kids Exposed to Toy Guns Aren’t Prone to Violence

7:00am Thursday, September 30, 2021
As part of the campaign to stigmatize firearms and legitimate firearm owners, gun control advocates and their allies on the left have targeted anything that resembles or is used as a proxy for a gun – partially chewed pop tarts, fingers (a “level 2 lookalike firearm”), Halloween costume props, and ordinary toys. There are more examples than we could possibly list in this space, but a sampling of...

Harvard Researcher: About Half of New Gun Owners are Women

7:00am Wednesday, September 29, 2021
In a blow to the tired stereotypes perpetuated by gun control supporters, a recent academic survey found broad diversity among recent first time gun buyers. The findings bolstered what many observers had anecdotally discovered, the last year-and-a-half’s pandemic and civil unrest-fueled record-breaking gun sales. Provided with the preliminary survey results, the Wall Street Journal reported, the...

Elderly Ohio woman uses firearm to defend husband during home invasion

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Cleveland.com reported recently that a 69 year-old woman used a firearm to defend her husband during a late-night home invasion. Form the article : A North Olmsted resident fatally shot a woman who broke into her home late Sunday, police said. A 21-year-old woman was shot in the abdomen and chest just after 10:50 p.m. at a home on Mastick Road, North Olmsted police said in a news release...

PODCAST: Ohio Senator Terry Johnson Presents Powerful Testimony on Constitutional Carry

3:00pm Monday, September 27, 2021
The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 32: In early August, 2021, Ohio Senator Terry Johnson introduced Senate Bill 215 to bring Constitutional Carry to Ohio. This bill would make concealed handgun licenses optional in the state...

SB 215 (Constitutional Carry) receives first hearing in Senate committee

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, September 27, 2021
Senate Bill 215 , introduced by Sen. Terry Johnson (R), received its first hearing last week in the Senate Veterans & Public Safety Committee, and representatives from Buckeye Firearms Association were on hand. The bill received sponsor-only testimony before the committee, which also then voted to amend the bill. From the Gongwer News Service : Joint sponsor Sen. Terry Johnson (R-McDermott)...

In Defense of Others

by Gary Evens
7:00am Friday, September 24, 2021
One of the things you can do is to defend someone else that is entitled to defend themselves, but for one reason or another is unable to. This is commonly known as “coming to the defense of others” in legal terms. In defending them, you may use lethal force if it is appropriate to the situation. One of the things that I have not written about, nor have I seen much, if any, mention of it by others...

Ohio Commemorates National Hunting and Fishing Day

3:00pm Thursday, September 23, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – On Saturday, Sept. 25, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites all Ohioans to join more than 50 million sportsmen and women in the commemoration of National Hunting and Fishing Day. Now in its 49th year, National Hunting and Fishing Day was launched by the National Shooting Sports Foundation and is celebrated annually on the fourth Saturday in...

Military court rules Trump ATF was wrong: bump stocks are not machineguns

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Mainstream media outlets have been devoid of news that yet another court has ruled that a ban on bump stocks instituted by the BATFE at the request of then-President Donald Trump improperly classified the devices as machineguns. Last March, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) cannot classify bump stocks as...

Keep and Bear Radio in Top 5% of All Podcasts

7:00am Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Since its debut on January 27, 2021, the Keep and Bear Radio podcast has steadily grown in popularity. After just 30 episodes, it now ranks in the top 5% of all podcasts. Featuring fun and frank discussions about gun rights at the state and national level, Keep and Bear Radio has tackled a wide range of topics, including the causes of the ammo shortage, why the medical profession turned anti-gun...

PODCAST: Why Do Bills Get Pushed to Lame Duck? Do Republicans Take Gun Owners for Granted?

3:00pm Monday, September 20, 2021
The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 31: Legislators in Ohio are returning from summer break. And now it's time for them to start focusing on fulfilling their promises on Constitutional Carry, our emergency powers bill, and...

Pepper Spray - How to Choose it and How to Use it

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Monday, September 20, 2021
Many of the questions I receive from students involve the use of chemical sprays. It seems that nearly everyone carries or is contemplating the carrying of some type of Mace or chemical irritant. Accurate information about the selection and use of these chemicals exists, but it is often difficult to find truth in the sea of lies and misinformation promulgated by the chemical manufacturers. This...

Ohio Knife Law Preemption Bill Hearing

7:00am Friday, September 17, 2021
With the August legislature recesses over, Knife Rights efforts are picking up again. [This week], at a hearing of the Ohio Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee, a substitute version of SB 156, Knife Rights' Ohio knife life law preemption bill, was introduced. The substitute version is the result of efforts by Prime Sponsor Senator Kristina Roegner’s office and our Director of Legislative...

The Art of Aiming a Handgun

by Gary Evens
7:00am Thursday, September 16, 2021
For some reason, I always seem to struggle getting my sights properly aligned and on the intended target quickly. I’m sure it is a combination of my eyesight, my arm strength, my grip, and my reaction time. The result—for me anyway—is that once I get my handgun up into my eye-target line of sight, my front sight is usually low, and I must bring it up into the rear sight notch and then get them...

Appendix Carry - Thousands of Thugs Can’t be Wrong!

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, September 15, 2021
"95% of criminals carry their guns on their strong side, mostly stuck in the front of their bodies, inside the waistband without a holster. ” – From a US Secret Service Seminar on detecting concealed weapons Why are all the thugs carrying pistols in their waistbands in front of the hip? And why do most cops and CCW permit holders carry behind the hip? Are there lessons to be learned from the bad...

Stopping Government Abuse During States of Emergency

7:00am Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Most will remember the devastation that hit Louisiana, as well as several neighboring states, when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. New Orleans was dealt a particularly hard blow, and some may feel it will never completely recover. Certain losses, especially those who lost their lives, can never be restored, but the region covered by Katrina’s deadly path has spent a decade-and-a-half building...

PODCAST: Democrats Sue. The White House Retreats. And the CDC is Coming for Your Guns.

3:00pm Monday, September 13, 2021
The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 30: Democrats and the NAACP call stand your ground racist and file a lawsuit. The White House withdraws David Chipman's nomination to head the ATF. President Biden says he wants to sign on...

What is the most frequent mistake committed by concealed handgun license-holders? Forgetfulness.

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, September 13, 2021
I know I consume more firearms-related news than most people, but even with my over-consumption, I think it's safe to say that there are far too many reports of otherwise law-abiding citizens unknowingly taking their loaded firearms through airport security. Sometimes it seems like a weekly occurrence. Consider these headlines just from the past month, and just from Ohio: TSA catches Ohio man...

Biden waves white flag on nomination of gun grabber Chipman to head ATF

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, September 10, 2021
Less than six months after President Joe Biden nominated anti-Second Amendment extremist David Chipman as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the White House sources are widely signaling to the press that the president will withdraw the nomination. From CNN: The move comes amid concerns among moderate Democrats and independent Maine Sen. Angus King -- along with...

Are Police Officers Expert Marksmen?

by Gary Evens
7:00am Thursday, September 09, 2021
I often get frustrated following an active killer’s attack on a school. Liberals always call for new gun control measures to be implement that often have nothing to do with how the particular gunman obtained the guns that were used to carry out the attack and that would have had no impact on preventing the tragedy had their proposals been in effect before the event occurred. Many conservatives...

Wound Ballistics Workshop

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, September 08, 2021
I’ve been getting quite a few questions about recommended ammunition for defensive rifles and pistols. I originally wrote this article years ago, but the information is still critically valid and will answer many folks’ questions. Read about the gelatin test session I participated in and take a look at the results. You may be surprised. - Greg Last week I attended a wound ballistics workshop put...

Federal Government Continues to Prove it Can’t be Trusted with Gun Owner Data

7:00am Tuesday, September 07, 2021
The federal government has rarely made a habit of covering itself in glory, but in recent weeks it seems determined to engender mistrust among the American public. In only the last month, three fresh examples of the federal government’s inability to secure sensitive data have come to light. These examples of official incompetence have once again made clear that the federal government cannot be...

PODCAST: Guns on the Go: Tips for Traffic Stops, Carry, Reciprocity, and Airline Travel

3:00pm Monday, September 06, 2021
The Keep and Bear Radio podcast is hosted on the Podbean platform and is also available on Apple , Google , Spotify , and iHeartRadio . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 29: If you're carrying a gun, what's the right way to handle a traffic stop? How do you legally transport firearms across state lines? What does duty to inform actually mean? What about...

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