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Biden Arms Terrorists After Lecturing Americans on “Keeping Guns Out of Dangerous Hands”

7:00am Monday, September 06, 2021
Before being declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden was unabashed in his support for restricting Second Amendment rights. A lengthy section of his campaign website described his ambitions for new gun control, with headings such as “Keep guns out of dangerous hands” and “Make sure firearm owners take on the responsibility of ensuring their weapons are used safely.”...

Announcing Ladies Day at the Range - Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021

7:00am Friday, September 03, 2021
Are you one of the 8 million Americans who purchased a firearm for the first time recently? Are you a gun owner who just hasn't had much training or experience with shooting? Are you a beginner who would like to know more about different types of firearms ... and get a chance to shoot them! If so, then this is the event for you! Buckeye Firearms Association is teaming up with Sportsmen's Alliance...

ATF Comment Period Closing on Stabilizing Brace Rule, SAF Offers Strategy

7:00am Thursday, September 02, 2021
BELLEVUE, WA – As the Sept. 8 deadline looms for public comment on the proposed rule change regarding handgun stabilizing arm braces, the Second Amendment Foundation has launched an ambitious effort to encourage and guide gun owners to submit comments to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Read SAF’s comments here . “Time is running out and we want to provide millions...

Shooting From the Ground

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, September 01, 2021
Have you ever trained to draw and fire your pistol from any position other than standing? Most recreational shooters haven’t. Fights are messy. Sometimes the unexpected happens. Take a look at this story . A man was fleeing armed robbers and slipped on the ice, causing him to fall. According to the article: “As the victims started to run, the 31-year-old slipped on the ice and fell, it said. He...

The Buckeye Bash is BACK! Get Your Tickets Now

3:00pm Tuesday, August 31, 2021
The 2021 Buckeye Bash is a sponsored gun show with Dinner, Auctions, and TONS O' GUNS! We're holding the festivities at the Villa Milano Banquet & Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, October 2, 5-9 p.m. Get your tickets now and enjoy a great meal. Bid on guns, gear, and a wide assortment of merchandise, including household goods, artwork, collectibles, knives, jewelry and more in...

NSSF Salutes USA Shooting Olympic Medal Winners in USA Today Ad

7:00am Tuesday, August 31, 2021
NEWTOWN, Conn. — By capturing six medals at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, USA Shooting equaled its best performance since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics—an achievement that NSSF®, the trade association for the firearm industry, is proudly celebrating in a full page ad in a recent edition of USA Today. “We are extremely proud of the eight USA Shooting athletes who combined to win six medals...

PODCAST: How Defending Your Life Can Land You in Prison

3:00pm Monday, August 30, 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 28: Armed self defense is almost NEVER like the movies. It can be fast, brutal, and terrifying! And you can get into serious legal trouble even if you do everything right. Sean Maloney,...

Taxpayer-Funded (Anti-Gun) Advocacy

7:00am Monday, August 30, 2021
They say tigers don’t change their stripes. The same may be true for public health officials. In 1994, the then- Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control arrogantly betrayed the extent of the gun control agenda. He’s back, and he’s done it again. Doctor Mark Rosenberg told the Washington Post in 1994 that guns needed to be just like cigarettes: “dirty, deadly, and banned...

U.S. Bans Import of Russian Guns and Ammo

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Friday, August 27, 2021
On Friday, August 20, the United States officially banned the import of Russian firearms and ammunition. According to a fact sheet from the Dept. of State, this action is in response to the use of a biological weapon. Here's an excerpt: Pursuant to the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (the CBW Act), the United States will impose a second round of...

Important Announcement: NRA Annual Meeting Cancellation

7:00am Thursday, August 26, 2021
FAIRFAX, Va. – Due to concern over the safety of our NRA family and community, we regret to inform you that we have decided to cancel the 2021 Annual Meeting & Exhibits. This cancellation applies to all events and meetings that were scheduled in Houston. We will provide future notification regarding a rescheduled date for the annual Meeting of Members. We make this difficult decision after...

Born to Intervene?

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Read the story and take a look at the video below. A convenience store customer named CJ Stout was chatting with a store clerk when a robber entered the store. The robber pointed a gun at both the clerk and Mr. Stout before demanding money from the cash register and that Mr. Stout get down on the ground. Mr. Stout started to comply, but then saw an opportunity and attempted to tackle the robber...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Look Out for Lookouts

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Tuesday, August 24, 2021
You are standing in line at the grocery store one night when you realize that two men are robbing one of the clerks at gunpoint. Before you can even begin to think through your response options, the robbers have grabbed the money and are running out the door. What would you do? No one seems to be hurt or in any more danger. The robbers have fled and are getting away as you stand around to make...

PODCAST: Why Doctors Turned Anti-Gun and What You Can Do About It

3:00pm Monday, August 23, 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 27: Doctors should focus on your health, not your politics. But in recent years, the medical profession has become more and more activist, pushing an anti-gun, anti-liberty agenda. John...

The "Three S" Test

by Dave Spaulding
7:00am Monday, August 23, 2021
For many years the words “survive” and “survival” have played a major role in how we think about inter-personal conflict. Phrases like “Street Survival,” the “Will to Survive” and “Survival Mindset” are quite common. According to the Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of survive is “to remain in existence,” which is insufficient to me. I want to go home the same way I left... unharmed,...

Will Bloomberg Remain Committed to Buying Votes?

7:00am Friday, August 20, 2021
Michael Bloomberg may be one of the richest men in the world, but he is probably best known these days as the man who had one of the most embarrassing bids to be president of these United States. He spent more than a billion dollars of his personal fortune in his 2020 campaign to be the Democrat nominee, a short affair that lasted only three months. His only success after burning through huge...

AG Yost Asks Full Appeals Court to Affirm Limits of Feds’ Executive Power

7:00am Thursday, August 19, 2021
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 17 other state attorneys general are defending their citizens against federal overreach by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). In a brief filed Tuesday, the attorneys general asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to affirm what a three-judge panel already ruled: that the Department of Justice...

Your Tactical Training Scenario - Injured Hands

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Take a quick look at this news article... Phoenix police make arrest in priest murder A man broke into a church rectory and attacked the two priests who lived there with a tire iron. The first priest ran to his bedroom and grabbed his revolver. He tried to shoot the attacker but was unable to do so because his trigger finger had been broken when he was struck by the tire iron. The attacker...

URGENT! Public Comments on ATF “Frame or Receiver” Rule Due by August 19

7:00am Tuesday, August 17, 2021
The Biden Department of Justice is threatening to upend the U.S. firearm industry and how Americans exercise their Second Amendment rights. On May 21, ATF published a new proposed rule in the Federal Register entitled Definition of “Frame or Receiver” and Identification of Firearms . That publication triggered the opening of a public comment period. The comment period will remain open until...

PODCAST: Where’s All the Ammo? Is it Government Hoarding? A Ploy to Drive up Prices? Aliens?

7:00am Monday, August 16, 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 26: Where oh where has all the ammo gone? Is the government hoarding? Is it a corporate conspiracy to drive up ammo prices? Have aliens abducted all our ammo? It's time to demand some...

NSSF Launches PSAs on Storing Firearms Securely in Vehicles

7:00am Friday, August 13, 2021
New informational videos offer important safety considerations to help responsible gun owners prevent theft and unauthorized access NEWTOWN, Conn. – In two new video public service announcements, the National Shooting Sports Foundation® encourages gun owners to securely store their firearms when temporarily leaving them in vehicles. Thefts of firearms from vehicles have risen in many parts of the...

Attacked at Home

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Thursday, August 12, 2021
I had a long-time reader write to ask the following questions: “My wife (who is not a fan of guns, concealed carry, etc.) and I were talking about self-defense the other day, and she asked what percentage of self-defense incidents happen on a person’s property (house/yard/garage/etc) versus anywhere else. The discussion came up as I was explaining why I favor carrying a weapon even at home (both...

Questioning the Effectiveness of the .380 Auto Cartridge

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, August 11, 2021
You folks really like your .380 semi-automatic pistols. Two of the top 10 most read articles on my site are about the .380. Every post I’ve written about this caliber has been consumed voraciously. Lots of the email questions I get from readers concern the .380 as well. Since my 2011 handgun stopping power study was reproduced in American Handgunner Magazine , I’ve received regular questions...

Damaged Defensive Ammunition

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Tuesday, August 10, 2021
I recently had a reader reach out to me with a very intriguing question: “I’ve got about 50 rounds of quality JHP in 9MM divided between three guns (mine+wife) and they are getting beat up. Question is, do I stick with the beaters (dinged cases or heads, etc.)or switch to hard cast lead or FMJ since the quality stuff is either priced out of reach or just not available at any price? We use my...

PODCAST: David Kenik Talks About Guns and the Harsh Realities of Armed Self-Defense

3:00pm Monday, August 09, 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 25: When can you use lethal force in self defense? Is self defense just about guns? Can you actually take a life? Is .45 caliber more effective than 9mm or does that even matter any more?...

Sen. Terry Johnson Introduces Constitutional Carry Bill SB 215

7:00am Monday, August 09, 2021
On August 5, 2021, Senator Terry Johnson introduced Senate Bill 215 to bring Constitutional Carry to Ohio. SB 215 will not eliminate Ohio's licensing system, but will make the license optional for those who prefer to have a license, or who wish to carry in other states that recognize Ohio's license. "Ohioans have proven themselves to be overwhelmingly law-abiding over the past 17 years since...

Trigger Geometry and How it Affects Your Shooting

by Gary Evens
7:00am Friday, August 06, 2021
I suspect most of you haven’t thought much about how your trigger affects your ability to shoot your gun beyond how much effort it takes to press the trigger and make the gun fire. But the basic design of your trigger can have a significant influence on how close your bullets impact the target compared to where you wanted them to hit it — i.e., your point-of-impact (POI) vs. your point-of-aim (...

The Gift of Hunting

by Jenifer Wisniewski
7:00am Thursday, August 05, 2021
We appreciate the gift of hunting year-round from ducks to turkeys and small game to deer, elk, and everything in between. This year, a year where we have seen a surge of interest in hunting, why not give back to the sport that gives you (and your freezer) such fulfillment! Here are some ways that you can give the gift of hunting by being a true wildlife conservationist. After all, it is great...

Purse Carry, CCW, and Police Interactions

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Wednesday, August 04, 2021
I’ve heard some true horror stories about traffic stop interactions between cops and people with concealed carry handgun licenses. To be honest, while I occasionally hear about CCW carriers doing stupid things from my cop friends, I hear far more stories from my gun students about police officers acting paranoid and unprofessional while dealing with a legal CCW carrier on a traffic stop. I hear...

Millions of New Gun Owners Will Join in the Fun of National Shooting Sports Month® in August

7:00am Tuesday, August 03, 2021
Whether you’re a first-time gun owner or experienced, here are 10 ways to enjoy the target shooting sports and special events NEWTOWN, Conn. – America’s millions of first-time firearm owners will find National Shooting Sports Month® in August a great time to enjoy using their new firearms, whether in a training course, competition or simply having fun shooting targets with friends. NSSF®...

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

3:00pm Monday, August 02, 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 24: It's been 13 years since the Heller case and 11 years since the McDonald case. Now, finally, another major gun rights case goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. And once again, Buckeye...

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