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HB 227 (Constitutional Carry) to receive second House committee hearing Thursday

3:00pm Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Representative Shane Wilkin (R-Hillsboro), who chairs the House Government Oversight Committee, has announced a second hearing for HB 227 (Constitutional Carry) , sponsored by Reps. Brinkman and Jordan. The hearing will be held on Thursday, May 20 at 9:00 a.m. in the Room 121 at the Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH 43215. The committee will hear proponent testimony. Constitutional Carry...

Biden Goes All in On Calls for Extreme Gun Control

7:00am Wednesday, May 19, 2021
President Biden dropped any pretense at “moderation” in his first address to a joint session of Congress since assuming the presidency. However much he tried to pad the early parts of his speech with bland, feel-good rhetoric, his remarks on gun control demonstrate that he is radical, out of touch, ill-informed, and bent on persecuting his political enemies over prioritizing important issues of...

Excitement builds for CMP National Matches 2021

by Larry S. Moore
7:00am Tuesday, May 18, 2021
For the shooters of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), the excitement of returning to Camp Perry for the National Matches is building. The forced hiatus of 2020 was a bitter pill. Now they are ready to return to the home ground of the competitive rifle and pistol shooting world. It is a certainly a great tradition where some have been coming for generations. Welcoming the shooters this year...

PODCAST: Discrimination Against the Firearm Industry and the Bill That Aims to Stop It

3:00pm Monday, May 17, 2021
Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The 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 13: The financial sector has been discriminating against the firearms industry for decades. The Obama administration even...

Hunter Biden Incident Shows that Gun Laws are for the Little People

7:00am Monday, May 17, 2021
There is a central hypocrisy at the heart of the gun control effort. High-profile gun control-supporting politicians, the Hollywood elite, and billionaire tycoons, will advocate to strip ordinary Americans of their right to defend themselves and their family, all the while enjoying the security that armed men with guns provide. As Hunter Biden’s 2018 firearm incident shows, this hypocrisy extends...

Permitless Carry Wave Sweeps the Nation

7:00am Friday, May 14, 2021
Gun control advocates seem conflicted recently about how to mischaracterize the NRA. Does it still exercise “undue influence,” or is it now “on the ropes” with the ascendance of anti-gun politicians controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress? Whatever they try to tell you, the numbers don’t lie. The strength of our pro-gun advocacy efforts and the peoples’ support for the right to...

Rep. Scott Wiggam Introduces HB 297: Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination (FIND) Act

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Thursday, May 13, 2021
Ohio State Representative Scott Wiggam has introduced House Bill 297, the Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination (FIND) Act . This critical legislation would stop corporations seeking government contracts from discriminating against the firearm and ammunition industry and infringing on the ability of law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights. "There are far too many so-called '...

PODCAST: Biden’s Lies, Smart Guns, ATF Shenanigans, and Other Disturbing News

3:00pm Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The 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 12: Would you be surprised if we told you President Biden was lying about gun laws? Probably not. Because he is. And he told some...

NSSF Hails Rep. Barr’s ‘Fair Access to Banking Act’

7:00am Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The NSSF®, the firearm industry’s trade association, applauded U.S. Rep. Andy Barr’s (R-Ky.) introduction of the Fair Access to Banking Act. The much-needed legislation will pick up where the Fair Access to Financial Services Banking Rule left off, which was proposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency until the Biden administration “paused” publication of the finalized rule. The...

BREAKING NEWS: ATF Posts Proposed Rule Change to Upend the Firearm Industry

3:41pm Tuesday, May 11, 2021
We recently reported on a leaked ATF document outlining a proposed rule to change the definition of frame or receiver and alter federal marking requirements for firearms. The rule, if implemented, would completely upend the firearm industry by changing what parts must legally be considered a “firearm” under federal law. The ATF has now posted this rule for comments from the public. CLICK HERE to...

Demand (and lawsuit?) prompt Summit Co. Sheriff to open second Ohio CHL office

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Demand for Ohio concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) has been extremely heavy for over a year now, and some sheriff's offices have done better than others at accommodating the increase. One place where citizens continue to experience significant delays is Summit County, where Cuyahoga Falls resident Thomas Jakupca II decided to file a complaint in Summit County Common Pleas Court accusing the...

Biden’s Anti-gun Lies are Too Much Even for Legacy Press Fact Checkers

7:00am Monday, May 10, 2021
With President Joe Biden securely in office and the 2024 presidential election 43 months away, the mainstream press has determined it an acceptable time to expose the frequent fibber’s most flagrant falsehoods. This week saw a plethora of so-called “fact-checkers” take issue with the blatantly false statements Biden made while announcing his “initial actions” on gun control on April 8. In touting...

Preventing School Shootings: Observe…Investigate…Intercede

7:00am Friday, May 07, 2021
The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center recently released a report on targeted school violence that didn’t seem to get much attention from the media. After reading it, we can understand why, as it doesn’t easily fit into the standard legacy media paradigm of exploiting tragedy to “prove” that guns are bad, and we need new laws to further restrict access to them. This report...

A Radical Idea: It’s Not the Gun, it’s the Criminal

7:00am Thursday, May 06, 2021
Rahm Emanuel, recently the mayor of Chicago and who has previously served as a member of the Clinton Administration and as President Obama’s White House chief of staff, proposed a few curious gun control ideas while appearing as a panelist on ABC’s This Week program on March 28. To get Republican support and pass new gun control laws, he said, Democrats must “focus[] on the criminal, not the gun...

Focusing Gun Owners’ Political Strength – All PACs Are Local

by MarkPA
7:00am Wednesday, May 05, 2021
We are constantly told that it is only big money that counts in politics. Perhaps this is so. But what if that’s merely an intimidation tactic? By convincing your enemy that you have the invincible weapon, your enemy will shrink from the fight. The gun controllers have long complained that the big money of the evil gun industry controlled Congress-critters with lavish contributions. We know this...

State Outright Recognition for Right-to-Carry Permits Helps Protect All Gun Owners

7:00am Tuesday, May 04, 2021
Longtime gun rights supporters know that gun owners need to stick together. Over/under shotgun and revolver aficionados help to fight semi-automatic bans, because their guns would be next on the chopping block. Those over 21 fight firearms restrictions on 18-21-year-olds, because such gun controls diminish the Second Amendment right, deter future gun owners, and weaken the shooting community...

PODCAST: How Ordinary Citizens Can Join the Battle for Second Amendment Rights

3:00pm Monday, May 03, 2021
Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The 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 11: National and state organizations do a lot of the heavy lifting for gun rights. But what can YOU do when you see a bad law...

Ohio Democrat gubernatorial wanna-bes push "smart gun" technology

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, May 03, 2021
Several Ohio Democrat mayors, including two gubernatorial-hopefuls (Nan Whaley, mayor of Dayton, and John Cranley, mayor of Cincinnati), have joined a "consortium" aimed at encouraging production of so-called "smart-gun" technology. From Ideastream.org : The Gun Safety Consortium is requesting proposals for "smart gun" products like quick-access gun locks and safes and systems to enhance...

Month of headlines about mass murders masks fact that guns are used to PROTECT lives every day

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, April 30, 2021
Lost in headlines about several mass murders around the country is the fact that law-abiding gun owners use firearms to protect themselves or loved ones every single day, with little to no attention from the establishment media. For example, here in Ohio, on March 1, WEWS (ABC Cleveland) reported that a homeowner who had already scared off a would-be thief who had attempted to steal his ATV was...

Leaked ATF Rule Would Upend Firearm Industry

3:00pm Thursday, April 29, 2021
On April 20th, The Reload published what appears to be a leaked draft of an ATF proposed rule . The leaked document purports to be a proposed rule to change the regulatory definition of frame or receiver and alter federal marking requirements for firearms. The rule, if implemented, would completely upend the firearm industry by changing what parts must legally be considered a “firearm” under...

NRA Opposes David Chipman for ATF Director

7:00am Thursday, April 29, 2021
During a press conference on Thursday, April 8, President Biden announced that he would once again be targeting law-abiding gun owners by ordering ATF to develop two new restrictive regulations. Aiming to accessorize the Department of Justice’s anti-gun leadership team, Biden announced his nomination of gun control lobbyist David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,...

Grand jury does not indict after self-defense shooting

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, April 28, 2021
WXIX (Fox Cincinnati) is reporting that a grand jury examined evidence in a March 29 shooting incident and returned no indictment. From the article : A fight that led to a deadly shooting in Hamilton on Monday, March 29 was an act of self-defense, court documents say. According to police, the shooting happened at 8:07 a.m. at 408 S. 7th Street. The police report stated the first suspect threw a...

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Second Amendment Concealed Carry Case

7:00am Tuesday, April 27, 2021
On April 26, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear an NRA-backed case challenging New York’s restrictive concealed-carry-licensing regime. This sets the stage for the Supreme Court to affirm what most states already hold as true, that there is an individual right to self-defense outside of the home. This case challenges New York’s requirement that applicants demonstrate “proper cause” to carry a...

PODCAST: Myths, Lies, and Distortions About Guns in Movies and TV

3:00pm Monday, April 26, 2021
Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The 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 10: TV and movies are great for entertainment, but not so great for education. Unfortunately, that's where most people learn most...

In New Executive Gun Control Push, Biden Seems to Throw Obama, and Himself, Under the Bus

7:00am Monday, April 26, 2021
Many have come to realize that Joe Biden rarely seems to make much sense, especially when speaking publicly. At his recent Rose Garden ceremony, where he announced his latest assault on the Second Amendment, he lied a number of times, and garbled the name of the federal agency tasked with enforcing federal gun laws. At the Rose Garden ceremony, Biden announced these six actions: “The Justice...

Indiana red flag law fails to stop FedEx killer

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, April 23, 2021
Gun ban extremists have always been quick to try and take advantage of mass murders to further their political goals. In recent years, after a shooting occurs, one of the first things many in the anti-Second Amendment crowd run to the cameras to promote are so-called red flag laws. In the wake of a mass killing in Las Vagas, despite having campaigned as reformed politician on the issue of the...

Portage Co. Sheriff’s Dept. under fire for denying CHL applicant over music video

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, April 22, 2021
A Cleveland area man is threatening legal action after being denied a concealed handgun license renewal because of an image found in a social media post. Lamont Gist told WOIO (CBS Cleveland) that he went to Portage County to renew his license because they had open appointments, something many counties did not have at the time due to the ongoing pandemic. He was shocked when he was told that his...

Main Stream Media Super Spreaders

7:00am Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Americans are all too familiar with the background details of mass shooters; it’s hard not to be when media accounts of high-profile tragedies focus their coverage on the attackers, their background, and their motives. This coverage actually gives other deranged individuals something to emulate – and can help spread these tragedies. “Shooters get enormous attention: their name, photo, motivations...

Kamala Harris is Lying. She and Others are Coming After Your Guns

7:00am Tuesday, April 20, 2021
On Wednesday March 24, Vice President Kamala Harris sat for a segment with “CBS This Morning” in which she advocated for a raft of gun control measures. During her anti-gun rant, the former senator from California tried to give the impression that anti-gun politicians are not interested in taking Americans’ firearms, stating, “Stop pushing the false choice that this means everybody's trying to...

PODCAST: How Women are Taking the Lead on Gun Rights Through the “DC Project”

3:00pm Monday, April 19, 2021
Buckeye Firearms Association has launched a podcast called Keep and Bear Radio . The 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 9: Gun control advocates think the only people who care about guns and the Second Amendment are men. But today, gun owners are a...

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