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Marijuana and Guns: How will Ohio Issue 2 affect your gun rights?

by Dean Rieck
6:00am Monday, October 16, 2023
On November 7, 2023, Ohioans will be asked to vote on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The measure will appear on the ballot as an initiated statute called Issue 2 . If it passes, it will change Ohio law to allow those 21 or older to buy, sell, use, or grow marijuana under a set of rules outlined in the new law. Because marijuana use disqualifies you from buying or possessing a...

New Mexico Gov. Grisham reveals empirical ambitions, contempt for Constitution

By Larry Keane
6:00am Friday, October 13, 2023
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham created a Constitutional crisis when she published an emergency public health order banning law-abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment rights. Or — she didn’t. She may have revealed that she’s nothing more than an emperor with no clothing.

Home invasion: Naked intruder held at gunpoint by homeowner

by F Riehl
6:00am Thursday, October 12, 2023
In a revealing incident in Bismarck, N.D., a man allegedly invaded a residence while under the influence and without any clothes on. The homeowner, quick to respond, held the intruder at gunpoint until the police arrived on the scene. The Bismarck police were alerted to a potential burglary on West Bowen Avenue in the early hours of Friday. Upon their arrival, they were met with the sight of the...

Headlines: Israel loosens gun laws amid Hamas attack

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Israel citizens don't enjoy the Second Amendment guarantees we have in the United States, and gun laws there were stricter than anywhere here. But that's about to change as the Middle East country battles an attack by Hamas. According to an Oct. 9 story by The Federalist , Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli minister of national security, announced in Hebrew on Oct. 8 an emergency declaration to “allow as...

New book by leading experts explores Second Amendment history, interpretation

6:00am Tuesday, October 10, 2023
A new book authored by law professors Robert J. Cottrol and Brannon P. Denning is poised to set the standard for other works in this field to meet. Titled, To Trust the People with Arms: The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment, it traces the history of the right to keep and bear arms from the nation’s founding to the present day and is sure to be invaluable for anyone seeking to understand the...

PODCAST: Biden Gets a Beatdown Over Hunter Ed. and Gov. Newsom Says 23 New Gun Control Laws Aren’t Enough

6:00am Monday, October 09, 2023
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 104: Congress crushes Biden's attack on hunter education and archery programs. CA Gov. Newsom signs 23 new gun control laws and says it'...

Where Stupid Meets Phobia: A Finger-Gun Update

6:00am Thursday, October 05, 2023
Finger guns, the lethal weapons of choice for absolutely no one, are in the news again. Every so often we write about over-the-top reactions to harmless things or actions with some nebulous but apparently nefarious gun-related nexus, like the by-now notorious case of the seven-year-old second-grader suspended for chewing a breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun. A school official admitted that...

Free Lecture - To Trust the People with Arms: The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment

6:00am Wednesday, October 04, 2023
The John E. Sullivan Lecture series presents "To Trust the People with Arms: The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment," featuring Robert J. Cottrol, Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. WHEN: Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 4:30 PM WHERE: Ohio State House Atrium 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH 43215 (also remotely via Zoom) REGISTRATION: FREE but registration required...

Congress crushes President Biden's attack on hunter education 424-1

6:00am Tuesday, October 03, 2023
The U.S. Congress overwhelmingly voted to rebuke President Joe Biden’s unprecedented move to defund scholastic hunter education and archery programs available for youths. The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 5110, the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, in a 424-1 vote and the U.S. Senate hot-lined the legislation, passing it by unanimous consent. The legislation, introduced...

Ohio deer archery season starts Sept. 30

6:00am Friday, September 29, 2023
One of Ohio’s most popular outdoor traditions continues when deer archery hunting begins statewide on Saturday, Sept. 30, according to a Sept. 26 news release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. The long-awaited opening day of archery season continues to see an increase in the harvest among Ohio’s hunters. “Deer are Ohio’s most popular game animal, and hundreds of...

California Gov. Newsom signs multiple anti-gun bills, likens firearms excise tax to 'sin tax'

6:00am Thursday, September 28, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 26 hosted a signing ceremony in Sacramento, where he signed multiple anti-gun bills into law, most notably: an 11% excise tax on all firearms and ammunition; vastly expanded concealed-carry restrictions; and a renewed attempt to implement mandatory microstamping in semiautomatic firearms. During the event, Newsom likened the excise tax on firearms to a ‘sin...

BFA provides testimony in support of HB 189 to exempt firearms from sales tax

6:00am Wednesday, September 27, 2023
On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, Buckeye Firearms Association presented testimony in the House Ways and Means Committee supporting HB 189 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale of certain firearms and ammunition and to authorize nonrefundable tax credits for small arms and ammunition manufacturers. This was the second hearing for this legislation, sponsored by Representative Al Cutrona. Here is...

Gun control's jubilation over Biden's new Office of Gun Violence Prevention reeks of hypocrisy

by Larry Keane
6:00am Monday, September 25, 2023
Gun control activists who have been angered by President Joe Biden’s inaction that he hasn’t done more to “combat gun violence” have forced the president’s hand. Their disappointment with the administration has often spilled over into public media reports. The president is so desperate to generate some kind of excitement that he caved to their demands and during a White House Rose Garden gun...

When the rubber hits the road: Anti-police activist does U-turn after being carjacked

6:00am Friday, September 22, 2023
Three years ago, the “defund the police” movement got its start in Minneapolis, MN. A number of leftist politicians wasted no time in jumping on the bandwagon, along with a bunch of Hollywood celebrities — all of whom thought it was a great idea to slash police funding or, in some cases, to abolish the police entirely. Shivanthi Sathanandan, currently the second vice chairwoman of the Minnesota...

Congressional gun control activists still wishing for presidential miracle

by Larry Keane
6:00am Thursday, September 21, 2023
Wish they may, wish they might — gun control Democrats in Congress are still holding out hope President Joe Biden will deliver their biggest wish. What they shouldn’t hold is their breath. More than 60 antigun Democrats from the U.S. House and U.S. Senate sent a scathing letter to the president imploring him to “leverage the full power of the executive branch” and implement more gun control. The...

Is good news about public violence even a thing?

by Rob Morse
6:00am Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Some of us are afraid of bad news. Most of us know someone who is afraid of going to the doctor because they don’t want to make hard decisions about their health. The great news is that most medical conditions can be treated. That emotional reaction is also common when we consider public violence. It is particularly accurate about how we feel about mass-murder . Many of us feel both compelled to...

Judge denies injunction against ATF pistol brace rule, claims 2A limited

by John Crump
6:00am Tuesday, September 19, 2023
North Dakota District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sided with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over the regulation of firearms equipped with pistol-stabilizing devices . The Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc. v. Garland was a lawsuit filed by the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition (FRAC) and 24 state attorney generals challenging the ATF’s final...

PODCAST: Biden’s ATF Imposes Universal Background Checks and NM Governor Bans Concealed Carry

6:00am Monday, September 18, 2023
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 103: President Biden is sidestepping Congress with an ATF "universal" background check rule. And New Mexico Gov. Michelle Grisham...

NRA files lawsuit challenging New Mexico governor's unconstitutional gun carry ban

6:00am Friday, September 15, 2023
The National Rifle Association on Sept. 14 led a coalition of parties in a legal challenge against New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Department of Health Secretary Patrick Allen’s unconstitutional orders banning the carrying of firearms in Bernalillo County and on all state property under the guise of a public health emergency.

Bloomberg's Everytown comes out from behind the curtain

by Larry Keane
6:00am Thursday, September 14, 2023
For years, gun control organizations have been seeking to dismantle the bipartisan Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) . That’s the crucial federal law shielding firearms manufacturers and sellers from frivolous lawsuits designed to bankrupt law-abiding businesses by blaming them for the criminal misuse of lawfully sold firearms or drive the industry to its knees and impose gun...

Additional deer hunting, CWD testing in Hardin, Marion, Wyandot counties

6:00am Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Hunters in Hardin, Marion, and Wyandot counties will have additional opportunities to harvest white-tailed deer as the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife continues to monitor for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the region. Since the fall of 2020, 23 wild deer in Ohio have tested positive for CWD, all in Marion and Wyandot counties, according to a Sept. 8 news release from...

Biden Administration continues to terrorize gun owners

6:00am Tuesday, September 12, 2023
In the legal world there is a Latin term in terrorem. The term is used to describe actions designed to intimidate or terrorize someone into a certain course of conduct, often in cases where the actual legal ability or willingness to demand that course of conduct are dubious. In short, rule through fear rather than legitimacy or the law. In terrorem is an apt descriptor for the Biden...

New Mexico governor declares emergency and bans concealed carry

by Dean Rieck
6:00am Monday, September 11, 2023
On Friday, September 8, 2023, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) issued an emergency order banning the carry of firearms in Albuquerque and throughout Bernalillo County for at least 30 days. According to the New York Times , Grisham said, " ... the ban would be lifted at the end of 30 days, if the gun violence epidemic was over. But she added, 'I bet it’s not over in 30 days' and that the...

Arms Trade Treaty sets sights on global firearms industry

6:00am Friday, September 08, 2023
After almost 10 years of utter failure, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) has shifted its focus. Once touted as the United Nation’s (UN) crown jewel in preventing and eradicating the illicit trade and diversion of conventional arms, last week’s Ninth Conference of States Parties (CSP9) served as an almost singularly focused attack on the global firearms industry. It was remarkable shift. The ATT’s...

Sen. Terry Johnson introduces BFA-backed SB 148 to prohibit tracking of firearms purchases

6:00am Thursday, September 07, 2023
In September of last year, we reported that gun control extremists were pressuring credit card companies to track firearm sales through the use of "merchant category codes." Backers of this scheme made it clear that their goal was to use the codes to enact further gun control through a public-private partnership. In response, several states have enacted legislation prohibiting or discouraging...

New data says you stopped mass murder most of the time

by Rob Morse
6:00am Wednesday, September 06, 2023
We live in a media-driven culture. We also have government agencies putting out biased reports that serve their political masters. It is rare that the media even questions the agency reports. That wouldn’t matter, but many of us confuse media headlines with facts. I’ve seen people on Facebook say that there were hundreds of “mass shootings” this year and that our children are not safe in school...

Fellow Ohio hunters, beware of black-legged 'deer' ticks, Lyme disease

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth
6:00am Tuesday, September 05, 2023
For as long as I can remember, I have looked forward to the start of hunting season every September. As hot and muggy as it might be, I still had to get out and at least scout my spots for fox squirrels. I could deal with mosquitoes, as much as I despise them. Lather on the DEET and throw on a head net and gloves, and I'm good to go. But if you haven't noticed, ticks are getting worse, and the...

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