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PODCAST: Courts Rule Against Columbus and the ATF, Plus How to Stay Out of Jail After Self-Defense

6:00am Monday, May 01, 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 95: A Delaware County judge has stopped Columbus from enforcing its magazine and gun storage laws. Plus the Sixth Circuit Court of...

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rules against ATF bump stock rule

by John Crump

6:00am Friday, April 28, 2023

A three-judge panel for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) bump stock rule in Hardin v. ATF. The case centers around a rule made by the ATFs at the urging of then-President Donald Trump after the 2017 tragic attack on country music concertgoers in Las Vegas. The rule reclassified bump stocks as machineguns. The new rule...

ODNR Division of Wildlife acquires 492 additional acres at Woodland Trails

6:00am Thursday, April 27, 2023

A recent acquisition by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife has added 492 acres to Woodland Trails Wildlife Area in southern Preble County. The total size of Woodland Trail now expands to 1,684 acres. “Adding this space to Woodland Trails Wildlife Area secures the conservation of this public land for current and future generations to enjoy,” ODNR Division of Wildlife...

Delaware County judge blocks Columbus gun ordinance enforcement

by Dean Rieck and Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

4:15pm Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Delaware County Common Pleas Judge David M. Gormley issued a ruling today (April 25, 2023) prohibiting the city of Columbus from enforcing its unlawful ordinances that would outlaw certain firearm magazines and implement gun-storage restrictions. From the ruling : ... the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction is granted. Defendant City of Columbus, as well as its officers, agents,...

Fact check: No, children are not more likely to die by guns than by motor vehicles

6:00am Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Another year brings about another opportunity for gun control activists and their media lackeys to manipulate CDC fatal injury data to push a misleading factoid on children and firearms. This is how it works: Step one, acquire statistics on firearm-related deaths among children ages 1-14. Step two, combine that relatively low number with the far greater number of firearm-related deaths involving...

BFA-backed Ohio constitutional amendment threshold inches closer to passage

by Dean Rieck

6:00am Monday, April 24, 2023

Under current law, the Ohio constitution can be amended when an issue is placed on the ballot and voters approve by a simple majority. In other words, Ohio's founding document, the keystone of our entire legal system, can be changed by one extra vote in the affirmative. While the goal may have been to give "power to the people" and enshrine democratic principles in our state, the reality is much...

Gun News Roundup - April 22, 2023

6:00am Saturday, April 22, 2023

Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: Fingerprint-activated 9mm handgun coming to market More: Biofire refusing to allow independent reviews of its new ‘smart gun’ Second Amendment scholar challenges gun control narrative, says it increases racial bias...

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Concealed-carry manager stops armed robbery at Chicago auto parts store

by Rob Morse

6:00am Friday, April 21, 2023

Some of us need supplies to fix or maintain our automobiles. All of us have been out shopping on the weekend. The customers and employees at an O’Reilly Auto Parts store never thought they would be involved in an armed robbery. The store manager at this auto parts store thought differently. He didn’t know when, but he thought his store could be robbed and his customers threatened. To be fair, the...