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Minnesota - where anti-gun cities keep challenging preemption without consequence

6:00am Friday, November 28, 2025

Preemption laws offer legal protection for gun owners, but only when they are enforced. The work to advance any pro-gun legislation is arduous, more so in Minnesota than most states. But passing a law is only half the battle. This is also especially true in Minnesota, where local officials are concocting yet another illegal scheme to defy the state’s firearm preemption statute.

Thanksgiving: George Washington's 1789 Proclamation

6:00am Thursday, November 27, 2025

George Washington was quite clear in his 1789 proclamation that Thanksgiving was intended to be "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

Youth deer hunters bag 9,759; ODNR Wildlife accepting deer donations

1:00pm Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Hunters ages 17 and younger checked 9,759 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s youth gun hunting season Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22-23. Also, ODNR's Division of Wildlife is accepting harvested white-tailed deer at select locations in December to help support local food pantries.

Ohio lawmakers move on some BFA-backed gun bills before recessing

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Wednesday, November 26, 2025

The Ohio General Assembly has adjourned for recess but not before making progress on a few bills supported by Buckeye Firearms Association, including one that would provide guidelines and civil immunity for the voluntary storage of firearms by retailers and law enforcement agencies as a service to citizens. Known as the Keep Them Safe Act, Senate Bill 273 was passed unanimously Nov. 19 . Here's a...

BFA testifies for SB 279 to protect off-duty officers' right to carry

6:00am Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) testified before the Senate General Government Committee in favor of Senate Bill 279 to prohibit a business, state agency, or political subdivision from discouraging or prohibiting a law enforcement officer from carrying a weapon while off duty.

North Carolina permitless carry bill still in limbo as House drags its tarheels

by Jose Nino

6:00am Monday, November 24, 2025

North Carolina House Republicans have postponed a critical vote on constitutional carry legislation for the sixth time, pushing the veto override attempt to Dec. 15 and testing the patience of gun rights advocates who have watched months of delays erode momentum for a bill that would eliminate permit requirements for law-abiding citizens.

How one of America's loudest anti-gun doctors gets data for his articles

by Lee Williams

6:00am Friday, November 21, 2025

Michael L. Nance, MD, is chief of the Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery, and director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, which is known as “CHOP.” Nance has also been called both an associate and an investigator for CHOP’s Center for Violence Prevention, which is almost violently anti-gun.

What to know about Robert Cekada, Trump's pick for next ATF director

by F Riehl, AmmoLand Editor in Chief

6:00am Thursday, November 20, 2025

President Donald Trump has officially named veteran ATF official Robert Cekada as his nominee to serve as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The move marks another major shift inside the agency after Trump’s return to the White House and the rapid unwinding of several Biden-era gun policies. Unlike some of Trump’s recent department picks, Cekada is not an...