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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...