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NICS checks top 530K for Black Friday week

6:00am Tuesday, December 02, 2025

NSSF revealed that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) completed 530,156 background checks related to firearms for the week leading up to and including Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

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Everytown pretends on gun stats expertise with myth-fact ruse

by Lee Williams

6:00am Monday, December 01, 2025

I was on a radio show this week when I first saw Everytown for Gun Safety’s latest anti-gun campaign: “Debunking Gun Myths at the Dinner Table.” Everytown submitted a “myth” and then followed up with what they called a “fact,” but none of it made any sense.

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.