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Governor DeWine Signs HB 99 "Armed Teacher" Bill into Law

9:00am Monday, June 13, 2022

On Monday, June 13, 2022, Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 99 to return authority over school security programs to local school boards, including programs which allow teachers and staff to be armed. Sponsored by State Rep. Thomas Hall (R-Madison Twp.), this bill reverses an absurd ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court that requires school employees to receive the same training as police officers...

Ohio's Permitless Carry Law Goes into Effect Today, June 13, 2022

7:00am Monday, June 13, 2022

Beginning today, June 13, 2022, it is legal for a "qualifying" adult to carry a concealed handgun without a license in Ohio. Generally referred to as “permitless carry” or “constitutional carry,” Senate Bill 215 , which is now in effect, makes several key changes to Ohio’s concealed carry laws: Ohio’s concealed handgun license (CHL) will become optional. If you are currently qualified by law to...

Plain Dealer article proves beyond any doubt: 2A Movement is pure grassroots

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, June 10, 2022

The Cleveland Plain Dealer has published an article that editors no-doubt hoped would prop up the myth that, when it comes to Second Amendment rights at least, legislators are bought and paid for. What the article wound up proving is how little money has to do with this issue in Ohio, and how truly grassroots the effort to protect and resore our Second Amendment rights actually is. From the...

Follow the Science, Unless it Leads Where You Don’t Want to Go

7:00am Thursday, June 09, 2022

Researchers in California have published the results of a study evaluating the effectiveness of so-called “gun violence restraining orders” (a.k.a. “extreme risk protection orders” or “red flag” orders). Assembly Bill 1014, was enacted in California in 2014, and since then, 19 states and the District of Columbia have adopted similar laws. Authors of the study, Firearm Violence Following the...

Arming Teachers, a Countermeasure to Active Killers

by Ron Borsch

7:00am Wednesday, June 08, 2022

As a retired law enforcement officer, in my second career of training police officers, one of my proprietary courses was Tactical 1st Responder ©, the responses to Rapid Mass Murder©, which was eventually attended by officers from ten states. Having researched Rapid Mass Murder© by the random acts of active killers back to 1975, I discovered that the primary target of this type of homicide was...

Buckeye Firearms Association urges support for effort to send body armor to Ukraine's reserve units

7:00am Tuesday, June 07, 2022

The gun rights community throughout the United States has been paying close attention to the war in Ukraine since the early days in March, when the government began easing restrictions allowing civilians to carry arms outside their homes, and even distributing firearms to those willing to defend their homes and communities. For Americans who treasure their right to bear arms, there could be no...

PODCAST: Columbus Reveals Scheme to Regulate Guns Through Board Of Health

3:00pm Monday, June 06, 2022

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 65: It's not unusual for politicians and activists to say that guns or gun violence is a public health crisis, but Columbus, Ohio, city...

Columbus Reveals Scheme to Regulate Guns Through Board Of Health

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Monday, June 06, 2022

Click here to listen to our podcast on this topic . The Ohio Legislature has made it crystal clear that it wants ONE set of consistent firearm laws across the state, and it has specifically forbidden municipalities from regulating guns in any manner. However, even though the state's "preemption" law, spelled out in Ohio Revised Code 9.68 , has been in force since March 2007 and was further...