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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs 'constitutional carry' into law

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Friday, April 07, 2023

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on April 3 signed into law House Bill 543, the "constitutional carry" legislation that allows Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a government-issued permit. HB 543 goes into effect July 1, making Florida the 26th state to enact "constitutional carry" legislation, according to a post on the governor's website . “Constitutional Carry is in the books...

Effort to require 60% for constitutional changes is essential to gun rights

by Rob Sexton

6:00am Thursday, April 06, 2023

Legislation in both the Ohio House and Senate that would require voters to approve any changes to the Ohio Constitution have received a lot of coverage — most of it negative — in the media these past few weeks. But like many things covered by the mainstream media, the press gets this issue wrong. House Joint Resolution 1 and Senate Joint Resolution 2 are essential to protect Ohio and are equally...

Self-refuting Washington Post: 'No one needs' gun 1 in 20 Americans already own

6:00am Wednesday, April 05, 2023

The Washington Post on March 29 published an editorial titled, “No one needs an AR-15 — or any gun tailor-made for mass shootings.” That piece followed an earlier series of articles about the AR-15 under the heading, “AMERICAN ICON: The gun that divides a nation.” Both efforts were meant to echo and amplify Joe Biden’s call to ban semiautomatic long guns and “large capacity” magazines. They were...

2nd Amendment Summit slated April 15 in Cincinnati

6:00am Tuesday, April 04, 2023

The "largest student-led gun rights conference in Ohio" is coming to Cincinnati this month. The 2nd Amendment Summit will bring together students, industry professionals, policymakers, and other influential voices in the firearms community to advocate for the right to keep and bear arms, according to Nicholas Fisher, summit conference director. The summit, which will begin with check-in,...

PODCAST: Good Gun Bills, Bad Gun Bills, and a Constitutional Joint Resolution

6:00am Monday, April 03, 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 94: Legislators have introduced 3 good pro gun bills and 2 really bad anti gun bills. Plus there's growing support for a pair of joint...

Gun News Roundup - April 1, 2023

6:00am Saturday, April 01, 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: Mother of Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale appears to have been gun control activist Nashville shooting shows America has a mental health crisis, not a gun problem Anti-gun protesters storm Tennessee state...

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CCRKBA: Focus should be on mental health, not firearms

6:00am Friday, March 31, 2023

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the facts support only one conclusion about the deadly shooting in Nashville on Monday: America has a mental health crisis, not a firearms crisis. “Firearms don’t have a brain to hate with, or a finger to pull their own trigger,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb in a March 28 post at ccrkba.org . “What happened Monday in Nashville...

Google's experimental AI chatbot Bard admits 'bias in favor of gun control'

by Chad D. Baus

1:00pm Thursday, March 30, 2023

Recently, I received an invitation to participate in an early experiment with Google's generative AI chatbot called Bard. After a week on the waiting list, I received notification that it was my turn to try Bard. My first questions to Bard dealt with simply understanding its purpose: Being a writer, I couldn't help but notice that Bard had referred to itself in the first person in its first...