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Akron mothers get concealed handgun licenses in response to rising crime

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, February 19, 2021

WKYC (NBC Cleveland) is reporting that, as crime rose over the summer, Rev. Roderick Pounds helped 386 Akron mothers obtain their Ohio concealed handgun licenses. From the article : Overall, the city of Akron reported 50 homicides last year, a 52% increase from 2019. Police statistics show gun-related crimes are up even more--78%. This comes even as police seized over 940 guns. ... Experts blame...

NSSF Commends Rep. Jeff Duncan’s Introduction of the Hearing Protection Act

3:00pm Thursday, February 18, 2021

NEWTOWN, Conn. – The NSSF®, the firearm industry’s trade association, commends U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan’s (R-S.C.) introduction of the Hearing Protection Act, H.R. 95. The legislation was introduced with 36 original co-sponsors. The bill would remove firearm suppressors from the list of definitions under the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA), eliminating onerous and duplicitous background checks...

Biden Begins Gun Control Push

7:00am Thursday, February 18, 2021

On Sunday, President Biden used the three-year anniversary of the criminal attack in Parkland, Florida to call “on Congress to enact commonsense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets.” There is nothing “commonsense”...

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4 Ohio Pro-Gun Bills (and 1 Anti-Gun Bill) to Watch

by Dean Rieck

3:00pm Wednesday, February 17, 2021

At midnight on December 31, 2020, the 133rd Ohio General Assembly ended. All bills not passed at that time died. Immediately, the 134th General Assembly began, launching a new 2-year period to change the laws of the state. Over the last two weeks, several gun-related bills have been introduced: HB 12 - ENFORCE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (Sponsor: Diane V. Grendell) To provide for a writ of mandamus or...

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Tissue Sample Confirmed Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in One Wild Ohio Deer

7:00am Wednesday, February 17, 2021

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has identified a positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild Ohio white-tailed deer in Wyandot County. The Division of Wildlife is gathering additional details about the adult male deer taken by a hunter on private property. Tissue samples were submitted for testing by a taxidermist and the...

The Old Rabbit Hunter

by Larry S. Moore

3:00pm Tuesday, February 16, 2021

The upland game season is here and I have been running my beagles. I thought about how long I've been hunting with beagles and chasing rabbits. I thought about how that started with family in Kentucky. The next thought was about an old friend and hunting buddy from nearly forty-years ago. He was an old rabbit hunter when I met him sometime around 1976, as best as I can recall. I was about twenty-...

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Ohio A.G.Dave Yost joins Attorneys General Amicus Brief in New York Carry Case at the Supreme Court

7:00am Tuesday, February 16, 2021

In December, The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) partnered with the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association and asked the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to New York’s restrictive process for issuing concealed carry licenses. Today, the NRA-ILA applauds the 23 Attorneys General who filed an amicus brief in support of that petition. That effort was led...

Podcast Episode 2: Pushing for Constitutional Carry and Limiting Emergency Powers

3:00pm Monday, February 15, 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 , and Spotify . Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear every episode. *** Episode 2: 2020 turned out to be crazy year in many ways. But BFA chalked up solid legislative victories. So now that it's a new year and we're...