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A free firearm market drives innovation and saves lives

by Chris Brooks

3:00pm Thursday, September 08, 2022

The Clinton Gun Ban stymied small arms development When I first became interested in modern sporting rifles there were two AR-15s on the market, Colt and Bushmaster. Due to the Clinton 'assault weapons" ban (AWB), some features that we now take for granted weren't available, and we had to use old magazines because only government employees could purchase newly manufactured mags. Somehow, despite...

No Rational Basis for “Get Out of Jail Free” Bail Rule

7:00am Thursday, September 08, 2022

Survey after survey indicates that crime remains one of the top issues of voters as the country approaches the midterm elections ( here , here , here and here , for instance). A closely related concern is soft-on-crime policies, with “a majority of voters support[ing] proposed new laws that would replace local district attorneys who fail to prosecute criminals,” and large percentages of...

Facebook suspending gun dealers who follow their rules

by Lee Williams

3:00pm Wednesday, September 07, 2022

Gun dealers say Facebook is biased against them. Facebook has never been friendly to gun owners. Most have done a stretch or two in Facebook jail for one ridiculous reason or another or had their posts secretly shadow-banned so no one could see them, or had them straight-up disappear the instant they’re posted. Surprisingly, federally licensed firearm dealers have had more freedom on the social...

Activist sues City of Cleveland in federal court citing unlawful arrest after open carrying

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, September 07, 2022

Photo credit: WEWS WEWS (ABC Cleveland) is reporting that a man who was arrested at gunpoint while openly carrying two firearms is suing the City of Cleveland in federal court for unlawful arrest. From the article : On May 23, Tolbert was openly carrying his shotgun near East 89 and St. Clair Avenue, something he often does with his organization New Era Cleveland. News 5 reported many times on...

Gun Control Groups Target Firearm-Related Speech, Again

3:00pm Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Gun control advocates have renewed a longstanding plan to have the Federal Trade Commission (which regulates commercial speech) punish firearms manufacturers for how they advertise firearms. A petition filed with the FTC by several large firearm prohibition organizations claims that any suggestion firearms provide protection to their owners or make their homes safer is tantamount to false...

Beto is lying about guns again

7:00am Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s position on guns is straightforward. The former New York manny wants to ban and confiscate America’s most popular firearms and further undermine Texans’ Second Amendment rights. This radical position plays well with some Democratic presidential primary voters. It doesn’t with the Texas electorate. That’s why the perennial...

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PODCAST: Biden Gets Creepy, The Times Tells the Truth, and New York Keeps Being New York

3:00pm Monday, September 05, 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 78: Biden breaks out the creepy red lighting to once again show how angry he is about "assault weapons." The New York Times tells the...

Smith & Wesson Stands Up to Congressional Bullying

7:00am Monday, September 05, 2022

Gun control advocates’ preferred policies have been repeatedly rejected by the American people through their elected representatives. The U.S. Supreme Court and Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has foreclosed, for now, gun control backers’ chief aim – total civilian disarmament. Moreover, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act makes clear that firearm manufacturers may not be held...