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Op-Ed: Would four gun controls considered by Congress prevent mass shootings?

by Jacob Sallum

7:00am Friday, June 24, 2022

The New York Times reckons that four gun control measures Congress is considering “might have changed the course of at least 35 mass shootings” since 1999 — one-third of attacks in which a gunman killed at least four people. While that conclusion is excessively optimistic, the newspaper is at least asking the right question: Are new restrictions on firearms likely to work as advertised? President...

Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rules Citizens Have Right to Carry Guns

by Dean Rieck

3:00pm Thursday, June 23, 2022

On Thursday, June 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that "the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home." This landmark ruling strikes down onerous New York regulations requiring citizens to show "proper cause" in order to get a license to carry a concealed handgun in public. In some places, such as New York City,...

Understanding America’s Rifle, the AR-15

7:00am Thursday, June 23, 2022

The term “modern sporting rifle” was coined to describe today’s very popular semiautomatic rifle designs, including the AR-15 and its offspring. These rifles are used by hunters, competitors, a lot of Americans seeking home-defense guns and by many others who simply enjoy going to the range. Though modern sporting rifles are increasingly popular, they are too often misunderstood. The central...

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DeWine: It 'doesn't make sense' to make teachers train 700 hours to carry gun in classes

by Dean Rieck

3:00pm Wednesday, June 22, 2022

On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, The Columbus Dispatch published an op-ed by Governor Mike DeWine explaining his reasoning for signing House Bill 99 . This bill effectively returns authority over school security to local school boards where it belongs. For decades, locally-elected school boards managed their own security. Then Bloomberg-funded Everytown attorneys came to Ohio to launch a lawsuit with...

ALERT: Urge Your Senators to Vote NO on Gun Control Package!

8:00am Wednesday, June 22, 2022

A gun control package is headed to the U.S. Senate floor. Bill sponsors are trying to capitalize on emotion and a false sense of bipartisanship to bypass hearings, markups and amendments before anyone has a chance to understand the full implications of the legislation. The bill would treat some people as guilty unless proven innocent by spending federal taxpayer dollars to encourage states to...

Former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's great-grandson charged with aggravated murder

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, June 22, 2022

WEWS (ABC Cleveland) is reporting that former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's great-grandson Donald Jackson-Gates has been charged with fatally shooting a man last month. From the article : Last week, Jackson-Gates was arrested on an aggravated murder charge for the shooting death of Chris’Shon Coleman on May 14. Authorities say Jackson-Gates allegedly shot and killed Coleman on East 40th Street...

Biden Administration Moves to Ban Lead Ammunition

7:00am Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Following through on their commitment to environmental radicals that it would ban lead on federal public land, today the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released proposed regulations that begin this process on National Wildlife Refuges across the country. The Biden Administration’s proposal lays the groundwork for additional lead prohibitions on refuges and provides a precedent that will be...

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PODCAST: Surprise! A Total of 9 Pro-2A Bills Have Been Signed in the Last 3 Years

3:00pm Monday, June 20, 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 67: Ohio Governor DeWine signs a bill for knife preemption and another to enable school staff to be armed. And surprisingly, that brings...