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Columbus' anti-gun virtue signaling: All show, useless for security

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Tuesday, May 16, 2023

A false sense of security is not true security. Doing things for show does nothing to protect people's lives. Yet that's exactly what continues to occur throughout our country. Every time an atrocity involving a firearm occurs, virtue-signaling politicians, media outlets, and talking heads rush to blame firearms and "the gun lobby." Then comes the barrage of people far too willing to forgo their...

PODCAST: Gun Rights on the August Ballot and the Ohio House Insurrection

6:00am Monday, May 15, 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 96: The Ohio House passed a resolution for a special August election to protect our state constitution from outside special interests...

Gun News Roundup - May 13: Biased media take aim at 2A

6:00am Saturday, May 13, 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 — with a few examples of biased reporting against 2A: Mayor Ginther renews calls for gun control after violent weekend in Columbus Adults age 18 to 20 can't be barred from buying handguns from licensed dealers, judge...

Federal judge: Barring adults age 18-20 from buying handguns unconstitutional

by John Crump

12:47pm Friday, May 12, 2023

A federal district court judge in Virginia has declared the federal prohibition of handguns being transferred to gun owners under 21 by federal firearms licensees (FFLs) unconstitutional . The case, Fraser v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), was brought by four Virginia men between the ages of 18 and 20 who wanted to purchase handguns from a gun store. John “Corey”...

Washington Post: 'Democratic AGs are Using the Courts to Win on ... Gun Control'

6:00am Friday, May 12, 2023

With all due respect to the Washington Post, the headline to the recent article referenced in the title of this piece reminds us of the iconic phrase uttered by the character Inigo Montoya in the 1987 film Princess Bride. “You keep using that word (in this case, words, as in “courts” and “win”). I do not think it means what you think it means.” A headline announcing “using the courts to win on…...

BFA-backed constitutional amendment for 60% threshold to appear on August ballot

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

3:07pm Wednesday, May 10, 2023

UPDATE: SJR 2 will appear on the ballot on August 8 as "Issue 1." Vote YES for Issue 1. The Ohio House of Representatives today (May 10) passed Senate Joint Resolution 2 , getting us one step closer to requiring a 60% threshold for changes to the Ohio Constitution. The House voted 56-32 to put the measure on the Aug. 8 ballot. Only a simple majority vote was needed. The final vote on the...

BFA delivers thousands of email messages to key House members urging support for SJR 2

6:00am Tuesday, May 09, 2023

The window for the Ohio House of Representatives to place an issue on the ballot to protect Ohio’s Constitution, including our gun rights, is closing fast. To give people a chance to vote on Senate Joint Resolution 2 (SJR 2), it must be passed by the House and Senate by Wednesday, May 10. That's why we sent an action alert to our Ohio-based supporters Monday morning asking them to contact House...

Poll: More and more Americans oppose federal 'assault weapons' ban

By Larry Keane

6:00am Monday, May 08, 2023

President Joe Biden and his gun control advisors won’t like this news. One of the most consistently accurate and reputable polling organizations found more Americans oppose one of the president’s top gun control goals than support it. Monmouth found nearly half of Americans — 49% — oppose a federal ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The poll was released just days after the president once again...