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British man arrested in England for posing with shotgun in Florida

by Lee Williams

6:00am Friday, December 05, 2025

Jon Richelieu-Booth, a 50-year-old self-employed IT contractor from England, was arrested by British police after returning home from a vacation in Florida for posing awkwardly while holding a Remington 870 shotgun in the Sunshine State.

Giving a gun as a gift? NSSF offers some reminders

6:00am Thursday, December 04, 2025

With gift-buying season upon us, it’s natural for gun owners who enjoy target shooting, hunting, collecting, or just plain plinking to want to share their enjoyment of firearms with others. What better way to do that than to gift a firearm to a family member, close friend, or relative? However, ...

Ohio hunters check 23,149 deer on opening day of 2025 gun season

6:00am Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Ohio hunters checked 23,149 white-tailed deer Monday, Dec. 1, during the opening day of the weeklong gun hunting season, according to a Dec. 2 news release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

NICS checks top 530K for Black Friday week

6:00am Tuesday, December 02, 2025

NSSF revealed that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) completed 530,156 background checks related to firearms for the week leading up to and including Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

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Everytown pretends on gun stats expertise with myth-fact ruse

by Lee Williams

6:00am Monday, December 01, 2025

I was on a radio show this week when I first saw Everytown for Gun Safety’s latest anti-gun campaign: “Debunking Gun Myths at the Dinner Table.” Everytown submitted a “myth” and then followed up with what they called a “fact,” but none of it made any sense.

Minnesota - where anti-gun cities keep challenging preemption without consequence

6:00am Friday, November 28, 2025

Preemption laws offer legal protection for gun owners, but only when they are enforced. The work to advance any pro-gun legislation is arduous, more so in Minnesota than most states. But passing a law is only half the battle. This is also especially true in Minnesota, where local officials are concocting yet another illegal scheme to defy the state’s firearm preemption statute.

Thanksgiving: George Washington's 1789 Proclamation

6:00am Thursday, November 27, 2025

George Washington was quite clear in his 1789 proclamation that Thanksgiving was intended to be "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

Youth deer hunters bag 9,759; ODNR Wildlife accepting deer donations

1:00pm Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Hunters ages 17 and younger checked 9,759 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s youth gun hunting season Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22-23. Also, ODNR's Division of Wildlife is accepting harvested white-tailed deer at select locations in December to help support local food pantries.