https://bearingarms.com/feed/Bearing Arms &ndash; Saving Liberty and Livesen-usTue, 04 Aug 2026 21:55:15 -0400<![CDATA[I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm not. While I enjoyed all the time I ever spent in the city of Chicago, that was when I was 20 and loved the overall excitement of such a famous city. It was also not something I'd want to repeat now, even without all the crime, but the crime certainly doesn't help. Neither does the gun control that was supposed to stop all that crime.]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:31:41 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Chicago]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Felon in Possession]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[FOID Card]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/04/another-day-another-data-point-showing-chicago-gun-control-worthless-n1233399<![CDATA[On Friday, the FBI released its report on active shooter incidents in 2025. The news, however, was quickly overshadowed by the active shooter incident that unfolded on Saturday afternoon in Twin Falls, Idaho, where a 24-year-old man opened fire on employees and customers at an In-N-Out restaurant before an off-duty police officer and an armed citizen sent him fleeing.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:31:00 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Armed Citizen]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Gun Free Zone]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/08/04/the-big-takeaways-from-the-fbis-new-report-on-active-shooters-n1233391<![CDATA[When I write about something out of USA Today, it's rarely complimentary. The same people who brought us the chainsaw bayonet freakout haven't really improved all that much since then. So, if they decided to do something different, I feel obligated to applaud them for it. While it's an op-ed, it's still a piece that does what ABC News did on Monday and celebrates an act of armed citizen heroism, rather than some of the other options.]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:29:44 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Armed Citizen]]><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Gun Free Zone]]><![CDATA[Idaho]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/04/usa-today-more-like-jordan-salinas-less-gun-control-n1233397<![CDATA[Zero tolerance policies were, at least in theory, a tool schools were going to use to deal with students who crossed the line by bringing guns to schools...or who displayed dangerous tendencies that might suggest their being a school shooter in the making. The problem with that is that no one seems to actually deal with the behavior of would-be mass killers and, instead, just goes after things like t-shirts and Pop Tarts.]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:29:16 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Gun Ban]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Guns]]><![CDATA[NRA]]><![CDATA[School Safety]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/04/nra-ila-punishing-imagination-wont-make-schools-any-safer-n1233396<![CDATA[A federal judge in Illinois has upheld rules restricting firearm possession in at-home daycares and foster homes, ruling that those locations are akin to schools and can properly be deemed "sensitive places."]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:31:20 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Illinois]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/08/04/federal-judge-oks-gun-restrictions-on-in-home-daycares-foster-homes-n1233398<![CDATA[When I was in high school, there was a girl I had a crush on, but who was dating someone else. She'd flirt with me, but I figured it was just playfulness on her part rather than a real interest. Still, she had a boyfriend, which means it was a no-go area for one and all. However, rumor said he was abusive to her.]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:29:50 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Gun Violence]]><![CDATA[School Safety]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/04/the-question-not-asked-in-report-on-guns-and-teen-dating-violence-n1233395<![CDATA[Twin Falls isn't a huge city. It's got a population of a little over 50,000 people, which means it's not all that much smaller than my hometown. That means it's not small enough that everyone knows everyone else, but it is small enough that there are a surprising number of connections. A mass shooting at a busy fast food restaurant was likely to be an ugly thing for such a community, where many people were touched by something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:31:33 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Armed Citizen]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[Mass Shooting]]><![CDATA[Suppressors]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/04/ccrkba-applauds-heroic-actions-in-twin-falls-shooting-n1233394<![CDATA[The Third Circuit's decision striking down New Jersey's ban on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazine will remain on hold for a few months, after the appellate court granted Attorney General Jennifer Davenport's request for a stay of its mandate while the state appeals its loss to the Supreme Court.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:29:34 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Gun Ban]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[New Jersey]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/08/04/third-circuit-keeps-new-jersey-gun-and-magazine-ban-in-place-for-now-n1233401<![CDATA[A truck driver from Kansas and a Michigan resident are facing felony charges after state troopers discovered firearms in their vehicles in two separate incidents last week: a painful reminder of how far we still have to go before our right to keep and bear arms is treated like a first-class right in many states.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:31:00 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Concealed Carry]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[Kansas]]><![CDATA[Michigan]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/08/04/michigan-drivers-charged-with-felonies-for-unlicensed-pistols-in-vehicles-n1233388<![CDATA[When Ben Franklin wrote "In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except for death and taxes," he had no inkling that 237 years later there would be another certainty to be had: increased gun sales as a result of Democrats passing new restrictions.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:31:00 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Colorado]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/08/04/guess-what-happened-to-colorado-gun-sales-ahead-of-new-restrictions-n1233390<![CDATA[The mainstream media, for the most part, sucks. I'm not breaking news with this information, because most of you already know it. I only say "most" because I know good and well that if I don't, someone's going to seek me out to tell me that no, they don't think the media sucks, and therefore everything I say is completely invalid.]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:29:58 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[ABC News]]><![CDATA[Armed Citizen]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[Idaho]]><![CDATA[Mass Shooting]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/04/abc-news-puts-bias-aside-celebrates-armed-citizen-n1233392<![CDATA[For years now, anti-gunners have been trying their best to push gun ownership into the fringes of society. More accurately, they tried to turn it into the dirty little secret that you might be free to take part in, but you shouldn't talk to people about it. It's kind of like being into freaky bedroom activities or liking the Twilight movies. You might do it, but no one can know, even if it's legal.]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:31:12 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Gun Owners]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[National Shooting Sports Foundation]]><![CDATA[NSSF]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/03/august-is-national-shooting-sports-month-celebrate-it-loudly-n1233383<![CDATA[I've written a lot about the Department of Justice's schizophrenia on NFA registration of things like suppressors and short-barreled long guns. The registration was, originally, nothing more than a list of who paid the NFA tax. It was there so law enforcement could check and see if the suppressor they found was lawfully owned or not.]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:29:36 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[National Firearms Act]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Suppressors]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/03/dojs-dismissal-of-wolfords-impact-on-nfa-challenge-remarkably-misguided-n1233382<![CDATA[The Department of Justice has launched its first litigation aimed at "sensitive places", suing Montgomery County, Maryland for its ban on lawful concealed carry in parks, places of worship, libraries, recreational facilities, and multipurpose exhibition facilities, along with the 100-yard "buffer zone" surrounding those locations where lawful carry is also forbidden.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:31:10 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Gun Free Zone]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/08/03/doj-launches-lawsuit-over-maryland-countys-sensitive-places-n1233389<![CDATA[The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act was created to protect the firearm industry from ruinous lawsuits meant not to recoup actual damages caused by companies' misdeeds, but to punish them for selling guns to the public. The acts of third parties, most of whom never bought a gun lawfully in their life, were laid at the feet of the industry, and Congress responded to put an end to this.]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:30:53 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Firearms Policy Coalition]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[National Shooting Sports Foundation]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/03/fpc-says-shot-act-not-nearly-enough-to-defend-plcaa-so-what-is-n1233380<![CDATA[New York Times investigative reporter Mike McIntire has a new book to sell, and he is going all out in pitching it to lefties. McIntire recently compared U.S. "gun culture" (as if there's a monoculture of gun owners among the 100 million Americans who possess firearms) to the "late-stage Roman Empire" in its decadence because of the rise of high-end shooting ranges and gun clubs. Now McIntire's out with a new column in the friendly pages of the New York Times magazine claiming that the "right to kill" is expanding; a column adapted from his new book “Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence.”]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:31:20 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Missouri]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Tennessee]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/08/03/nytimes-reporter-claims-the-right-to-kill-is-growing-n1233385<![CDATA[A lot of people see the rules the ATF proposes from time to time, recognize there's a comment period, and then ignore it. Why bother? After all, the ATF is going to do what it's going to do. The comment period is required by law, but there doesn't seem to be any imperative to actually listen to those comments.]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:29:40 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[ATF]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Gun Owners]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/03/dont-let-anti-gunners-dominate-atf-comment-period-n1233378<![CDATA[She says it was self-defense. Police say it was cold-blooded murder.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:31:32 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Iowa]]><![CDATA[Video]]><![CDATA[violent crime]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/08/03/woman-charged-with-murder-after-killing-man-during-target-practice-n1233384<![CDATA[On July 19, a shooting took place in Asheville, N.C. Two people were killed, and seven others were injured. Right now, police still haven't caught the suspect, which is less than good, to say the least.]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:29:15 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Gun Violence]]><![CDATA[North Carolina]]><![CDATA[Video]]><![CDATA[violent crime]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/08/03/asheville-mayor-blames-guns-for-her-own-failures-n1233376<![CDATA[The police chief in Twin Falls, Idaho was quick to credit an off-duty police officer and an armed citizen for saving lives on Saturday when a 24-year-old man opened fire at an In-N-Out restaurant. Three people were killed in the attack and seven others injured, but Police Chief Matthew Hicks said the two men were "heroes" for engaging the gunman, since their actions "helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties."&nbsp;]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:31:03 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Armed Citizen]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Guns Saving Lives]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/08/03/anti-gunners-downplay-or-ignore-armed-citizen-response-in-idaho-shooting-n1233381