https://bearingarms.com/feed/Bearing Arms &ndash; Saving Liberty and Livesen-usSat, 10 Oct 2026 10:23:02 -0400<![CDATA[The movies have taught us that those who take on jewelry store robberies are professionals. They come into the store methodically, one of them with a stopwatch, calling out the time they're in the store, as everyone who was already inside cowers inside. The poor staff fills a black bag with diamonds and gold, all while the villains are out before anyone has a chance to respond.]]>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Armed Citizen]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[Video]]><![CDATA[violent crime]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/10/10/armed-jewelry-store-own-shoots-at-would-be-thieves-during-attempted-smash-and-grab-robbery-n1234086<![CDATA[The Department of Justice may not be enforcing the federal ban on commercial handgun sales to adults under the age of 21, but that decision doesn't have any effect on state-level restrictions that infringe on the Second Amendment rights of young adults.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:01:39 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Gun Owners of America]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Under-21s]]><![CDATA[Video]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/09/goa-vcdl-challenge-virginias-new-arms-ban-for-young-adults-n1234079<![CDATA[When my son started high school, taking him on the first day and seeing the metal detectors he'd have to walk through each day was a stark reminder of how schools can be a lot more violent than they were back in my day.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:30:14 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[School Safety]]><![CDATA[School Security]]><![CDATA[violent crime]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/10/09/two-seattle-schools-to-test-new-weapons-detectors-n1234080<![CDATA[The Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives have released the long-awaited guidance for gun owners and firearm industry members in response to the federal injunction on NFA registration requirements for suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and "Any Other Weapons." While the scope of the injunction imposed by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix applies only to the plaintiffs (along with their members and customers) in the Jensen&nbsp;and Silencer Shop&nbsp;cases, the guidance released by the ATF on Friday applies "to everyone, and not only to those covered by the injunction."]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:30:24 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[ATF]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[National Firearms Act]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Suppressors]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/09/atf-releases-guidance-and-faq-for-nfa-items-n1234088<![CDATA[Action movies have long been a Hollywood staple. From westerns to buddy cop movies, the firearm has cemented its place in cinema history. After all, blockbusters aren't those movies about a touching romance or a tender coming of age story. They're the ones with butts getting kicked and guns getting shot.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:29:02 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Guns]]><![CDATA[Gun Violence]]><![CDATA[Hollywood]]><![CDATA[Movies]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/10/09/academic-says-we-should-treat-firearms-in-films-like-smoking-n1234078<![CDATA[California's "red flag" law is just one of many protection order options that can be used to take away someone's guns (and ability to legally acquire them) without being convicted of a crime or being adjudicated mentally ill. Domestic violence restraining orders, workplace violence protective orders, and civil harassment restraining orders are also part of the panoply of orders that prosecutors and the public have available to them.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:01:43 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Red Flag Laws]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/09/no-violence-required-california-makes-ex-parte-gun-prohibitions-easier-to-obtain-n1234077<![CDATA[After the release of an Office of Legal Counsel opinion that determined the federal ban on commercial handgun sales to young adults is unconstitutional, the Department of Justice says it will no longer enforce that statute. Nearly 200 House Democrats, along with their allies in the gun control lobby, are denouncing the decision and demanding Attorney General Todd Blanche reverse course.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:01:03 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[ATF]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]><![CDATA[violent crime]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/09/house-democrats-demand-doj-keep-blocking-handgun-sales-to-young-adults-n1234076<![CDATA[While a number of states have laws prohibiting the open carry of a firearm at a polling place, and many polling places are also gun-free zones because of what they are for the rest of the year, there are actually a lot of places where you can carry a firearm when you go to vote. That includes open carry, which is what a lot of people prefer.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:30:05 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Election Integrity]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/10/09/new-bill-would-turn-open-carry-at-polling-place-into-election-interference-n1234074<![CDATA[Nelson Blanco is well known to police in Providence, Rhode Island. The 46-year-old has a rap sheet that goes back to 1999, and was most recently arrested 2024 for domestic violence. He was released into the custody of the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals last July, though, after he was found incompetent to stand trial.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:31:09 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Rhode Island]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/08/when-the-system-fails-the-right-to-self-defense-matters-even-more-n1234070<![CDATA[I teach women to shoot. That means I spend a lot of time at ranges. When I pull into a parking lot to train, I expect cameras on the building. I do not expect networked artificial intelligence aimed at the driveway, reading every plate that comes and goes. But that is what happened at Eagle Sports Range in Cudahy, Wisconsin.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:29:53 -0400<![CDATA[Kerry Slone]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Gun Owners]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]>https://bearingarms.com/kerry-slone/2026/10/08/ai-surveillance-can-build-a-gun-list-and-we-need-to-stop-it-n1234067<![CDATA[Second Amendment Foundation attorney Kostas Moros broke this news a little early on today's Bearing Arms Cam &amp; Company, but now the paperwork has been signed and SAF's lawsuit against the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department has officially been settled.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:31:52 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Concealed Carry]]><![CDATA[SAF]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment Foundation]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/08/california-sheriff-backs-down-on-bizarre-restrictions-for-carry-guns-n1234072<![CDATA[The Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against a 30-year-old Washington man, accusing him of aiding and abetting a school shooting in Canada.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:31:42 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Canada]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[School Safety]]><![CDATA[Video]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/08/washington-man-accused-of-encouraging-aiding-canadian-school-shooter-n1234064<![CDATA[Yes, the headline is inflammatory. I did that on purpose, because how many times have NRA-backed candidates been accused of being bought and paid for, all because they're standing for the Constitution?&nbsp;]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:29:17 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Everytown for Gun Safety]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/10/08/bought-and-paid-for-everytown-throwing-millions-into-races-to-support-gun-grabbers-n1234066<![CDATA[There's been a lot of coverage of the Jensen/Silencer Shop&nbsp;cases in the Second Amendment community, and for good reason. A federal judge held that the NFA's registration requirements are now unconstitutional, at least for most NFA items, since Congress zeroed out the making and transfers taxes on suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and "Any Other Weapons." The DOJ decided not to appeal that decision, and we're waiting on guidance from the ATF about how the agency will handle NFA transfers going forward.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:31:04 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[ATF]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[National Firearms Act]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Suppressors]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/08/doj-opposes-states-request-for-universal-injunction-in-nfa-case-n1234063<![CDATA[Stolen guns in criminal hands are nothing new. Most of us recognize the role they play in so-called gun violence. It's one of the reasons that restrictions on law-abiding citizens are so universally dumb. They ignore the criminals and how they obtain firearms, while punishing those who did nothing wrong.]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:30:14 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[ATF]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Firearms Policy Coalition]]><![CDATA[Gun Violence]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/10/08/feds-bust-atlanta-gang-members-in-gun-theft-investigation-n1234065<![CDATA[At the moment, the answer to that question is "yes." Massachusetts gives broad discretion to police chiefs to approve or deny licenses to carry, which are also required for anyone wanting to keep a handgun in their home. Even though the Supreme Court said in Bruen&nbsp;that "may issue" licensing schemes violate the Second Amendment, the state continues to let chiefs use their own discretion in determining whether someone is "suitable" to possess a handgun, even if they can pass a NICS check and have submitted proof of the training the state requires for a license.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:31:25 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/08/can-massachusetts-deny-gun-rights-for-charges-but-no-convictions-n1234062<![CDATA[A 21-year-old from Florida has pleaded guilty to acquiring illegal "switches" designed to convert a semi-automatic pistol into a full-auto machine gun while he was already under supervision for other gun-related offenses.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:31:50 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Felon in Possession]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/08/21-year-old-convicted-for-second-time-illegal-switches-n1234060<![CDATA[Colorado is a prime example of what happens when you let too many Californians move into a state. They take over and start wanting the same terrible laws they left California over. If only there was some way to stop them.]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:29:02 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]><![CDATA[Colorado]]><![CDATA[Firearms Policy Coalition]]><![CDATA[Gun Control]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]>https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/10/08/fpc-wants-court-to-allow-nonresident-carry-in-colorado-n1234059<![CDATA[I certainly think so. One of the problems with "red flag" laws is that even when the system identifies someone who truly does pose a threat to themselves or others, the "answer" involves taking their guns away but leaving them access to all kinds of other things that they can use as a weapon. "Red flag" laws treat gun ownership as the bigger problem, not the underlying mental condition that makes someone dangerously mentally ill.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:31:12 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Georgia]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]><![CDATA[Red Flag Laws]]><![CDATA[Video]]><![CDATA[violent crime]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/07/forget-red-flag-laws-does-this-family-have-a-better-idea-n1234058<![CDATA[The Supreme Court denied cert to dozens of cases on Monday, and while we've talked about a few of those denials already, there's at least one more that's worth discussing.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:31:38 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]><![CDATA[Gun Owners of America]]><![CDATA[North Carolina]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/10/07/supreme-court-turns-away-knock-and-talk-case-backed-by-gun-rights-groups-n1234053