Results for: Second Amendment

Democrat Congressional Candidate in Maine Backtracks on ‘Red Flag’ Law
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/10/19/congressional-candidate-maine-backtracks-on-red-flag-law-n1234174
– He’s allegedly “done more for Maine sportsmen and the Second Amendment” and that somehow equates to being more pro-Second Amendment … As far as that commitment to the Second Amendment goes, LePage himself says that he’s always defended the right." … Some people think the Second Amendment is just words on a paper,” former Governor LePage told Bearing Arms.…
NRA Women’s Programs Committee Announces Award Nominations & Scholarship Deadlines
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/10/12/nra-womens…nounces-award-nominations-and-scholarship-deadlines-n1234094
– She enthusiastically spoke about the programs and the looming deadline.Inacker started her second year on the Board of Directors of … Amendment through legislative or legal contributions.” … “Women throughout history have fought to preserve Second Amendment freedoms,” an informational bulletin from NRA said.…
A Girl & A Gun’s Robyn Sandoval Talks About Her Journey & More
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/09/18/a-girl-and…uns-robyn-sandoval-talks-about-her-journey-and-more-n1233837
– This interview was made possible by Beretta Holding, the sponsor of the Voices of the Second Amendment at the NRAAM.Sandoval says she … Since she, herself, has gone from straight up anti gun to one of the preeminent voices on the Second Amendment and firearms training … While there are plenty who embrace their Second Amendment right in Texas, Sandoval notes it’s not quite like what we see in the movies…
Second Amendment Foundation’s Adam Kraut Talks About Litigation and More
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/09/07/second-ame…ndations-adam-kraut-talks-about-litigation-and-more-n1233729
– The Second Amendment Foundation is one of the premier organizations litigating Second Amendment issues in the courts. … The City of Chicago incorporated the Second Amendment to the states. … Who are “the people that are at the forefront of defending your Second Amendment rights.…
Group of Non-Residents Challenge NYC Law Limiting Carriers to One Gun
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/09/13/group-of-n…ents-challenge-nyc-law-limiting-carriers-to-one-gun-n1233787
– The challenge raises both Second Amendment arguments as well as those of equal protection.Individual plaintiffs in this challenge include … Amendment right to keep and bear ‘Arms’ and burdens citizens of other States in the exercise of that fundamental right.”The factual … allegations of the suit state that the conduct Hendrick et al. wish to engage in “falls within the Second Amendment’s plain text,”…
Have You Heard of the NRA Range Technical Team?
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/09/15/have-you-heard-of-the-nra-range-technical-team-n1233807
– Amendment. … Our mission is to make sure that ranges can continue and can continue safely, so that we can exercise our Second Amendment rights.” … We love the Second Amendment. We love the United States … This is our way of giving back to the community.”…
Amicus in Viramontes Pins ‘Dangerous & Unusual’ to Conduct
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/09/07/amicus-in-viramontes-pins-dangerous-and-unusual-to-conduct-n1233730
– Beck’s reasoning might be the key to decoding other issues that proponents of Second Amendment preservation could find useful. … What the State of New Jersey fails to see is something that Beck — and other Second Amendment luminaries — plainly zero in on.In the…
Amicus Brief in Viramontes Calls for Clarity
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/09/10/amicus-brief-in-viramontes-calls-for-clarity-n1233753
– “Given the Court’s commitment to elevating the history and tradition of firearm use and regulation when deciding Second Amendment challenges … concluding the brief, it was further stated that: “Finally, since Bruen holds that a law regulating conduct covered by the Second…
Second Amendment Foundation Offers 411 on NFA Injunction
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/08/26/second-amendment-foundation-offers-411-on-nfa-injunction-n1233630
– The Second Amendment Foundation launched an informational resource page to help.The dust has not settled from the monumental decisions … gander.What else did the Second Amendment Foundation highlight? … The Second Amendment Foundation put this one out for all to learn from.…
NRA-ILA’s Dan Reid Talks About State-Level Affairs and More
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/08/31/nra-ilas-dan-reid-talks-about-state-level-affairs-and-more-n1233676
– States like Colorado and Rhode Island have been putting forward a fair amount of anti-Second Amendment legislation. … We're identifying ways to shore up the Second Amendment, to push the Second Amendment forward, and defend against (attacks to) the … Second Amendment.…
Walk The Talk America Launches 2026 Survey
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/09/02/walk-the-talk-america-launches-2026-survey-n1233707
– The work that they’re doing will culminate to bigger and better things — and really, for the betterment of the Second Amendment community…
AAR’s Mark Walters Enters Into Streaming Syndication Agreement
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/08/23/aars-mark-walters-enters-into-streaming-syndication-agreement-n1233594
– Walters, who covers the Second Amendment, just entered into a syndication deal with a TV pilot episode to follow.The nationally syndicated … The pilot will “highlight his personal story, tackle important topics impacting the Constitution and the Second Amendment, and address … Amendment community.…
NJ AG Backtracks on Date of Gun and Magazine Ban's Demise
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/07/23/nj-ag-backtracks-on-date-gun-magazine-ban-demise-n1233262
– That statement was concerning the makeup of the Third Circuit and its potential friendliness to the Second Amendment. … A state with restrictive gun laws in a circuit that disfavors regulation can make pro-Second Amendment case law when appropriately…
What’s Next in NJ? Attorney General Gives a Date for Demise of 'Assault Weapon' Ban.
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/07/22/whats-next-in-nj-attorney-general-gives-a-date-n1233255
– of characters on his show including NRA-ILA’s Joe Greenlee, New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate and NRA-ILA’s Joe LoPorto, and Second … Amendment Foundation’s Kostas Moros.…
NJ Attorney General Sues Former Owner of JSD Supply in Vindictive Crusade
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/07/17/nj-attorne…eral-sues-former-owner-jsd-supply-vidictive-crusade-n1233211
– Second Amendment journalist and editor of Shooting News Weekly Dan Zimmerman had work cited. … And Second Amendment journalist John Crump was mentioned 21 times in the filing.What becomes clear while reading the filing is the … contempt that the attorney general has for the Second Amendment is paralleled for her contempt of the First Amendment.…
Sheriff Ken Campbell Talks Gunsite 50th Anniversary and More
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/07/20/sheriff-ken-campbell-talks-gunsite-50th-anniversary-and-more-n1233220
– This interview was made possible by Beretta Holding, the sponsor of the Voices of the Second Amendment at the NRAAM.The Gunsite Academy…
Radian Weapons Steps up to Support Kids S.A.F.E.
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/07/14/radian-weapons-steps-up-to-support-kids-safe-n1233173
– Amendment rights goes hand in hand with fostering a culture of responsibility, training, and safe firearm handling. … across the country.”The work that Kids S.A.F.E. continues to do is imperative to the preservation of the shooting sports and the Second … Amendment.…
Advocate/Activist Scott Bach's Candid Conversation on Current 2A Court Battles
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/07/13/advocateac…t-bach-candid-conversation-current-2a-court-battles-n1233148
– Amendment in 2015. … “Most of that battle was lost — okay — not in the Second Amendment sphere, but I mean in the other freedom(s) sphere. … there's been … “It's not supposed to be a question whether you have a Second Amendment.…
New Jersey Lawmakers Scramble to Defend 'Gun-Free Zones' After SCOTUS Decisions
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/07/09/new-jersey…ramble-defend-gun-free-zones-after-scotus-decisions-n1233116
– Filing alongside the Koons plaintiffs are the Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, Coalition of New Jersey … Firearm Owners, and New Jersey Second Amendment Society.When the opinion from a three-judge panel came last fall on the combined cases … Amendment rights.”Approximately an hour after the en banc hearing, Leon Sokol was asked about how he thought the hearing went.…
Do Implications of New York 3D Printer Gag Go Beyond the Basic Consumer?
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/07/08/do-implica…ew-york-3d-printer-gag-go-beyond-the-basic-consumer-n1233105
– “I believe it's probably an infringement on the First Amendment rights, but it's one of those things that it takes a couple years to … industries — never mind a company that actually builds firearms.Campbell identifies that the law likely is violative of not just the Second … Amendment, but also the First and Fourth.…
New Jersey Attorney General Responds to Hemani
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/06/27/new-jersey-attorney-general-responds-to-hemani-n1233002
– once again made clear that many gun safety laws—including categorical prohibitions on firearm ownership—are consistent with the Second … Amendment,” said a spokesperson from Davenport’s office. … Amendment, one would think there’d be non-compulsory changes to New Jersey’s policies.…
NRA and Foundation Feud Levels Up: Partial Dismissals and Countersuit
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/06/26/nra-and-fo…n-feud-levels-up-partial-dismissals-and-countersuit-n1232992
– lawsuit is an “acrimonious dispute between the National Rifle Association (NRA), a nonprofit organization devoted to protecting Second … Amendment rights, and The NRA Foundation, Inc. … We anticipated this result and have filed that second lawsuit in the nation’s capital."…
Mark Walters From Armed American Radio Named on Talkers ‘Heavy Hundred’ 2nd Year in a Row
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/06/22/mark-walte…io-named-on-talkers-heavy-hundred-2nd-year-in-a-row-n1232920
– Second Amendment-centered media does not always get a fair shake. … Oftentimes other members of the media and/or journalists might label Second Amendment media personalities as being nothing more than … Amendment.…
Can a Collectivist Argument Secure an Individual Right to Own Banned Firearms?
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/06/22/can-collec…rgument-secure-individual-right-own-banned-firearms-n1232930
– Amendment was the militia purpose,” Cuccinelli said. … “And we carry that into Virginia with more, frankly, more robust history than they have in the Second Amendment, because a lot of the … reason for the Second Amendment was so James Madison could get the votes to get the Constitution ratified in the Virginia Convention…
An Interview With Eric Wesson: Being a Wesson, Dan, D.B., & More!
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/26/an-interview-with-eric-wesson-being-a-wesson-dan-db-and-more-n1232633
– This interview was made possible by Beretta Holding, the sponsor of the Voices of the Second Amendment at the NRAAM.When it comes to…
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