Oct 7, 2025 – During the September 26 Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms meeting, firearms industry member Rick Patterson was nominated and then elected to the Board of Directors.The 2025 Gun Rights Policy Conference co-hosted by CCRKBA and the Second Amendment Foundation came and went. The day of the...

Oct 6, 2025 – The National Rifle Association’s annual Board of Directors election season is gearing up. The nominating committee released their report in August and there are 13 incumbents not on their list.Previously reported, the NRA Nominating Committee for the 2026 Board of Directors election released their report in August 2025. The committee...

Oct 4, 2025 – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has added advocate/activist Ryan Petty to its Board of Directors. At the September 26 meeting, Petty was unanimously elected.During the 2025 Gun Rights Policy Conference, co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep...

Oct 3, 2025 – The Second Amendment Foundation had their annual board meeting on September 26, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bryan Strawser was elected to fill a vacancy as a board member.The Second Amendment Foundation’s meeting is held in conjunction with the annual Gun Rights Policy Conference. The conference just wrapped up...

Oct 1, 2025 – A federal court ruled that prohibitions on carrying firearms in post offices are unconstitutional. This ruling comes out of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.On September 30, 2025, Chief United States District Judge Reed O’Connor delivered an opinion on Firearms Policy Coalition Inc, et.al. v. Bondi....

Sep 30, 2025 – The Gun Rights Policy Conference just wrapped up. Arizona Representative Quang Nguyen was named “Legislator of the Year” by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.Co-hosted annually by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, the Gun Rights...

Sep 30, 2025 – That's easy to miss, though, because not everyone pays attention to the inside baseball for a number of reasons.But as our own John … Petrolino pointed out over at Ammoland, there's something new worth taking a look at.The National Rifle Association has been under…

Sep 29, 2025 – Women are the largest growing demographic of new gun owners. Iron Rose Shooting Club caters to women and is hosting their “Rise Together” weekend, October 4, 2025 in N.H.With an emergence in female gun ownership, the days of painting it pink and calling it good are over. Groups like the...

Sep 28, 2025 – The 2025 Gun Rights Policy Conference co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms will be broadcast via livestream. The livestream for Sunday, September 28, 2025 will start at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time (8:00 a.m. Pacific, 10:00 a.m. Central, and 11:00 a.m....

Sep 27, 2025 – The 2025 Gun Rights Policy Conference co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms will be broadcast via livestream. The livestream for Saturday, September 27, 2025 will start at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time (7:00 a.m Pacific, 9:00 a.m. Central, and 10:00 a.m....

Sep 26, 2025 – Cresskill, New Jersey’s town council on September 24 voted on a permit to carry rebate ordinance. The move, with bipartisan support, passed via a 4-1 vote, with one councilmember absent.Since June 2025, permit to carry rebate resolutions and ordinanceshave been spreading across New Jersey. Originally introduced and passed in Englishtown,...

Sep 25, 2025 – Glenn Shiroma was convicted of a misdemeanor assault in 1992. According to Hawaii law, someone similarly situated would be eligible for firearm ownership as long as 20 years without incident have passed since the offense, but in 2023, Shiroma applied for a PTA and was denied. In May 2025 Shiroma...

Sep 25, 2025 – application.Now, this one seems to still be up in the air, though it seems that it might be likely to pass.My understanding, via our own John … Petrolino, who lives in the Garden State and was a great help in this piece, is that another town voted to do the same on Wednesday…

Sep 24, 2025 – Annually the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms co-hosts the Gun Rights Policy Conference. Watch the 40th GRPC from their two livestreams!The 2025 GRPC will launch on the evening of Friday, September 26, in Salt Lake City, Utah. While the weekend’s kick-off...

Sep 23, 2025 – Annually, one-third of the National Rifle Association board seats open for election. The NRA’s nominating committee meet to select candidates they recommend. The 2025 report was finalized last month.The NRA’s nominating committee report is in for the 2026 election. The committee met on multiple occasions in person and/or asynchronously in...

Sep 22, 2025 – The United States Concealed Carry Association offers a Children's Firearms & Safety Fundamentals class. The Association held an event highlighting their offerings at a New Hampshire range on September 13, 2025.USCCA has a number of educational opportunities. Traditionally known for their self-defense programs, training has become a huge part of...

Sep 20, 2025 – The case Reese v. ATF challenges the prohibition on 18-to-20-year-olds from purchasing handguns. Victorious at the Fifth Circuit, they’re now working towards a final judgment at the district court level, but the Department of Justice has taken a position that's not sitting well with Second Amendment advocates.After the U.S. Fifth...

Sep 19, 2025 – A Hawaii man denied a "permit to acquire" a firearm in the County of Hawaii has successfully challenged that denial, dealing a blow to the state's restrictive gun control regime. In May 2025, plaintiff Paul Kealoha filed for a permit. The following month, Kealoha received a letter telling him he was...

Sep 11, 2025 – On September 10, 2025 the Third Circuit Court of Appeals released their opinion in the combined Koons and Siegel cases. The three-judge panel heard arguments in October 2023 in Philadelphia.The combined cases are challenges to New Jersey’s Bruen-response law enacted in December 2022. Among other things, the law outlined a dangerous patchwork...

Sep 11, 2025 – Our own John Petrolino covered the fact that New Jersey didn't get their way in the case.In a press release sent out on Wednesday,…

Sep 9, 2025 – Walk The Talk America has been working to bridge the gap between the firearm community and mental health world. They’ve launched their fall ERPO/”red flag” survey and it’s live.Over the last several years, Walk The Talk America has been conducting surveys to better understand how firearm owners view certain topics....

Sep 4, 2025 – Our own John Petrolino enjoys a nice cigar, and that's not good for you, either.So while marijuana isn't nearly what many of its proponents…

Aug 26, 2025 – Unfortunately, as our own John Petrolino noted on Monday, the Borough of Old Tappan, New Jersey, decided to go with a different strategy.They…

Aug 25, 2025 – The Borough of Old Tappan, New Jersey put up for a vote a permit to carry rebate resolution on August 18, 2025. Unlike what we've seen with earlier efforts in other communities, the all Republican council voted down the measure.In the wake of NYSRPA v. Bruen, Trenton lawmakers imposed a...

Aug 20, 2025 – A Charlotte, North Carolina man has pled guilty to civil rights violations for a bias-fueled incident involving a firearm. Would his victims have benefited from permitless carry in the Tar Heel State?According to an August 19, 2025 Department of Justice report, 32-year-old Maurice Hopkins pled guilty to civil rights violations....