Feb 28, 2025 – The number of stories that New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin graces within the pages of Bearing Arms are countless. Platkin is not being reported on because he’s being celebrated either. While Platkin serves at the pleasure of the governor, Phil Murphy, D-N.J., he is responsible for his and his...

Feb 27, 2025 – Multiple United States Supreme Court decisions have made it clear that the Second Amendment applies to all bearable arms. Bearable arms include knives. Knife Rights, a knife owners’ organization, just secured a big win in Arkansas. Preemption legislation championed by the group was signed into law by Governor Sarah Huckabee...

Feb 26, 2025 – There are an estimated 21.46 million concealed carry weapon permit holders in the United States. Violence Policy Center is a group that’s known to try to put their finger on the scale, and they're directing their ire at those CCW holders today. They pushed out a release vilifying the practice....

Feb 25, 2025 – There have been countless stories about censorship covered here at Bearing Arms, as well as at many of the other great online sources for Second Amendment news and commentary. The number of folks that have been canceled, shadow banned, blocked, demonetized, and shutdown; who put out Second Amendment related content...

Feb 24, 2025 – A challenge to Washington D.C.’s off-body carry law was filed in mid-2024. The lawsuit calls into question the District’s prohibition on law-abiding permit holders not being allowed to engage in off-body carry. A recent filing was made in Russell et.al. v. District of Columbia et.al. The filing is a request to the...

Feb 21, 2025 – Massachusetts went full buck-wild last year with their version of a Bruen-response law. The entire process in the Bay State has been a quagmire. Governor Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble after the law was passed and enacted. Healey committed this usurpation of the democratic process when the citizens fighting...

Feb 19, 2025 – On Monday we reported about a New Jersey state university that has strict provisions in their weapons rules. Montclair State University, a college funded in part by taxpayers, does not allow pepper spray as a self-defense option. After previously reporting that the university failed to respond to queries on this...

Feb 18, 2025 – Walk the Talk America has been conducting informal surveys over the last couple of years. The surveys are being used to help better understand gun owners’ perceptions when it comes to mental health related topics and policy in regards to firearms. The most recent survey, their 2025 Mental Health Survey,...

Feb 18, 2025 – According to the AG's data dashboard, at least 325 applications have been denied, and as Bearing Arms contributor John Petrolino has…

Feb 17, 2025 – When looking at the overlap between government and state stakeholders, and public entities, things can be a little complicated. Take for example any number of the state universities that are throughout the country. When state and government funds are appropriated for these schools, the schools shouldn’t get to act as...

Feb 11, 2025 – When Bearing Arms contributor John Petrolino started digging into the data on concealed carry permits in NJ, he found Black applicants…

Feb 14, 2025 – The anti-civil liberty camp won’t ever let an opportunity to lash out go by. We can’t say that we’ve seen it all, because more and more outlandish nonsense continues to pour out of the progressive pinko think tanks. One group, Josh Sugarmann’s Violence Policy Center, took to the web the...

Feb 13, 2025 – Generous partners in the firearms industry help keep organizations going. Our friends over at the Kids S.A.F.E. Foundation recently announced a new partnership. Radian Weapons, a firearms manufacturing company, recently sponsored the Foundation.The Kids S.A.F.E. Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Oregon, is proud to announce its latest partnership...

Feb 11, 2025 – During the National Rifle Association’s 2025 Great American Outdoor Show, they held a town hall-esque style meeting. The February 2 meeting was entitled “NRA 2.0 Leadership Presentation,” and was opened to select invitees. Hosted by the Keystone Rifle and Pistol Association, the meeting was well attended, and aimed to add...

Feb 10, 2025 – A lot has gone on since the landmark 2022 Bruen decision. For folks in the “hateful eight” states, they were being presented with an opportunity to actually get permits to carry. New Jersey was one such jurisdiction that was forced into compliance by the High Court and permits to carry started...

Feb 10, 2025 – The 2024 Presidential Election was monumental for many reasons. Anomalies from the 2020 election seemed to be somewhat absent. 2024 found areas that were called for Biden in 2020 to have been flipped. Pennsylvania was one such jurisdiction that flipped from blue to red. Efforts from groups like Early Vote...

Feb 10, 2025 – In 2022 a challenge was brought in the District of Columbia to their prohibition on carrying on the Metro. That case was filed in the district court of D.C. and according to a newly filed brief, it was dismissed due to a lack of standing. The August 9, 2024 order...

Feb 6, 2025 – Bearing Arms contributor John Petrolino has been documenting the many issues with New Jersey's post-Bruen carry regime for months … In fact, the disparities appear to be even worse than what Petrolino was able to document. …  Kudos to John Petrolino for his initial investigation into how New Jersey's carry permits are being issued, as well as to the…

Feb 7, 2025 – In December we reported on a lawsuit that was filed challenging provisions of Hawaiian law that subverted the rights of certain legal aliens. The nature of the law being challenged in the Aloha State, as the complaint stated, “prohibits adults who are not citizens of the United States, nor nationals...

Feb 4, 2025 – The National Rifle Association has been around since the postbellum era of the Civil War. The original mission of the NRA, according to a magazine editorial written by Col. William C. Church, was to "promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis." In the decades since, the group has...

Feb 3, 2025 – While in Las Vegas for the 2025 Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Show®, attendees could bump into all kinds of “gun people.” The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the group responsible for organizing the SHOT Show, attracts a wide range of folks, beyond just those looking to make deals with suppliers/manufacturers for...

Jan 30, 2025 – The 2025 Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Show® put on by the National Shooting Sports Foundation brought all kinds of activists and advocates to Sin City. While attending, we had a chance to catch up with Michael Cargill. Cargill was the lead plaintiff in Garland v. Cargill, a case heard and...

Jan 22, 2025 – There’s a lot going on at the 2025 National Shooting Sports Foundation Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Show®! The SHOT Show is normally known for guns and gear, but attendees include some of the biggest movers and shakers in the Second Amendment world. We had a chance to sit down and...

Jan 17, 2025 – New Jersey has had historically high levels of crime over the years. Dating back to the Prohibition Era, crime has flourished in the Garden State. Whether or not the environment for crime to proliferate is a function of bad actors in government can’t be said. However, something recently said by...

Jan 13, 2025 – aware of the blessings that we've received, and that includes all of the support we've been given by my colleagues Tom Knighton, John … Petrolino, Ranjit Singh, and Ryan Petty, who stepped up when I had to step away and made sure that the Bearing Arms audience still … Whether it was texting, emailing or calling to check in, contributing to the GiveSendGo that John Petrolino set up to help me and my…