Jun 7, 2021 – Personal relationships have nuance. Work relationships have nuance. What happens when "work" relationships get "personal"? More nuance. The delicate matter of balancing what is harassing versus what is normal communications between friends, collogues, contacts, etc. when what is being said is not welcomed or appealing is a true minuet. The...

Jun 7, 2021 – On May 27, 2021 the New York State Attorney General was celebrating a successful gun "buyback" program in Rochester, New York on their official Facebook page. Cam Edwards previously covered this story, but I was compelled to follow-up after over five thousand comments were on the AG's post online. So-called gun...

Jun 4, 2021 – New Jersey has recently been under some investigation. One of my colleagues over at the Second Amendment Foundation's (SAF) investigative journalism branch, Lee Williams, reported about a gross misuse of the Office of Attorney General (OAG). In his piece Williams points towards New Jersey attacking a company that is based...

Jun 19, 2021 – On June 16, 2021 an announcement was made by an individual running for the Board of Selectmen in Southbury, CT. Normally a story like this might not garner a ton of national attention, however this situation is different. Meet Holly Sullivan. Sullivan, a transplant from New York now calling Connecticut...

Jun 18, 2021 – It was announced on June 16, 2021 that S. 2050: The Hearing Protection Act has been reintroduced. S 2050 aims "to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes." The bill is sponsored by Idaho Senator Mike Crapo and...

Jun 16, 2021 – What are we taught when we're children? One of the lessons that I learned is that everyone makes mistakes. As our readers know, when it comes to anything firearm related, mistakes can be costly in many ways. The obvious involving gross negligence leading to death. Then there are the matters...

Jun 13, 2021 – The matter of Fourth Amendment protections for firearm owners has yet to fully have its day in court. The promising outcome from Caniglia v. Strom on May 17, 2021 does point to gun owners having protection from firearm seizure when a warrant is absent. The Caniglia case was reported nearly...

Jun 13, 2021 – While we're rounding the corner of another comment period with the ATF, there actually is a promising piece of legislation that was introduced back in March. The firearm community has been abuzz about the DOJ's recommended rule proposal on pistol braces. Cam Edwards reported on this earlier in the week...

Jun 12, 2021 – Legislation is still being introduced to curb the rights of responsible American citizens. As most of our readers know, so-called firearm safety legislation always amounts to infringement. One of the big things that stands between bad actors in the government and gun owner's rights is the fact it is unlawful...

Jun 10, 2021 – There are many games that the anti-freedom caucus has played over the years. From the failed and ineffective "assault weapons" ban of the 1990s to "smart guns" in New Jersey. All of the provisions in these laws restrict honest people while having a zero net effect on the "public safety"...

Jun 2, 2022 – 2020 was a hell of a year. Take what you will from that statement. To say that Americans and the world at large had to deal with some challenges, would be an understatement. The defunding of the police was implemented in certain jurisdictions. Policy makers were able to say they...

May 31, 2022 – The New York Times, once a trusted and semi-unbiased news source, has slipped into the pornography business. I can say this about the gray lady because it’s my opinion, and it’s stated as such. NYTs recently reported on Daniel Defense, in an apparent hit piece; “Gun in Texas Shooting Came...

Jun 13, 2022 – The state of New Jersey's so-called leadership has nothing but contempt for the Second Amendment. There are a handful of good legislators and "leaders" in the Garden State, but not enough to stop the freedom crushing measures that continually get introduced. As of late, the rude awakening of the last...

Jun 11, 2022 – Warmest Regards, John Petrolino [phone number redacted] www.thepenpatriot.com Of no surprise, not a single member of the committee … I followed up with all the same parties again a week later: From: [John Petrolino address redacted] To: "[email protected]" < … Regards, John Petrolino [phone number redacted] www.thepenpatriot.com Having received no response, I waited a few more days and…

Jun 28, 2022 – The Second Amendment Warmest Regards, John Petrolino www.thepenpatriot.com Now is the time to write to New Jersey's lawmakers…

Jul 9, 2022 – Back at the beginning of June I met up with a bunch of fellow firearm instructors up in Massachusetts. Instructor Matt Mallory from PS&Ed was scheduled to be in the Bay State teaching some classes the same time as I was in town...So, Jon Green, the head of training over...

Jul 8, 2022 – Oh Massachusetts! Out of all the states requiring resources, I really thought that the matter of putting up roadblocks on carry would be a vestige of what now remains. I feel like I’ve been handed a chat history between dissenting partners during a lover’s quarrel, and some of it is...

Jul 8, 2022 – Four grant, vacate, remands (GVR) have been reported on since the NYSRPA v. Buren decision came down from the high court. All of the cases are being closely watched, as they are high profile. One of which is Association New Jersey Rifle, et al v. Attorney General New Jersey, et...

Jul 7, 2022 – The Biden-Harris Department of Justice has been making waves. They often cite how they’re champions of civil rights and liberties. In Attorney General Garland’s mind, they’re #nailingit. Recently they announced a lawsuit challenging what they’re inferring to be a civil rights violation. The particulars of the the suit were laid...

Jul 7, 2022 – I’m not in the business of wishing ill will upon people, but I at times do celebrate things like poetic justice and or the delivery of people getting their own medicine. Much like Biff in the Back to the Future crashing into a truck filled with horse manure, learning that...

Jul 6, 2022 – The subject of "what they meant at the founding" pops up all the time in the United States. Most famous of all, anti-American members of the anti-freedom caucus stating that "They only had muskets when the Second Amendment was written!" Not only is that a fallacy, but the intent and...

Jul 6, 2022 – Massachusetts has always found their way into the pages of Bearing Arms with regularity, but the last week has provided a cornucopia worthy of a Plymouth Thanksgiving of things to update people on. Yesterday I reported on the guidance document issued by Attorney General, and Democratic frontrunner for Governor, Maura...

Jul 6, 2022 – What seemed like it was going to take some pulling of teeth, apparently did not take that long, at all really. Maryland has dropped their “Good and substantial reason” requirements from their permit to carry application process. The Maryland concealed carry permit, officially called the “handgun wear and carry permit”,...

Jul 5, 2022 – While it may have seemed too good to be true that the governmental bodies in New Jersey have not been standing in the way of honest law abiding citizens applying for their permits to carry, cold hard reality is coming in the way of more infringements from gun-hating Governor Phil...

Jul 5, 2022 – Massachusetts was just the subject of a piece of mine the other day because it seemed like the state officials were going to keep their heel’s dug in on how they do business in issuing permits to carry. Well, the ink hardly dried on that piece and then guidance was...