Jun 8, 2021 – Over the last few weeks I have been waiting in anticipation to get the final word on the first shipment of Anthony Colandro's new book Crime Proof. Full disclosure, Anthony is a friend and colleague of mine, and I did have the honor of offering him peer reviews while he...

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"...

Feb 5, 2023 – The other week I gave a run down summary of my time at the 2023 SHOT Show. This was my first time attending the expo and I have to say it was a great experience. One of the things I brought up in my summary was industry day at the...

Feb 3, 2023 – On Tuesday, content creator, YouTuber, and friend Jason from the Texas Gun Vault sent me a message. I have been following Jason’s content for a few years now, and over the last year, I’ve watched the success of and up until this morning, the demise of his channel. In January...

Jan 31, 2023 – I mentioned the other day I recently returned from my first SHOT Show. I covered some of the broad strokes of what I consider some of the highlights, specifically noting that I intended on returning to cover some topics with more detail. I had the honor to receive  an invite...

Feb 19, 2023 – The Second Amendment Foundation announced that they have filed an amended complaint to a former lawsuit they launched over two years ago. SAF, et.al. v. ATF, et. al. was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on January 15, 2021, with the amended complaint filed...

Feb 18, 2023 – Last year there was guidance from New Jersey’s Attorney General concerning law enforcement officers' use of marijuana. The guidance was not as explicit as it should have been. It seemed as if it were the policy of the Attorney General that police officers could participate in the use of the...

Feb 17, 2023 – On Valentine’s day 2023 we didn’t have just regular expressions of love. Not at all. The 14th was a big day for attorney Alan Beck, with him showing his love for the Second Amendment during oral arguments in a case known as Teter v. Lopez (formerly Teter v. Shikada and...

Feb 16, 2023 – Oregon has been a powderkeg when it comes to legislation pertaining to firearms. Here at Bearing Arms, we covered the grossly unconstitutional ballot initiative 114 last year, and while it was hotly debated, 114 did prevail in the public opinion. That measure does very little to add to the public...

Feb 15, 2023 – Chicago is one of those cities that could be considered an abject failure on policy. It's not like the Windy City hasn’t had its fair share of criminal element since - for over a century. A day does not go by without press releases flying out of the Chicago PD’s...

Feb 14, 2023 – New Jersey gun owners have been on a real rollercoaster ride since the NYSRPA v Bruen decision liberated them. New Jerseyans went from essentially no-issue, to shall-issue (with other new roadblocks), to can’t carry anywhere, to further litigation returning some liberties. Governor Phil Murphy, who seems to be eyeing a...

Feb 13, 2023 – There’s new and exciting gear always hitting the market when it comes to gun stuff, especially around the annual SHOT Show. It’s not everyday though that the perennially almost-to-be-released PD10 designed by Rob Pincus and manufactured by Avidity Arms, actually hits the market. I had a chance to catch up...

Feb 12, 2023 – I've been slowly chronicling my experiences at the 2023 SHOT Show and there's one piece of new hardware that I really wanted to highlight. While at industry day at the range, I had the opportunity to try out and shoot all kinds of new as well as old firearms. Overall,...

Feb 11, 2023 – Back in November I talked about my train ride down to Florida from Virginia. The trek down was by Auto Train, but my return voyage was via vehicle. I did my drive in stages, stopping in Atlanta for a few days, and then Virginia again for a few days. The...

Mar 1, 2023 – One of the groups that’s been highly destructive to Second Amendment rights is the Violence Policy Center. The group was founded by and is the brain trust of Josh Sugarmann, the current Executive Director. Sugarmann has been behind some of the biggest hits to civil liberties over the decades, but...

Feb 28, 2023 – Massachusetts is not known for embracing civil liberties. The sweet irony of the land where the shot heard around the world was fired from is that the elite ruling class in the Bay State loathes freedom and rights. We must remember that the commonwealth used to be in the practice...