Aug 7, 2021 – How many times have you heard or had to say "the Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting!"? Well, the Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting, if you needed to get up to speed. Yes, the proliferation of game animals is a big part of our American...

Aug 5, 2021 – The gun "issue" apparently needs to be discussed by physicians with their patients. At lest that's what reporting insinuates when discussing a "statistic" in a "study". It all came about when a UC Davis study found that 2/3rds of California residents (that live with children) do not store them locked...

Aug 3, 2021 – What if I said that now is the perfect time for "universal background checks"? Before the crazed rage mob of anti-civil rights politicians and talking heads pop open the bubbly to celebrate a pro-freedom publication putting something like that out there, hear me out. I'm not talking about "universal background...

Aug 3, 2021 – It's not every day we can expose ourselves to such grandiose instances of bait and switch. Potentially this is putting the cart before the horse, as the bill text for the proposed legislation is linked to a broken link, but the not so subtle tones are present in the press...

Aug 3, 2021 – Turn on the news to any of the mainstream or even off-the-beaten-path news channels, sites, organizations, etc. and you can get your fill of violence. Murder, rioting, crazed Karens, white supremacists, fill-in-the-blank of crime ridden madness that you can imagine is injected into our brains daily. It's an overload, or...

Aug 3, 2021 – The hot topic item of so-called "ghost guns" has migrated to San Diego California. On Monday August 2, 2021, the San Diego City Council voted to ban the proliferation of 80% receivers within the city. Under California law, an 80% lower or homemade firearm would not be unlawful to have...

Aug 1, 2021 – An interesting and I'm going to assume unpopular concept was brought to my attention recently. This is not a piece containing legal advice but simply discussing some concepts which are important to ponder. I take in a lot of content and tips for stories. I happened upon an episode of...

Jul 31, 2021 – There is no dispute that the loss of life in any manner is something that is tragic. Every day this website covers stories that deal with violence committed with firearms and the failed policies that enables such events to occur. The topic of firearm "accidents" and the negligence that comes...

Aug 18, 2021 – The pages of Bearing Arms are littered with countless stories covering the assaults on our Second Amendment. From the legislative proposals to the executive overreach, we're under attack. In many ways, we're gaining a lot of ground. States are passing permitless carry laws and entering into Second Amendment sanctuary statuses....

Aug 18, 2021 – A Lubbock man admitted to stealing a number of firearms. According to a report, 49 year old Mark Anthony Lara pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms. The whole case baffles me, as the pela is for the possession charge, but what about the stealing? From the...

Aug 18, 2021 – Plaintiffs in a case out of Hawaii have scored a major win against the draconian laws that regulate pistol permits and registration. Yukutake v. Connors involves two individuals challenging both the 10 day permit validation timeframe and requirement for in person inspection of arms by the police. All-star lawyers, Alan...

Aug 18, 2021 – In this week's TSA Firearm Detections Weekly Update, you can read about your run of the mill "oops, I forgot to take my gun outta my bag" situations. We all know that the carriage of firearms and other weapons on airplanes is highly regulated. Sure, there are things that you...

Aug 15, 2021 – "A well regulated militia..." you know, the thing. The thing being the Second Amendment. For countless years, the Second Amendment has been contorted to be presented as some sort of a collective right, or rather privilege. Under progressive and racist polices, a narrative was given going back to before the...

Aug 13, 2021 – Congressman Ted Deutch is at it again! I reported over the weekend about Deutch's quietly introduced bill to add all semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines to the NFA, and today we have more to talk about. Much like that bill, this bill's introduction has no press release, no fanfare, nada!...

Aug 12, 2021 – Recently I ran into a video by a content creator I know that goes by the name of "Average Gun Owner". After chewing a little on the video he sent over, I reached out to him to learn a little more about what he was talking about. The subject is...

Aug 11, 2021 – Back in July, a Medford, Oregon man was arrested on a number of charges. The details of these allegations are quite harrowing and a flag really should be raised. According to a report, 24 year-old Kristopher Clay turned himself into the police stating he'd been planning some sort of "mass...

Aug 10, 2021 – The topic of gun "buybacks", or the more appropriately term "compensated confiscations" coined by Cam, really does not get old. To be perfectly honest, I was going to pass on this one because I previously covered the announcement of the program over at AmmoLand News, but this was just too juicy...

Dec 16, 2023 – There are a lot of products on the market that are designed to protect, house, carry, and store firearms and firearm accessories. When I had the opportunity to test out one of the Plano All Weather 2 series hard gun cases, I was happy to check them out. Having a...

Dec 13, 2023 – On October 25, 2023, a three judge panel in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the combined Koons and Siegel cases for a preliminary injunction. The cases are challenging the 2022 so-called “carry-killer,” Buren response law, that Governor Phil Murphy, D-N.J., enacted.  The Koons/Siegel cases have had quite...

Dec 13, 2023 – My colleague John Petrolino will have an update on Matthew Platkin's latest attempt to enforce the state's post-Bruen carry restrictions…

Dec 12, 2023 – We’re all aware - readers included - that it might be fun to have a John Petrolino on the show from time to time, but he’ll never live … Mike said that Joe Rogan was a dream guest, and he’d also love to have John Lovell, Colion Noir, and Jack Carr on the show. … Honestly, John, I was taken aback by that request. I had never considered podcasting.…

Dec 11, 2023 – Earlier this year Larry Correia’s book “In Defense of the Second Amendment” dropped and I got my hands on a copy. I took my time to give the book a close read while staying away from other people’s reviews on the work. What I did do though is tune into...

Dec 25, 2023 – For that, I'm going to recommend a book from our own John Petrolino titled, Decoding Firearms: An Easy to Read Guide on General Gun … John is a friend and he and I tease one another all the time, but the truth is that this is the best general handbook for gun ownership…

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