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…

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...

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 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 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 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 – 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 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...

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 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 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...

May 30, 2025 – On May 29, 2025 the Oregon Senate passed Senate Bill 243. The bill criminalizes the possession of so-called “rapid fire activators” and creates a patchwork of sensitive locations for concealed carriers on properties controlled by governmental bodies.SB 243 pairs two distinctly different areas of firearm law; hardware bans and sensitive...

Jun 6, 2025 – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a group of 28 states in filing a brief. The amicus supports a challenge to Maine’s unconstitutional waiting-period law, filed in the 1st Circuit.In 2024, a waiting-period law went into effect in Maine. The law imposed a 72-hour waiting period for the purchase of...

Jun 12, 2025 – On Wednesday evening, the Borough of Englishtown, New Jersey adopted a resolution that refunds much of the state's $200 permit to carry fees. Passage signifies the unconstitutionality of the fee, and rebates the municipality's portion back to applicants.In 2022, New Jersey passed a law in response to the NYSRPA v....

Jun 13, 2025 – ask.See, Attorney General Matt Platkin recently held a Q&A via Zoom, where he was asked a couple of questions by this guy named John … Petrolino, who happens to write for a number of places, including somewhere called Bearing Arms.Anyway, John asked Platkin a couple…

Jun 23, 2025 – The National Rifle Association is working to regain the trust of members. In part of a number of reform-related efforts, EVP/CEO Dough Hamlin is hosting a town hall meeting.Over the last couple of years, major reform efforts have been underway at the NRA. Several moves were made by board and...

Jun 23, 2025 – Gun Owners of America and several other organizations filed an amicus brief on June 20, 2025. The filing with the U.S. Supreme Court supports challenging Florida’s under-21 firearm prohibitions.The case, NRA v. Glass, is the National Rifle Association’s challenge to a Florida law that prohibits those between the ages of...

Jun 24, 2025 – Though it's a relatively new organization, the Second Amendment Institute has been a voice for freedom since 2016. The 501(C)3 was founded by Tyler Yzaguirre and the organization honors what it calls "Second Amendment Champions" every year. The 2025 awards ceremony was recently held in Washington, D.C. and the award...

Jun 29, 2025 – Patrick “Tate” Adamiak was wrongfully convicted over trumped up allegations by the ATF. Journalist Lee Williams has been covering this case and the “Free Tate” petition drive has just launched.Patrick “Tate” Adamiak was wrongfully arrested, charged, and subsequently convicted of multiple felonies. It’s been reported the agents involved in the...

Jun 30, 2025 – On June 26, 2025, the National Rifle Association hosted their first virtual town hall-style meeting. Answering questions on behalf of the Association were EVP Doug Hamlin and President Bill Bachenberg.The evening meeting was presided over by NRA Editorial Director Mark A. Keefe, IV. The near-hour long question and answer session...

Jul 1, 2025 – Last year it was uncovered that Black New Jersey permit-to-carry applicants were denied permits at more than double the rate of whites. A bill introduced would force reporting on this potential bias.In May of 2024, after months of research and investigation, I was able to report that Black applicants for...

Jun 22, 2025 – The Firearms Policy Coalition is leading a coalition of interest groups in addressing dangerous provisions added to the Big Beautiful Bill. The measure would make suing the government nearly impossible.FPC along with 24 other public interest organizations have sent a letter to Senators John Thune and Chuck Schumer. The letter...

Jun 22, 2025 – I've mentioned before that I joked with our own John Petrolino that he should move to a freer state like Illinois or Massachusetts…