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Major Win In Hawaii Strikes Unconstitutional Permitting Law
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/18/major-win-in-hawaii-strikes-unconstitutional-permitting-law-n48907
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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...
TSA Correlates Gun Owners and Violence (Un)Knowingly?
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/18/tsa-correlates-gun-owners-and-violence-n48974
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/18/tsa-correlates-gun-owners-and-violence-n48974
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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...
FPC Launches Lawsuit Challenging NJ's Draconian Carry Law
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/15/fpc-launches-lawsuit-challenging-njs-draconian-carry-law-n48858
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/15/fpc-launches-lawsuit-challenging-njs-draconian-carry-law-n48858
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"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...
House Dem Introduces Bill To Bar Gun Sales To Under-21s
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/13/house-dem-bill-gun-sales-under-21-n48800
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/13/house-dem-bill-gun-sales-under-21-n48800
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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!...
Collegiate Sports, Name Image Likeness, And The Second Amendment
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/12/collegiate-sports-name-image-likeness-and-the-second-amendment-n48737
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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...
Potential Domestic Terrorist Highlights Another Issue
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/11/potential-domestic-terrorist-highlights-another-issue-n48674
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/11/potential-domestic-terrorist-highlights-another-issue-n48674
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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...
NJ Pats Itself On The Back Over Gun "Buyback"
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/10/nj-pats-its-self-on-the-back-over-gun-buyback-n48617
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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...
Product Review: Plano All Weather 2 Rustrictor Hard Case
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/12/16/product-review-plano-all-weather-2-rustrictor-hard-case-n78316
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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...
Garden State Gun Grabbers Tout Second Circuit Decision in Desperate Cry for Help
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/12/13/garden-sta…out-second-circuit-decision-in-desperate-cry-for-help-n78387
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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...
Gun Store, Gun Show Promoter Sued Under Public Nuisance Law
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/12/13/gun-store-gun-show-promoter-under-public-nuisance-law-n78398
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/12/13/gun-store-gun-show-promoter-under-public-nuisance-law-n78398
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My colleague John Petrolino will have an update on Matthew Platkin's latest attempt to enforce the state's post-Bruen carry restrictions…
‘The Gun Experiment’ Is Where 2A Hypotheses Get Challenged
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/12/12/the-gun-experiment-is-where-2a-hypotheses-get-challenged-n78245
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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.…
Review: ‘In Defense of the Second Amendment’ by Larry Correia
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/12/11/review-in-defense-of-the-second-amendment-by-larry-correia-n78257
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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...
So You Got a Gun For Christmas. Now What?
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2023/12/25/gun-for-christmas-n78732
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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…
JSD Supply says “no thank you” to ATF’s cease and desist
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/20/jsd-supply-says-no-thank-you-to-atfs-cease-and-desist-n58506
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/20/jsd-supply-says-no-thank-you-to-atfs-cease-and-desist-n58506
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Last week Tom covered the cease and desist letter that JSD Supply received from the ATF on March 12, 2022. In the letter, the ATF admonished JSD Supply, owned and operated by Jordan Vinroe, over the sales of 80% build kits, and for having the potentiality of selling the rest...
2A activist delivers powerful testimony in Senate hearing on domestic violence bill
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/19/ccdl-presi…nt-and-dc-project-board-member-testifies-in-us-senate-n58433
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Domestic violence, violence against women, or really, any violence is unacceptable. Oftentimes we're approached with irrational and ineffectual solutions to complex problems. There are many "feel good" measures that get introduced by the left of center members of congress, and all they're good for is political grandstanding. Senator Richard Blumenthal...
MA state 2A group sees chance to add pro-freedom amendments to budget
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/18/ma-state-pro-freedom-amendments-n58390
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/18/ma-state-pro-freedom-amendments-n58390
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The Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL) is always doing some serious heavy lifting in the Commonwealth. GOAL constantly has the odds stacked against them. Massachusetts is not really known for freedom and tolerance in regards to civil liberties. Something that our short memories tend to forget concerns a few little...
Legislation introduced to extend some bankruptcy protections to firearms
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/18/legislatio…ced-to-extend-some-bankruptcy-protections-to-firearms-n58387
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Last month Representative Chris Jacobs introduced a bill to offer further protections to gun owners. H.R.7493 - Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022 aims to extend protections to those that claim bankruptcy and the eligibility of what items are vulnerable in the estate. The bill is outlined in...
FPC pledges support of free speech in Come & Take It hat case
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/17/fpc-pledges-support-of-free-speech-in-come-take-it-hat-case-n58356
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/17/fpc-pledges-support-of-free-speech-in-come-take-it-hat-case-n58356
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The First and Second Amendments to the Constitution are arguably the most important. With the latter being more important than the former. When it comes to the freedom of expression, we can go down a rabbit hole on what is or is not appropriate. I remember once talking to a...
NY SAFE Act chronicles part 1: Meet victim Sandy and the storm created
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/16/ny-safe-ac…nicles-part-1-meet-victim-sandy-and-the-storm-created-n58296
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/16/ny-safe-ac…nicles-part-1-meet-victim-sandy-and-the-storm-created-n58296
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Editor's note- This piece by John Petrolino was written before Saturday's shooting in Buffalo, New York, but it's even more timely … Not only did that evaluation fail to find any evidence that the suspect posed a threat to himself or others, but as John details below…
NJ Gov Murphy’s stance on guns and bears gets people injured
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/14/nj-gov-murphys-stance-on-guns-and-bears-gets-people-injured-n58281
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/14/nj-gov-murphys-stance-on-guns-and-bears-gets-people-injured-n58281
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, aka, The Murph, embraces some of the most counterintuitive and dangerous philosophies around. I reported in 2020 about the impending end of New Jersey’s bear hunt that The Murph was pushing for. Well, he ended up weaseling in his wishes. Here we are now, a...
Hold My Guns® welcomes partners from WA and GA
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/14/hold-my-guns-welcomes-partners-from-wa-and-ga-n58248
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Many of us at Bearing Arms share similar views on things. While I can’t speak for Cam, Tom, Ranjit, et.al. directly on everything, I have heard from Cam on more than one occasion state an axiom that I too subscribe to; “There’s no one size fits all solution to gun...
A candid chat with NJ GOP Congressional candidate Philip Rizzo
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/13/a-candid-chat-with-nj-gop-congressional-candidate-philip-rizzo-n58232
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If the name Philip Rizzo rings a bell, that’s because in the last gubernatorial race, Rizzo faced off in the primaries with other GOP members; Jack Ciattarelli, Brian D. Levine, and Hirsh V. Singh. Ciattarelli ended up snagging the nomination to run against Governor Phil Murphy, however, Rizzo ran one...
Did a NJ Prosecutor’s office admit to gun buyback’s illegality?
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/11/did-a-nj-prosecutors-office-admit-to-gun-buybacks-illegality-n58149
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/11/did-a-nj-prosecutors-office-admit-to-gun-buybacks-illegality-n58149
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My query was as follows:
From: John Petrolino
To: Knab, Meghan G. … Warmest Regards,
John Petrolino
This fishing expedition yielded replies from two entities. … Warmest Regards,
John Petrolino
Shocking/not shocking that I received no further reply.…
Anti-civil rights Violence Policy Center dances in blood while admonishing the NRA
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/30/anti-civil…licy-center-dances-in-blood-while-admonishing-the-nra-n58842
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The Violence Policy Center (VPC) is not allowing the latest tragic event go to waste, while simultaneously taking pot shots at the National Rifle Association (NRA). VPC is the braintrust of anti-gun zealot, perhaps the Grand Wizard of hate towards firearms, Josh Sugarmann. Sugarmann, the current Executive Director, or one...
Misguided progressives in NJ need to get their minds right on school safety
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/29/misguided-progressives-in-nj-need-to-get-their-minds-right-n58847
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/05/29/misguided-progressives-in-nj-need-to-get-their-minds-right-n58847
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How many defensive gun uses are there annually? We can only estimate the number of successful self-defense scenarios, and that number, on the conservative side, is about one million times a year. It’s near impossible to put our fingers on it because we’d have to analyze every single person’s thoughts...