Aug 10, 2023 – The Second Amendment Foundation has been hosting the annual Gun Right Policy Conference for the last 37 years, and the 38th is rapidly approaching. If you’re a member of the Second Amendment Foundation (if you’re not you can still join), this event is open to you free of charge. All...

Aug 10, 2023 – If you need any evidence to show that we’re marching closer to becoming a Banana Republic, these are the nesting dolls of proof. My colleague John Crump is a journalist who writes for AmmoLand News and he also distributes his content through online video platforms. Crump has covered some groundbreaking...

Aug 9, 2023 – In order to stay relevant, any movement, cause, or industry must stay with the times. In 2023, it’s a poison pill if you don’t utilize social media. Not having some sort of an online presence really will negatively affect the way the public interacts with whatever message you’re standing behind....

Aug 27, 2023 – Anthony Matarese Jr. is a world-class clays shooter. Hailing from Pennsville, New Jersey, where he and his family own and operate M and M Hunting & Sporting Clays, the multi-award winning champion put out a book on the art of shooting sporting clays last year. I had an opportunity to...

Aug 25, 2023 – The last few days there's been a flurry of correspondence and information about a story I'm covering. EvoJoe, a Tik Tok personality was pulled over in Toms River, New Jersey, and dealt with an ill-informed officer concerning car carry. The officer accused Joe of illegally carrying a firearm even though...

Aug 24, 2023 – The other day I wrote about some allegations that a Tik Tok user who goes by the handle of EvoJoe made about the Toms River, N.J. police. According to Joe - whose last name I’ll be withholding until I have full permission to use it - he was pulled over...

Aug 22, 2023 – Carrying a firearm in the Garden State is coming with some real growing pains for some people. That’s understandable - somewhat. Something that was completely verboten and looked down upon as being strictly criminal, is now legal when someone bears a permit to carry. We are battling both legal and...

Aug 21, 2023 – The readers of Bearing Arms are not shocked and awed by reading what we’ll call “gun stuff.” Obviously, we come to such sites with the intention of taking in the latest on firearms and liberty. Not all of us agree on everything, but the chasm between what I’ll call “our”...

Aug 20, 2023 – The cancer of progressive politics has metastasized into incredible proportions and state policymakers, as well as executives, have been scrambling to do everything in their power to subvert the Supreme Court’s orders in NYSRPA v. Bruen. Massachusetts has been the fifth or sixth - depending on how you view it...

Aug 19, 2023 – When it comes to content on training and the mechanics of shooting activities, a lot goes into that. This is why whenever I talk to students about content - whether it’s written, video, audio, etc. - that whatever they choose comes from trusted and reputable sources. I stumbled upon a...

Sep 17, 2023 – The Liberty Safe story has been covered by nearly every active contributor of Bearing Arms, and for good reason. The quandary between what happened and whether or not Liberty did “the right thing” will haunt PR officials and corporate policy creators for decades. Did Liberty go far enough with damage...

Sep 12, 2023 – Women are the largest growing demographic of new gun owners in America and these unprecedented times have pushed many to take the dive. New Jersey, in particular, gun ownership might be growing more and more, with people realizing the civil liberty is within reach in a post NYSRPA v. Bruen...

Sep 11, 2023 – This is the fourth piece in a series concerning a Tik Tok personality’s traffic stop. Tik Toker Joe Campisano, who goes by the name “EvoJoe” over at his channel, is a New Jersey permit to carry holder. Previously chronicled was Campisano’s stop, which he discussed in an online video, about getting...

Sep 27, 2023 – Covering crime and violence in the Garden State is usually like shooting fish in a barrel. That being said, it’s all too hard to ignore the influx of violent criminal activity that’s being reported on through the local Patch recently. All of these cases can be chalked up to “just...

Sep 26, 2023 – United States Senator Robert “Bob” Menendez, D- N.J., was recently indicted for federal corruption charges, again. The perennially disgraced Senator is not rounding the corner of controversy for the first time in his sordid career. In 2015 the Senator was indicted on corruption charges - surprise surprise - and in...

Sep 25, 2023 – The landmark NYSRPA v. Bruen decision is one that’s going to reverberate for decades, and then some. There are still so many battles to have, with executives and legislators all over the country thumbing their nose at the decision. The unsung heroes in cases like this are the attorneys that...

Sep 24, 2023 – The group Violence Policy Center may have been a group to contend with many years ago, and change is something they have enacted…But that was over thirty years ago. The group, in an attempt to stay relevant has popped out a new fundraising email to act as a “look at...

Sep 22, 2023 – Carry and everything surrounding it has become beyond contentious in certain jurisdictions since the NYSRPA v. Bruen decision was handed down. While state executives and lawmakers are scrambling to get a brass ring from the DC liberal elite on who gets a work-around to the decision, ordinary citizens are having...

Oct 7, 2023 – United States v. Rahimi is a case dealing with a prohibited person being in possession of arms. Just the other day I covered one of the many amici briefs that have been filed in support of Rahimi, one that the Second Amendment Foundation wrote. There’s a lot of attention being...

Oct 5, 2023 – In March of 2023 a petition for writ of certiorari was filed with the Supreme Court of the United States in a case called United States of America v. Zackey Rahimi. The Rahimi case has caused quite a stir and uproar from different levels and directions. It’s difficult to separate...

Oct 4, 2023 – The Professional Outdoor Media Association announced on social media on October 2, 2023 that they have hired a new Executive Director. The organization had been on the hunt for a new Executive Director since July, when Thomas MacAulay, the former one, departed the organization. The group enthusiastically introduced the public...

Oct 4, 2023 – Control freak state and local jurisdictions have done and continue to do everything within their powers to subvert the Second Amendment. We’ve seen it time and time again, a locality that just can’t handle freedom ringing, so they go forward with passing some sort of an unconstitutional resolution or ordinance....

Oct 3, 2023 – A company that I never paid much attention to has recently impressed me with several of their products. Previously I had the chance to review one of Coast’s flashlights and one of their headlamps. While these products may or may not fulfill any one person’s particular needs, I did find...

Oct 2, 2023 – The other month I reported on a lawsuit concerning privacy violations built into the Hawai’i County code when applying for a license to carry. The case, Grell v. County of Hawaii, went after provisions in the law where the issuing authority was requiring applicants to waive their protections of confidential...

Sep 30, 2023 – The other day I got a text message from my friend Jimmy. “Do you know the opening line to ‘Sweet Caroline’??? ‘Where it began…’ Three years ago today, my friend!” I knew exactly what he was talking about, but figured I’d play along. “Our anniversary?” Jimmy corroborated that, “yes sir,...