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...

Feb 26, 2023 – The phrase “safe storage” needs to be completely removed from our vocabulary. Something called “responsible storage” however is more appropriate. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to firearm storage and dictating how any one individual shall store a firearm is not going to make anyone safer. That’s not stopping Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin...

Feb 25, 2023 – Aero Precision, the firearm maker known for their AR variant rifles, has committed to supporting a children’s firearm safety program for another year. Aero, who has sustained support of the Kids S.A.F.E. foundation for a number of years, has pledged a contribution even larger than last year. In a recent...

Feb 23, 2023 – Many Second Amendment supporters in the U.S. are well aware of the slanted statistics that are always pushed forward. Things are conveniently left out, as was discussed recently by Dr. John Lott, on an episode of Gun Owners Radio. For example, when someone says that the U.S. has the most...

Feb 22, 2023 – A recent flurry of press releases announced that twenty governors across the U.S. have decided to align themselves and their administrations with pro-abortion policies. Since the Supreme Court made a decision that reversed Roe v. Wade, the pinkos have gone apoplectic on what they think that means. Regardless of what...

Feb 21, 2023 – The Beaver State, like other progressive strong-holds, has a tendency to dominate the news concerning Second Amendment issues. We all know that’s not because they have a reputation for being awesome about coming up with new freedom enhancing laws. They’re talked about often because they work on strengthening their death-grip...

Feb 20, 2023 – Back in August of 2021, we covered a case out of Hawaii dealing with their unconstitutional permitting laws. Yukutake v. Connors was argued before the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, and the court found for the plaintiffs. In that decision, the court found that Hawaii's laws on...

Feb 20, 2023 – precedent statewide, it is a blow to the state's restrictive gun control regime, and more may be on the way, as Bearing Arms contributor John … Petrolino will detail later today.…

Oct 27, 2021 – The progressives are scrambling to try and take control of the rhetoric. The facts are though, they're out of their wheelhouse, and will pull at any word, sentence, or even syllable they can to try and spin things their way. We're talking about the upcoming arguments in NYSRPA, which are...

Oct 27, 2021 – New Jersey citizens have been under the thumb of its own government for many years, however the last three and a half have been a very special kind of tyranny. With Governor Phil Murphy in office we've seen taxes go up and freedoms dissipate. Murphy signed into law several bills...

Oct 25, 2021 – When we hear about training requirements in the context of firearms, we're usually thinking about the unconstitutional practice that proliferates in states like Massachusetts. The Bay state requires citizens to undergo firearm training prior to being able to own a firearm. Other states use Massachusetts as an example when discussing...

Oct 23, 2021 – Warmest Regards, John Petrolino I received no reply. … Warmest Regards, John Petrolino Well, I got my answer. No answer. … Warmest Regards, John Petrolino And here we are. No reply.…