Jun 9, 2025 –  Bearing Arms contributor John Petrolino was on the press call today, and managed to stump Platkin with an astute question about…

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 3, 2025 – Petrolino sent a letter to John H. … Bill of Rights, and the Second Amendment should not be treated like a second-class right," Petrolino wrote.That's far from the only … As both Gottlieb and Petrolino noted, this is unconstitutional, both at the federal and state levels.…

Jun 5, 2025 – A federal court found the nation’s ban on machine guns unconstitutional. Now before the 5th Circuit, several groups have filed a pair of amici in support of the lower court’s ruling.Justin Bryce Brown was convicted of being in possession of an unregistered machine gun. A federal district court found that...

Jun 4, 2025 – Massachusetts has been dealing with issues since their post-Bruen law change. Training has been a sticking point. Gun Owners’ Action League recently released an updated slide deck to help instructors.Gun Owners’ Action League is the Massachusetts National Rifle Association state affiliate club. GOAL’s training division has always been robust and...

Jun 3, 2025 – A Mexican National was sentenced to an almost six-year prison sentence for trafficking firearms. Edson Aregullin purchased over 150 firearms with the intent to smuggle them into Mexico from Georgia.According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, Edson Aregullin, 47, pled guilty in 2024 to...

Jun 3, 2025 – In 2004 the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act was enacted. LEOSA grants certain privileges to LEOs. New Jersey’s Retired Police Officer program is nothing short of insult to law-abiding gun owners.The passage and enactment of LEOSA made perfect sense. The law enables qualified law enforcement officers the ability to have...

Jun 2, 2025 – Students have First Amendment rights. Firearms Policy Coalition announced that lawyers representing a student with chilled pro Second Amendment speech requested an en banc review by the Sixth Circuit Court.The case, C.S. v. McCrumb, involves a student who was banned from wearing a hat by her school that had the...

Jun 2, 2025 – Tony Simon started the Second is For Everyone Diversity Shoots over a decade ago. A Rutgers Gun Violence Research Center member attended a shoot and dished on the positive experience.Several times a month across New Jersey, Tony Simon and his volunteers from supportive organizations like the Coalition of New Jersey...

Jun 1, 2025 – The National Rifle Association has been self-reforming. Part of getting that message out involves engaging with new audiences. It was announced the Association is now sponsoring Armed American Radio.Via a press release from the National Rifle Association, the organization announced they’ve teamed up to sponsor Mark Walters’ Armed American Radio....

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...

Apr 30, 2025 – The 2025 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting was a big one for the organization. After the membership meeting wrapped up–with a number of noteworthy happenings occurring there–the newly installed board met on Monday April 28. The election of officers did not go lock-step with what the nominating committee wished, and...

Apr 28, 2025 – In the wake of NYSRPA v. Bruen, a number of liberal leaning states enacted prohibitive carry laws in response. In September 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 2, the Golden State’s Bruen-response law, and it went into effect on January 1, 2024. Firearms instructor and San Diego County Gun Owners...

Apr 28, 2025 – President Donald J. Trump has been attending the National Rifle Association's annual meeting every year for nearly a decade. Trump did not make it to the 2025 NRAAM, but did send in a video message. Pundits have been skeptical of Trump's pro Second Amendment stance, however advocacy groups have been...

Apr 25, 2025 – The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives announced in late April 2025 that they’ve released their “Fact Sheet - Facts and Figures for Fiscal Year 2024.” The report offers an interesting glimpse into what the agency was doing last year.Some of the data that’s within the report includes:Personnel numbers...

Apr 24, 2025 – State colleges and universities receive quite a large amount of funding from taxpayers. What’s their responsibility as far as keeping students safe? What’s within their powers to restrict their students from lawful self-defense? How do the state colleges and universities measure up in New Jersey when it comes to their...

Apr 19, 2025 – On April 19, 2025, many in the United States will be observing the 250th anniversary of the shot heard around the world. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were when the conflict between the British colonists and British regulars–Americans and the British–went from cold to hot.Alan Gottlieb, the chairman of...

Apr 18, 2025 – weapon ban wouldn't have done anything, either.The state's red flag law also didn't do a damn thing, either.But on Wednesday, our own John … Petrolino covered a study that shows something that would have. … John R. Lott, Jr, and Dr. Carlisle E.…

Apr 18, 2025 – On April 8, 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the establishment of a task force to restore faith in the intelligence community. One of the first moves was the  declassification of a Biden era document on domestic terrorism. What were their priorities? Curtail the creation of so-called “ghost...

Apr 17, 2025 – Our own John Petrolino talked a bit about that on Wednesday.…

Apr 17, 2025 – In 2021, permitless carry was enacted in Texas. While a permit or license is not required to carry a firearm in the Lonestar State, Firearm Policy Coalition points out there are common locations where carry is banned. On April 16, 2025, FPC filed a motion for a summary judgment in...

Apr 16, 2025 – Active shooter events have been tracked by the FBI for over two decades. There are interesting results when those statistics are compared to other data. A new study states that civilian responses to these events are less adverse than police responses. The April 2025 study found that “armed citizens do...

Apr 15, 2025 – The United States Concealed Carry Association is a multi-tiered organization. Known for their membership program that includes legal services to firearm owners, they’ve also become a formidable force when it comes to firearms training. At SHOT Show® 2025, they announced the rollout of a new non-lethal training program.For a number...

Apr 14, 2025 – The National Rifle Association holds an annual election for their board of directors. 25 directors–who serve three years each–are selected by voting members. The 2025 BOD election results were just released, as reported by the “American Rifleman.”Previously reported–Part One and Part Two–there are two different slates or camps eyeing or...

Apr 12, 2025 – Over the years banking institutes have labeled federal firearm licensed dealers as a so-called “vice” industry. Companies have been punished via high rates or unjustified debanking. Elite 2A Pay is a credit processing company that respects the Second Amendment and firearm industry.Director of Sales Adam Yaras from Elite 2A Pay...