Jul 9, 2024 – New Jersey is one of the crown jewels of the anti-gun progressives. How did this happen? It’s a long history dating back to the Prohibition Era and beyond. Infringements are what Garden Staters have been dealing with for decades upon decades. A news clip provided to me by a colleague...

Jul 15, 2024 – Groups that were once “effective” in the anti-civil rights camp don’t always remain a crown jewel of the progressive glitterati. One such group that seems to continue to struggle to stay relevant is the Violence Policy Center. Josh Sugarmann, the founder and head of the group was directly responsible for...

Jul 18, 2024 – New Jersey is one of the holdout Bruen-affected states. Attorney General Matthew Platkin recently sent out a proposed rule that deals with racial bias in the state, something that’s been uncovered to be occurring in N.J.’s firearm permitting scheme. Naturally, the Second Amendment is not the topic of the lead...

Jul 25, 2024 – The post-Bruen United States is a place where people in progressive strongholds are dealing with different challenges. The District of Columbia is one of those places tha already has some really harsh laws, but seems to be trying to fly somewhat under the radar. Let’s be honest, the District has...

Jul 12, 2024 – Non-felonious disqualifiers for firearm possession and procurement are ripe for repeal/challenge across the country. The battle on who can and can’t be allowed to exercise their Constitutional right is waging on. There are fair enough indicators out there that if we look through things through the Rahimi lens, not many...

Jul 11, 2024 – One of the things about New Jersey and their firearm laws that often goes ignored is that the establishment makes patriots. The long and arduous history of infringements in the Garden State go way back. Just the other day I reported on litigation that’s nearly identical to litigation that was...

Oct 23, 2024 – A strange thing in New Jersey was the matter of home invasions. Prior to October 16, 2024, if there was a break-in at your home and you were burglarized, but the perpetrators did it in a violent manner, it was a burglary. The concept of “home invasion” was statutorily absent...

Oct 21, 2024 – I was first introduced to Irish Setter footwear mid 2023. I had a chance to try out the Irish Setter Elk Tracker XD boots and I was immediately impressed by them. The Elk Tracker XDs are rugged, full grain leather, well-made boots. I was accustomed to the hearty feel of...

Oct 22, 2024 – Several weeks ago while I was just settling in at my hotel in San Diego for Gun Rights Policy Conference, the news broke of a new Biden-Harris set of executive orders. The orders are a lot of the same semi-do-nothing posturing we’ve gotten from Uncle Joe. One thing that they...

Oct 28, 2024 – To echo Cam, sometimes it’s just too easy to come up with news out of the Windy City. Regularly our own editor-in-chief will pull stories from some Chicago publications that cover crime and public safety. Honestly, talking smack about the continual systemic failures of the city is just like shooting...

Oct 28, 2024 – “A well regulated militia…” is part of the prefatory clause to the Second Amendment. The clause is something that the anti-liberty camp clings to. The false “collective right” ideology sprung up in the 60’s said the Second Amendment is for a standing army. We’re told “regulated” means being under some...

Oct 30, 2024 – Several of us have been covering all the shenanigans in Massachusetts these last few months/years, and specifically the Bruen-response drama that has unfolded. We’ve seen the introduction and stalling of bills. The morphing and bait and switch tactics with proposed legislation. We saw how the lawmakers decided to break from...

Nov 4, 2024 – On October 2, 2024, the North Jersey chapter of the Friends of the National Rifle Association held a fundraising dinner. The dinner was helmed by John and “J.J.” Occhipinti, a father and son duo, who took over as committee chair and treasurer respectively, only last year. The event was held...

Mar 9, 2024 – One of the biggest misconceptions that’s projected upon the gun owning community is that we don’t care. Pictures that red-shirted commie mommies paint, or how so-called “non-policy” healthcare “researchers” describe gun owners are all patently false. The image is that all “we” care about is clinging to our guns and...

Mar 11, 2024 – When I heard that Irish Setter was releasing a new casual boot, I got pretty excited. I previously had the opportunity to try out the Irish Setter Elk Tracker XD boots last year and I was impressed with them. I had the opportunity to slide my meaty double-wide ten-and-a-half hobbit...

Mar 12, 2024 – Our friends over on the left coast have an uphill battle on anything “guns” in the Golden State. The regulations governing gun shows in California are rigorous and there have even been laws that resulted in litigation concerning the outlawing of such public assemblies in certain instances. Obstacles be damned,...

Mar 6, 2024 – The Garden State is never void of things to report on. As a matter of fact, covering the 2A news there is like drinking from a firehose. When you have a freedom-hating governor like Phil Murphy as the chief executive, bigots like Assemblyman John McKeon in office, and incredibly obtuse...

Mar 14, 2024 – We as “gun people” include a vast array of people, disciplines, and even ideologies. Our eclectic nature makes us a unique lot, but oftentimes it also may retard us a little. Are we living in a Gun Culture 2.0? Where on the spectrum of gunnyness are you? A recent email...

Mar 15, 2024 – New Jersey entered the fray of becoming a “shall-issue” state when it comes to permits to carry, albeit kicking and screaming. We all know that the landmark NYSRPA v. Bruen case is to thank for this wonderful thing. The upper crust in New Jersey has been having a hard time...

Mar 16, 2024 – There are scores of groups and individuals who are working towards the common goal of ensuring gun owners in need are looked after. The national conversation ping pongs back and forth between the firearms community and the medical field. The gun “problem” v. the mental health debate is happening, and...

Feb 27, 2024 – Tom recently reported on Friday’s late-breaking news concerning a decision out of California concerning “billy clubs.” The case, Fouts, et.al. v. Bonta, received a 25 page opinion from Judge Roger T. Benitez, and it really doubles down on what Second Amendment advocates and activists already know, “every law-abiding responsible individual...

Jan 20, 2024 – Women are one the largest growing demographics of gun owners. The days of so-called “gun stuff” being just for the stale, male, and pale are dwindling. We’re saying goodbye to the restrooms in shooting facilities that make truck stops look clean and the age of curicious bearded white dudes spitting...

Jan 18, 2024 – “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics,” Mark Twain famously quipped. When it comes to studies and reading rhetoric on them or the findings directly, we obviously need to focus on bias. Is there a bias? A recent study based on survey results noted that “nearly...

Jan 16, 2024 – Back in May of last year, I reported on the Kids S.A.F.E. getting a hearty monetary pledge from Vaultek, and I’m pleased to share with readers that the company has renewed its support. The Kids S.A.F.E. Foundation has been training and educating children on firearms since 2016 and without the...

Jan 16, 2024 – “Gun violence” or violence that happens to have been committed via a firearm is a hot-button debate and usually bent to serve a political motive. The problem when measuring violence committed via a firearm is that there needs to be a level of authenticity when tossing about the numbers. And...