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...

Dec 13, 2024 – Activist and advocacy groups are at the foundation of preservation of the Second Amendment. Outside of rank-and-file gun owners and supporters, groups do heavy lifting with the support of their members and benefactors in an organized manner. The Second Amendment Institute is one such group that has been working to...

Dec 15, 2024 – The topic of so-called “gun violence” is surrounded by misleading ideas and alleged statistics. From governmental agencies fudging the numbers on who qualifies as a child, to ignoring suicide completions when weighing the numbers, the firearm death and injury statistics are constantly bent to serve a narrative. Two gun turn-in...

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...

Jan 14, 2024 – The age of minority versus the age of majority is a slippery and sliding scale. The gun rights battlefront has been waging war on laws affecting those between the ages of 18 and 21, and has been seeking to overturn restrictions on a population the United States considers adults. The...

Jan 12, 2024 – It’s not everyday that you have an opportunity to lay down some bragging rights about two of your friends in one piece. When I heard the news the other day that two staunch Second Amendment supporters and activists were elected to the board of a gun rights organization, I was...

Apr 3, 2024 – The pandering from the anti-civil rights camp in America is getting out of control. So-called “non-partisan researchers" keep coming up with these so-called “studies” with groundbreaking – eye roll – findings. Cam touched on one aspect of a recently published study out of Colorado that supposedly “doesn't push policy”, but...

Mar 20, 2024 – There’s very little that the progressive anti-civil liberty camp can lean on when it comes to regulations on the Second Amendment – the SCOTUS says so. Sure, there are a ton of laws and infringements, enough to go around. If you asked me, “John, is there going to be a...

Mar 18, 2024 – There are a multitude of different affordable, but high quality knives on the market. I was introduced to the CIVIVI brand of knives last year and am pleased with what I’ve experienced so far. CIVIVI is a subsidiary of We Knife, a line of quality everyday carry and utilitarian knives....

Mar 22, 2024 – Last week New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin released a permit to carry “dashboard.” The dashboard contains an aggregate of available and imputed data about permit applications in the Garden State. It shows denials, how many were issued, and contains demographic information. This dashboard has created quite a stir, with...

Mar 24, 2024 – Our favorite three-letter agency – well, it’s a five-letter agency, but why split hairs – isn't generating many warm feelings from too many people these days. In recent times, the BATFE has become an agency that’s hell-bent on seeing the destruction of our rights, rather than being supportive of them....

Mar 29, 2024 – The topic of the age of minority versus the age of majority is one riddled with what’s been convenient to the federal government. Dating back to the first draft of the Selective Service, the age of majority was considered 21. That is until there were not enough men of age...

Jun 19, 2024 – It says a lot about how little New Jersey cares for people's rights.Our own John Petrolino touched on just what kind of games New Jersey…

May 9, 2024 – Last week I uncovered some data that’s potentially biased against Black applicants for permits to carry in New Jersey. Looking at numbers that I received via Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s permit to carry dashboard, after the filing of an Open Public Record Act request, I found that Black applicants have...