May 22, 2024 – The Violence Policy Center is nearly a do-nothing group in 2024. Maybe once upon a time they had more clout, but today, they put up the veneer of #doingsomething. In one of their recent mailings they included all kinds of pompous and self-righteous claims. The message asks the question, “How...

Jul 1, 2024 – We’ve had the distinct pleasure of following the Kids S.A.F.E. Foundation over the years, chronicling their many successes. We’ve celebrated their fifth anniversary, trips to California, a trip to Hawaii, and we even covered when they instructed and trained a blind youth. Recently our friend Mike Sodini from Walk the...

Jul 5, 2024 – There’s a great resource for Garden State gun owners that’s fairly new and worth talking about. The “NJ NICS Research Center'' has a panacea for those gun owners who need to temporarily store their firearms outside the home. The data exposes some potentially inconvenient facts the leadership in New Jersey...

Jun 28, 2024 – What is and is not Constitutional is going to continue to be a hotbed of debates going forward as pro-liberty forces collide with progressive anti-American pinkos. One thing that’s going to be a big stick in the anti-liberty camp’s craw is that a left of center justice all but ensured...

Jul 1, 2024 – :The Gun Experiment - Hunter Biden, 2A Racial Bias, National Security and Two Genders ControversyArmed American Radio - 06-13-24 John … Petrolino from Bearing Arms discusses the NJ gun grabber continuing effortsGunStuff LIVE - #235 - John Petrolino, Popticals and Mountain … Permit to Carry Dashboard Reveals Startling DiscoveriesThe Gun For Hire Radio Broadcast - Episode 677, John Petrolino joins us to discuss…

Jul 7, 2024 – Depending on where you’re going to be traversing terrain in different regions, being sufficiently shod could be something to consider when picking out boots. Snakes are an issue for some folks in the U.S. and there are protective options out there to mitigate bad outcomes from encounters with these slithery...

Jul 6, 2024 – Independence day holds a very special place in the hearts of most Americans. On the 4th, Cam penned an exquisite tribute to the birth of our nation and talked about process, drawing from a speech given during our 150th anniversary. I urge you to read Cam’s piece if you have...

Nov 6, 2022 – Ohio has and continues to have solid support for the Second Amendment. Looking at the Buckeye State, Ohio really does have some of the better gun laws. Ohio has gone permitless carry and Ohio came fairly close last legislative session to becoming a Second Amendment Sanctuary state. The other day Cam...

Mar 21, 2024 – Last week the New Jersey Office of Attorney General released the new Permit to Carry “Dashboard.” The website is a way for the public to look into carry permit data. The dashboard made available information on how many applications there were, denials, the jurisdictions, and other information. With Attorney General...

Jul 13, 2022 – States and jurisdictions are scrambling to fall in line with new directives in light of NYSRPA v. Bruen. In some states, such as New Jersey, things are still a mish-mashed mess of many people on both ends of the application process just not sure what exactly to do. Then there are...

Dec 18, 2024 – Here at “Bearing Arms” we generally value seeing good people doing good things in the Second Amendment community. The multitude of groups, organizations, and individuals doing yeoman's work when it comes to activism and advocacy truly safeguard our fundamental rights. One group that’s been a friend to both the Second...

Dec 31, 2024 – A misdemeanor of domestic violence will bar people from exercising their Second Amendment in the United States. While this is in no way a pro-domestic violence stance, it is a pro-rehabilitation one. Recently a case out of Virginia involved a man who had his rights restored leaving him not fully...

Dec 16, 2024 – Dr. John Lott has been bringing the U.S. his statistical analysis on all things crime and firearm related via the Crime Prevention Research Center since 2013. Lott’s work on crime and the like dates back to a 1997 co-written article, "Crime, Deterrence and Right-To-Carry Concealed Handguns.” The CPRC has been...

Dec 31, 2024 – I once joked with our own John Petrolino that his home state was so restrictive, that he should consider relocating to a free state…

Jan 1, 2025 – In a post-Bruen United States, every jurisdiction is “shall issue.” Well, we all know that’s kind of true, with there still being several issues with many of the former “may issues” regimes. The number of legal carriers will/has gone up – either via permits being accessible or permitless laws. But...

Dec 19, 2024 – On March 27, 2023, it was announced by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin that his office seized control of the Paterson Police Department. In that announcement, it was said that the Office of the Attorney would be “superseding the Paterson Police Department, and assuming control of all police functions,...

Dec 20, 2024 – The battle over protecting arms wages on. The District of Columbia has been and continues to be a ripe battlefield for regaining Second Amendment rights. The District keeps setting up the rest of the progressive strongholds for failure, as they did with the Heller case. Among the many restrictive laws the...

Dec 28, 2024 – On July 4, 2024, Louisiana became the 29th permitless carry state in the U.S. While not needing to have a permit to carry in the Pelican State might be law, that does not mean there are no permits in the state. There are many reasons why an individual might want...

Dec 24, 2024 – There’s a glut of so-called “studies” and surveys out there that are heavily funded by entities that have a bias against the exercise of the Second Amendment. At Bearing Arms, we try to report on work that’s done by groups that we trust. Walk the Talk America has been doing...

Dec 27, 2024 – The Second Amendment Foundation is no stranger to the pages of Bearing Arms. SAF is a stalwart guardian of our rights and celebrated 50 years of operation this year. The Foundation runs on donations from its membership and generous partners. Recently the Second Amendment Foundation announced that Daniel Defense has...

Dec 22, 2024 – Just one week ago we were reporting on so-called “turn-in” events in the Windy City. The philosophy of course is that if the public servants can remove firearms from the equation, all their crime issues will go with them. Many know that statistically, that’s not true, and in reality, it’s...

Dec 23, 2024 – While attending the SHOT Show® 2023 Industry Day at the Range, I had a chance to try out the new-to-2023 Stevens by Savage 560 semi-automatic field shotgun. It was on January 12, 2023 is when Savage publicly announced the release of the gun. I was impressed with the lightweight shotgun...

Dec 21, 2024 – Hawaii is a special kind of place. Being the youngest of all the states with one of the oldest histories, there have been some growing pains, to put it lightly. It’s important to embrace and continue to celebrate the cultural practices and traditions of Hawaii prior to its territorial annexation...

Dec 29, 2024 – Earlier this year when New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin released the permit to carry dashboard, we did a lot of coverage on the data. Platkin’s dashboard provided a treasure trove of information. One of the very first things that was covered when looking at the information was that there...

Dec 30, 2024 – There’s no lack of conflict in the world today. We live in a country where we’re nearly divided in half – yes with some deviation from that at times, a little left or a little right. Gun culture or the gun community, as it might be called, is no different....