Oct 26, 2025 – have banned them entirely.But he's on his way out, which means it's time for someone new in the governor's mansion, and as our own John … Petrolino writes at America's 1st Freedom, the odds of gun rights coming out of this election in a decent place are better than ever.In … of a reason for her to discuss it, but it's probably because it's not as winning an issue for her as she might like to think.As John…

Nov 3, 2025 – The spouse of a woman that was wrongfully committed to a psychiatric facility had his firearms confiscated. Elsid Aliaj is suing Fort Lee, N.J. to get back his property.Earlier this year Aliaj’s wife was tended to at a walk-in medical facility for pregnancy-related health concerns. What was supposed to be...

Nov 3, 2025 – On October 31, 2025, a Massachusetts joint committee met to ramrod 40+ bills through the process. Representative David Paul Linsky couldn't handle the heat and had some boo boo feels.With just over a week's notice, advocates and activists prepped for another round of garbage from the Massachusetts state legislature. It...

Oct 30, 2025 – The National Rifle Association has undergone several changes. Under the NRA 2.0 leadership, the Association has been righting itself and they’ve announced that major changes are coming effective immediately.NRA President Bill Bachenberg has been a long-time member of the Board of Directors. Bachenberg assumed the office of president in April...

Oct 29, 2025 – On Halloween 2025, a Massachusetts joint committee will consider a pile of over 40 bills related to firearms. Mysteriously, the signup to testify went down hours before the advertised deadline.News broke the other week that the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security will be hearing a package of...

Oct 29, 2025 – The Department of Justice is asking a federal district court to clarify a ruling; a request that would gut the court's decision that found some post office carry prohibitions to be unconstitutional.The case Firearms Policy Coalition v. Bondi is a challenge to the law that prohibits lawful carry of firearms...

Oct 29, 2025 – pro-gun Congress for that, so New Jersey is going to matter.It's going to matter a lot on that front.To say nothing about our own John … Petrolino, a New Jersey boy, not having to wonder if living in Massachusetts or Illinois would be a much freer state to exist in,…

Oct 22, 2025 – Massachusetts’ gubernatorial election is in 2026. Anne Brensley, a candidate for lieutenant governor recently had death threats sent to her and it highlights the importance of being able to self-defend.Anne Brensley is currently running as a GOP candidate in the lieutenant governor race in Massachusetts. As of this time, she’s...

Oct 13, 2025 – The 2026 National Rifle Association Board of Directors election is ramping up. 25 candidates will be selected by the membership. We have a full slate of who’s on the ballot.Previously reported, the National Rifle Association Nominating Committee released a report recommending 30 individuals who they thought would be a good...

Oct 10, 2025 – Knife Rights, Inc. v. Bonta challenges California’s prohibition on switchblade knives. Oral arguments were delivered on appeal in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week by attorney John Dillon.On October 8, 2025, attorney John Dillon — from the Dillon Law Group — delivered oral arguments in the U.S....

Oct 9, 2025 – Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, and two citizens secured an injunction concerning carry at post offices. The United States Postal Service gave Bearing Arms their comment on the ruling.Previously reported on September 30, 2025, FPC, SAF, et.al. received a favorable ruling in Firearms Policy Coalition Inc, et.al. v. Bondi....

Oct 8, 2025 – When philanthropist and businessman Mike Candido heard the local hospital could use gun locks, it created a cascading effect. What started as a pet project morphed into something much bigger.Candido is the president of J. Moore & Co. Mechanical Contractors and a philanthropist in North New Jersey. Over the years,...

Oct 9, 2025 – Jersey's anti-gun regulations have long been a sore spot for me, personally, and I don't even live there.When I've joked with our own John … Petrolino that he needs to move to a freer state like Massachusetts or Illinois, and there was some truth to them being freer, at … John stays to keep up the good fight, of course, and I applaud him for that, but it's still just a sad state of affairs that there's…

Oct 7, 2025 – During the September 26 Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms meeting, firearms industry member Rick Patterson was nominated and then elected to the Board of Directors.The 2025 Gun Rights Policy Conference co-hosted by CCRKBA and the Second Amendment Foundation came and went. The day of the...

Oct 6, 2025 – The National Rifle Association’s annual Board of Directors election season is gearing up. The nominating committee released their report in August and there are 13 incumbents not on their list.Previously reported, the NRA Nominating Committee for the 2026 Board of Directors election released their report in August 2025. The committee...

Oct 4, 2025 – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has added advocate/activist Ryan Petty to its Board of Directors. At the September 26 meeting, Petty was unanimously elected.During the 2025 Gun Rights Policy Conference, co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep...

Oct 3, 2025 – The Second Amendment Foundation had their annual board meeting on September 26, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bryan Strawser was elected to fill a vacancy as a board member.The Second Amendment Foundation’s meeting is held in conjunction with the annual Gun Rights Policy Conference. The conference just wrapped up...

Oct 1, 2025 – A federal court ruled that prohibitions on carrying firearms in post offices are unconstitutional. This ruling comes out of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.On September 30, 2025, Chief United States District Judge Reed O’Connor delivered an opinion on Firearms Policy Coalition Inc, et.al. v. Bondi....

Sep 30, 2025 – The Gun Rights Policy Conference just wrapped up. Arizona Representative Quang Nguyen was named “Legislator of the Year” by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.Co-hosted annually by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, the Gun Rights...

Sep 29, 2025 – Women are the largest growing demographic of new gun owners. Iron Rose Shooting Club caters to women and is hosting their “Rise Together” weekend, October 4, 2025 in N.H.With an emergence in female gun ownership, the days of painting it pink and calling it good are over. Groups like the...

Sep 30, 2025 – That's easy to miss, though, because not everyone pays attention to the inside baseball for a number of reasons.But as our own John … Petrolino pointed out over at Ammoland, there's something new worth taking a look at.The National Rifle Association has been under…

Sep 28, 2025 – The 2025 Gun Rights Policy Conference co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms will be broadcast via livestream. The livestream for Sunday, September 28, 2025 will start at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time (8:00 a.m. Pacific, 10:00 a.m. Central, and 11:00 a.m....

Sep 27, 2025 – The 2025 Gun Rights Policy Conference co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms will be broadcast via livestream. The livestream for Saturday, September 27, 2025 will start at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time (7:00 a.m Pacific, 9:00 a.m. Central, and 10:00 a.m....

Sep 26, 2025 – Cresskill, New Jersey’s town council on September 24 voted on a permit to carry rebate ordinance. The move, with bipartisan support, passed via a 4-1 vote, with one councilmember absent.Since June 2025, permit to carry rebate resolutions and ordinanceshave been spreading across New Jersey. Originally introduced and passed in Englishtown,...

Sep 25, 2025 – Glenn Shiroma was convicted of a misdemeanor assault in 1992. According to Hawaii law, someone similarly situated would be eligible for firearm ownership as long as 20 years without incident have passed since the offense, but in 2023, Shiroma applied for a PTA and was denied. In May 2025 Shiroma...