1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (340+ words) Paul Birdsong, the leader of Philadelphia's armed citizens group the Panthers, gripped a walkie-talkie in one hand and an AR-12 semiautomatic shotgun in the other. He was inside the Panthers' headquarters, a modest two-story rowhouse in a bustling section of…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago  (552+ words) There are a lot of ways to ship goods, and I think I've gotten something via most of them that are still in service today. Not, as I've had to point out to my son, the Pony Express, which was…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago  (347+ words) Empowered 2 A, an initiative by Gun Owners of America, is breaking new ground by actively encouraging greater female participation in the firearms community. Founded on the principle that Gun Rights are Women's Rights, the program launched National Women's Range Day…...

1+ day, 18+ min ago  (514+ words) When our Founding Fathers crafted the Bill of Rights, it was with the understanding that these weren't rights being created by the state, but being expressly preserved in order to keep the fledgling nation from potentially falling into tyranny. They…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1276+ words) There's few names more ubiquitous than Wesson when it comes to firearms. I had a chat with Eric Wesson " the grandson of Dan Wesson " and he talks about everything Wesson. While attending the 2026 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting, Wesson stopped…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (475+ words) Groups like Moms Demand Action--which sounds more like an adult film studio as opposed to a gun control group--present themselves as the American mothers' political voice on guns and so-called gun violence. When they speak, the media often…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (617+ words) As we've been reporting here at Bearing Arms, a growing number of prosecutors and sheriffs across Virginia are declaring they won't be enforcing the state's ban on "assault firearms" and "large capacity" magazines if the laws takes effect on July…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (714+ words) Protecting or restoring a basic civil liberty should never be dismissed on any grounds at all, but I understand that anti-gunners tend to disagree with me on that. They argue against gun rights restoration and use all manner of studies…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (781+ words) Violent crime has dropped faster than Leonardo Di Caprio dropping a girlfriend on her 25th birthday, but we all know we still have a long way to go before we approach anything anyone would find remotely acceptable. It's something I tend…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (632+ words) As of May 2026, twenty-nine states have enacted Constitutional Carry. Where can gun rights activists expect the move for Second Amendment freedom? I was really gunning for Virginia to join the Constitutional Carry club post 2025. That dream turned into a nightmare…...