John Petrolino
Contributor at Bearing Arms
Writer at Freelance
Writer and constitutional libertarian. Author of Decoding Firearms and contributor to @bearingarmscom @AmmoLand @guntruth #thepenpatriot #johnnydecoded
Articles
-
3 weeks ago |
shootingnewsweekly.com | John Petrolino
The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action has filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court in Rush v. United States. The case challenges the NFA’s unconstitutional restrictions on short-barreled rifles. This latest U.S. Supreme Court Filing comes on the heels of the denial of cert in both the Snope and Ocean State Tactical cases and the Court tossing Mexico’s lawfare attack on Smith & Wesson. The case revolves around Jamond M.
-
3 weeks ago |
bearingarms.com | John Petrolino
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen in filing a brief. The amicus supports a challenge to Maine’s unconstitutional waiting-period law, filed in the 1st Circuit. In 2024, a waiting-period law went into effect in Maine. The law imposed a 72-hour waiting period for the purchase of firearms. In February, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine the law from being enforced. On appeal to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, the state’s request for a stay on the order.
-
3 weeks ago |
bearingarms.com | John Petrolino
A federal court found the nation’s ban on machine guns unconstitutional. Now before the 5th Circuit, several groups have filed a pair of amici in support of the lower court’s ruling. Justin Bryce Brown was convicted of being in possession of an unregistered machine gun. A federal district court found that the ban was unconstitutional because the federal government was unable to prove the ban is consistent with regulations from 1791.
-
3 weeks ago |
bearingarms.com | John Petrolino
Massachusetts has been dealing with issues since their post-Bruen law change. Training has been a sticking point. Gun Owners’ Action League recently released an updated slide deck to help instructors. Gun Owners’ Action League is the Massachusetts National Rifle Association state affiliate club. GOAL’s training division has always been robust and helpful in ensuring trainers, as well as license candidates, are receiving correct information.
-
3 weeks ago |
bearingarms.com | John Petrolino
A Mexican National was sentenced to an almost six-year prison sentence for trafficking firearms. Edson Aregullin purchased over 150 firearms with the intent to smuggle them into Mexico from Georgia.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 1K
- Tweets
- 2K
- DMs Open
- Yes
RT @Guntalk: Heck of a week for 2A in SCOTUS, huh? WELL! Adam Kraut @theadamkraut from @2AFDN and Mark Smith @fourboxesdiner join me Sunday…
RT @NJFOSyndicate: SCOTUS just unanimously ruled in favor of Smith & Wesson in Smith & Wesson v. Mexico. Majority opinion authored by Justi…
Some important briefs were filed in a case involving machinegun possession. @NRA, @gunpolicy, and @FPCAction filed one. @GunOwners, @GunFoundation, @cnjfo, and more filed another. Take a read about the amicus briefs: https://t.co/qyVaHfmN0k