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Terrible Study Used in Attempt to Guilt Lawmakers Into Gun Control

2 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

Away from Bearing Arms, I've been on a bit of a crusade to protect children lately. I've always felt it was important, but things just sort of kicked me in the posterior in that regard, and I've been working toward that effort. And really, I'm about protecting kids here. I've advocated for hardening our schools and arming teachers and staff members so they can deal with school shootings far faster than the police can.
Oregon House Passes One Bad Bill, Kills Another

2 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

The National Firearms Act is currently facing the first real threat to its existence since it was passed in 1934. The measure restricted all kinds of things, including short-barreled long guns and suppressors. Neither are what some like to claim, but they're still going to make the claims in hopes of keeping them from becoming legal. Machine guns, however, are restricted at the federal level, and that includes things like full-auto switches.
Maryland Pawn Shop Thief Sentenced for Stealing 34 Guns

2 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

Maryland has embraced a lot of gun control in recent years. They were never really super fond of the Second Amendment so far as I can tell, but they've definitely been hostile toward it of late. That's a shame, too, because the right to keep and bear arms is just that, a right. It's bad news anytime a state decides the Bill of Rights is really just a list of polite suggestions at most. But despite all the laws on the books across the nation, bad guys keep getting guns.
Michigan State Senator Makes Interesting Argument Opposing 'Ghost Gun' Ban

2 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

So-called ghost guns have been a convenient bugaboo for anti-gun lawmakers and activists for a while now. The truth is that there's absolutely no way to stop someone from making one if they so desire, and those who are likely to use one for illegal purposes are most definitely not going to be discouraged from doing so because of a law on the books, but many still push for these laws. In Michigan, the state Senate just passed a slew of measures, including a "ghost gun" ban.
California Gun Control Working So Well, Culver City Rocked by Shootings

2 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

Which is kind of the point. But the issue is that the people who need to be discouraged generally aren't, while the folks who just want to protect themselves are the ones impacted. Prime evidence of this is what we're seeing reported out of Culver City, California.
Former ATF Official Agrees Adamiak Should Be Free

2 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

The story of Patrick "Tate" Adamiak really is more of a saga. What first looked like a bad guy being convicted of all sorts of terrible dealings turned out to be something entirely different. Adamiak wasn't and isn't a criminal, but he's in prison for 20 years just the same. A blatant miscarriage of justice, Tate Adamiak's case has been championed by Lee Williams at The Gun Writer. We here at Bearing Arms are trying to amplify the story as much as we can because, well, it stinks.
Gun Rights Groups Aren't Thrilled with Potential DEA/ATF Merger

2 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

The Trump administration is looking to get rid of the ATF. That's the good news. The bad news is that the way they're looking at doing it isn't by merging it with the FBI, like many of us expected, but with the DEA. This kind of came out of left field. Acting ATF Director Dan Driscoll talked about it last weekend on the Unsubscribe Podcast and noted that the rationale was that a combined DEA and ATF would focus on the cartels.
California Set to Make It Even More Expensive to Keep and Bear Arms

3 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

One reason many give for opposing citizen carry of any kind is that we're not trained as well as the police. We don't know what we're doing and we don't have to maintain their level of marksmanship standards. While they're overstating the training and standards of law enforcement more than a smidge, I can at least understand the concerns about training. If they were valid, at least. I don't think they are, though. Why do I say that?
The Double Standard on Protecting Our Schools

3 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

It seems like every story that involves a gun being fired in a school becomes national news. School safety is a concern for millions of Americans, and not entirely without reason. Our children are vulnerable, and we'd rather they be safe and sound, especially at a place they're required to be for a good chunk of the year. But there's also something of a double standard, which was pointed out by my friend Rob Morse. What should we do to protect our schools?
Wisconsin Supreme Court Dodges Important Gun Rights Case

3 days ago | bearingarms.com | Tom Knighton

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to rule on a case after hearing oral arguments, where they called into question the legality of the case’s foundation. Scot Van Oudenhoven was convicted in Calumet County of misdemeanor battery against the mother of his child in 1994. Under federal law, that crime is considered a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” and prevents Oudenhoven from owning a gun unless his conviction is expunged or set aside. In 2019, it was expunged.