2nd amendment

Arizona Governor Vetoes 4 Pro-Gun Bills — Are You Okay With That?

By Jacob Paulsen / May 19, 2025

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs just vetoed four major pro-gun bills—including campus carry, suppressor legalization, and financial privacy protections. Are Arizona gun owners okay with this erosion of their rights?

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DOJ Defends Second Amendment in Supreme Court Brief

By Jacob Paulsen / May 3, 2025

Harmeet Dhillon, the new head of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, says her office will defend the Second Amendment—challenging restrictive state gun laws as civil rights violations. Could this mark a new era in federal gun rights enforcement?

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Biden Gun Control Campaign Takes Aim

The Biden Gun Control Campaign: A Tale of Ineffectiveness

By Mitch Goerdt / November 29, 2023

As President Biden’s reelection campaign kicks into high gear, it’s fixated on one major target: gun control. Amidst the unprecedented economic chaos our country faces today, the Biden Gun Control…

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Is Tulsi Gabbard an Alt-Right Second Amendment Extremist?

By Matthew Maruster / November 7, 2022

As of 2021, Tulsi Gabbard is no longer the State Representative of Hawaii, and just recently she left the Democratic Party, calling herself an Independant. I just found out that…

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NJ Latest State to Pass Gun Control Laws to Counter SCOTUS Ruling

By Matthew Maruster / July 6, 2022

Last month the Supreme Court affirmed that the Second Amendment indeed protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm outside their home. And perhaps more so, the Court’s opinion in…

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Independence Day Holiday and The Second Amendment

By Jacob Paulsen / June 28, 2022

As in years past, as Independence Day, AKA the July 4th holiday draws near, I ponder the founding fathers’ intention when they penned the Bill of Rights. The ever-important document…

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New Jersey & California Remove Unconstitutional Requirement From Concealed Carry License Process

By Matthew Maruster / June 27, 2022

Last week, the Supreme Court released two monumental legal opinions. In one, SCOTUS affirmed that words in the Bill of Rights actually mean what they mean. In the other, the…

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AR15 ban

Why Does Anyone Need an AR 15 Rifle?

By Matthew Maruster / June 15, 2022

When was the last time you heard that AR 15 assault rifles and other weapons of war have no place on our streets? Will banning or highly regulating all AR15…

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knife crime goes up in UK

Knife Attacks Cause Britain Schools to Teach Trauma Aid to Teens

By Matthew Maruster / May 25, 2021

Knife attacks continue to surge in several UK cities, prompting schools to introduce emergency knife wound trauma curriculum to teenagers. Not only are knife attacks a significant issue for Britains,…

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Episode 342: Surviving a Mass Shooting – Part 2

By Riley Bowman / August 22, 2019

Today, Riley and Jacob continue the discussion about the recent mass shootings that happened in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. We talk about strategies for prevailing if you ever find yourself in one. And we also talk about how to avoid getting mistaken as a “bad guy” by cops in the chaos if you do indeed choose to respond with your own gun.

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Episode 340: Surviving a Mass Shooting

By Riley Bowman / August 13, 2019

Today, Riley and Matthew talk about the recent mass shootings that happened in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. We talk about strategies for prevailing if you ever find yourself in one. And we also talk about how to avoid getting mistaken as a “bad guy” by cops in the chaos if you do indeed choose to respond with your own gun. Let us know what you think in the comments!!

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Episode 338: Revising the 4 Firearm Safety Rules

By Riley Bowman / August 7, 2019

Today, Riley and Matthew discuss the recent change ConcealedCarry.com made to the 4 Firearm Safety Rules as taught in our classes. The intent is to bring the rules into line with modern-day curriculum and practices both on the square range…and on the streets. Do you agree or disagree with these tweaks to the rules? If not, why??

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Episode 337: What Have You Changed Your Mind About Recently?

By Riley Bowman / July 30, 2019

Today, Riley and Jacob sit down for an honest and refreshing discussion about things they’ve recently learned and how their opinions have changed on things. This is a quest of knowledge and experience, and we should always seek to be learning, growing and keeping our minds open to new things.

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Episode 331: Getting Started in the Firearms Industry

By Riley Bowman / July 2, 2019

Today, Riley and Jacob sit down for a roundtable chat with Gary Ramey of Honor Defense firearms and Jason Wilson from Lucid Optics to talk about entrepreneurship in the firearms industry, how to break into the industry, what to do to get started.

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Episode 330: Legal Q&A with Andrew Branca and Chad Enos at KelTec

By Riley Bowman / July 1, 2019

Riley had the privilege of sitting down with and talking about legal questions and considerations together with Andrew Branca (Law of Self Defense) and Chad Enos (KelTec). Listeners and viewers submitted questions to us and were presented to Andrew for his responses. Chad added a unique perspective to the issues, and overall we had a great chat.

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