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Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973.
He taught the Arizona concealed & carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained.
The legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands is considering making their extreme firearms laws even more restrictive. The Virgin Island laws have yet to be challenged as infringements of rights protected by the Second Amendment rights in the Courts.
Unknown drones have interrupted air traffic over several Danish airports. This, combined with the Ukraine/Russian war has resulted in some Danes taking individual and family preparations for possible attacks more seriously.
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) numbers for firearms sales are up about 2% in September 2025, compared to September 2024.
Christian Craighead, the retired British SAS operator credited with interrupting and stopping the Islamic terrorist attack in Nairobi on January 15, 2019, gave a keynote address at the Gun Rights Policy Conference.
A 72-year-old man was fatally attacked by a 70 lb black bear in Arkansas on September 3, 2025. He died on September 14, 2025.
A federal District Judge ruled the government ban on the possession and carry of firearms in Post Offices violates the rights protected by the Second Amendment.
The Trump administration issued a final rule that effectively rescinded all the firearms export changes made by the Biden administration.
Mark gave a supercharged and superbly informative one-hour presentation at AMM*Con. The subject was “How to Report on 2A Supreme Court and Other Cases”.
17 grizzly bears have been killed in Montana as of August of 2025. About 77 grizzly bears are in the contiguous 48 states each year. About half the grizzly bears in the lower 48 live in Montana. Between 4 and 6 of the bears were killed in defensive shootings.
In a split decision, the three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ordered the case remanded to the district court and has ordered the case dismissed.
Research into the effect of European firearm laws finds the number of legally owned guns has no effect on homicide rates. The research comes from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
The arguments put forward by the Trump administration is doing more to restore Second Amendment rights than any other administration.
The Palm Beach Post published an opinion article on open carry in Florida. They get a few things wrong.
The Charlie Kirk assassination does not show he was wrong about infringements on the Second Amendment. It shows his opponents have lost the debate and are resorting to force.
Thomas Massie has re-introduced the Safe Students Act, to repeal the controversial and unconstitutional Gun-Free School Zone Act.
The homeowner says police never announced themselves and thought they were possibly criminals. He exited the garage armed with a pistol.
The three-judge panel is considering whether Rehaif is relevant. Using Rehaif to remand the case allows them to avoid ruling on whether the GFSZ Act is unconstitutional.
A Florida court has stuck down the Florida ban on the open carry of firearms. There are five states which still generally ban the open carry of firearms, and six states which require a permit in order to legally open carry handguns.
The video of a homeowner defending his home from a black bear intruder has gone viral. The Defender has added some details, explaining how the bear got in, and what firearm and ammunition was used.
The legislature in the United States Territory of Guam has overridden the Democrat Governor’s veto. Suppressors will now be legal to possess in the territory of Guam.
Firearms sales in August of 2025 are down approximately ten percent from August of 2024. There has been a small, but persistent drop in firearms sales, as measured by the National Shooting Sport Foundation.
The standard was established under the Wallen case, when Dan Calvert Wallen shot 3 grizzly bears on his property with a .22 rimfire rifle.
A state Superior Court has published an opinion holding the right to keep and bear arms of 18-20 year old people, is protected by Delaware’s Constitution.
A three-judge panel in Tennessee has found 2 carry ban laws to be unconstitutional under the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and the state’s constitution.
Remington is offering a low decibel .410 half ounce load at 650 fps. It is a modern garden gun load.
Non-residents of California will be able to apply for California concealed carry permits. It is unclear which county will be the best jurisdiction to apply in.
The American Bar Association has spent decades pushing sweeping gun control—from penalties on victims who don’t report stolen guns, to redefining the 2nd Amendment as “militia-only,” to backing bans, mandates, and red flag laws—despite no evidence these measures reduce crime.
The Minnesota Supreme Court has held Minnesota law which criminalizes the possession of firearms without serial numbers only applies to firearms which were legally required by the federal government to have serial numbers.
Information released by the US Fish and Wildlife Service shows the number of grizzly bears killed in defense of human life is 5-10 times greater than previously thought.
On July 1, 2024, the Florida law restoring the right of people to defend themselves, their pets, and their homes from black bears went into effect. In the first six months, the law was invoked four times.
