It might only be October, but if you ask outdoor gear brands, it’s time to hit the slopes. This week, several new winter sports products were released, including a high-tech shell from Adidas and redesigned helmets and goggles from POC. With ski season approaching fast, it’s time to get that winter kit dialed. Then, Kizik released a new slip-on snow boot that delivers on both style and warmth. Essential Provisions also dropped some new on-the-go nutrition pouches to keep you fueled for hours of runs. Check out all of this week’s Emerging Gear below. Safety on the Slopes (Photo/POC) Bike…
During the average political campaign season, Americans are inundated with speeches, promises and often complete falsehoods. In a world in whichpartisan politics dominates the coverage of practically all media outlets, we are slowly being morally desensitized. However, an occasional story escapes the echo chambers and raises concerns by everyone who reads it. As you have read previously from Bearing Arms, the most recent of such stories has garnered attention out of the Commonwealth of Virginia via leaked text messages from Democratic candidate for Virginia Attorney General (AG) Jay Jones. In keeping with what is becoming the new reality of partisan politics, reactions…
You might be wondering what a restored vintage Rolls-Royce is doing on a site that mostly focuses on outdoor gear and vehicles that support it. Well, the thing about cars is that they can help get you through the triathlon of life, but also the actual triathlons. This one has been custom-made to do both, adding a very clever bike rack to this lovingly renewed 1981 Rolls-Royce Corniche shooting brake. Henry Has Gone From Coupe to Wagon (Photo/Niels van Roij Design) The car, called Henry by the family that has owned it since new, started life as a coupe. Recently,…
On Wednesday’s Bearing Arms’ Cam & Company, Firearms Policy Coalition founder and president Brandon Combs noted a disturbing trend inside the DOJ. While the Department has taken historic action to defend the right to keep and bear arms against state and local infringements, it’s also defended virtually every federal gun control law that’s currently being challenged, though in some cases that defense is more passive than active. We have yet another example of this phenomenon in a case called Rush v. United States, which is a challenge to the NFA’s registration and taxation scheme for…
Silencer Central — the company that pioneered home delivery of suppressors, has filed a federal lawsuit against FedEx and its subsidiaries, alleging negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract after the shipping giant abruptly refused to continue transporting suppressors. The complaint, filed October 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Division of South Dakota, claims FedEx misled Silencer Central during lengthy negotiations and then reneged on a signed contract that was essential to the company’s nationwide delivery network. “I’ve been discriminated against by big banks for over 20 years because of the type of business I’m in. Now it…
Knife Rights, Inc. v. Bonta challenges California’s prohibition on switchblade knives. Oral arguments were delivered on appeal in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week by attorney John Dillon. On October 8, 2025, attorney John Dillon — from the Dillon Law Group — delivered oral arguments in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Dillon is the attorney representing Knife Rights, Inc., the plaintiff in the case. Knife Rights, Inc. v. Bonta seeks to overturn California’s switchblade knife prohibitions. The language of the law amounts to a complete ban on switchblades with blades…
I have a personal story to share of a near-miss incident that almost cost my life and quite possibly the lives of others as well. This happened almost 20 years ago in the Chicagoland area. I was driving my car at around 60 mph on one of the freeways near Chicago, while trying to tune my car stereo to a radio station. For younger readers unfamiliar with FM radio, this is something drivers did in an era before smartphones, streaming music, podcasts, and Apple CarPlay / Android Auto stereos that take voice commands. (To older readers who may find this…
An improved model of Microsoft Corp.’s goggles won’t be deployed to U.S. Army combat troops for at least two years because the company must first demonstrate it has fixed flaws that left soldiers with headaches, nausea and eyestrain, according to the Army. If the goggle passes its tests, a version will be fielded starting in July 2025, the Army said in a statement. The latest version is slimmer and lighter and is designed “to greatly improve soldier comfort,” Microsoft said in a statement. Software improvements are also intended to result in greater reliability and reduced power demand. Microsoft’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or…
The parents of the 25-year-old gunman who killed five people at a bank in downtown Louisville this month have a message for the families of their son’s victims.“We are so sorry. We are heartbroken,” Lisa Sturgeon, Connor Sturgeon’s mother, told NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie in an exclusive “TODAY” show interview. “We wish we could undo it, but we know we can’t.”Read more on this story at NBCNews.com and watch the full interview Thursday on “TODAY” at 7 a.m. ET/6 a.m. CTConnor Sturgeon was an employee at Old National Bank on East Main Street, where he opened fire with an AR-15-style…
By Rob Morse Lies come in many shapes and sizes. Some are simple exaggerations. Some are absurd falsehoods. Unfortunately, we tend to believe a plain, bold-faced lie if it’s expressed with enough emotion. That’s the same kind thing keeps viewers watching and clicking so the press is often more interested in outrage than in the truth. A lie doesn’t become the truth no matter how many times it’s repeated, but the lie may help politicians get re-elected if it’s repeated often enough and believed by enough likely voters. We need to call out every lie we see even if that…
On the heels of the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, it’s unsurprising to see many states taking steps they believe would prevent such a shooting. Others may be taking steps they were going to take anyway, it just looks like a response to Nashville because of timing. A bill over state-funded gun training for teachers in Indiana could fall into either category, though I don’t really care which. I don’t care because it’s a good idea. Luckily, it seems lawmakers agree with me. Indiana state lawmakers have sent the state’s Republican governor a bill that would create…
A delivery driver and passenger were involved in an incident earlier this month when a homeowner shot at them. No charges have been filed. Waldes Thomas Jr., 19, and Diamond Darville, 18, were attempting to deliver groceries for Instacart. Mistakenly, they drove onto the 2-acre property of Antonio Caccavale, 43. According to a police report from the Davie Police Department, the couple was “on the phone with the customer, trying to find the right address” when they arrived at the wrong location. Officials say that their desired destination had been across the street. Caccavale, the homeowner, was interviewed afterward. He’d…
A Fort Bragg, North Carolina, soldier who plotted to commit mass murder against racial minorities pleaded guilty to weapons charges Wednesday and faces up to a decade in prison, according to the Department of Justice. Noah Anthony, 23, had a goal to “physically remove as many of [black and brown people] from Hoke, Cumberland, Robeson and Scotland Counties by whatever means need be,” according to a manifesto, court documents say. He also owned an American flag with a swastika in place of the blue field and stars, and various neo-Nazi and white supremacist patches, literature and T-shirts. It’s unclear whether…
It’s no secret that 9mm reigns supreme when it comes to both popularity and flexibility for handguns. But with that popularity comes a mind-boggling amount of pistols to choose from when doing your research, but helping you get pointed in the right direction is precisely why we are here. Is it just me, or does it always feel like there are simultaneously too many 9mm pistols but also never enough? Today we are going to take a look at some of our favorite 9mm pistols for concealed carry, general use (home defense and range/fun), and competition. Unfortunately, there is not…
Illinois has been going above and beyond as of late to make Second Amendment related news. The National Association for Gun Rights filed a lawsuit last year challenging the city of Naperville’s so-called “assault weapons” ban. That case, Bevis et al v. City of Naperville was amended earlier this year to include the State of Illinois as a plaintiff, which enacted a ban in January. The request for an injunction against the law made its way all the way to the Seventh Circuit, and Bevis et.al. were not granted any temporary relief. It was announced in a release that an…
This week Moms Demand Action made a historic appointment, naming Angela Ferrell-Zabala as its first-ever executive director. Ferrell-Zabala is taking over for Moms’ Founder Shannon Watts, who is stepping back from her leadership role in the organization. “I’ve been grateful to have Angela by my side for the past four years as both a colleague and a friend, and I know Moms Demand Action will thrive with her new guidance and leadership,” said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action in a press release obtained by GunsAmerica. “For ten years, Moms Demand Action has been changing the calculus on gun…
Posted in Daily News, Laws And Regulations, News by with No CommentsTags: Assault weapon ban, awb, FPC, gun ban, Gun Laws, hb1240, lawsuit, SAF, second amendment foundation On the same day Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1240 into law, the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition filed suit challenging it. HB 1240 is an “assault weapon” ban that has drawn national attention for the speed with which it passed and for the breadth of its restrictions. Let’s look at what exactly the law bans, and the issues which the lawsuit raises. More Legal News @ TFB: What…
NEW YORK — The co-founder of a fundraising group linked to Steve Bannon that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on Wednesday for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors. Brian Kolfage, a decorated Air Force veteran who lost both of his legs and an arm in the Iraq War, previously pleaded guilty for his role in siphoning donations from the We Build the Wall campaign. A co-defendant, financier Andrew Badolato, was also sentenced to three years for aiding the effort. He…
