This is exactly why the Second Amendment matters, especially for Jews. A synagogue should not have to ask government for permission to protect its congregation. The people responsible for protecting Jewish lives should not be forced to choose between obeying a gun-free-zone law and being prepared to defend those lives when seconds matter.

You should not be forced to remain defenseless because someone else has decided you aren't capable of defending yourself. I spend a lot of time correcting bad information about women and firearms, but occasionally, I come across a claim so ridiculous that I must wonder where on earth someone got it.

The NFA should be repealed, not repackaged. Replacing a Form 4 with a Form 4473 may be an improvement over the current system, but it still accepts the premise that these constitutionally protected arms should be subject to special federal regulation.

From @Tacticalhyve.com: Aim Smaller, Shoot Calmer Here's a study worth knowing about. Researchers tested 140 police cadets on a shooting simulator, published this year in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. Each cadet fired at both a small target and a large one, under measured stress. Three findings stood out.

My takeaway from this interview: Tate's case is a perfect storm of things that can go wrong, but the bigger problem is that the conditions that produced it are still in place.

Your free printable Jewish calendar from Jews Can Shoot. The Jewish Calendar 5787 covers September 2026 through October 2027 and includes the Jewish months, major holidays, fast days, observances, Rosh Chodesh, and other dates included on the calendar.

Being a lawful gun owner doesn't make you constitutionally suspect. Exercising one constitutional right doesn't mean you've surrendered another. New Hampshire school officials have formally admitted that they violated former student Jack Harrington's Fourth Amendment rights when they searched his pickup truck after learning that he lawfully owned a handgun.

Jeff Cooper's influence on modern defensive shooting is impossible to overstate. This is a fascinating look back at an important piece of shooting history. Walt Kuleck on Jeff Cooper, the 1911, and shooting history. A recent thread on Hoglegs, Hipshots and Jalapenos took me back to the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Turley's article focuses on New Jersey's A1765, a law that allows lawsuits against members of the firearms industry by treating certain industry practices as a "public nuisance." His argument is that the law may be an attempt to accomplish through civil liability what the state cannot accomplish through direct gun regulation.

I believe the database isn't being deleted. That the surveillance system isn't being shut down. And that no one is going to be held accountable for using it to monitor law-abiding Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights. The machinery remains. That should concern every gun owner. Governments change.