Month: October 2025

The Blood of 1905 and the Promise of 1917: Two Octobers That Changed Us Forever On this day, two moments—twelve years and a world apart—collide in the Jewish soul. One is soaked in blood and smoke. The other is written in ink and hope. Both happened on October 31. Both still echo in every Jewish

THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – One of the most popular pistol brands in the world will be much harder to purchase for California gun owners next year. Assembly Bill 1127, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 10th, will ban the sale of firearms that include a cruciform trigger bar. It’s a key component

Based on even the low-end estimates of defensive gun uses, there are hundreds of such incidents every day throughout the United States, though few of them ever get reported in the media. Given the restrictive carry laws in California and the unwillingness of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to process concealed carry applications in

There’s a growing problem within our own ranks — a denigration dynamic. Some armed Jews have begun to scorn those they perceive as “unwilling to defend themselves.” It’s a seductive posture, but a destructive one. It divides rather than strengthens. Let’s be clear: denigrating Jews as a whole has never served us. The irony here

It’s such an obvious obstacle to exercising Second Amendment rights, yet it’s rarely the first thing that comes to mind when we talk about how the federal and state governments deliberately make it difficult. One unintended consequence of the ongoing government shutdown of “non-essential” services is that it has highlighted what the Justice Department has

Imagine facing ten years in prison because your rifle barrel measures a fraction of an inch too short. The outdated National Firearms Act still enforces arbitrary barrel length restrictions from 1934—laws originally meant to stop gangsters with handguns. Imagine going to federal prison because your rifle barrel measures 15.9 inches instead of 16 inches. Sound

Well it’s Monday and that means the Supreme Court graces us with another orders list. Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discuses the fact that the Supreme Court has accepted, for review, the matter of United States v. Hemani, a challenge to 18 USC Sec. 922(g)(3) the Federal law that prohibits those that use illegal

Citizens have been disarmed, and private security is armed only with batons. It’s speculation on my part, but perhaps the unprecedented wave of violent home invasions, carjackings, and machete attacks is the result of citizens being disarmed and private security only armed with batons. “We should embrace gun control like Australia,” some have said. Former

This article features a video from William Kirk of Washington Gun Law, who provides further discussion on the second case accepted by the Supreme Court. The nation’s high court has voted to hear arguments in a case concerning the legal intersection between the right to keep and bear arms and marijuana use in its upcoming