Day: February 22, 2026

Mark Smith discusses the recent DOJ brief in Jensen v. ATF, challenging aspects of the National Firearms Act (NFA). Although the 2025 “One Big Beautiful Bill” removed the $200 tax on items like suppressors and short-barreled rifles/shotguns, the DOJ continues to enforce registration, fingerprinting, and background check requirements. Smith argues these requirements now lack a

Whether you’re a new shooter or a seasoned veteran, how you use your eyes can make a huge difference in both accuracy and awareness. This article explores the often-overlooked skill of shooting with both eyes open, a technique that expands your field of view, sharpens depth perception, and enhances real-world responsiveness. By training your brain

On October 21, 2014, David Kopel honored my organization, Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors – the precursor to Jews Can Shoot – with a compelling presentation on armed resistance to genocide and driving home the point that genocidal and tyrannical leaders come to power when the citizenry is unarmed. David B. Kopel is a prominent

“As gun owners, we can either submit to the destruction of our rights, or we can have our lives destroyed. Some, a few, will just not comply, and some of those, if smart and lucky, will not get caught. Just understand—the game is rigged against us, and the guy playing for the government – praise

“In Australia, we’ve been deceived… the truth about crime and self-defence is the opposite of what the media tells us.” The information people are given about crime and self-defense is intentionally misleading, and this problem isn’t limited to Australia.

‘To a predatory killer, a “Gun-Free Zone” sign isn’t a deterrent; it’s an invitation. It signals a high-density area of defenseless targets. This is the Magnet Effect: the statistical reality that mass shooters bypass harder targets in favor of “soft targets” where they know the law-abiding have been forced to disarm. Criminals act rationally. They

I can’t believe I missed this excellent article published by Aish two years ago! “Whenever you are carrying a gun,” [the rabbi advised me] “you are fulfilling several mitzvot, commandments. ‘Guard your life’ by protecting yourself, and ‘love your neighbor’ for protecting others. You’re not a Rambo. You’re a Jew engaged in doing important mitzvot.”

Feature and accessory bans are among the clearest examples of incrementalism in modern gun policy. Rarely do sweeping prohibitions arrive all at once. Instead, restrictions accumulate piece by piece, one feature, one component, one regulation at a time, until the practical exercise of the right to keep and bear arms is substantially burdened. In states