Doris Wise Montrose

Lethal force comes in all shapes and sizes. One of the terms that many armed citizens are not aware of is “disparity of force.” Now, let me be clear, I am not an attorney and cannot give you legal advice. What I can do is make you aware of the term and encourage you to

After a marathon 12-hour board meeting on Monday that saw reformers win key leadership positions, NRA board members Amanda Suffecool and Jim Wallace are giving the Bearing Arms Cam & Co community an inside look at last weekend’s Annual Meeting, the fight to reform the organization, and both the challenges and opportunities ahead for the

The scene I remember most from The Walking Dead first few seasons when one of the characters lights up a wad of paper money. Paper money would be useful to fuel a fire. Let’s have a difficult conversation. It’s about who dies first after SHTF. It’s a difficult conversation because you—or someone you love—might fall

Ninth Circuit finds that convicted felons also have Second Amendment rights LOS ANGELES (CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel Thursday ruled that a blanket prohibition on convicted felons possessing firearms violates their Second Amendment rights, at least when it comes to nonviolent offenders who served out their sentence. In a split decision, the three-judge panel threw

The National Rifle Association has been moving forward with business as usual since a jury found the group and its leadership responsible for corruption in February. That could change as it opens its Annual Meeting on Friday in Dallas, Texas. The NRA has enacted few, if any, reforms or leadership changes in the wake of

This case is a stark reminder of the importance of understanding and respecting the laws governing self-defense. On a recent weekend in Yakima, Washington, a confrontation involving firearms resulted in the tragic death of a 71-year-old man who threatened a family with his gun and highlighted the critical role of self-defense laws in America. This incident serves

This article was published 6 months prior to The Slaughter of October 7. Unfortunately, it is more relevant today. The rise of Jewish gun ownership challenges traditional beliefs and confronts rising antisemitism. The American Jewish community has a long history of broad opposition to civilian firearm ownership. This curiosity aligns with reform Jewish progressive thought.

Lessons for Americans from Israel’s Gun Laws Will the events in Israel change opinions on gun control in the United States? Will the stories and images of citizens left defenseless cause Americans to rethink support for gun control measures? The situation in Israel stands as a warning of what can happen when citizens are heavily regulated

If I were to give an award to the single most insanely stupid article on the right of the people to keep and bear arms written by an Israeli following the horror of October 7, this article would be the winning article. Among the core Israeli national narratives fractured by the October 7 Hamas terror

The news media relies almost exclusively on FBI data to report on changes in crime rates. But there is strong evidence that FBI data are less reliable than in the past. The U.S. uses two different measures of crime. The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program counts the number of crimes reported to police annually. The Bureau of Justice