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California Smacked Down to Tune of $1.3 Million Over Marketing Ban

Tom Knighton / BEARING ARMS

No one is ever going to be shocked by anything anti-gun coming out of California. I mean, the governor of the state is pushing a constitutional amendment that essentially erases the Second Amendment and codifies certain gun control measures in the Constitution itself. Can we really be shocked by much else from the state?

But their ban on gun marketing to minors was particularly ridiculous.

First, it’s not like anyone was running gun ads on Cartoon Network. Kids who saw such marketing were in households that already had guns because the marketing was in pro-gun publications or websites that the kids weren’t likely to come across otherwise.

Then there was the whole free speech thing. California didn’t care, and now it’s costing them.

On March 17, 2026, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the court certified a settlement between the Attorney General of California and the plaintiffs in the case of Junior Sports Magazines Inc. et al., and Rob Bonta. The First and Second Amendments…Read more, and see X here.

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American Rifleman Takes Swing at Why Semi-Auto Bans are Unconstitutional

Tom Knighton – Bearing Arms

Once upon a time, assault weapon bans were based on certain features that were present on certain rifles but not on so-called hunting guns. Folding or collapsible stocks, barrel shrouds, bayonet lugs, and the like were the line in the sand, and the law said you couldn’t have more than a couple of them. We all pointed out how none of those had a damn thing to do with how a gun functioned and were just cosmetic. Gun companies even started making guns that were compliant with the laws, all without changing how they worked in the least.

Unfortunately for us all, though, the anti-gunners listened.

Now, they’re targeting how a gun functions, versus what it looks like. They’re no longer worried about whether some hunting guns get caught up in the mix; they’re just determined to make it impossible to own an “evil black rifle” of any kind, and damn the collateral damage. Read more here.

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MN Senator Needs History Lesson After Comments Regarding ‘Ghost Gun’ Bill

Tom Knighton / BEARING ARMS

I get that the powers that be in Minnesota are pretty anti-gun. Despite that, there doesn’t seem to be as much of a taste for gun control in the state as they might like, which is a very good thing.

However, it’s clear they’re going to keep trying to throw anything to the wall they can and see what sticks.

The latest is a “ghost gun” bill. It’s backed by Attorney General Keith Ellison because, of course, it is. However, as the attorney general, he can’t introduce legislation directly. He needs a lackey or something to do it for him, and he picked a doozy this time.

And frankly, the man needs a history lesson.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Senator Ron Latz, and Representative Dave Pinto announced a bill Monday that would close the loophole that allows ghost guns to be created and sold. …

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled ghost guns can be legal in a case in August 2025 as federal law doesn’t mandate serial numbers for certain firearms. In response to the legal loophole, Latz stated…Read more here.

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Man Who Sold Old Dominion Shooter His Gun Has a History

Tom Knighton – Bearing Arms

To say last week was eventful is a bit too mild for what happened. Between the attack in Michigan, put down by armed security, and the attack at Old Dominion University, put down by a badass ROTC cadet, it was something.

The attack at Old Dominion hit me a little harder than many of these kinds of things because I drove past that university every day when I was in the Navy and headed to work. For there to be a terrorist attack there is a little different than an attack in, say, Los Angeles.

But then we get into the breakdown of what all happened, and I can’t help but shake my head.

That’s right, ladies and gents. The anti-gun Biden administration, which took as many steps as it could find to restrict your gun rights, declined to prosecute a straw buyer who violated federal law, only for that individual to go on and do it again, this time providing it to a man convicted of a felony for trying to…Read more here.

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