2A News Banning Guns Won’t Save Lives Zion Patriot, August 22, 2025August 22, 2025 We’re told that banning guns will save lives. But what if the opposite is true? What if taking away guns means more innocent people die? That’s not speculation. The CDC itself — in a 2013 study commissioned under the Obama administration — found that firearms are used defensively between 500,000…
Gun Control The Safety Lie Zion Patriot, August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 If you were offered a trade—your safety in exchange for tyranny—would you take it? Most Americans would say no. But history, even recent events, shows that when the promise of “safety” is wrapped in fear and urgency, people often do make that trade. And once liberty is surrendered, it is…
Gun Control Focus on the Violence — Not the Guns Zion Patriot, August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 Every time there’s a tragic shooting, we hear the same tired refrain: “We need more gun control.” Politicians rush to the microphones, pundits tweet out emotional pleas, and anti-gun activists renew their calls to ban civilian firearm ownership. But what if I told you the majority of “gun violence” in…
2A News Sixth Circuit Upholds Machine Gun Ban Zion Patriot, August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 On August 7, 2025, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in United States v. Bridges, upholding the federal machine gun ban under 18 U.S.C. § 922(o). The ruling has stirred debate within Second Amendment circles, especially in light of the Supreme Court’s 2022 landmark decision in NYSRPA…
2A News Another Gun Free Zone, Another Mass Shooting Zion Patriot, August 6, 2025August 6, 2025 Another mass shooting. This time at Fort Stewart, Georgia — a U.S. Army base full of trained soldiers, combat veterans, and military police. A place where firearms are part of the daily routine. Yet when shots rang out on August 6, five soldiers were wounded, and not a single trained…
2A News Rush v. United States: The Case That Could Reshape the National Firearms Act Zion Patriot, August 5, 2025August 5, 2025 The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Rush v. United States didn’t make huge headlines, but it should have — because this case could be the one that forces the Supreme Court to take a hard look at the National Firearms Act (NFA) and the 1937 Sonzinsky v. United States precedent…
Competitive Shooting First USPSA Match: Tough Lessons Learned Zion Patriot, July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 “Whoa, whoa, whoa!”As I heard that exclamation from the RO, my heart sank. I knew exactly what I’d done. For the past four weeks leading up to my first USPSA match, I kept reminding myself: “Don’t DQ.”And now I had just DQed. I broke the 180. To make matters worse?…
2A News Senator Murphy Moves to Reverse NFA Tax Repeal with $4,709 Amendment Zion Patriot, July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 After the success of H.R.1 and the repeal of the $200 NFA tax, Democrats fire back with a staggering proposal buried in the appropriations bill. When H.R.1 passed with the embedded repeal of the $200 NFA tax — a move long championed by Second Amendment advocates — it wasn’t just…
Gun Control Gun Control: It’s Not About Your Safety. It’s About Theirs. Zion Patriot, July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 We’re told gun control is about safety. About reducing crime. About protecting our communities. But let’s be honest—if that were true, we’d see real results by now. Instead, what we see is rising crime in cities with the strictest gun laws, armed security for politicians who claim you don’t need…