Gun Control A Warning We Can’t Ignore Zion Patriot, August 29, 2025September 9, 2025 When the Minnesota Catholic school shooter’s journal was deciphered, one passage stood out like a siren in the night: “I am sick of my hair. I want to chop it off. I only keep it because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of…
Gun Control Guns vs. Mental Health: Fixing the Root Problem Zion Patriot, August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 Much of the modern gun control debate is framed around restricting access to firearms. After every mass shooting, we hear calls for bans — bans on certain rifles, so-called “assault weapons,” or “high-capacity magazines.” The underlying assumption is simple: if the weapon is harder to obtain, the violence will diminish….
2A News Is the ATF Neutral, or Quietly Anti-Gun? Zion Patriot, August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 When news broke that former senior ATF official Marianna Mitchem had joined Everytown for Gun Safety, it barely made a ripple in the mainstream press. But for those of us who care about the Second Amendment, this should be flashing red lights. We’re talking about someone who held a top…
Gun Control Et tu, Glock? Zion Patriot, August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 News broke this week that Glock, Inc. sent a letter to Oklahoma Representative David Hardin, chair of the House Public Safety Committee, expressing support for state legislation banning machine gun conversion devices (MCDs)—the so-called “Glock switches” that criminals use to illegally convert pistols into full-auto firearms. At first glance, the…
Gun Control Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough Zion Patriot, August 28, 2025September 9, 2025 After the tragedy in Minneapolis, critics sneered: “Thoughts and prayers are not enough. Those children were literally praying when they were gunned down.” It’s a painful statement, and at first glance it seems to carry weight. But it rests on a deep misunderstanding—of God, of free will, and of what…
Gun Control Another School Shooting, Another Rush to Blame Zion Patriot, August 27, 2025September 9, 2025 On the morning of August 27, 2025, the unthinkable happened at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. During morning Mass, a gunman stood outside the sanctuary and fired through the stained-glass windows at children and parishioners. Two children were killed and seventeen others injured before the attacker died by suicide in…
2A News Understanding the “Well Regulated Militia” Clause Zion Patriot, August 25, 2025September 9, 2025 Few phrases in the U.S. Constitution are as debated or misunderstood as “a well regulated Militia.” For many modern readers, the words conjure images of heavy government oversight, formal uniforms, or active enlistment. But in the 18th century, “well regulated” didn’t mean government-controlled. It meant something much simpler: properly functioning,…
2A News Banning Guns Won’t Save Lives Zion Patriot, August 22, 2025September 9, 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…