2A News Suspected Charlie Kirk Assassin in Custody Zion Patriot, September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 The nation received a major development in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University: the shooter is now in custody. After days of speculation and grief, law enforcement confirmed that the suspect was tracked down following an intensive manhunt. The arrest closes one chapter of…
2A News Charlie Kirk Assassinated at a Utah College Zion Patriot, September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 We lost a voice of reason, a voice of love, a man who cherished his country and his fellow man. Charlie Kirk was someone willing to sit with those who disagreed with him and engage openly in debate — not with hate, but with conviction and courage. Charlie stood for…
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…
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…
2A News Sixth Circuit Upholds Machine Gun Ban Zion Patriot, August 8, 2025September 10, 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…
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…
2A News The Constitutional Case for Repealing the NFA Zion Patriot, July 7, 2025July 7, 2025 With the recent passage of HR1—which strips the $200 NFA tax for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and Any Other Weapons—and the lawsuit filed by Gun Owners of America and others to remove the registration requirement for these same items, gun owners should have reason to celebrate what feels like…