2A News Careful What You Wish For Zion Patriot, May 22, 2025June 27, 2025 With the House passing the Budget Reconciliation bill, HR1 (One Big Beautiful Bill), with the included amendment to strike Suppressors from the NFA, gun rights activists are cheering. But this move may have unintended consequences. Suppressors are a lightning rod in the American gun debate. To some, they’re harmless accessories—tools…
2A News Suppressors On The Menu? Zion Patriot, May 22, 2025June 27, 2025 On May 21, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Among its many provisions was a key amendment offered by Representative Michael Cloud. This amendment directly targets the regulatory status of suppressors under federal law. What the Amendment Does: What This Means: The…
“Silencers” Are Anything But Silent Zion Patriot, May 18, 2025May 23, 2025 Hollywood tropes are recurring themes, clichés, or storytelling shortcuts that filmmakers often use to quickly convey ideas or create drama. Here are some of the most common and recognizable Hollywood tropes, including the over-the-top ones like exploding cars: One of the most inaccurate Hollywood tropes is how silencers supposedly make…
2A News “It Could Never Happen Here” — Until It Did Zion Patriot, May 7, 2025May 8, 2025 For years, critics of the Second Amendment have dismissed concerns about government overreach as paranoid or outdated. “The U.S. government would never become tyrannical,” they say. “You don’t need an AR-15 to defend your rights.” To that, I respond with one word: COVID. What we witnessed between 2020 and 2022…
Here We Go Again Zion Patriot, May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 Two bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that appear to be attempts to ban assault weapons. HR3115 and S1531 have both been introduced in the House and Senate accordingly. The House bill currently has 117 Sponsors – all Democrats, while the Senate version has 41 sponsors, 40…
Miscellaneous How to get into Competitive Shooting Zion Patriot, May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 So if you’re like me, you’ve been watching YouTube gun content and started stumbling across competitive shooting videos, you’re probably intrigued and want to know more. Competitive shooting is one of the best ways to hone your skills as a marksman. Rather than focusing on static targets at the range,…
Looking Ahead: Senate 2026 Zion Patriot, April 21, 2025April 18, 2025 US Senators hold a 6-year term. This means that in theory the composition of the Senate can change every 2 years since the terms of senators is staggered. They are not all elected to the same 6 year terms. With that in mind and the recent 2024 election results in…
Six Laws Didn’t Work. Solution? More Laws! Zion Patriot, April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 Another “mass” shooting — and, like clockwork, gun control advocates are demanding more laws. Let’s look at what was already in place in this latest case at Florida State University: So again… what would more laws have done here? This wasn’t a failure of legislation — it was a failure…
Repeal the NFA Act of 2024 Zion Patriot, January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 H.R. 450 on Congress.gov H.R. 450 has been revived and is currently in the House of Representatives. This short bill seeks to repeal the NFA. But will it pass? The National Firearms Act (NFA), enacted in 1934, imposes strict regulations on certain types of firearms and accessories, including short-barreled rifles,…
It’s Not What You Know, But Who Zion Patriot, December 3, 2024December 3, 2024 After months of Joe Biden stating that he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden, he has now done just that. The recent pardon raises several important issues about fairness and consistency. This move is somewhat surprising—to those on the left. Meanwhile, people on the right are only surprised that…