September 3, 2026

Thursday Bulletin – September 3, 2026 Executive Director's Message Richard Pearson Fall – My Favorite Time Of Year Suddenly, there are signs of Fall everywhere. It's not like we didn't know Fall was on the way, but it sort of sneaks up on us every year.  Some maples are turning red and yellow, school buses occupy the roads and streets, and the sun is coming up noticeably later.  September 1st hailed the opening day of Dove Season and that means waterfowl, deer and fall turkey will follow shortly. Now is the time to buy ammunition and get your firearms ready for hunting season.  Ammunition manufacturers estimate what the demand will be, manufacture that amount of shotgun slugs and rifle cartridges and then reset their machinery to make other things. Once it's gone, it's gone until next season. Buy your ammunition early and get enough of it. For years the ISRA...

August 27, 2026

Thursday Bulletin – August 27, 2026 Executive Director's Message Richard Pearson Gun Rights Policy Conference Shaping Up To Be Key 2A Event Of The Year Synopsis of story by Cam Edwards – August 20, 2026 For full story, go to: BearingArms.com Gun owners and Second Amendment advocates are blessed to have a lot of great events across the country focusing on our right to keep and bear arms. There's the NRA Annual Meeting, Gun Owners of America's GOALS, GunCon, the Great American Outdoor Show, and the Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC). The GRPC and the affiliated Alternative Mass Media Conference, also known as AMM-Con, will be in Fort Worth, Texas in late September. GRPC is a three day event that runs Sept. 25—27, and AMM-Con will be the primary focus on Friday, Sept. 25. While GRPC is aimed at those Second Amendment advocates who care deeply about the legislative and...

August 20, 2026

Thursday Bulletin – August 20, 2026 Executive Director's Message Richard Pearson New York Glock Ban Hit With Federal Second Amendment Lawsuit Summary of an article from AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson, Aug. 17, 2026. The lawsuit The Firing Pin, LLC v. James challenges New York’s newly enacted “convertible pistol” ban, which targets semiautomatic handguns designed with a “cruciform trigger bar” that can be altered using common tools to accept a pistol conversion device. Effective May 31, 2027, selling or transferring a covered firearm can expose dealers or gunsmiths to a Class D felony, punishable by up to seven years in prison and substantial fines. Plaintiffs argue the law effectively aims at Glock and Glock-style handguns by treating them as prohibited based solely on the possibility of illegal conversion—not because the firearms as sold are machine-guns. Filed August 13 in the Western District of New York, the case—bringing claims under the Second...