Right to Keep and Bear Arms Archives - Building Blocks for Liberty

The 2nd Amendment isn’t your “Gun Permit.” You Are.

By: Michael Boldin If you’re anything like me, your skin crawls anytime you hear someone say something like “the 2nd Amendment is the only gun permit I’ll ever need!” While I ...

ATF Pistol Brace Rule: An “Experiment of your Disposition”

By: Michael Boldin With an enforcement deadline looming at the end of May, potentially affecting millions of stabilizing braces, the new ATF rule is – as the founders told us – ...

Refuting the “Second Amendment Protected Slavery” Argument Part II: The Virginia Ratifying Convention

April 24, 2023 2nd Amendment / Founding Principles 0

By: TJ Martinell Note: This is the second in a three-part series examining a pro-slavery interpretation of the Second Amendment that persists to this day. You can read part 1 HERE. The ...

Refuting the Claim that the Second Amendment was Intended to Protect Slavery

April 11, 2023 2nd Amendment / Founding Principles 0

By: TJ Martinell Note: This is the first in a three-part series examining a false “pro-slavery” interpretation of the Second Amendment that persists to this day. In efforts to undermine the ...

Second Amendment: Revisiting the Original Congressional Debates

October 27, 2022 2nd Amendment 0

By: TJ Martinell Second Amendment scholars and historians have almost completely skipped over a detailed analysis of the debates in the First Congress. What wasn’t discussed might be as important as ...

Tench Coxe and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

August 26, 2022 2nd Amendment / Tench Coxe 1

By: TJ Martinell Tench Coxe isn’t well-known today, but he was an influential figure in the founding era. Coxe advocated for the new Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and he ...

Ohio Permitless Carry Law Now in Effect

June 15, 2022 Keep and Bear Arms / Right to Keep and Bear Arms / State Bills / State Legislation / State Sovereignty 0

By: Mike Maharrey COLUMBUS, Ohio (June 13, 2022) – Today, an Ohio law legalizing permitless carry in the state went into effect. The enactment of this so-called “constitutional carry” law will ...

Essential Strategy: 4 Steps to Nullify Federal Gun Control

June 10, 2022 Nullification / Right to Keep and Bear Arms / Strategery 0

By: Michael Boldin If you’re like me, you’ve been hearing a constant barrage of attacks on the 2nd amendment – and your natural right to keep and bear arms.Personally – I ...

Tyrants Always Want to Track and Take your Guns

April 17, 2022 AMERICAN LIBERTY / American Revolution / ATF 0

By: Michael Boldin If we adopted the attitude of the founders, all guns would be undetectable to the government. If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard plenty about the new ATF ...

Signed as Law: Ohio Enacts Permitless Carry Bill Despite Intense Police Opposition

March 17, 2022 2nd Amendment / Right to Keep and Bear Arms / Right to Self-Defense / State Bills 0

By: Mike Maharrey COLUMBUS, Ohio (March 15, 2021) – Yesterday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine [facing stiff opposition in Ohio's May primary], signed a bill into law legalizing permitless carry in the ...