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Testimony to the Alaska Senate Labor & Commerce Committee

School Safety

Testimony to the Alaska Senate Labor & Commerce Committee

Armed school staff provides both a deterrent and the quickest means to stopping an attack once it starts. Armed school staff bridge the critical gap between the time the threat presents and the arrival of law enforcement, providing an immediate response that can and will save lives.

01 Mar 2024
Stewie and Blanca

dog

Five Minutes Either Way

A lot can happen in five minutes. Five minutes either way.

05 Oct 2023
Responsible Gun Owners Day at the Range

2nd Amendment

Responsible Gun Owners Day at the Range

Join Ryan Petty and the National Shooting Sports Foundation on June 11th 2022 for Responsible Gun Owners Day at the Range.

03 Jun 2022
Oppose the ATF's Latest Attempt to Turn Law-abiding Gun Owners Into Felons

2nd Amendment

Oppose the ATF's Latest Attempt to Turn Law-abiding Gun Owners Into Felons

It didn't take long for the Biden administration to launch its latest attempt to rewrite the Second Amendment through executive action and Executive Branch regulation. It's time to stop this action.

16 Jun 2021
A more perfect union

Education

A more perfect union

The United States is an exceptional nation founded on exceptional principles. Our founding was more than a simple political revolt, the Founders waged an ideological revolution—one that ushered in a new epoch—unparalleled in all of human history.

12 Jun 2021
First Look At 2021 Federal School Safety Legislation

School Safety

First Look At 2021 Federal School Safety Legislation

Unlike previous years, 2021 appears to be a year for targeted school safety legislation. Four school safety bills have started the process to become law.

lock-1 01 Jun 2021
Drinking in your underpants

Culture

Drinking in your underpants

The American ethos is misunderstood. By entirely focusing on the materialism of American society, many fail to capture the importance of liberty and a deeply rooted entrepreneurial spirit afforded by that God-given liberty.

lock-1 04 May 2021
Support for Stricter Gun Laws Drops

2nd Amendment

Support for Stricter Gun Laws Drops

Public support for new gun restrictions has fallen, and fallen significantly. I explain why.

lock-1 22 Apr 2021
Lessons We Should Learn from Averted School Attacks

2nd Amendment

Lessons We Should Learn from Averted School Attacks

The latest report from the US Secret Service, Averting Targeted School Violence was released earlier this week. What sets this report apart from previous research done by the Secret Service is a look at attacks that were averted--before tragedy struck.

01 Apr 2021
The Biden Gun Control Agenda on the Anniversary of Parkland

2nd Amendment

The Biden Gun Control Agenda on the Anniversary of Parkland

How can we make our communities and schools safer, prevent another Parkland or Sandy Hook? It's not Biden's gun control proposal. It's called Behavioral Threat Assessment. It's how the US Secret Service protects the President. The answer is literally standing in front of him.

24 Feb 2021
The ATF's Proposed Rules For Stabilizing Pistol Braces

Politics

The ATF's Proposed Rules For Stabilizing Pistol Braces

As of late December 2020, much has been written and said about a recent set of proposed rules for pistol braces by the ATF.   Mrgunsngear has a comprehensive rundown on his YouTube channel "The Truth About The ATF Pistol Brace Proposal Letter" For those that have not heard

21 Dec 2020
President Trump's List of Accomplishments

leadership

President Trump's List of Accomplishments

I was fortunate to work with President Trump on school safety. I saw first hand the personal interest he took in making schools safer and doing what was possible at the federal level to unify the federal effort. I am also fortunate to belong to a mailing list where the

09 Nov 2020
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The Reckoning by Ryan Petty

The Reckoning by Ryan Petty

Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

The Reckoning by Ryan Petty
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