Island resident against weaponry is penning article (8)
I believe the answer is:
antiguan
'island resident' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'against weaponry is penning article' is the wordplay.
'against' becomes 'anti' (prefix meaning against).
'weaponry' becomes 'gun' (gun is a kind of weaponry).
'is penning' indicates putting letters inside.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'gun' enclosing 'a' is 'guan'.
'anti'+'guan'='ANTIGUAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for antiguan that I've seen before include "West Indian" , "from the West Indies" , "From a Caribbean island paired with Barbuda" , "Islander" .)