A broad coalition of gun rights groups filed a lawsuit Monday against Colorado’s punitive excise tax levied on firearm and ammunition purchases. The National Rifle Association (NRA), along with the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), Colorado State Shooting Association, and other [...]

The last four years saw an unprecedented effort by politicians and bureaucrats to criminalize perfectly legal weapons. The previous administration and the ATF recategorized pistols equipped with braces as short-barreled rifles (SBRs), meaning they fell under the auspices of the National Firearms Act (NFA) [...]

Senate Bill 3, which bans the manufacture of and dramatically infringes on the ownership rights of popular semi-automatic sporting rifles, passed through the Colorado legislature and now heads to Gov. Jared Polis’s (D) desk for his signature. It is all but certain that the [...]

Second Amendment advocates cried foul over Oregon lawmakers’ last-minute amending of a bill to fill it with anti-gun restrictions. SB 243 originally sought to permit the Department of State Police to research the process for conducting criminal background checks and determine whether it could [...]

Last week, a Washington lawmaker demanded that the embattled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives explain why it utilized facial recognition technology without proper oversight or even simple training. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and [...]

It’s the season to watch the schemes that anti-gun state legislators concoct, and there were positive results out of New Mexico’s session that ended Saturday. Sort of. Despite multiple bills decidedly antagonistic to the Second Amendment being considered, none are on their way to [...]

The insidious practice of allowing powerful Wall Street banks to track firearm purchases by law-abiding Americans will not be established in South Carolina if certain lawmakers get their way. House Bill 3930, the Second Amendment Financial Privacy measure, sailed through the House Judiciary Committee [...]

Another round of rumors is swirling around the controversial Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). According to a Reuters report, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering merging the ATF with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in a move that it believes [...]

Despite the best efforts of anti-gun forces, the right to keep and bear arms is exercised every day by millions of law-abiding Americans. They know they may be thrust into a violent encounter at the most unexpected times, and being ready is the best [...]

Two significant bills that would profoundly affect gun rights in the United States advanced in Congress last week, and the National Rifle Association (NRA) strongly supports their passage. John Commerford is the executive director of the advocacy organization’s legislative and political arm. He told [...]

An apparent bad choice proved fatal for an alleged attacker this week in South Carolina, and an armed citizen walked away unharmed. According to the Hardeeville Police Department, at 9:38 p.m. on Monday, a “male subject” pointed a gun at a driver and ordered [...]

In a startling rebuttal to gun rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the controversial Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule treating unfinished frames and receivers as fully functional firearms. Despite the Court's composition seemingly favoring rulings respecting the [...]

Acting Director Kash Patel vehemently denied a news report about major changes at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). CNN reported Saturday that plans are afoot to reassign as many as 1,000 ATF agents to new duties with the FBI, but [...]

Being a store clerk is a dangerous profession, so it is quite understandable that many people who are in this line of work choose to be ready to defend themselves with lethal force. One such employee in a Washington state business is lucky today [...]

Changes are certainly underway at the embattled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) after four years of controversy and overreach. While the sometimes rogue agency is getting a much-needed overhaul, FBI Director and strong Second Amendment advocate Kash Patel handles duties as [...]

Fast food parking lots at late-night hours are not the safest places to be, and it was fortunate for a New Hampshire man Tuesday night that a Good Samaritan was armed and willing to step in and protect him. According to investigators, the dramatic [...]

According to the Fifth Circuit in United States v. Peterson, suppressors are not firearms and are thus not protected by the Second Amendment. That controversial ruling came down last week and, if not successfully challenged, may bear ominous fruit for gun rights advocates. The [...]

Last week, the National Rifle Association (NRA) filed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in the case against the Illinois prohibition on concealed carry on public transportation. Schoenthal v. Raoul is before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and it seeks to end the [...]

The wave of states recognizing constitutional carry as a fundamental right renewed its momentum Thursday in North Carolina. The state Senate approved a measure on a party-line vote to remove the controversial requirement that the people need government permission before exercising Second Amendment freedoms. [...]

The much-ridiculed Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warning that guns somehow are a “public health crisis” is no more. Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a 40-page advisory during the heat of last year’s presidential election, claiming that the Second Amendment threatened [...]

Maine is one of only 12 states that mandates law-abiding citizens retreat when faced with a violent threat outside of the home. That may change if a group of lawmakers gets their way. On Monday, legislators held a public hearing to weigh in on [...]

The current administration is moving to streamline the process for returning Second Amendment rights to former convicts.  On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) posted an interim final rule that would move the restoration of gun freedoms away from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, [...]

Second Amendment advocates have to look long and hard to find even-handed and objective journalism concerning American gun rights. Most articles in the mainstream media on this issue are little more than hit pieces explicitly written to inflame emotions. So, it was surprising when [...]

Colorado’s mad scramble to nullify the Second Amendment received powerful pushback last week from one of the state’s most outspoken law enforcement leaders. Senate Bill 25-003 seeks to ban semi-automatic rifles and shotguns and establish a permit-to-purchase system as an impediment to exercising Second [...]

A Florida man came face-to-face with a frightening situation in the early Sunday morning hours when he discovered that he had been followed home from a club by a stranger—a stranger who immediately made a violent threat. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, a [...]