14
Sep
DOJ Begins Restoring 2A Rights to Qualified Offenders
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has officially begun its rollout of long-overdue reform to restore gun rights to some who lost them due to criminal convictions, many times from decades ago. There are scores of…
11
Sep
Armed Michigan Hero Sentenced to Two Years’ Probation
A 19-year-old Michigan man without a firearms license stepped up at a Dearborn shopping center in July and fatally shot a suspect who had already killed one person and was still firing. He now knows…
10
Sep
SAF Asks if Offensive Views Should Negate Gun Rights in NJ
It is said that no matter what issue you are passionate about, there are people on your side who you wish were not. Gun rights are no exception, and the big tent that is the…
10
Sep
Missouri AG Sues ATF Over Lingering NFA Registration Requirements
After last month’s ruling by a district judge that the old NFA registration requirements for suppressors were unconstitutional, shooting enthusiasts still await guidance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to move…
09
Sep
NSSF Challenge to NJ’s ‘Reasonable Controls’ Law to Proceed
The Third Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday determined that a powerful challenge to New Jersey’s gun control regime may continue. The state must now defend its gun industry liability law against…
09
Sep
DOJ Files SCOTUS Brief in Pending Semi-Automatic Rifle Case
A deluge of legal opinions is flying into the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of its consideration of state and local bans on AR-15s and similar weapons. All sides are weighing in, some with more credibility…
08
Sep
Survey: Soft-on-Crime Policies to Blame for Deadly Violence
Despite widely reported double-digit decreases in homicides and other violent crimes, the needed relief is hardly spread evenly. Strong pockets of resistance to progress remain, including two notable examples just last weekend. Downtown Seattle saw…
08
Sep
Oral Arguments Over AR-15 Bans Set for December
With a landmark challenge to state and local bans on AR-15s and other sporting rifles on the U.S. Supreme Court docket, anticipation is high for a resolution on this volatile Second Amendment issue. Now there’s…
07
Sep
SCOTUS Brief Argues AR-15’s Usefulness Justifies Protection
Anti-gun radicals love to smear the uber popular AR-15 and similar models as “assault rifles” or “weapons of war.” Until now, gun rights enthusiasts have fought back against the designations as wholly inaccurate. But a…
07
Sep
Florida’s Firearm Sales Tax Holiday Underway
As the roster of states stacking obstacles between gun owners and their Second Amendment rights expands (e.g., Virginia and Colorado), Florida leaves no doubt about where it stands on civil liberties. The Sunshine State’s Hunting,…
06
Sep
SAF Files Brief Supporting Suit Against Maryland’s ‘Sensitive Places’
If the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is egregiously limited by huge swaths of so-called “sensitive places,” are law-abiding citizens deprived of one of their fundamental freedoms? The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)…
06
Sep
DOJ Expands Action Against Virgin Islands to Include AR-15 Ban
U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) authorities apparently take their cues from California and a few other Second Amendment outliers. This drew attention from the rejuvenated Department of Justice (DOJ), which recently amended its ongoing action against…
06
Sep
Trump Pardons Four Convicted of NFA-Related ‘Crimes’
As the oppressive and archaic National Firearms Act (NFA) is in its death rattle stage, more good news came from the White House last week concerning four gun owners charged and convicted during the ATF’s…
06
Sep
Anti-Gunners Demanded New Research–Only to Get Worse News
When it comes to life lessons, the one Second Amendment opponents just absorbed is rich with irony. Fox News Digital summed up the bitter pill succinctly. “A Georgetown professor just taught gun control activists an…
05
Sep
Judge Warps History to Justify Hawaii’s Young Adult Gun Ban
Twisting law and precedents into logical pretzels is nothing new. Still, U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake elevated that practice into an art form with her decision on Hawaii’s young adult gun and ammunition ban…
04
Sep
NSSF: Suppressor Transfers Triple Over 2025
The American appetite for firearms and accessories, particularly with the hated NFA tax on suppressors now a thing of the past, shows no signs of abating. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearm industry…
03
Sep
NRA Challenges Denver’s Effective Ban on Non-Resident Carry
Denver’s twofold oppression of lawfully possessed firearms includes the city’s open carry ban and Colorado’s residency requirement to acquire a concealed carry permit. Together, they amount to a de facto denial of Second Amendment rights…
02
Sep
Good Guy with Gun Stops Knife-Wielding Bank Robbery Suspect
There’s a good reason we don’t hear about nearly as many bank robberies as we did decades ago. Far beyond the minuscule clearance rates for most crimes, the FBI solves roughly 60% of these cases.…
02
Sep
Missouri Man Fatally Shoots Suspect Wielding ‘Machine Gun’
It must be noted that the mainstream media’s idea of a “machine gun” is straight out of The Untouchables, and too many who’ve never set foot on a shooting range glance at an AR-15 and…
02
Sep
ATF Promises Clarity on Murky Suppressor Sales Status
Second Amendment enthusiasts were buoyed by the Aug. 5 court ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in the consolidated Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF and Jensen v. ATF cases. But that decision enjoining the Bureau…
01
Sep
SAF Files Opening Brief in Challenge to ‘Assault Weapon’ Bans
The Second Amendment community is cautiously optimistic after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases challenging semi-automatic weapons bans in Illinois and Connecticut. With September here, the approaching new term will be closely…