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New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled a package of proposals as part of her State of the State agenda to combat the rise of untraceable “ghost guns,” with a particular focus on those produced via 3D printing.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed the constitutionality of the federal prohibition on private possession of machine guns, rejecting a direct challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(o).
Most critically, the opinion deems § 1715’s purpose illegitimate: it aims to suppress traffic in concealable firearms, particularly handguns.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a significant order in a high-profile Second Amendment lawsuit, denying the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to delay proceedings further.
As the Virginia General Assembly prepares for its 2026 session beginning January 14th, gun rights and gun control advocates are gearing up for what promises to be a contentious debate over firearms regulations.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit delivered a landmark ruling in United States v. Cockerham, striking down a lifetime firearm ban imposed under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) as a violation of the Second Amendment.
According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), gun owners submitted over 150,000 NFA applications to the ATF in just one day.
The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has refused to rehear a case that blocked the enforcement of a 7-day waiting period for firearms purchases in New Mexico.
A three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has struck down California’s restrictive ban on open carry in urban areas.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision, affirming the state’s authority to protect lawful gun manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers from protracted litigation.
The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging the city’s draconian gun registration laws that unlawfully prohibit law-abiding American citizens from owning semi-automatic firearms like the AR-15.
The Justice Department accuses the defendants of systematically violating the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens through unconstitutional policies and practices related to firearm licensing.
The case centers on Eva Marie Gardner, a Virginia resident with a valid concealed carry permit, who was traveling to her mother’s home in Pennsylvania when her vehicle was struck twice and forced off the road in Maryland.
On December 9, 2025, a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reissued a significant ruling in the case of United States v. George Peterson.
The men also agreed to procure various other firearms and military equipment for the cartel. Campo and Sensi agreed to provide the CJNG with AR-15s, M4 carbines, grenade launchers, and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
Matthew Hoover has been released from a federal prison in Wisconsin after serving nearly three years of a five-year sentence for trafficking machine guns.
The ATF published a rule in the Federal Register that would make it easier to transport National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms across state lines.
Many hope the new section will address states’ abuses of the Second Amendment, but are also concerned about the DOJ’s previous actions.
Timothy Durkin is facing years in prison for not having a federal firearms license (FFL) even though he never sold a gun.
The DOJ has now filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the petitioners, arguing that Hawaii’s law infringes on Americans’ constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms.
The settlement affirms that the state law against the open carrying of a firearm is unconstitutional in Florida.
Trump’s DOJ is hailed as the “most pro-gun DOJ ever,” but its response to the GOA lawsuit paints a different picture.
As Gun Owners of America (GOA) appeals a court’s decision in its gag order case, multiple legacy media companies have filed amicus briefs in support of the gun rights organization.
With the tax now eliminated for these firearms, Congress argues that the constitutional basis for the registration and transfer requirements has been rendered obsolete.
The student who was detected to have the weapon was handcuffed and searched before police determined the system had mistaken a bag of Doritos for a handgun.
Last month, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Department (LCSD) arrested a man for carrying a concealed firearm without a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit (CHP) and having an AR-15 equipped with a binary trigger, which the Sheriff’s Department claimed made the firearm a machine gun.
The 13-page motion exposes a post-judgment clash between gun-rights confidentiality and the government’s attempt to limit the number of people allowed to carry guns in post offices.
“The state has failed to identify Founding-era law that broadly prohibited the concealed carry of firearms by eighteen-to-twenty year olds,” Ledee wrote.
The organization alleges that the agency is violating state law by unlawfully charging specific individuals background check fees and conducting unauthorized supplemental background checks when those individuals purchase firearms.
In a decision that reverberates through the ongoing national debate on gun rights, a Virginia Circuit Court has invalidated a state law mandating background checks for private handgun sales.
