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New York’s new 3D printer law demands technology that does not currently exist, turning gun control into a broader attack on innovation, speech, privacy, and the right to make things without government permission.
ATF Director Robert Cekada told Shermichael Singleton that the Bureau needs to focus on criminals, not ordinary gun owners, while Chief Counsel Robert Leider defended rolling back rules that stretched beyond Congress’s intent.
Virginia officials are moving to revive mandatory background checks for private firearm sales despite a standing court order blocking enforcement. VCDL and GOA are expected to fight back.
Virginia’s new gun-control law is running into resistance before it even takes effect. Several Commonwealth’s Attorneys and sheriffs say they will not turn peaceful gun owners into criminals over a ban they believe violates the Second Amendment.
Rep. Jimmy Patronis has introduced the Firearm Freedom Act, a GOA-backed bill that would repeal the Hughes Amendment and remove the federal freeze on post-1986 machine gun transfers.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has put a Port St. Lucie homeowners association on notice after it attempted to ban firearms in common areas. The warning gives the HOA until June 1 to back down or face possible legal action.
The Supreme Court has denied Patrick Tate Adamiak’s case, leaving the former Navy sailor with a June resentencing hearing or a presidential pardon as his remaining paths to freedom after a 20-year sentence tied to demilled gun parts and ATF claims of machine gun possession.
ATF Director Robert Cekada told senators the Bureau’s $1.65 billion FY2027 budget request would support violent-crime enforcement, firearms-trafficking investigations, NIBIN, eTrace, and partnerships with state and local law enforcement.
ATF Director Robert Cekada faced House Oversight questioning over the agency’s handling of protected gun trace data, the Tiahrt Amendment, and growing concerns that ATF’s massive digitized records system edges too close to the national gun registry Congress banned.
Jordan Derrick, better known online as Dugan Ashley of CarniK Con, has been charged in a federal explosives case tied to online instructional videos.
George Peterson’s case began with an armed ATF raid on his Louisiana home and business. It ended, at least for now, with the Supreme Court refusing to review his NFA suppressor conviction and a two-year prison sentence hanging over him.
ATF’s draft revised Form 4473 would cut the firearms transaction form from seven pages to four while changing several key buyer questions. The proposal affects sex identification, marijuana language, straw purchase warnings, firearm type entries, and possible non-over-the-counter transfers.
ATF’s proposed rule would expand non-over-the-counter firearm transfers, allowing same-state FFLs to verify buyers remotely and ship firearms directly after federal checks are complete.
ATF’s new rule removes the bump-stock language invalidated by the Supreme Court in Garland v. Cargill, but it does not fully restore every affected regulation to its pre-2018 form. Gun owners should pay close attention to what ATF left behind.
CTRLPEW, Alexander Holladay, Centurion Partners Group, Trey Bickley, and Jonathan Adams are challenging California officials in federal court over the state’s attempt to apply its 3D gun file laws to speech and lawful conduct occurring in Florida.
Arkansas state senators are demanding a DOJ investigation into the 2024 ATF raid that killed Bryan Malinowski, raising questions about tactics, body cameras, notice, and the agency’s “engaged in the business” enforcement.
DOJ and ATF rolled out a historic 34-rule reform package aimed at reducing burdens on gun owners and the firearms industry. AmmoLand was there for the signing, but major questions remain over the frames-and-receiver rule, ATF’s out-of-business records database, and accountability after the Bryan Malinowski raid.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed five gun-control bills into law, but HB 1525 now puts Virginia State Police in the middle of a constitutional fight over universal background checks and a standing court injunction.
The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that machine guns are not protected by the Second Amendment, affirming the conviction in United States v. Alsenat and leaning heavily on Heller.
Virginia’s pending “assault firearms” ban could become even more restrictive after Governor Abigail Spanberger recommended amendments to SB 749 and HB 217. Gun-rights groups are preparing legal challenges as the bills move closer to becoming law.
Virginia’s April redistricting vote is colliding with Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s changes to major gun bills, creating a high-stakes fight over gerrymandering and the Second Amendment.
The Department of Justice has moved to dismiss Texas v. ATF, a landmark challenge to the Biden administration’s “engaged in the business” rule. Gun rights advocates say the move marks a major victory for private gun sales, collectors, and hobbyists who feared the ATF’s expanded dealer definition would criminalize ordinary conduct.
A federal judge in Alabama has paused Butler v. Bondi, the NRA-backed challenge to ATF’s 2024 “engaged in the business” rule, until the Senate votes on ATF Director nominee Robert Cekada.
DOJ and ATF have reversed course once again, now telling courts that a new frames and receivers rule is on the way. The move keeps the legal fight alive in VanDerStok and Defense Distributed while raising fresh concerns for hobbyists, manufacturers, and gun rights advocates.
A Long Island dentist has filed a federal lawsuit against Nassau County Police after a 2022 raid on his Massapequa home led to dozens of gun charges that were later dismissed. The suit alleges officers violated his Fourth Amendment rights by entering and searching the home without a valid warrant.
Maryland lawmakers have advanced legislation targeting many Glock pistols and Glock-style handguns, a move gun rights advocates say attacks some of the most common firearms in America. If enacted, the measure would restrict future sales and transfers of covered pistols beginning in 2027 and could spark a major Second Amendment court fight.
The ATF has decided not to replace the Biden administration’s 2022 frames and receivers rule, keeping federal ghost gun restrictions in place despite earlier signals that a new regulation was under review.
Harmeet Dhillon is reportedly set to be nominated as Associate Attorney General, a move that could further strengthen the DOJ’s growing focus on defending Second Amendment rights.
A three-judge First Circuit panel upheld Maine’s 72-hour gun waiting period and adopted the view that laws regulating the purchase or acquisition of firearms do not implicate conduct covered by the Second Amendment’s plain text.
In a new filing in VanDerStok v. Bondi, the ATF asked a federal court in Texas to stay the case for 90 days while it prepares a revised Frames and Receivers Rule.
