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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.
Po Murray wants activists to reclaim “gun control.” Good. Now gun owners should demand equal honesty about crime data, failed promises, and bad policy.
The Supreme Court of Maryland ruled that Montgomery County went too far with parts of its firearms ordinance, including restrictions affecting state-issued wear-and-carry permit holders traveling on public highways.
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.
Disarming anyone disfavored by the state is one of the oldest power guarantors devised by governments, and this happening in Germany recalls another set of laws imposed within the lifetimes of people still living.
Everytown’s AI-powered EveryShot database is marketed as a near-real-time gun violence tracker. But a review of its “legal machine gun” results suggests the tool can misclassify firearms, ownership status, and incident details.
ATF’s new reform package targets pistol braces, bump stocks, FFL paperwork, NFA travel rules, CLEO notices, and other regulatory burdens on gun owners and firearm businesses. It is real progress, but gun owners should read the fine print.
Minnesota gun owners are warning that Senate Democrats are advancing a sweeping gun control package targeting AR-15s, magazines over 10 rounds, so-called ghost guns, binary triggers, and red-flag enforcement.
After six years of litigation, the Pennsylvania State Police agreed to revoke its policy treating partially manufactured frames and receivers as firearms under state law. The Firearms Policy Coalition did not get a final merits ruling, but it secured the practical result it sought.
Gun owners do not want Biden’s ATF rulebook cleaned up and handed to the next anti-gun administration. They want the frames-and-receivers rule repealed, the pistol brace trap buried, the “engaged in the business” rule rescinded, zero tolerance permanently ended, and ATF’s backdoor gun registry destroyed.
A Florida judge reversed the firearm surrender provisions imposed on journalist James O’Keefe after law enforcement seized guns from his West Palm Beach newsroom during a civil injunction dispute.
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.
Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act (NFA) have filed a motion for summary judgment in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
The Washington Hilton attack exposed the same hard truth gun-control advocates refuse to admit: strict gun laws do not stop determined attackers. California’s background checks and waiting periods did not stop the suspect. D.C.’s registration and carry restrictions did not stop him. Armed people did.
Clearly, had more Republicans and gun owners been engaged and voted, the results – and the resulting dangers they pose in terms of “gun laws,” would have been very different.
The 2025–2026 Supreme Court term and related lower-court litigation could define the next phase of post-Bruen Second Amendment law, from public carry and prohibited-person restrictions to AR-15 bans and the future of NFA registration.
Critics say Trump has not done enough for gun owners because the ATF still exists and the NFA and GCA remain law. But presidents cannot repeal statutes by executive order. The better question is what Trump has done with the authority he actually has.
Were pistols common in Revolutionary America? Historical evidence from Cramer and Olson’s Willamette Law Review article shows pistols were privately owned, commercially available, and familiar to Americans at the Founding.
The Connecticut House passed HB 5043, a bill targeting Glock-style handguns and other striker-fired pistols lawmakers claim can be illegally converted with auto sears. The measure now heads to the Senate.
The NRA’s 155th Annual Meeting in Houston showed real signs of progress, with strong attendance, leadership continuity, and Board action on governance reforms. But rebuilding member trust will take more than one good weekend.
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.
The D.C. Court of Appeals has granted rehearing en banc in Benson v. United States, vacating its earlier opinion and setting up a full-court fight over the District’s magazine ban and its licensing and registration requirements.
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.
Wyoming had a chance to protect citizens acquitted after lawful self-defense. Instead, lawmakers killed HB14, reinforcing the reality that the Second Amendment is still treated as a second-class right.
It translates into an open declaration by Democrats that their party’s war on the Second Amendment has entered a new phase in which they’re not even trying to disguise their intentions.
[T]he Framers never couched their revolutionary proclamation to specify “the right of the people qualified for proficiency by the federal government to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Records from the Siege of Boston show that residents surrendered 1,778 firearms, 634 pistols, and 38 blunderbusses in 1775, offering powerful evidence that handguns were commonly owned during the founding era.
Some anti-gun states are willing to trust certain non-citizens with badges, guns, and arrest powers while continuing to restrict the rights of law-abiding American citizens. That contradiction says everything about the mindset behind modern gun control.
NSSF says it is ready to sue if Maryland enacts SB 334, while Maryland Shall Issue and NRA-ILA warn the bill targets common Glock-style striker-fired pistols owned by law-abiding Americans.
FBI LEOKA data show 53 officers were feloniously killed in 2025, down from 2024, with early 2026 numbers also trending lower. The long-term pattern is uneven, but officer deaths remain well below earlier peaks.
