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Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman’s HEAR Act is being sold as “gun safety,” but the bill text tells a different story. It would ban possession of suppressors, offer no broad grandfather clause for ordinary citizens, and create a federal buyback program for millions of lawfully registered owners.
A Lancaster County judge stayed proceedings in Crump v. Katz, delaying a June 12 emergency hearing while a three-judge panel considers whether several Virginia SB749 lawsuits should be consolidated or transferred.
Police say two armed citizens confronted the suspect and may have prevented the attack from becoming even worse.
Aero Precision, Ballistic Advantage, Stag Arms, and VG6 say they are still operating while moving through receivership and a transition to new ownership, but gun owners should expect possible delays and watch open orders.
The Ninth Circuit used a bad-facts criminal case involving an illegal alien, domestic violence orders, false citizenship claims, and an unregistered suppressor to rule that suppressors are not Second Amendment “arms.”
Ruger’s new ReadyDot Micro Reflex Sight System gives LCP MAX owners a battery-free aiming option built for simple, fast, real-world concealed carry use.
NRA, FPC, and SAF have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Maryland’s new Glock-style handgun ban, arguing SB 334 targets common semiautomatic pistols protected by the Second Amendment.
Springfield Armory is adding the Aimpoint COA closed-emitter red dot to its 1911 DS Prodigy, TRP, and Operator pistols with factory A-CUT mounting.
An NSSF-backed lawsuit, Black v. Hook, is challenging Virginia’s SB749 ban on so-called “assault firearms” and magazines over 15 rounds. Plaintiffs are also seeking an emergency injunction before the law takes effect July 1.
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Freedom from Taxes Act would reduce remaining NFA transfer and making taxes to $0 and eliminate the Special Occupational Tax, sharpening the constitutional fight over the NFA registry.
Maryland could no longer deny ordinary citizens carry permits after Bruen, so it tried a new tactic: ban carry almost everywhere people actually go. Now gun owners are asking the Supreme Court to step in.
GOA, VCDL, John Crump, and other plaintiffs are asking a Virginia court to block Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s new “assault firearm” and magazine ban before the July 1 effective date.
The Justice Department’s amended complaint against Washington, D.C., targets the city’s AR-15 and suppressor bans as violations of the Second Amendment — and frames enforcement of those bans as a civil-rights problem.
SAF’s amicus brief in Baird v. Bonta tells the Ninth Circuit that California cannot ban open carry and claim the Second Amendment survives because concealed carry remains available.
Pennsylvania gun owners are pushing two major Second Amendment bills in Harrisburg: SB 357 for Constitutional Carry and SB 822 to give firearm preemption real enforcement power.
Connecticut lawmakers have sent HB 5043, the state’s Glock-style “convertible pistol” ban, to Gov. Ned Lamont. NAGR is urging gun owners to demand a veto.
DOJ is now challenging both Denver’s AR-15 ban and Colorado’s statewide magazine ban. The Supreme Court already has hardware-ban cases in front of it. It should take one.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gun owners are being urged to write President Donald Trump and support a pardon for Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, whose case has become a flashpoint over ATF overreach and abusive federal gun prosecutions.
Senate testimony from GOA’s Erich Pratt says the ATF has amassed nearly 1 billion firearm records, with 94 percent already digitized.
GLOCK’s new OEM 15-round metal magazines for the G43X and G48 give slimline owners more factory capacity, while the G44 also gets a new 15-round mag.
Testifying before the Senate, Rep. Thomas Massie defended the Second Amendment as a safeguard for liberty and tied that principle to live policy fights, including national constitutional carry, repeal of the Gun-Free School Zones Act, handgun rights for 18-to-20-year-olds, and NICS transparency.
Kentucky lawmakers overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes of HB 78 and HB 312, enacting new protections for the firearms industry and expanding concealed carry rights for young adults.
Taurus has entered the 9mm PDW market with the new RPC, a compact platform that combines ambidextrous controls, a 4.5-inch threaded barrel, 32-round magazines, and an available folding brace.
Virginia’s new HB40 ghost gun ban does not just target future builds. It forces privately made firearms into a serialization and recordkeeping scheme and offers no true grandfather clause for existing homemade guns.
A machete attack inside Grand Central is a brutal reminder that New York’s “sensitive places” law does not stop violent criminals. It only leaves law-abiding citizens disarmed until armed police arrive after the damage is already done.
