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Virginia’s defense of SB749 goes beyond public safety claims. In Crump v. Katz, the Commonwealth argues that Article I, Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution is a militia-tied right, not an individual Second Amendment-style protection.
The DOJ’s Second Amendment Section is investigating whether Philadelphia Police used vague “good cause” discretion to deny or revoke carry permits from law-abiding citizens.
Florida gun owners just scored a major Second Amendment victory. State officials agreed to judgment in Dunn v. Glass, clearing the way for a permanent injunction against enforcing Florida’s three-day firearm waiting period beyond the time required for a background check.
Teachers have been known to report students over perceived off-campus gun concerns before, even when no cause for them existed.
The en banc Ninth Circuit heard arguments in Baird v. Bonta, where California defended its open carry ban by claiming concealed carry permits satisfy the Second Amendment.
Many churches now rely on armed security teams to protect their congregations, yet some of the largest religious bodies in America continue to support gun control. Gun owners should know where their church stands—and whether their leaders understand the moral duty of self-defense.
The office of New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is reportedly sending subpoenas to firearms dealers across the state demanding records of Glock pistol sales…over the past ten years.
Florida lawmakers passed HB 7031E, a major tax package that includes a sales tax holiday for firearms, ammunition, suppressors, listed firearm accessories, and hunting, fishing, and camping supplies.
Wayne LaPierre lost his New York appeal, leaving intact a multimillion-dollar repayment order to the NRA and a 10-year ban from NRA leadership.
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.”
ATF has proposed removing several former Soviet countries from its automatic firearm and ammunition import denial list, a small but welcome move away from outdated federal restrictions that have limited choices for American gun owners.
Two armed Good Samaritans intervened outside a Port St. Lucie church and stopped an alleged kidnapping attempt by a convicted felon accused of violating a domestic violence injunction.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier put a Port St. Lucie HOA on notice over its common-area firearms ban, and the association quickly backed down.
A Lynchburg judge has rejected an effort by the Virginia State Police and Attorney General Jay Jones to dissolve an injunction blocking enforcement of universal background checks on private firearm sales.
A SAF-backed lawsuit in New Jersey has expanded, alleging Bergen County officials used cohabitant concerns to confiscate firearms, revoke permits, and deny gun rights to lawful owners.
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.
The anti-gun lobby wants Americans to fear armed citizens, but the available conviction and permit data tell a very different story. Concealed carry permit holders remain one of the most law-abiding groups in the country.
New research from the Crime Prevention Research Center found only a small number of murders tied to Glock switches over more than five years, undercutting the political push to use already-illegal conversion devices as an excuse to attack common Glock-style pistols.
This is citizen disarmament, just as certainly and just as seriously as if this were being imposed by extreme gun prohibitionist Democrats in New York City or Chicago.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed SB1847 into law, giving residents limited new deadly force protections in serious property-defense situations.
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.
Just don’t forget that what government can do to the Black Lions it will do to whomever it can.
The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus is celebrating its victory in the state Court of Appeals, nullifying the binary trigger ban because its inclusion in the 2024 omnibus tax/spending bill violated the state constitution’s single subject rule.
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.
Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas GOP Senate runoff after years of backlash from gun owners over Cornyn’s support for federal gun control.
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.
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.
New Hampshire’s HB 1793 campus carry bill is dead for the year after the Senate stripped the House-passed bill down to a faculty-only firearm provision and then refused to negotiate with the House in a conference committee.
A new federal lawsuit filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance challenges Illinois’ FOID card requirement, arguing the gun-owner licensing mandate violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
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.
