The Federal Register will publish the ATF’s new pistol brace rule on Jan. 31, 2023, giving brace owners and dealers a 120-day window to comply before it goes into effect. Although the countdown for the impending pistol brace ban has been teased ...
Illinois Assault Weapon Ban Update: Judge Temporarily Blocks Law
FOLLOWING CONTENT POSTED: JAN. 24, 2023 Last week, an Illinois county court approved a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block the state’s assault weapons ban from being enforced against the more than 1,500 plaintiffs who filed a legal ...
Magpul DAKA Grid: What Your Gun Cases Always Wanted
Wyoming-based Magpul impressed fans at the 2023 SHOT Show with the official unveiling of the Magpul DAKA Grid Organizer system for Pelican gun cases. It is being billed as a superior and endlessly reconfigurable replacement for pluck-and-pull foam ...
New Taurus Revolvers: TORO Wheelguns Come Red-Dot Ready
At the 2023 SHOT Show, Taurus USA followed its annual tradition of introducing a bunch of new guns all at once, but this year, the gunmaker pulled out all the stops with five new Taurus revolvers. The gunmaker introduced the first-ever ...
Barrett Firearms Acquired by Australian Group
At the start of the 2023 SHOT Show, Tennessee-based gunmaker Barrett Firearms announced it has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by the global munitions company NIOA Group. NIOA has locations around the world and is primarily based in Australia. ...
Gemtech GVAC: The First ‘Suppressor Optimized’ AR Upper
Gemtech Suppressors has been teasing something for about a week ahead of the 2023 SHOT Show using the slogan “silence is golden.” Most people safely assumed the can-maker would introduce a new suppressor, and they were pretty much spot on, but there ...
Bump Stock Ban Reversed by U.S. Appellate Court
Last week, a federal appellate court reversed the ATF’s decision to institute a bump stock ban and to classify bump stocks as machine guns, saying the agency exceeded its authority. “A plain reading of the statutory language, paired with close ...
San Jose Becomes the First U.S. City to Mandate Gun Insurance
At the first of the year, the city of San Jose realized a novel gun control measure that some economists think is a practical way to reduce gun violence. The California city has become the first in the nation to require all gun owners to carry ...
UPDATE: Judge’s Ruling Blocks Oregon Measure 114 Indefinitely
This week, an Oregon state judge upheld a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking the background check provision in Measure 114, a gun control law voters passed by a slim majority in November. The ruling effectively blocks the law in its entirety ...
Tombstone 9mm Lever Gun Is Fully Tactical With a 20-Round Mag
It’s been a while since a gun company released a tactical lever-action rifle, but Patriot Ordnance Factory stepped up on Jan. 2 with what you could call an unconventional entry in the category: the new Tombstone 9mm, which doesn’t look anything like ...
New ATF ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule: Unfinished Pistol Frames Are Firearms
The ATF issued an open letter on Tuesday clarifying that partially completed pistol frames produced and sold by companies such as Polymer80 and Lone Wolf — the base component for so-called “ghost gun” handguns — should now be considered firearms ...
8.6 Blackout: A Subsonic Cartridge With Supersonic Capabilities
If you ask Kevin Brittingham why he created the 8.6 Blackout cartridge, he’ll describe a scenario in which the stars aligned. He’ll say that gun and ammo companies and the commercial market were all heading in that direction; they wanted to see a ...
Rumor Mill: New ATF Pistol Brace Rule May Publish in December
As of Tuesday, Dec. 13, the final rule regarding new pistol brace regulations has not been published in the Federal Register — the last step before it can be enforced — but it is rumored that the Biden administration will do so sometime this ...
