UPDATE May 23, 3:30 p.m. EST: Pistol brace owners may have just caught a break in the courts today. The Firearms Policy Colation (FPC) announced today that the Fifth Circuit Court has granted an injunction pending appeal in the Mock v. Garland case. ...
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Illinois Assault Weapons Ban Back In Effect
UPDATE: May 8, 2023: After about a week of respite thanks to a court injunction, enforcement of the recently adopted Illinois assault weapons ban was healed, but after some legal ping-pong, the ban is back in effect. Last week, Judge Frank ...
Michigan Mag Ban, Red Flag Laws On the Way
Multiple Michigan gun laws, including a mandatory secure storage law, recently earned the governor’s seal of approval, and there may be a mag ban on the horizon for Michiganders. On April 13, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made good on her promise to ...
Washington Assault Weapons Ban In Effect Immediately
Washington has joined the growing list of blue states in a mad rush to tighten gun laws ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Gov. Jay Inslee signed three new gun control bills on April 25 that will, among other things, immediately institute a ...
Hottest New Guns at the 2023 NRA Annual Meeting
The 2023 NRA Annual Meeting was held last week in Indianapolis. In addition to a lot of speeches, the event gives gun companies a chance to exhibit their new models and debut new products that weren't ready for SHOT Show in January. About 80,000 ...
Judge Uses Bruen Test to Bench California Approved Handgun List
A federal judge in San Diego has placed an injunction on California’s Unsafe Handgun Act as part of the ongoing Renna v. Bonta case, which challenges the state’s stringent laws governing handgun ownership. Judge Dana Sabraw’s April 6 ruling blocks ...
Q Honey Badger AR: The Gun Industry’s Biggest Troublemaker
Kevin Brittingham, the creator of the famous (or infamous) Honey Badger AR, grew up competing with his older siblings for a place in the world and watching his dad fight with bare knuckles. Maybe that’s why he fights so hard today. By the ...
Florida Constitutional Carry Adopted, Creates CCW State Majority
With a swipe of his pen, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis officially tipped the number of states with constitutional carry laws on the books into the majority. The bill Desantis signed into law on Monday eliminates the requirement for Florida ...
Judge Beats Up ATF in Polymer 80 Case – Win for 2A
It looks like the fight between the ATF and makers and users of unfinished lowers and frames isn’t quite over. A judge just dealt the feds a considerable blow and gave Polymer 80, a gunmaker that primarily deals in 80% pistol frames, a big win that ...
Biden’s Gun Control Executive Order Is Mostly Hot Air
UPDATE March 15, 2023: Yesterday, March 14, 2023, President Joe Biden spoke at the Boys & Girls Club in Monterey Park, California, where he announced an executive order to increase federal gun control measures. While some mainstream ...
Credit Card Giants Back Away From Tracking Gun Purchases
The credit card industry has taken a huge step back from plans announced in September 2022 to use a new merchant category code (MCC) to track gun and ammunition purchases made with plastic in the United States. Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., American ...
Fiocchi Subsonic 5.7×28: New Food For your Suppressed 5.7
Fiocchi expanded its Range Dynamics ammo series with a subsonic 5.7x28mm load designed for suppressed shooting. With a 62-grain, full-metal-jacketed bullet, the new cartridge has a muzzle velocity of 1,050 fps. "But wait," you say. "Isn't the whole ...
Rep. Andrew Clyde on How He Wants to Chip Away at the NFA
When the new ATF pistol brace rule was published on Jan. 31, effectively changing the classification of braced pistols to highly regulated short-barreled rifles, Georgia Congressman Andrew Clyde introduced the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today ...
The Bruen Test: Gun Prohibitions Nixed in Weed, Domestic Cases
This month, two federal appellate courts cited last summer’s landmark Supreme Court decision in the NYSRPA v. Bruen case when they ruled that laws prohibiting certain criminal classes from possessing firearms were unconstitutional. The ruling also ...
26 States Join Gun Groups to Block ATF’s Pistol Brace Ban
This week, 26 states teamed with gun groups to stop the federal government from enforcing a new rule that allows the ATF to regulate braced pistols as short-barreled rifles. In two separate lawsuits, the groups argue the decision exceeded ...
The Valentine’s Day Massacre Tommy Guns and Birth of the NFA
A shocking burst of full-auto gangland payback in 1929 that left seven bloody, bullet-ridden bodies on a garage floor was the Parkland Shooting of its day. The now infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was a horrendous display of violence that the ...
ATF Investigating Dumpster Filled with Guns
What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever seen in a dumpster? Bag of money? A baby? How about a shitton of defective bullpup shotguns? Federal agents recently launched an investigation into an Oklahoma gun store owner after authorities discovered a ...
Assault Weapon Ban of 2023: Biden Fully Supports Proposed Law
The notoriously anti-gun Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California introduces an assault weapon ban practically every year, like clockwork. For nearly 20 years, they've gone nowhere. This year may be different. Feinstein’s new Assault Weapons Ban of ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Intruder Meets ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan and a .44 Magnum
Wrestling legend “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, 68, hasn’t been in a match in more than a decade, but he can certainly still hold his own. The WWE Hall of Famer recently used his grappling skills to take down a man who had broken into his South Carolina home ...
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 ...
Biden Pushes for Lame Duck 2022 ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
In the wake of two more tragic and high-profile shootings in Virginia and Colorado, resulting in multiple innocent casualties, President Joe Biden took the opportunity to ratchet up his anti-gun rhetoric following a successful midterm election cycle ...
New Jersey Concealed Carry Crackdown Imminent
Gun owners in formerly “may-issue” carry states have been eagerly waiting to see how their state governments would react to the Supreme Court’s ruling in the NYSRPA vs. Bruen case a few months back. Last week, not only did New Jersey say “hell no” to ...
Silencer Central: Spreading the Suppressor Gospel
Shooters of all breeds, hunters included, have increasingly embraced suppressors in the past decade. While the devices themselves are not new — the technology dates back to the early 20th century and is damn near identical to the muffler on every ...
Oregon Measure 114 Could Halt Gun Sales in State for Years
If a ballot measure currently before voters in Oregon passes, the state will have the strictest gun laws in the entire country. Its passage will also likely result in the suspension of gun sales and purchases in the state, potentially for years, as ...
Tax Hike for Guns and Ammo? House Dems Are Pushing For It
Should gunmakers, ammunition manufacturers, and law-abiding Americans who buy these products pay higher taxes to fund government-sponsored gun control and mitigate the damage done by criminals? With midterm elections just weeks away, some Democrats ...
