Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 26 signed a 10-bill package requiring a live-fire firearm-safety course, expanding red-flag orders to ammunition, and mandating that 3D printers sold in the state block firearm files. The package further tightens California
U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett denied plaintiffs’ preliminary-injunction motions in Bathras v. Moore, leaving Maryland’s SB 334 ban on cruciform-trigger pistols in place. The ruling keeps the state’s restrictions on Glock-style handguns in ef
Eight Republican senators led by Jim Risch asked Attorney General Todd Blanche to investigate ATF’s out-of-business dealer records, arguing the digitized files amount to a prohibited national gun registry of more than 1.4 billion entries.
Eligible prohibited persons invited by the Justice Department may begin applying as of September 25 to restore federal gun rights under the long-dormant 18 U.S.C. § 925(c) process. The new Federal Firearm Rights Restoration program ends a decades-lon
Plaintiffs in Ocean State Tactical v. Rhode Island asked a federal judge on Sept. 21 to strike the state’s large-capacity magazine law without a trial, arguing later Supreme Court decisions have undercut the ban.
The NRA and Second Amendment Foundation petitioned the Supreme Court for certiorari in Beckwith v. Frey after the First Circuit upheld Maine’s 72-hour cooling-off delay on purchases that have already cleared a background check. The filing asks the Co
An en banc Ninth Circuit reversed a lower-court injunction and held that Hawaii’s 30-day firearm-acquisition permit window and required police-station inspection of certain newly obtained handguns are presumptively lawful shall-issue conditions. The
The National Shooting Sports Foundation filed a federal lawsuit and preliminary-injunction motion to stop Connecticut’s October 1 ban on cruciform-trigger, striker-fired pistols—the most common handguns sold in America. The trade group argues the pro
Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak joined Missouri’s lawsuit seeking to block ATF registration of suppressors and short-barreled rifles after Congress zeroed the NFA tax. In a parallel break, four FFLs in different regions passed ATF industry-oper
OLC Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser concluded that 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1) and (c)(1) may not be criminally enforced against dealers who sell handguns to law-abiding 18- to 20-year-olds. The opinion effectively lifts the federal age bar on
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed at a Sept. 15 Senate Judiciary oversight hearing that the NICS Monitoring program tracks additional firearm purchases by Americans who remain legally eligible to buy guns. The exchange, pressed by Sen. Chuck Grassley
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division filed suit alleging San Jose’s nearly $1,600 CCW application fee is the nation’s highest and an unconstitutional barrier to public carry. The case puts a steep local permitting charge squarely in the Bru