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
A Sept. 17 executive order opens two national monuments to hunting, safeguards traditional lead ammunition, and expands Sunday hunting and public-land access. NSSF praised the directive as a major win for hunters and the firearms industry.
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
The House Judiciary Committee is marking up H.R. 2442, which would preempt state excise taxes on firearms and ammunition, and H.R. 9298, which would tighten the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act’s liability shield. The dual markup is the day’
Northern District of Texas Judge Reed O'Connor held ATF's 2022 firearm and frame-or-receiver definitions unconstitutionally vague and in violation of the Second Amendment in Defense Distributed v. Blanche, undercutting the bureau's unfinished-frame a
ATF told FFLs that a complete silencer already in the NFRTR may be repaired or converted to a different caliber without a new making, marking, or registration, so long as the serialized frame or receiver is not destroyed and required markings stay in