Author: Justin Trump

Two bills filed August 27 would repeal Michigan’s felony bans on suppressors and short-barreled rifles, closing the legal gap the federal NFA injunction opened for owners who skip now-unenforceable paperwork.

The CDC’s defensive gun use estimates are back on its website after a four-year absence. FOIA emails already showed why they left. The agency isn’t saying why they came back.

NIST told Congress no independent study has ever validated microstamping, and hand tools defeat it. California is one determination away from requiring it on every new semiautomatic pistol in 2028.

DOJ’s final rule revives the 925(c) relief process Congress defunded in 1992: who qualifies, who’s presumptively denied, what the application costs, and when the window opens.

The Supreme Court upheld ATF’s frame-or-receiver rule last year. On remand, a Fort Worth judge just struck it under the Second and Fifth Amendments, with an injunction covering every SAF member.

A coalition led by the NRA, SAF, and FPC is asking a Buffalo federal judge to strike down New York’s “convertible pistol” ban, a category that covers nearly every Glock sold since 1986.

The stay on the NFA registration ruling expired with no appeal filed, and the first registration-free suppressor transfers since 1934 followed at midnight. Here’s who’s covered and what still applies.

On remand from the Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the injunction against Hawaii’s default ban on licensed carry in businesses open to the public. Four states run the same rule.

SAF’s settlement with the LA County Sheriff’s Department hangs on one promise: every carry permit processed inside 120 days. The department’s recent scorecard was two permits from 3,982 applications.

A Texas federal judge permanently enjoined NFA registration for suppressors, SBRs, short-barreled shotguns, and AOWs after Congress zeroed the tax. Who is covered comes down to membership and where you buy.