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The Gun Industry’s 16.5 Percent August Comeback Is Being Graded on a Very Generous Curve
The FBI logged 2,111,146 background checks in August, up 16.5 percent over last year and the biggest annual jump since 2021. The fine print: last August set a decade low.
Michigan’s Five-Year Suppressor Felony Guards a Door the Feds Abandoned, and Two Lansing Bills Want It Gone
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 Quietly Restored Its Defensive Gun Use Data. The Numbers Still Embarrass the Same People Who Got Them Removed.
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.
A Sharpening Stone Defeats the Tech California Wants on Every New Pistol by 2028
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.
Congress Defunded Gun-Rights Restoration in 1992. The DOJ Just Reopened It With a $30 Fee and a Start Date.
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 Ghost Gun Rule Survived the Supreme Court. It Didn’t Survive the Trip Back to Texas.
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 Cross-Shaped Piece of Steel From 1982 Just Dragged New York’s Glock Ban Into Federal Court
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.
‘Relief, If Any’: The DOJ’s Week to Save NFA Registration Ended Without a Single Filing
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.
The Ninth Circuit Just Put a Stake in Hawaii’s ‘Vampire Rule,’ and Four States Are Holding Copies
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.
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