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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…
LA County Issued Two Carry Permits Out of 3,982 Applications. Now It’s Promising 120 Days.
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…
NFA Registration Just Lost in Federal Court to Its Own $0 Tax Stamp
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…
The DOJ Just Sued the Maryland County Where Your Own Backyard Can Be a Gun-Free Zone
The Justice Department says Bill 23-26's exclusion zones swallow more than a quarter of Montgomery County, and it wants a federal judge to stop enforcement now.
‘Accoutrements’: The Founding-Era Word Doing All the Work in California’s Magazine Ban Just Got Called Out at the Supreme Court
Challengers to California's magazine ban say two federal appeals courts now give opposite answers to the same Second Amendment question, and the Supreme Court already has two rifle-ban…
Colorado’s Semi-Auto Ban Starts August 1. The Last Real Day to Buy Was July 28.
Two laws did the work of one: SB25-003's August 1 start date plus Colorado's 3-day waiting period cut buyers off on July 28. What's covered, what the new…
B&T’s Utah Plant Grew From Three Employees to 7,000 Suppressors a Month While Lawyers Fought Over the Name
The Herriman buildout finished while a trademark settlement sent the B&T name back to Switzerland. What the new capacity means at the dealer counter and who answers warranty…
Suppressors Are Coming Off the Munitions List, Six Years After the Rifles They’re Built For
Two interim final rules move civilian cans from ITAR to Commerce oversight on November 20. What it means for American makers, traveling hunters, and the comment window that…
The Gas System in Smith & Wesson’s New $1,499 SBR Is the One Part Nobody Else Has Tested
The first .300 Blackout AXE pairs Gemtech's GVAC gas block with an 8-inch barrel and a $0 tax stamp. Full specs, the parts-value math, and the claim still…
Palmetto State Armory Resumed Virginia Rifle Shipments the Day a Judge’s Injunction Reached Every County
Rifles and 30-round magazines are back in Virginia carts after two injunctions blocked the state's new ban. How the July 21 date got set and what the attorney…
The Strongest Argument Against Maryland’s Glock Ban Came From Maryland’s Own Attorney General
SB 334 makes every factory Glock unsellable in Maryland on January 1, and a federal judge is being asked to freeze it first. What the law bans, who…
Every Felon-in-Possession Case Rests on One Sentence: “The Gun Crossed State Lines.” The Fifth Circuit Just Put It on Trial.
The full Fifth Circuit will rehear United States v. Squire as a Commerce Clause attack on the federal gun-possession ban. How Justice Thomas teed it up and what…
A Federal Appeals Court Just Struck Down a State “Assault Weapons” Ban. That Has Never Happened Before.
The Third Circuit's 10 to 5 en banc ruling voids New Jersey's 1990 rifle ban and 10-round magazine cap. What changes now, what waits on the mandate, and…
The House Just Banned the Credit-Card Code That Flags Gun Buyers. The Senate Math Doesn’t Add Up Yet.
HR 1181 passed 221 to 201 and would bar payment networks from tagging gun-store purchases with their own code. Where MCC 5723 is live today and why 60…
Four Gun Groups Tell the Sixth Circuit That 1.17 Million Registered SBRs Can’t Be “Unusual.” The NFA Registry Is Next.
A joint amicus brief in U.S. v. Machamer asks the Sixth Circuit to strike the NFA's registration scheme for short-barreled rifles. The argument's registry math, the government's 1631…
The Seventh Circuit Upheld Illinois’ AR-15 Ban. Its Ruling Comes With an Expiration Date.
In Barnett v. Raoul, the Seventh Circuit revived Illinois' AR-15 and magazine ban, nine days after the Supreme Court agreed to decide the same question. The ruling's shelf…
A Mental-Health Commitment Is a Lifetime Gun Ban. The 7th Circuit Just Added a Way Back.
In US v. Rose, the Seventh Circuit held the federal mental-health gun ban survives, but only against people who are still dangerous. Seven questions now decide who gets…
Four Justices Are On Record Against AR-15 Bans. The Supreme Court Case Needs Five.
The Supreme Court will hear Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, deciding whether AR-15 bans survive the Second Amendment. Four justices have already shown their hand.
Virginia Wanted One Gun-Ban Lawsuit Instead of Four. The Panel Said No.
A three-judge panel unanimously denied Virginia's bid to merge four lawsuits against its assault firearm and magazine ban. Two courts have already blocked the law.
ATF Moves to Cut Fingerprint Cards and Passport Photos From NFA Applications
An ATF proposed rule would cut fingerprint cards from two to one, drop passport photos, and end fingerprinting for NFA trusts. The comment window opens July 6.