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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…