New Jersey argued that NSSF sued too early before enforcement and too late after the state began targeting firearm businesses. The Third Circuit rejected that Catch-22 and revived NSSF’s challenge to the state’s “reasonable controls” law.
William English estimates that Americans own 461 million firearms. A separate calculation using more than a century of federal production records produces nearly identical handgun, rifle, and shotgun ratios.
Federal prosecutors tied Dugan Ashley to the New Orleans terrorist through downloaded videos. AmmoLand’s source says the evidence shows no messages, meeting or personal connection—and raises questions about whether the published information would have worked.
Chief Judge Casper let nonresidents’ Second Amendment and right-to-travel claims over Massachusetts carry license delays move forward. Read the original story: Federal Judge Lets Out-of-State Gun Owners’ Challenge to Massachusetts Carry Permit Delays Proceed, Tosses Facial Claim
A Minnesota carry case asks the Supreme Court whether Americans need a permit from every state and whether Bruen requires reciprocity. Read the original story: One Permit or Fifty? Minnesota Gun Owner Asks Supreme Court Whether Americans Need a License From Every State to Carry
DOJ amended its Virgin Islands lawsuit to add claims against Act 9113's AR-15, magazine, and suppressor bans and its new carry restrictions. Read the original story: Sued Over Permit Delays, the Virgin Islands Passed an AR-15 Ban. Now DOJ Is Suing Over That Too
A Vancouver homeowner recognized a bike theft suspect from a neighbor’s security video and held him at gunpoint. He now faces arson charges. Read the original story: Armed Vancouver Homeowner Detains Man Deputies Now Say Torched a Furniture Warehouse and a Vintage Rail Car
Twenty-seven states are urging the Supreme Court to strike down Illinois’ and Connecticut’s AR-15 bans, arguing that commonly owned rifles cannot be prohibited under the Second Amendment.
President Donald Trump has pardoned Patrick “Tate” Adamiak and George Peterson, freeing two men whose cases became national examples of ATF overreach, disputed firearm classifications, federal gun registration, and excessive punishment for nonviolent conduct.
The Ruling On Aug. 8, 2026, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled in Silencer Shop v. ATF that most of the National Firearms Act is unconstitutional. According to NSSF, the court found that portions of the NFA no longer collect tax revenue following c...