The Seventh Circuit has upheld Illinois’ ban on AR-15s and standard magazines, doubling down on Bevis just days after the Supreme Court agreed to hear Viramontes and Grant. Chief Judge Brennan warned the court is allowing Illinois to ban “the best-selling rifle in America and its standard mag...
CHICAGO, IL — The National Rifle Association, the Illinois State Rifle Association, three federally licensed gun dealers, and five individual gun owners filed a federal lawsuit this week challenging Illinois’s 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases. The case, Pearlstein v. Raoul, wa...
The Supreme Court’s decision to take up two major AR-15 cases shows the justices were not ducking the Second Amendment. Mark Smith argues the delay was strategic, setting up a cleaner fight over semiautomatic rifle bans in the October 2026 Term.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a major Second Amendment case over AR-15-platform rifles, but the real impact could reach far beyond so-called “assault weapon” bans.
June 2026 NSSF-adjusted NICS checks rose 11.7% from last year, while NFA background checks exploded 177% as suppressor and SBR demand continued to climb.
A Seventh Circuit panel led by Judge Frank Easterbrook signaled that lifetime gun bans for people once committed to a mental institution may require proof of present dangerousness.
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Viramontes and Grant could finally force lower courts to answer whether AR-15-style rifles are protected arms under the Second Amendment.
EAST ST. LOUIS, IL — Two Marine Corps veterans who are both certified firearms instructors are suing Illinois because the state will not even let them apply for a concealed carry license. Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation filed the federal lawsuit, Henrichs v. Kelly, on March 13 i...
FPC and CSSA filed a Colorado assault weapons lawsuit against Denver the same day the Supreme Court took up the "assault weapons" question. Here's what it means.