Interstate Handgun Sales Ruling and ATF's NFA Timetable
A Fifth Circuit panel struck the federal interstate handgun sales ban and ATF told dealers in Dallas that NFA guidance is weeks away. What licensees should do now — and what not to change yet.
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Minnesota Pheasant Index Jumps 20% Before Oct. 10 Opener
Pheasant hunters heading into the Minnesota pheasant opener this fall have reason for optimism. Released September 8 by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the state’s August roadside survey clocked the statewide pheasant index at 90 birds for every 100 miles surveyed, up from 75...
FFL Direct: ATF Built a Real-Time Tap on Gun-Buyer Records
ATF calls FFL Direct a convenience for gun dealers. The program automates serial-number trace responses that can send purchaser information to Washington while the bound book stays with the dealer. Congress must confront the backdoor registry infrastructure before an anti-gun administration explo...
Straw Purchase Rule Change: What FFL Dealers Must Know
A 42-year-old woman was arrested in Dallas and charged with lying on a 4473 to buy the gun a felon used to kill four officers in Charlotte. ATF is simultaneously rewriting the straw-purchase rule. Here is what the two stories mean for the person behind your counter.
ATF Confirms to Congress It Holds 1,414,088,513 Firearm Transaction Records, 92 Percent of Them Digitized
ATF tells Congress it holds 1,414,088,513 pages of out-of-business gun dealer records, 92 percent digitized. GOA calls it an illegal registry. Read the original story: ATF Confirms to Congress It Holds 1,414,088,513 Firearm Transaction Records, 92 Percent of Them Digitized
What’s in My EDC Bag: Everything I Carry, Pocket by Pocket
I just got back from my morning weighted walk and figured it was time to do something I haven’t done in a few years: dump out my everyday carry bag and go through it piece by piece. Before the links start: some of them are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying [R...
Newsom Signs 10 More Gun Control Bills in California’s Assault on the Second Amendment
Gavin Newsom signed ten more gun control bills as California continues piling restrictions onto the right to keep and bear arms. Anti-gun groups celebrated the package, but their approval does not change the Constitution: gun rights are civil rights, and government does not get to turn them into ...
One Handgun Present for All Known Fatal Bear Attacks in North America
Handguns have a strong record in documented bear-defense encounters. Dean Weingarten’s review of 204 fatal bear attacks found just one case with a handgun present—and the victim could not reach it. The lesson for armed Americans: a defensive handgun needs to be accessible when danger arrives.
Senators Demand DOJ Probe and Destruction of ATF’s 1.4 Billion Out-of-Business Records
Eight senators want DOJ to investigate ATF’s 1.4 billion out-of-business firearm records and order the destruction of those held unlawfully. AmmoLand believes the entire collection should go.
Ayoob: The Guns of Cormac McCarthy
When I plucked the September-October issue of Smithsonian magazine out of my P.O. Box, the first article I turned to was “The Secret Life of Cormac McCarthy” by Richard Grant. As I skimmed it, a pull-quote leaped out at me: “He never left the house without a book. He never left the house wi...