DOJ Sues San Jose Over $1,591 Fee to Exercise the Right to Carry

The Justice Department is suing San Jose over a $1,591 concealed-carry permit fee and applicant-funded psychological testing, alleging the city has priced ordinary citizens out of their Second Amendment rights.

By Duncan Johnson Editor in Chief •

Supervisor Skill Gaps Nobody Talks About

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is the promotion process that turns good officers into untrained supervisors overnight, and the specific skill gaps that follow them onto the shift. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose suppor...

By Tom R •

DOJ Stands Down on NFA Challenge After White House Intervention

President Donald Trump has ordered the Justice Department not to appeal the Silencer Shop ruling, leaving a major injunction against key National Firearms Act registration and approval provisions in place for covered plaintiffs, members and customers.

By John Crump •

FFL Transfers: Turning a Fee Into a Customer Pipeline

Transfers look like a $25-$50 paperwork fee. They are the highest-intent buyer your shop sees all week - and the cheapest customer-acquisition channel you own, if the four touchpoints between arrival and pickup are handled right.

By Gary Stone •

YouTube Gun Reviewer Subpoenaed In Illinois Lawsuit Against Gunmaker Smith & Wesson

Gun reviewer and attorney James Reeves says plaintiffs suing Smith & Wesson have subpoenaed years of information and analytics related to his firearms reviews. The post YouTube Gun Reviewer Subpoenaed In Illinois Lawsuit Against Gunmaker Smith & Wesson appeared first on The Truth About G...

By Mark Chesnut •

POTD: The Cabot Grand Duke Prototype – Toolmakers Built This

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 1911 built by people who were not in the gun business at all. Cabot Guns came out of Penn United Technologies in Cabot, Pennsylvania, a carbide tooling shop that grew out of a three bay garage and now turns out precision parts for aerospa...

By Sam.S •

FFL News: DOJ Won't Appeal NFA Ruling; Virginia Dealer Unit

The administration won't appeal the Texas NFA ruling, but the injunction covers members and customers of the plaintiffs, not the general public — 4473, NICS and Section 922(b)(4) all still apply. Plus Virginia's new FAIR enforcement unit, the FBI's NICS Monitoring confirmation, and the state-level split on registration.

By Fred Thompson •

Gun Reviewer James Reeves Subpoenaed in S&W Suit

Firearms reviewer and attorney James Reeves says he has been served with a subpoena in the lawsuit seeking to hold Smith & Wesson liable for the 2022 Highland Park parade shooting, a move that pulls independent gun media into the litigation and treats even unpaid reviews as corporate advertis...

By James Chen •
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