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.
Heller identified an individual right to keep and bear arms. McDonald made that right enforceable against the states. Bruen confirmed public carry and forced courts to follow text, history, and tradition. Together, they form the holy trinity of modern Second Amendment law.
Gun Owners of America says ATF Director Robert Cekada’s “61 active alerts” disclosure does not reveal the full reach of the FBI’s NICS Monitoring system. ATF is only one of several federal agencies that have used the system to track firearm purchases by legally eligible Americans.
Indian River County voters will help decide Florida’s newly configured 9th Congressional District, where firearm policy is emerging as a significant issue.
FPC, NRA, GOA, and other gun-rights plaintiffs are asking a federal judge to strike down New Jersey’s one-handgun-a-month restriction, arguing that the state’s own experts cannot identify a comparable Founding-era law.
A Norfolk neighbor shot and killed one of four dogs that got loose, and the Commonwealth's Attorney says both sides will be reviewed. Read the original story: Norfolk Neighbor Shoots and Kills One of Four Loose Dogs After a Woman Says She Was Attacked and Bitten in the Street
Gun Owners of America and Arizona resident Cynthia Ladd are challenging Oregon laws that block most nonresidents from obtaining a concealed-handgun license while recognizing no permits issued by other states.
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...
A new Supreme Court brief correctly argues that the AR-15’s militia value strengthens its Second Amendment protection—then undercuts that principle by abandoning machine-gun rights.