The Justice Department has entered the Supreme Court fight over AR-15 bans, arguing that rifles commonly owned for lawful purposes cannot be prohibited. The post Department of Justice Files Brief With U.S. Supreme Court In Support of AWB Challenge appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
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.
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 long-haul truck driver is asking the Supreme Court whether Minnesota can deny his right to carry because the state refuses to recognize his valid Georgia and Florida permits.
SAF and four allies urge the Massachusetts SJC to strike the state's subjective suitability test after a police chief denied a carry license. Read the original story: Charges From Over a Decade Ago, Never Convicted, Still Denied: SAF Takes a Police Chief’s Carry Denial to Massachusetts̵...
The Third Circuit acknowledged that machine guns are protected “Arms” but upheld the federal ban anyway. Its decision to place supposedly “minimal” suppressor-registration requirements outside the Second Amendment may be even more dangerous for gun owners.
A federal judge upheld Hawaii’s sweeping gun ban for adults under 21 by treating Founding-era contract law as a historical firearm restriction. The ruling admits these adults are protected by the Second Amendment but still allows Hawaii to deny them access to firearms and ammunition.
SilencerCo says qualifying customers in 27 states can purchase new suppressors through Form 4473, but unresolved NFA questions have prompted a warning about taking them across state lines.
A new national survey estimates that Americans own approximately 60 million AR-15-type and similarly styled rifles. The findings are now being used to challenge Cook County’s and Connecticut’s rifle bans before the Supreme Court.
An ammunition manufacturer in Kearneysville, West Virginia, is getting its payment processing back after a state investigation, and the reversal follows a pattern the firearm industry has watched play out at company after company, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). What ...