After the Third Circuit struck down New Jersey’s semi-automatic rifle and magazine bans, Trenton lawmakers turned back to a sweeping firearm-storage mandate. Professor Mark W. Smith explains why the proposal runs directly into the Supreme Court’s ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller.
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have one of the true holy grails of American gun collecting. This is a Winchester Model 1876 “One of One Thousand,” a rifle that sits in the same rarefied air as a Colt Walker. Here’s what the grade meant. Winchester test-fired ...
The Trump Justice Department says the Supreme Court’s Wolford decision does not meaningfully affect a constitutional challenge to the National Firearms Act. Mark Smith argues DOJ is stretching Miller, shifting the burden onto gun owners and disguising a federal firearm registry as a licensing s...
SOG (Studies and Observations Group) crafts brutally tough knives, blades, and tools that have been around for years. Trusted by civilians and the military factions alike, their quality is unquestioned. Most recently, SOG Knives has revealed a new 250th Anniversary, Limited Edition SEAL FX Fixed ...
B&T USA (Brügger & Thomet) is a favorite brand for many TFB readers for their precision, quality, and incredibly cool firearms that they produce for both military and civilian sales across the globe. Now, they have announced that their USA facility in Utah has expanded for more emplo...
Colorado’s new semi-automatic firearm restrictions officially begin August 1, 2026, but the state’s mandatory three-day waiting period cut off ordinary purchases on July 28. One Second Amendment infringement effectively accelerated another.
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a true piece of Cold War Americana, packaged for a spy movie. This is an SWD M11/Nine, a 9mm submachine gun, and it comes tucked into a working “briefcase gun” rig. The lineage runs back to Gordon Ingram and the famous MAC-10 of ...
The Supreme Court’s “common use” test provides powerful protection for AR-15s and other widely owned firearms. Second Amendment plaintiff Charles Nichols argues, however, that the doctrine lacks a genuine historical foundation and makes constitutional protection depend on modern ownership n...
SAF, NRA, Cato, and others urge the Maryland Supreme Court to hear Darius Duvall's appeal over carrying with a valid D.C. permit. Read the original story: Valid D.C. Permit, Two Maryland Convictions Anyway: Eight 2A Groups Urging Maryland’s Highest Court to Hear Duvall Carry Case
Virginia is defending its firearm and magazine ban by reviving the collective-right theory and claiming the state right to keep and bear arms is tied to militia service—not an individual guarantee.