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.
DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel says the federal ban on licensed dealers selling handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds cannot be criminally enforced. Read the original story: DOJ Says It Will Not Prosecute Dealers Who Sell Handguns to 18-to-20-Year-Olds, Calling Federal Ban Inconsistent With the Second Am...
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel says the federal government cannot constitutionally punish gun dealers for selling handguns to otherwise law-abiding adults between 18 and 20.
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.
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the existence of NICS Monitoring. FOIA records now show that legally eligible gun buyers were flagged for reasons ranging from large purchases to associations and conduct that were not necessarily crimes.
The Supreme Court is preparing to decide whether governments may ban AR-15-style rifles. Here is every amicus brief filed in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, including the arguments supporting gun owners and two supposedly neutral briefs that advance anti-gun positions.
Two Southern California jurisdictions froze new firearms retailer approvals within two weeks of each other. The mechanism was not a gun law — it was land use, and it moves faster than anything most dealers track.
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.
Two men in Slovakia used legally carried handguns to stop separate brown bear attacks. Both escaped injury, underscoring the value of an immediately available defensive firearm when a bear charges.