Washington spent five days widening the gap between what gun law now allows and what ATF has told dealers to do. The FFL news digest for the week of September 21, and the decisions you should not make yet.
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that NICS Monitoring tracked firearm transactions involving Americans who remained legally eligible to buy guns. The program violates the Brady Act’s written restrictions and turns a lawful Second Amendment exercise into a federal investigative alert.
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.
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...
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.
GIFFORDS PAC is committing $10 million to the 2026 elections, beginning with spending in competitive Senate and House races. The post Giffords Drops $10 Million to Buy Congress in 60 Days appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Virginia's FAIR Unit can now investigate and sue firearm dealers under the state's reasonable-controls standard. Plus: why SIG SAUER's new dealer locator makes accurate in-stock data a marketing asset.
Five years after AmmoLand’s John Crump exposed a secret program monitoring lawful firearm purchases through NICS, FBI Director Kash Patel has confirmed its existence before Congress. ATF restricted the surveillance system in 2025 but did not eliminate it.
The names of firearms designers such as John Moses Browning, Mikhail Kalashnikov and Eugene Morrison Stoner are synonymous with iconic firearms. Stoner was a prolific firearms designer who was responsible for the AR-7 U.S. Air Force survival rifle, the AR-10 rifle, the SR-25, and, of course, the ...
A YouTube gun reviewer says he was subpoenaed in Roberts v. Smith & Wesson, the Highland Park lawsuit that calls unpaid reviews advertising. Read the original story: James Reeves Subpoenaed for Being a Guntuber: Highland Park Lawsuit Against Smith & Wesson Reaches Into Firearms Media an...