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California Just Gave CCW Holders a Third Year — Starting January 1, 2027, Not on the Card You Hold Now
Sacramento stretched the license. It did not stretch the one in your wallet. The sheriff put that in writing.
legislationSeattle’s Mayor Rolled Out a ‘Gun Violence’ Plan. The Verbs Are Patrols, Interrupters, and Red Flags.
Homicides are down. The plan still treats lawful carry as the leftover problem and repeat shooters as a public-health worksheet.
litigationThe First Circuit Just Heard Massachusetts’ Handgun Roster — With DOJ Sitting With the Gun Owners
Massachusetts does not ban handguns by name. It bans them by a list a dealer cannot sell off of. The First Circuit took argument on that list last Wednesday. Washington showed up for the plaintiffs.
industryEverytown’s Lawyers Subpoenaed a GunTuber. YouTube Already Banned Branded Videos of Guns.
Check the disclosure box and YouTube can kill the review. Skip the box and the FTC can call it a lie. Now a discovery request wants the analytics anyway.
self defenseA California Parolee Forced a Door in Eureka. The Resident Shot Him. The Sheriff Did Not Arrest the Resident.
California writes the gun laws as if the homeowner is the problem. The sheriff’s booking sheet in Eureka named the parolee.
self defenseAn Illinois CCL Holder Was Pumping Gas. The Masked Man Pulled First. Then He Dropped the Gun.
Illinois spent decades telling people a permit was a privilege. Tuesday morning in Orland Park, the permit was the difference between a masked gun and an empty parking lot.
legislationFlorida Put Guns, Ammo, and Suppressors on a Tax Holiday Through New Year’s Eve
The state is not waiting for ATF to finish arguing with itself about Form 4. Florida took the sales tax off the can through December 31.
industryBuck Put a Crossbar Lock on the 110 and 112 — and Shipped It Today
Buck kept the clip-point silhouette and replaced the lockback that made the 110 famous. The drop is today, not next catalog cycle.
litigationA Truck Driver’s Carry Permits Stop at Minnesota. A Coalition Just Asked SCOTUS to Notice.
Florida paper and Georgia paper do not become Minnesota paper at the state line. The docket is already teed for conference. The state declined to file.
industryATF Turned FFLAlert Back On — Check the Short Code Before You Ignore It
The Bureau spent five months putting the dealer-alert system back together. The phishing test is now on the dealers.
litigationTexas DPS Says the Carry Bans Are Unconstitutional. It Still Wants Them Enforced.
The state’s own top cop will not defend the bans as constitutional. He just does not want a court to stop him from running them.
litigationFPC Just Asked a New Jersey Court to Kill One-Gun-a-Month
The Second Amendment says Arms, plural. Trenton’s statute says one handgun, then wait thirty days. FPC put that contradiction in a motion.
litigationNew Jersey Called His Speech a Temperament Problem. SAF Took It to the State Supreme Court.
New Jersey did not need a felony. It needed a vibe check. Bruen already killed that model.
federalWashington Just Posted the Price of Permission: $126, Before Training
Olympia did not hide the invoice. It put it on a government website and called it a portal.
litigationDelaware’s Highest Court Just Refused Bruen — and Put the Under-21 Ban Back On
Eighteen-year-olds in Delaware are adults for the draft, for contracts, and for jail. The state’s highest court just said they are not adults for a handgun.
litigationThe Fifth Circuit Just Vacated Its Own Felon-in-Possession Ruling
A majority of the Fifth Circuit’s active judges voted to rehear a lifetime gun ban. Then they erased the opinion that had upheld it.
industryS&W Is Shipping the Bodyguard 2.0 With the Dot Already On It
Smith & Wesson stopped making you buy a micro pistol and a postage-stamp optic as two separate arguments at the counter.
industryAugust NICS Cleared 1.1 Million. NFA Checks Tripled.
The rifle market ticked up. The can market exploded. Those are not the same graph.
federalATF Will Let a Factory Rebuild Your Can — If the Serial Tube Survives
The Bureau just made factory repair less of a felony trap. It did not hand you a bag of unmarked baffles.
industryAero Precision Is Out of Private Equity. The Backorders Are Not.
Four AR brands just left the private-equity ward. The shelves do not refill on announcement day.
litigationSCOTUS Put America’s Rifle on the Calendar: December 2, One Hour
The date is not a rumor. It is the Court’s own sitting list. Cook County and Connecticut have to defend the ban in open court.
litigationMissouri Just Sued ATF to Kill the NFA Registry After the Tax Hit Zero
A 1934 tax statute is still demanding fingerprints for a can that no longer pays a tax. Jefferson City called that what it is.
litigationDelaware’s Homemade-Gun Ban Fails Bruen. The Printer Ban Does Not.
An outright ban on keeping an unserialized pistol you built in your own shop failed Bruen. A ban on selling the kit and sending the file did not.
litigationNew Jersey Built a Catch-22. The Third Circuit Tore It Up.
Sue before enforcement: no standing. Sue after: Younger. Judge Porter named the trap. Then he refused it.
litigationOregon Told a Licensed Visitor: You Have No Other Options
Arizona permits mean nothing at the Oregon line. The sheriff’s office said the quiet part out loud.
litigationSCOTUS Just Ordered New York City to Defend Its Stun-Gun Ban
New York City tried to let a Second Circuit summary order stand without a fight. The Supreme Court would not file it that way.
litigationHolyoke’s Chief Called Him Unsuitable Over Charges That Never Produced a Conviction
A shall-issue state that still lets a chief veto the right on unproven allegations is not shall-issue. It is may-issue with extra paperwork.
atf actionYou Can Walk Out With the Can. SilencerCo Says Don’t Cross the State Line.
The injunction opened the counter. It did not open the highway. SilencerCo just wrote that down.
self defenseChesnee, 2 A.M.: A Stranger Forced the House. The Homeowner Ended It.
The call came at two in the morning. The stranger was already inside. South Carolina’s Castle Doctrine is not a slogan when the door is open.
litigationMaryland Issued the Permit — Then Banned Carry Where People Actually Go
Bruen forced Maryland to issue the paper. Annapolis answered by making the paper useless. The reply brief is the receipt.
litigation27 States Just Told SCOTUS: An AR Ban Cannot Depend on Your Zip Code
Cook County and Connecticut banned the rifle. Twenty-seven states just told the Supreme Court that is not how a constitutional right works. Geography is not a loophole.
crimeCedar Hill: A Chase Customer Stopped a Knife Robbery Before Police Did
The police response clock starts when someone calls. The robbery starts when the knife comes out. In Cedar Hill those were not the same moment.
litigationThird Circuit: Machine Guns Aren’t Heller Arms — Silencer Registration Survives Too
The Third Circuit will strike a rifle ban and still treat a machine gun like a wartime leftover. That split is now in a published opinion.
litigationHawaii Used Contract Law to Keep 18-Year-Olds Unarmed — and Closed the Case
You can vote. You can enlist. In Hawaii you still cannot buy a rifle from a dealer, or take one as a gift from your mother, until you turn 21.
federalDOJ Put Nine Names in the Federal Register. 925(c) Is No Longer a Dead Letter.
For three decades § 925(c) sat unused. The August 27 Federal Register is the first public list of people whose federal firearms disabilities were lifted under the revived process.
atf regulationFour Weeks After the NFA Injunction, ATF Still Hasn’t Posted the Rules
Dealers are transferring cans. States are still treating them like NFA items. Washington has had a month and has not put the compliance map on paper.
litigation26 Million AR Owners Are Now in the Supreme Court Record
Cook County and Connecticut banned the rifle. The petitioners just filed the numbers. Twenty-six million owners is not a niche hobby.
litigationA Georgia Trucker Asked SCOTUS: Why Does Carry Die at the Minnesota Line?
The Second Amendment follows the citizen. The Eighth Circuit treated it like a state sticker. A Georgia trucker just asked the Supreme Court to pick.
regulationATF’s July Form 4 Wait: 9 Days on eForms, 8-Day Median — 6.6 Million Cans on the Books
The wait that used to be measured in seasons is now measured in days for an individual eForm 4. The National Firearms Act did not go away. The queue did.
legislationSB 948 Cleared Both Houses. The Live-Fire FSC Bill Goes to Newsom Next.
Monday the bill was still on the floor. Tuesday the last legislative vote landed. Engrossing and enrolling is the clerk’s step before Gavin Newsom sees it.
federalNIST Told Congress Microstamping Is Disputed Science — Not a Proven Crime Tool
Gun-control offices treat microstamping as settled. NIST told the House it has not researched it, has no workstream, and that the published record is in significant disagreement.
state lawPhiladelphia Democrat Wants ‘Designees’ Inspecting Every Pennsylvania Gun Store
Three thousand FFLs. Annual inspections by whoever the State Police deputizes. A ‘disproportionate share’ of traces as the tripwire. That is the memo. There is still no bill text.
litigationLouisiana Tried to Drag DOJ Into an Under-21 Carry Fight. The Judge Said No.
Louisiana will let an 18-year-old carry without a permit. It will not give that adult the license that punches a hole in the federal school-zone ban. The state wanted Washington in the case. It lost that move.
crimeFBI: Murder Rate Ties 1955 — The Lowest in the Bureau’s Recorded History
The gun-control lobby spent a decade promising a bloodbath. The FBI’s 2025 tables show a 70-year-low murder rate.
legislationCalifornia’s Last Legislative Week: 3-D Printer Controls and a Four-Hour Live-Fire Certificate Are Still Alive
The FFL-killer package died in committee. This week’s floor list is the next incremental pile.
litigationBoston Judge Keeps Massachusetts’ Under-21 Gun Ban — Adults Who Can Vote Still Can’t Carry
Eighteen is old enough for a ballot, a contract, and a rifle in uniform. In Massachusetts it is still not old enough for a handgun.
litigation9th Circuit Tosses California and Giffords: They Couldn’t Prove the Ghost-Gun Rule Wasn’t Harsh Enough
Giffords sued because the kit rule had a hole. The Ninth Circuit said they never proved the hole hurt them.
litigationLA’s CCW Backlog Cracked — DOJ Drops Its First Affirmative 2A Suit After LASD Meets the 90-Day Clock
A permit delayed three years is a permit denied. Los Angeles County just got forced to stop running that play.
atf regulationDOJ Opens a Real 925(c) Door — Restoration Is an Application, Not an Amnesty
Congress left a restoration statute on the books and then starved it. Blanche just stood up the process again.
litigationTexas Judge Strikes the Biden Ghost-Gun Rule — After SCOTUS Already Upheld ATF’s Power to Write It
The Supreme Court said ATF had the statute. A Texas judge just said the Constitution still vetoes the kit ban.