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ATF Won't Tell You Which Braced Pistols It's Prosecuting
The Biden brace rule is dead — and ATF is still hunting braced-pistol owners without telling them which guns are in the crosshairs.
court rulingSCOTUS Had 18 Chances to Defend 2A — Took None
Eighteen Second Amendment cert petitions landed on the Supreme Court's conference table. The justices granted exactly one — then surgically removed both 2A questions from it.
atf actionATF Refuses to Say Which Braced Pistols Are Illegal—Until Agents Knock
The Biden pistol brace rule is dead—and ATF just told Gun Owners of America it won't reveal which braced pistols it still considers illegal until gun owners are already staring down federal charges.
legislationThey Want Your Gun Records. April 28 Is the Fight.
The date is April 28, the committee is Republican-controlled, and the bill to gut every privacy protection standing between you and a federal gun registry is already written and waiting.
atf actionRule Dead, Hunt Continues: ATF's SBR Back Door Exposed
The court put a bullet in ATF's pistol-brace rule—and the agency responded by reloading.
editorialSCOTUSblog Just Published the Anti-Gun Litigation Playbook
The other side just got a publicly published roadmap to every soft target left in your Second Amendment rights—and most gun owners haven't heard a word about it.
legislationDisarmed at the Soccer Field: SOF Carry Act Fights Back
A Delta Force operator who cleared buildings in Fallujah can be legally disarmed at his kid's soccer game the moment he crosses into the wrong state. Rep. Pat Harrigan just introduced the bill to make that absurdity illegal.
state lawWyoming's Supermajority Just Stabbed Gun Owners in the Back
You don't need a gun ban to destroy the Second Amendment — you just make self-defense financially unsurvivable, and Wyoming Republicans just proved they're fine with that.
threatBrace Rule Is Dead—ATF Is Still Calling Your Pistol a Felony
The court killed the ATF's pistol brace rule—and the ATF is still calling certain braced pistols short-barreled rifles anyway, no rule required, no warning given, just a federal felony charge waiting on your bench.
state lawSpanberger Drops the Mask: VA Just Criminalized Your Rights
Virginia's new governor just proved she isn't a moderate—she's a full-throated gun-grabber, and she signed the receipts.
legislationWhy Can a SEAL Neutralize a Terrorist But Not Carry in NJ?
America trusts its special operators to kick in doors in enemy territory—then strips their right to carry a pistol at a New Jersey Walmart.
legislationVets Carried in Fallujah. Why Can't They Carry in California?
A man who cleared buildings in Kandahar has to disarm the second he drives into New Jersey. A federal desk agent does not. Congress just introduced a bill to end that disgrace.
court rulingSCOTUS to Feds: Can You Disarm Pot Users Forever?
Right now, your neighbor who buys a legal cannabis gummy at an Arizona dispensary is a federal criminal the moment he touches his home-defense rifle—and the Supreme Court is about to decide if that's constitutional.
legislationGreen Berets & SEALs Could Carry in All 50 States—No State Veto
Congress just handed anti-gun governors a problem they never saw coming: a bill that lets Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Delta operators carry concealed anywhere in America—and there's not a damn thing California can do about it.
state lawSpanberger Signs Semi-Auto Ban, Age Curbs & Carry Cuts in One Day
In a single signing session, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger did what anti-gun activists have spent a decade trying to pull off: a semi-automatic ban, age-based purchase restrictions, and concealed carry attacks — all at once, all targeting the law-abiding.
legislationGreen Beret Congressman: SOF Vets Won't Beg to Carry
The men who kill terrorists at 3 a.m. in hostile territory come home to find California and New York demanding a permission slip before they can carry a pistol.
legislationVets Trusted With M4s Overseas Can't Carry Across State Lines
A retired FBI agent can carry concealed in all 50 states today. A decorated combat veteran who cleared buildings in Fallujah cannot. A new bill in Congress is here to end that disgrace.
court ruling10th Circuit Rips Open Colorado's Ghost Gun Ban
Colorado thought it buried the ghost gun fight. The Tenth Circuit just dug it back up.
legislationCongress to Anti-Gun States: Our Warriors Carry Everywhere
A Green Beret who survived two decades in the world's deadliest war zones can be prosecuted in his own country the moment he crosses into New Jersey with the sidearm he trusted with his life—and a new House bill just declared that insane.
legislationGreen Beret Congressman: SOF Warriors Deserve Federal Carry Rights
America trusts these men to kill terrorists in the dark on foreign soil—then some states make them beg for a carry permit the moment they land back home.
court ruling10th Circuit: Colorado Can't Kill Ghost Gun Case—Fight On
Colorado thought it could bury a Second Amendment challenge to its unserialized firearm ban before a single judge ever weighed the merits—the Tenth Circuit just said no.
victoryPaxton Just Killed ATF's Dealer Grab — Texas Wins Big
The ATF wanted to brand hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Texans as presumptive criminals — and Ken Paxton just made them eat that rule in court.
legislationDems File Bill to Kill the Law Blocking a Federal Gun Registry
For over two decades, one appropriations rider has stood between every law-abiding gun owner and a backdoor federal registry—and on April 28, Democrats are bringing the bulldozer.
breakingATF on the Hot Seat: The Hearing That Could Save Your Gun Privacy
There is a bill sitting in Congress right now that would hand the ATF your entire gun purchase history, open it to FOIA requests, and let the agency audit your dealer without a warrant — and on April 28, the hearing that could stop it goes on the record.
court rulingPaxton Just Killed the ATF Rule That Could've Made YOU a Criminal
The ATF tried to turn your grandfather's gun-show handshake into a federal crime—and Texas AG Ken Paxton just made them eat it in court.
threatWyoming Just Stabbed Gun Owners in the Back
Wyoming — highest gun ownership rate in the nation, constitutional carry, blood-red legislature — just let a bill die that would have protected law-abiding gun owners from financial ruin after a justified self-defense shooting.
threatWyoming Just Left Gun Owners to Bleed Out in Civil Court
You shoot an attacker in your own home, the DA clears you, and then you lose everything anyway—Wyoming just made sure that's still perfectly legal.
court rulingSCOTUS to Decide: Can Feds Strip Your Guns for Legal Weed?
Every state-legal marijuana user who owns a gun is already a federal criminal under current law—and the Supreme Court is about to decide whether that stays true.
court rulingSCOTUS Could Free 400K Arizona Gun Owners From a Federal Trap
In Arizona right now, 400,000 people with legal medical marijuana cards are technically federal firearms felons the moment they touch a gun — and the Supreme Court is about to decide whether that silent mass disarmament survives the Constitution.
state lawNJ Built Its Own Background Check System—And You're the Target
You cleared the FBI. Doesn't matter—New Jersey has its own system, its own disqualifiers, and its own bureaucrats standing between you and a constitutional right.
editorialNRA Fixed Its Books—The NFA Trap Is Still Loaded
The NRA balanced its budget and called it a victory—but the federal trap that can reclassify your suppressor or SBR by memo is still fully cocked, still loaded, and nobody on the main stage in Houston would say it out loud.
threatSenate Rule Kills Suppressor Freedom—No Vote, No Debate
No vote. No debate. One procedural ruling just vaporized the fastest path to stripping suppressors from the National Firearms Act—and the anti-gun lobby is already doing a victory lap.
nfa6 Million Suppressors: The NFA Is Running Out of Excuses
Six million suppressors are in civilian hands right now — and that single number may be the bullet that finally kills the NFA's unconstitutional grip on your hearing protection.
legislationMN Bill: 5-Year Gun Seizure, No Pay, Any Cop Can Pull Trigger
Minnesota lawmakers just advanced a bill that lets any cop on scene seize your guns for five years, keep your property without paying you a dime, and do it at midnight—no conviction required.
state lawSC Bill: Enforce a Red Flag Order, Go to Prison
In South Carolina, a bill now moving through the legislature would send law enforcement officers to prison for carrying out red flag gun seizures—no exceptions, no carve-outs.
state lawNJ Cut the FBI Out of Gun Checks — Here's the Trap
In New Jersey, you don't clear a federal background check — you clear the state police, and those are two very different things.
threatThey Can Take Your Guns Before You're Charged With Anything
A former roommate. A disgruntled coworker. One phone call to a courthouse—and police could be at your door to seize every gun you legally own before you've been charged with a single crime.
threatMichigan's Own Courts Expose the Red Flag Machine's Body Count
Michigan's judicial branch just handed gun owners a government-stamped receipt for their own confiscation — and the numbers are exactly as ugly as Second Amendment advocates said they would be.
state lawSC Makes Red Flag Enforcement a Felony — Bloomberg's Furious
South Carolina just made enforcing a red flag gun confiscation order a felony — and Michael Bloomberg's propaganda outlet The Trace is losing its mind over it.
nfaNRA Fixed Its Books—Your Suppressor Is Still Trapped in the NFA
The NRA cleaned up its finances and called it a comeback—but the Hearing Protection Act is dead, suppressors and SBRs are still chained inside the National Firearms Act, and the federal machine to squeeze them tighter is sitting there, fully operational, waiting for the wrong administration.
legislationByrd Rule Kills Suppressor Reform — Here's the Last Door Left
The best shot at freeing suppressors from the NFA just got stabbed in the back by a Senate procedure manual — and Everytown and Giffords are already dancing on the grave.
court rulingSCOTUS Ducked 18 Second Amendment Cases in One Day
Eighteen Second Amendment petitions walked into the Supreme Court's April 24 conference. All eighteen walked out dead.
nfa6 Million Suppressors: The NFA's Days Are Numbered
Nearly 6 million suppressors are now legally owned by American civilians—and that single number may be the constitutional kill shot that takes down the NFA's 90-year stranglehold on your hearing.
atf actionATF Won't Tell You Which Brace Guns Are Illegal—Until Arrest
The Biden brace rule is dead, the victory lap is over, and the ATF is already hunting braced pistol owners under laws that have existed for decades—while refusing to tell you which guns are in its crosshairs.
state lawSC Just Made Red Flag Enforcement a Felony—States Are Copying It
In South Carolina, enforcing a red flag gun order doesn't just risk your badge anymore—it risks your freedom.
court rulingAfter Heller, Bruen & Rahimi: Here's What's Coming for Your Rights
Three landmark decisions. Dozens of cases bounced back to lower courts. And right now, the biggest wave of Second Amendment rulings in American history is building — whether your news feed is covering it or not.
threatSpanberger Just Signed Two Unconstitutional Gun Bills — Read This
Abigail Spanberger just stabbed Virginia gun owners in the back — and she did it with a pen, a smile, and zero regard for the Constitution.
victoryOhio Senate CRUSHES Liberal Cities Trying to Grab Your Guns
Ohio's liberal-run cities have been quietly scheming to strangle gun rights that state law already guarantees — and the Ohio Senate just caught them red-handed and stomped it flat.
court rulingHeller. Bruen. Rahimi. Here's What the Courts Are Hiding Next
Three landmark rulings. Eighteen years. And right now, a tsunami of gun cases is quietly building in the lower courts — and what comes out of them will hit every gun owner in America.
state lawSpanberger Just Signed Two Unconstitutional Gun Bills—Read This Now
Abigail Spanberger didn't waste a Wednesday — she spent it signing two unconstitutional gun bills into Virginia law and betting you wouldn't notice.