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Green Beret Congressman: SOF Vets Shouldn't Beg to Carry
The most lethal gunfighters America has ever produced can clear a compound in a denied country with zero backup—but in some states, they still have to beg a permit clerk for the right to carry at home.
court ruling10th Circuit Rips Colorado's Ghost Gun Ban Back Open
Colorado's legislature thought they'd buried the ghost gun fight. The Tenth Circuit just dug it back up.
legislationThey're Holding a Hearing to Kill Your Gun Privacy
The only law standing between you and a federal gun registry just got a hearing date—and the people who want it dead are already circling.
atf actionCourts Killed the Brace Rule. ATF Didn't Get the Memo.
Gun owners won in court. ATF lost the rule. And somehow your braced pistol might still be a short-barreled rifle in the agency's eyes—no new rulemaking, no public comment, no vote.
legislationCombat Amputee Congressman Fights to End Special Ops Carry Ban
The same Army Ranger trusted to run classified raids in hostile territory comes home and gets legally disarmed by anti-gun state law. Rep. Pat Harrigan just introduced a bill to end that insult.
court ruling10th Circuit Punts CO Ghost Gun Law—SCOTUS May Bury It First
Before a Colorado court can even finish its do-over, the Supreme Court may render the entire fight moot—and take the ATF's ghost gun authority down with it.
state lawSpanberger Just Disarmed Virginians—Bruen Be Damned
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed a gun-control package that the Supreme Court already ruled against—and every law-abiding Virginian woke up with fewer rights this morning.
legislationVets Bled for This Country—Why Can't They Carry in It?
A combat veteran who cleared houses in Fallujah can be disarmed the moment he crosses into California. A new bill in Congress says that ends now.
legislationThe Troops Who Cleared Fallujah Can't Carry in California
The most lethally trained Americans alive can be legally disarmed by a California welcome sign—and a new House bill is finally coming to fix that disgrace.
legislationSOF Vets Cleared Fallujah—Now They Need a Permit?
The same government that handed a Green Beret a rifle and told him to clear rooms in Kandahar is now making him beg a state DMV clerk for permission to carry a pistol at Walmart.
threatWyoming Stabbed Its Own Gun Owners in the Back
Wyoming just proved that even the most gun-friendly legislature in America will let you go bankrupt defending a justified shooting—and anti-gun strategists are taking notes.
court rulingSCOTUS Could Free Millions of Gun Owners the Feds Trapped
The federal government built a trap: use marijuana legally under your state's law, and you're a felon the moment you touch a firearm. The Supreme Court is now deciding whether that trap is constitutional.
court ruling10th Circuit Rips Colorado's Ghost Gun Ban—Fight Is Back On
Colorado thought it killed this case before it could breathe—the Tenth Circuit just proved them wrong.
court ruling10th Circuit Rips Gallagher's Cover—Colorado Ghost Gun Law on Trial
A federal appeals court just torched the procedural escape hatch that kept Colorado's ghost gun serialization law alive—and a looming Supreme Court ruling could finish what the 10th Circuit started.
threatThey're Coming for Tiahrt Apr. 28—The Last Wall Before a Gun Registry
The single firewall standing between 100 million American gun owners and a permanent federal registry has a hearing date: April 28.
threatWyoming Just Betrayed Its Own Gun Owners—No State Is Safe
Wyoming—constitutional carry, cowboy culture, one of the reddest states on the map—just voted to leave its armed citizens financially exposed after a justified self-defense shooting. If the bill can die *there*, it can die *anywhere*.
court rulingSCOTUS Could Restore Gun Rights to 30 Million Weed Users
You buy legal marijuana at a state-licensed dispensary on Monday. By Tuesday, the federal government classifies you as a prohibited person — no different than a convicted felon — and your Second Amendment rights are gone.
legislationSC Just Made Red Flag Enforcement a FELONY
South Carolina just turned the tables on red flag enforcers — show up to seize a law-abiding gun owner's firearms, and YOU are the one committing a felony.
state lawStates Make Red Flag Enforcement a FELONY — Bloomberg Panics
Bloomberg's own media operation just spent 1,300 words explaining why it's terrified — and the reason is simple: Republican states are making red flag enforcement a felony crime.
threatThey Seize Your Guns Before You Can Say a Word
One allegation. One signature. Police at your door—and your guns already gone before you knew it was happening.
court rulingMichigan's Own Courts Documented the Red Flag Machine
Michigan's own courts just handed gun owners the most damning piece of evidence in the red flag debate — a state judicial report documenting exactly how the confiscation machine operates, and the numbers are impossible to dismiss.
court rulingSCOTUS Had 18 2A Cases—Granted the One That Dodges the 2A
The Supreme Court sat down April 24 with 18 Second Amendment petitions in hand—and performed the most deliberate act of judicial evasion in recent memory.
threatThey Take Your Guns Before You Know You're Accused
A judge can sign away your Second Amendment rights while you're asleep — no charges filed, no crime committed, no chance to defend yourself — and in 21 states plus Washington D.C., that's not a hypothetical. That's Tuesday.
threatMichigan's Own Data Exposes Red Flag Gun Grabs Before Any Hearing
Michigan's judicial branch just published the receipts on its own red flag law—and every number in that report is an argument gun owners already made and were called paranoid for making.
threatATF Won't Tell You Which Braced Pistols Are Illegal
The Biden brace rule is dead—and the ATF just told gun owners they're on their own figuring out what's still a federal crime.
legislation6 States Make Red-Flag Enforcement a Felony—Bloomberg Panics
South Carolina just drew a line in the sand: enforce a red-flag order here, and you go to prison.
atf actionATF Lost in Court—So It Invented a New Way to Make You a Felon
The courts beat the ATF's pistol brace rule into the ground—so the agency quietly opened a second front, claiming it never needed the rule in the first place.
legislationDelta Force Can't Carry in California. Harrigan's Fix.
A Delta Force operator who spent two decades clearing rooms in Fallujah can be legally disarmed the second he crosses into California. Rep. Pat Harrigan just introduced a bill to make that absurdity history.
state lawSpanberger Signs VA Semi-Auto Ban—NRA-ILA: Unconstitutional
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed a semi-automatic ban into law—and every gun owner in America should be watching what happens next.
legislationVets Can't Carry Nationwide. Retired FBI Agents Can. Not Anymore.
A retired FBI agent can carry concealed through downtown San Francisco. The Marine who cleared houses in Fallujah cannot. Congress is finally being asked to answer for that.
legislationBill Forces Blue States to Honor Elite Vets' CCW—No Exceptions
The most lethally trained Americans on the planet are currently required to ask New Jersey for permission to carry a sidearm.
court rulingSCOTUS Took a 2A Case—Then Surgically Removed the 2A
The Supreme Court granted a Second Amendment petition last week—then quietly gutted both Second Amendment questions out of it before anyone could celebrate.
threatATF Won't Tell You Which Braces Are Illegal — Until You're Arrested
ATF has quietly decided certain braced pistols are still illegal — and is deliberately refusing to tell you which ones until you're already facing federal felony charges.
legislationGreen Beret Congressman: SOF Vets Deserve Carry Rights Everywhere
The men trusted to run raids in hostile territory can't legally carry a pistol through New Jersey — and one Green Beret congressman just decided that ends now.
atf actionATF Won't Tell You Which Brace Is Illegal—Until You're Arrested
The Biden brace rule is dead—and ATF is using that coffin as cover to keep hunting you anyway.
court ruling10th Circuit Cracks Colorado's Ghost Gun Ban Wide Open
Colorado's ghost gun ban just hit a wall in federal court—and the Tenth Circuit may have handed gun owners the key to tearing it down.
atf actionCourt Killed the Brace Rule. ATF Is Still Coming for Your Pistol.
The courts buried the ATF's pistol brace rule—and the agency responded by refusing to leave the graveyard.
court ruling10th Circuit Cracks Open Colorado's Ghost Gun Law—SCOTUS Could Finish It
The 10th Circuit just cracked open Colorado's ghost gun law—and a looming Supreme Court decision could blow the whole thing apart before the lower court even finishes its second look.
atf actionATF Lost in Court—Now It's Using a Backdoor to Come After You
The court killed the ATF's pistol brace rule—and the agency responded by announcing it never needed the rule to come after you in the first place.
state lawSpanberger's Day-One Power Grab: Semi-Autos, Age Bans Signed
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger didn't wait long — her first major executive action stripped law-abiding gun owners of rights they woke up with the morning before she picked up the pen.
legislationGreen Beret Lawmaker: SEALs Shouldn't Need a Permission Slip
The same government that sent them to kick in doors in Fallujah is making them beg a state clerk to carry a pistol to the grocery store — and one Green Beret congressman just said enough.
legislationSpanberger Signs Semi-Auto Ban, Age Limits & Carry Crackdown
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed a semi-auto ban, age-based purchase restrictions, and a concealed carry crackdown into law—three constitutional wrecking balls swung at five million gun owners in a single legislative session.
legislationVets Can Storm a Beachhead But Can't Carry Across State Lines?
Congress is finally moving to end one of the most offensive double standards in American gun law: honorably discharged veterans—people the U.S. government trained to operate weapons in active combat—are currently subject to a state-by-state licensing maze that can turn them into criminals the moment they cross a border.
legislationCongress: Navy SEALs Must Beg California for a Carry Permit
A man who cleared buildings in Fallujah needs a permission slip from Sacramento to carry a pistol to his kid's soccer game — and Congress is finally calling that what it is.
legislationVets Bleed for Every State—Why Can't They Carry in All 50?
A retired FBI agent can carry concealed in all 50 states. A combat veteran who bled for every inch of this country has to beg permission from New Jersey.
threatWyoming Killed Its Defenders—Now Every State Is On Notice
You stop a home invader, the DA clears you, and then you lose your house anyway—Wyoming just made sure that trap stays open.
legislationGreen Berets Can Storm Kandahar—But Need a Permit in California?
The operators who hunted terrorists in Fallujah come home to discover they need a bureaucrat's permission to carry in their own country—Rep. Pat Harrigan just introduced the bill that ends that disgrace.
legislationNavy SEALs Can't Legally Carry in These States. One Bill Ends That.
A Navy SEAL who just stepped off a plane from a classified combat mission can be legally disarmed the moment he lands in New Jersey. One House bill is about to make that national disgrace illegal.
court rulingSCOTUS Could Free 900,000 Arizona Gun Owners From Federal Trap
Right now, hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Arizonans are unknowingly one ATF checkbox away from a federal felony—and the Supreme Court is about to decide if that's constitutional.
legislationSEALs & Green Berets Can't Carry? Harrigan's Bill Fixes That
America's most lethal warfighters — Delta Force operators, Navy SEALs, Green Berets — can be barred from carrying a concealed firearm by a bureaucrat who never left their zip code. Rep. Pat Harrigan just introduced the bill that ends that absurdity.