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SCOTUS Just Made New Jersey Answer Defense Distributed
New Jersey tried to waive. The Supreme Court said write the brief anyway. Code-as-speech is now on a real clock.
legislationNewsom Just Signed the Training Mandate, the Printer Lock, and the 10-Year Ban
Move to California with a gun and the state wants four hours of live fire before it will call you legal. Newsom signed that. He signed the printer lock too.
litigationA Maryland Judge Just Let the Glock Ban Keep Its January Clock
Connecticut’s convertible-pistol fight is a complaint. Maryland’s already has a judge. He said no freeze. January 1 is still January 1.
litigationDOJ Just Sued Minnesota Over Its 30-Day Permit-to-Purchase Wait
Last week Main Justice sent Minnesota a letter. Thursday it sent a lawsuit. The extra month after NICS is now a federal case.
litigationA New Hampshire School Just Admitted Searching a Senior’s Truck Because He Owned a Gun
They pulled an 18-year-old out of class because he legally owned a pistol. Then they searched the truck. Then they had to say the Constitution does not work that way.
litigationA Maryland Synagogue Just Won a Temporary Injunction Against a 100-Yard Church Gun Ban
Montgomery County drew a 100-yard circle around the sanctuary and called it public safety. A federal judge just took the synagogue out of the circle — for now.
litigationSAF and NRA Just Asked SCOTUS to Take Maine’s Waiting Period
Maine put three days between the sale and the gun. The First Circuit said that is not even the right. SAF and NRA just walked that holding to One First Street.
litigationDOJ Just Asked the Fifth Circuit for Time to Settle the Under-21 Handgun Ban
OLC told Main Justice the dealer felony does not survive. Now DOJ is asking the Fifth Circuit for time to talk instead of time to appeal.
litigationNSSF and Shadow Systems Just Sued Connecticut Over Its Convertible-Pistol Ban
Connecticut already banned the switch. On October 1 it wants to ban the pistol the switch goes on. The industry just asked a federal judge to stop the clock.
litigationThe Ninth Circuit Just Upheld Hawaii’s 30-Day Pistol Clock and Police Inspection
Hawaii gave you 30 days to buy the pistol and then wanted it on a police counter. A district judge blocked that. The Ninth Circuit just put it back.
policyTrump Just Ordered Interior to Let Lead Ammo Back on Federal Hunts
Biden-era land desks treated lead ammo like contraband. The new order tells four cabinets to put traditional ammunition back on the list.
crimeA Santa Clara Undersheriff Just Pleaded Guilty in the Pay-to-Play CCW Scheme
May-issue Santa Clara sold the card out the back. Shall-issue still prices it like a luxury good. The undersheriff just said guilty.
litigationTrump Told DOJ Not to Appeal the Texas NFA Registry Loss
Congress zeroed the stamp. A Texas judge enjoined the leftover registry. The White House just told Main Justice to take the loss.
litigationDOJ Just Told Minnesota Its Permit-to-Purchase Wait Is Unconstitutional
Minnesota already ran the federal check. Then it sat on the pistol for another month and called that public safety. Main Justice just named the wait.
litigationNew Jersey Just Made a Bat for Self-Defense a Felony. ANJRPC Sued.
New Jersey will license the pistol. It still treats the bat in the back seat as the crime, if you put it there to stay alive.
politicsHochul Just Called 18-Year-Old Adults “Teenagers” and Said New York’s Handgun Ban Isn’t Moving
OLC said an 18-year-old is an adult in the political community. Albany’s answer was to rename that adult a teenager and keep the counter closed.
industryThe FTC Just Put a Clayton Act Fence Between Beretta and Ruger’s Board
Two of the largest gunmakers were lining up a stock deal and two chairs in Southport. The FTC called that an interlocking directorate and wrote a consent order.
legislationCalifornia Wants a Background Check to Buy a Barrel. SAF Just Filed the Comment.
California already runs a name-and-address lottery to buy ammo. Now it wants the same machine on a barrel. SAF told Sacramento not to copy the worst part.
litigationSAF and FPC Just Asked SCOTUS to Take New York’s Park Carry Ban
New York banned the pistol in the park after Bruen. The Second Circuit treated Central Park and a trail in the woods as the same “sensitive place.” The petition is now on the Court’s desk.
litigationDOJ Just Sued San Jose Over a $1,600 Carry Permit Fee
Bruen said the state does not get to price the right out of the holster. San Jose put $1,600 on the application. Main Justice filed.
litigationThe Fifth Circuit Just Struck the Federal Ban on Buying a Handgun Across State Lines
Federal law let you buy a rifle in Texas and take it home to New Mexico. A pistol had to bounce through a second FFL and a transfer fee. The Fifth Circuit called that what it is: a purchase ban.
litigationDOJ’s Own Lawyers Just Said the Federal Under-21 Handgun Ban Is Unconstitutional
Congress left a felony on the dealer’s counter for selling a handgun to a voter. The Office of Legal Counsel just told the Attorney General that felony does not survive Heller and Bruen.
legislationCalifornia 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.
litigationA Maryland Judge Just Let a Synagogue Carry Inside — and Left the 100-Yard Trap Standing
The county wrote a gun ban around a synagogue. A federal judge cut a hole in the sanctuary and left the sidewalk armed with a hundred yards of felony math.
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.
OpinionComment on the Brace Rescission or Watch It Die in the Next Administration
Acting AG Todd Blanche and Director Robert Cekada started the rollback. The comment period is where gun owners finish it — or lose it to the next White House.
OpinionDOJ's Colorado Suit Proves Magazine Bans Are Civil-Rights Violations Now
When the federal government calls your magazine ban 'virtue signaling,' the Bruen fight left the seminar room.
OpinionBergen County Punishes You for Your Roommate's Record — Not Yours
New Jersey did not accuse Elsid Aliaj of being a prohibited person. Officials took his guns because of who lives with him — and the amended complaint says that is standard in Bergen County.
OpinionGood Guys with a Gun — Five New Cases the National Press Ignored
The legacy press buries defensive gun use. WTF News tracks every verified case — starting with five May stories you should know.
Opinion15 Million Hunters Didn't Vanish — the Headlines Just Stopped Counting Them
Anti-gun framing treats firearms as urban pathology. The license data from state fish-and-game departments tells a different story — family, food, conservation funding, and documented ownership.
OpinionAmerica Was Built With a Rifle in Hand — and the Numbers Prove It
Four hundred million firearms. Twenty-nine constitutional-carry states. Two centuries of citizen marksmanship. The statistical arc of American gun culture is the statistical arc of American liberty.
OpinionBody Armor Buyers Are Getting Played by Their Own Ignorance
The body armor market is flooded with slick packaging and half-truths. Before you strap a plate to your chest, you need to understand what those NIJ numbers actually mean — and what they deliberately leave out.
OpinionATF Won't Tell You the Rules—Then Prosecutes You for Breaking Them
The Biden-era pistol brace rule got killed in court. Gun owners celebrated. Then the ATF kept prosecuting anyway—and when Gun Owners of America asked the agency which braced pistols are still considered illegal, the ATF refused to answer. Read that again.
OpinionATF Won't Tell You the Rules—Then Prosecutes You for Breaking Them
The Biden-era pistol brace rule got killed in court. Tens of millions of gun owners exhaled. Then GOA asked ATF a simple question—which braced pistols are still illegal?—and the agency refused to answer. Not 'we're working on it.' Not 'check the Federal Register.' Refused.
OpinionATF Won't Tell You the Rules—Then Arrest You for Breaking Them
This isn't bureaucratic incompetence. This is a federal agency deliberately weaponizing legal ambiguity to criminalize millions of law-abiding gun owners. The brace rule is dead. The prosecutions aren't.
OpinionDC Court Nukes Magazine Bans — SCOTUS Has Nowhere to Hide
The DC Court just did what five other circuits refused to do: apply Bruen honestly. It ruled magazine bans unconstitutional, called magazines what they are — bearable arms in common use — and handed the Supreme Court a circuit split so loud it rattles the marble walls at One First Street.
OpinionDC Court Nukes Magazine Bans — SCOTUS Has Nowhere to Hide
The D.C. Circuit just ruled that magazine bans violate the Second Amendment — and in doing so, blew a crater through every circuit court that ruled the other way. This isn't a minor legal skirmish. This is the case that forces SCOTUS to finally answer the question it has spent three years running from.
OpinionATF Won't Tell You If Your Gun Is Legal—Until Arrest
The Biden pistol brace rule is dead. The Trump administration buried it. So why is the ATF still arresting Americans over braced pistols — and refusing to tell gun owners which configurations are legal before they find out in handcuffs? This isn't regulatory confusion. This is a weaponized bureaucracy operating without accountability.
OpinionThe ATF Is Losing in Every Court That Matters. So Why Is It Still Writing Rules?
Federal courts keep sending ATF rules back unsigned. The agency keeps acting like it hasn't noticed. The next administration has a decision to make.
OpinionThe Gun Control Lobby Is Losing — And They Know It.
Everytown's own internal numbers tell the story their billboards won't. Here is what the other side is seeing that you aren't.
OpinionThe Gun Control Lobby Is Losing — And They Know It.
Everytown's own internal numbers tell the story their billboards won't. Here is what the other side is seeing that you aren't.
OpinionThe Gun Control Lobby Is Losing — And They Know It.
Everytown's own internal numbers tell the story their billboards won't. Here is what the other side is seeing that you aren't.
OpinionThe Gun Control Lobby Is Losing — And They Know It.
Everytown's own internal numbers tell the story their billboards won't. Here is what the other side is seeing that you aren't.
OpinionEvery Blue State Governor Is Copying the Newsom Playbook. Here's How to Read It.
This isn't lawmaking. It's a fundraising cycle. Understanding that changes how you push back.
OpinionATF Lost in Court — Then Kept Arresting People Anyway
A federal agency lost its legal authority to criminalize tens of millions of braced pistols. That should have been the end of it. Instead, the ATF is still treating some of those firearms as short-barreled rifles — and American gun owners are still in the crosshairs of a rule that courts have already buried.
OpinionATF Lost in Court — Then Kept Enforcing Anyway
A federal agency lost in court. Then it kept enforcing the rule it lost on. If a private citizen pulled that stunt, they'd be in handcuffs. The ATF gets a budget and a press release.
OpinionThe Gun Control Lobby Is Losing — And They Know It.
Everytown's own internal numbers tell the story their billboards won't. Here is what the other side is seeing that you aren't.
OpinionBruen Is Working — But the Fight Isn't Over
Two years after the Supreme Court's NYSRPA v. Bruen decision, federal courts are finally applying real constitutional scrutiny to gun regulations — and gun owners are winning. But the fight is far from finished.
OpinionHegseth's Military Carry Memo Is a Start — Not a Finish
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's April 2 memo directing commanders to presume approval for service member carry is the right call. But memos don't enforce themselves.