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10th Circuit Forces Redo—SCOTUS Could Bury Colorado's Gun Law Next
A federal appeals court just told a lower court it got it wrong on Colorado's home-build firearm law—and the Supreme Court may render the whole fight moot by nuking ATF's regulatory foundation before the redo even happens.
threatThey're Putting Tiahrt on Trial Apr 28—Your Privacy Is the Defendant
On April 28, a House subcommittee holds a hearing on the Tiahrt Amendment—the one firewall standing between gun owners and a permanent federal database—and the left's repeal bill is already waiting for the opening.
court ruling10th Circuit: Colorado's Ghost Gun Ban Must Survive 2A Fire
Colorado thought the Supreme Court's ghost-gun ruling buried this fight. The Tenth Circuit just dug it back up.
state lawSpanberger Signs 3 Gun Grabs — All Likely Unconstitutional
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed three gun control laws that constitutional scholars and federal courts have already flagged as indefensible — and Virginia gun owners are living under them right now while the lawsuits queue up.
legislationCombat Vets Can't Carry Nationwide. Desk Agents Can. Not Anymore.
A retired federal bureaucrat who never saw a firefight can carry a concealed pistol from Maine to California without asking a single governor's permission—while the Army Ranger who did three tours in Fallujah gets disarmed the moment he crosses into New Jersey.
threatWyoming Just Betrayed Its Own Gun Owners
Wyoming couldn't do it. The most gun-friendly state in the union—constitutional carry, Republican supermajority, zero apologies—just killed the one bill that stood between law-abiding gun owners and financial annihilation after a justified self-defense shooting.
legislationCongress: Navy SEALs Can't Carry in California. This Bill Fixes That.
Right now, a Navy SEAL can come home from a combat deployment and become a criminal the moment he crosses into California with his sidearm. A bill just dropped in Congress to end that insanity.
editorialThe Therapist Selling Gun Control as 'Healing'
They couldn't sell it as gun control—so they hired a therapist to sell it as healing.
legislationElite Warriors Come Home — Then Get Disarmed. One Vet-Congressman Is Done.
The men who put rounds on target in the dark, in hostile territory, under fire — come home to blue-state jurisdictions that treat them like they've never held a gun.
court rulingSCOTUS Could End the Fed's Secret Gun Ban on 50M Weed Users
Right now, millions of Americans are federal felons — not because they robbed anyone, not because they threatened anyone, but because they used a plant that their own state said was perfectly legal and then dared to own a gun.
court rulingTenth Circuit to Colorado: Defend Your Ghost-Gun Ban in Court
Colorado's war on home-built firearms just hit a wall—the Tenth Circuit ruled that 2A challengers have standing to keep fighting, and told a lower court it was dead wrong to let the state's possession ban run unchecked.
court ruling10th Circuit Keeps Colorado Ghost Gun Fight Alive—SCOTUS Could Detonate It
Colorado's ghost gun serialization law just got a legal reprieve—but the clock ticking above it is SCOTUS, and when that bomb goes off, no state mandate in its blast radius is safe.
threatATF Faces Congress Apr. 28—Your Gun Records Are on the Line
Six days. That's how long gun owners have before Congress hauls the ATF in front of cameras and decides whether the last hard wall against a federal registry holds.
threatWyoming Just Betrayed Its Own Gun Owners—Read This
The most constitutionally armed state in America just left its own gun owners to face financial ruin after a justified self-defense shooting—and if Wyoming can't stop it, your state almost certainly can't either.
threatThe Therapist Who Wants You Calm While She Takes Your Rights
They stopped sending lobbyists. Now they send therapists.
court rulingSCOTUS Could Gut the Feds' Gun Ban on 38-State Legal Pot Users
The federal government tells millions of law-abiding Americans they must choose between a state-legal substance and their Second Amendment rights — and the Supreme Court is finally being asked whether that ultimatum is constitutional.
editorialNRA Fixed Its Books. Suppressors Still Trapped.
The NRA balanced its books and called it a comeback—but Texas Gun Rights says the real scandal was never the money, it was the machine they left running: a federal registration and tax scheme with your suppressor's name on it.
legislationByrd Rule Kills Suppressor Reform—Here's the Only Door Left
The Senate parliamentarian just killed the fastest shot at suppressor freedom in decades—and the Bloomberg machine is already spiking the football.
court ruling6 Million Suppressors: The NFA's Legal Fortress Is Crumbling
Six million. That's how many suppressors law-abiding Americans legally own—and it may be the number that finally buries the NFA's suppressor registry in court.
state lawMinnesota's 5-Year Gun Grab: No Charge, No Trial, No Guns
A single phone call at 2 a.m. on a Saturday—from someone who qualifies as 'family'—could now cost a Minnesota gun owner their firearms for five years, and it won't cost the government a dime.
state lawSC Just Made Red Flag Enforcement a FELONY
Enforce a red flag gun order in South Carolina and you don't just lose your badge—you face felony charges.
threatAccused, Not Charged—Red Flag Laws Take Your Guns Anyway
No charges. No conviction. No warning. Just a knock at the door—and your guns are gone.
state lawMichigan's Own Courts Expose Red Flag Purge by the Numbers
Michigan's own judicial branch just handed gun owners a weapon—cold, documented proof of how fast the state's red flag machine strips your Second Amendment rights before you can say a single word in your own defense.
state lawSC Just Made Red Flag Enforcement a Felony. 4 States Are Next.
In South Carolina, enforce a red flag order and you don't just lose the argument—you face a felony charge.
legislationMinnesota Wants 5-Year Gun Seizures—No Charge, No Hearing
Minnesota lawmakers want the power to strip your firearms for five years before you're charged with a single crime—and they already have Republican help getting there.
court rulingSCOTUS Dodged 2A—Here's Why That's Not Over
The Supreme Court just passed on two of the biggest Second Amendment cases of the term—and what that silence actually means is more dangerous, and more promising, than either side is telling you.
editorialNRA Fixed Its Books. Your Name's Still on a Federal List.
The NRA flew to Houston, balanced its books, and called it a comeback — while every suppressor and SBR owner in America remains on a federal registry that any anti-gun administration can turn into a target list on day one.
legislationBureaucratic Trick Kills Suppressor Reform—No Vote, No Veto
Everytown and Giffords couldn't beat suppressor reform in a fair fight—so the Senate's own rulebook did it for them.
court rulingSCOTUS Took the Case—Then Quietly Gutted Every 2A Question
The Supreme Court had 18 Second Amendment cases stacked on the conference table—and managed to avoid every single constitutional question that actually mattered.
court ruling6 Million Suppressors: The NFA Is Cornered
Six million law-abiding Americans now own a suppressor—and that single number may be the constitutional bullet that finally kills the NFA's 90-year registry scheme.
atf actionATF Won't Say Which Braces Are Illegal—Until They Arrest You
The Biden brace rule is dead—and ATF just told Gun Owners of America that gun owners will learn whether their pistol is illegal the same way: in a federal courtroom.
state lawSC Bill: Enforce a Red Flag Order, Face a Felony
In South Carolina, enforcing a red flag gun confiscation order won't just be controversial—it'll be a felony.
state lawMichigan's Own Courts Expose Red Flag Due Process Wipeout
Michigan's own judicial branch just published the receipts—and they prove the state is confiscating firearms from residents who have never been charged with a crime, never faced a jury, and never had a single second in court to defend themselves.
atf actionBrace Rule Died in Court—ATF Is Still Calling Your Pistol an SBR
The court killed the brace rule—and ATF responded by finding a backdoor to the same felony trap.
state lawSC Bill Makes Red Flag Enforcement a Felony—6 States Follow
South Carolina just made it a felony to enforce a red flag order—and Bloomberg's anti-gun press operation is in full panic, which tells you everything you need to know.
state lawSpanberger Bans Semis, Guts Carry & Punishes Young Adults
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed away three pillars of Second Amendment rights in a single sitting—semi-automatic firearms, concealed carry, and the gun rights of adults under 21—and she didn't lose a night's sleep doing it.
threatMinnesota: 5-Year Gun Grab, No Crime, No Hearing
Minnesota Democrats want to hand every rank-and-file officer the power to strip your firearms for five years—no conviction, no hearing, no reimbursement—and they already have Republican votes moving it forward.
state lawSC Makes Red Flag Enforcement a Felony—Others Are Next
South Carolina just made it a felony to enforce a red flag order against you—and the dominos are already falling across red-state America.
legislationVets Bleed for This Country—Why Can't They Carry in It?
A retired FBI agent can carry a firearm in all 50 states the day he cleans out his desk. The Marine who survived Fallujah risks a felony charge the moment he crosses the wrong state line. A bill in Congress just called that what it is.
editorialSCOTUS Had 18 Chances to Defend 2A. It Took Zero.
Eighteen Second Amendment petitions walked into the Supreme Court last week. Eighteen left without an answer.
legislation6 States Want to Make Red Flag Enforcement a Felony
South Carolina wants to put law enforcement officers in handcuffs for executing red flag orders — and Bloomberg's own media operation just told the gun-control lobby to panic.
threatThey Take Your Guns Before You Say a Word
They knock on your door, demand your firearms, and leave—and you haven't been charged with a crime, haven't faced a jury, and haven't spoken a single word in your own defense.
legislationGreen Berets Need a Permission Slip in New Jersey. This Bill Ends That.
A decorated Green Beret who cleared houses in Fallujah can be legally disarmed the moment he lands in New Jersey—and a new House bill exists specifically to end that obscenity.
threatMichigan's Own Data Exposes Red Flag Gun Grabs at Scale
Michigan's own government just published the receipts — and they prove the state's red flag law is confiscating firearms from citizens who haven't been charged with a single crime.
legislationGreen Beret Congressman: Stop Treating Elite Warriors as Criminals
A retired Green Beret just introduced a bill to stop California and New York from turning Delta Force veterans into criminals for carrying the same firearm they used to hunt terrorists.
threatATF Won't Tell You Which Braces Are Illegal—Until Arrest
The Biden brace rule is dead—and ATF's response was to stop defining rules altogether while keeping the handcuffs ready.
court ruling10th Circuit to Colorado: Your Ghost-Gun Ban Just Hit a Wall
Colorado's war on unserialized firearms just ran into a federal appeals court that refused to play along.
atf actionATF Lost the Brace Rule—But It's Still Calling Your Pistol a Felony
Courts killed the ATF's pistol brace rule—and the agency smiled, nodded, and kept right on calling certain braced pistols short-barreled rifles anyway.
court rulingSCOTUS Had 18 2A Cases—Picked One, Then Gutted It
Eighteen Second Amendment petitions hit the Supreme Court's April 24 conference—and the one case the justices chose to grant, they first gutted of every 2A question.
state lawSpanberger Just Signed Virginia's Most Sweeping Gun Ban in Years
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger put pen to paper this week and handed law-abiding gun owners a stack of restrictions the NRA-ILA immediately flagged as unconstitutional—semi-auto bans, age-based disarmament, and a direct assault on concealed carry, all at once.