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ATF Lost the Brace Rule—Now It's Hunting Pistols One by One
The court win you celebrated? ATF is already working around it—reclassifying braced pistols as SBRs one configuration at a time, no rule required.
legislationElite Warriors Carry Guns Everywhere Overseas—Not At Home
The U.S. government trains Special Forces soldiers to be the most lethal human beings on earth—then strips their right to carry the moment they land back on American soil.
state lawSpanberger Just Torched Virginia's 2A Rights—All 3 Bills Signed
Virginia — birthplace of Jefferson, Madison, and the Bill of Rights itself — now has a governor who just signed all three of them away.
legislationVets Survived Fallujah. Why Can't They Carry in California?
A Marine who took fire in Fallujah can be arrested for carrying a handgun in California. A desk-bound federal bureaucrat cannot. Congress just introduced a bill to fix that obscene double standard—and the gun-control lobby is already sharpening its knives.
legislationSEALs Can Kill for America—But Can't Carry in California
The operator who just ran a classified mission in a denied-access country steps off a plane in Los Angeles—and becomes a criminal if he's carrying.
court rulingSCOTUS Took the Case—Then Gutted the 2A Questions
The Supreme Court had 18 chances to defend your Second Amendment rights—and found a way to dodge every single one.
atf actionATF Won't Say Which Braces Are Illegal—Until You're Indicted
The Biden brace rule is dead—but the ATF just told Gun Owners of America that you might not find out your pistol is illegal until you're sitting across from a federal prosecutor.
court ruling10th Circuit to Colorado: Your Ghost Gun Ban May Be Dead
A federal appeals court just told Colorado it may not be allowed to enforce its ban on unserialized firearms at all—and the state's gun-control machine is scrambling.
atf actionATF Lost in Court—Now It Says It Never Needed the Rule
Courts killed the ATF pistol brace rule—so the agency did something worse: it decided it never needed the rule at all.
legislationHarrigan's Bill: Special Ops Carry Rights—All 50 States, No Excuses
A Delta Force operator can clear a room in Kandahar—but in California, he can't legally carry a sidearm to protect his own family. Rep. Pat Harrigan just introduced the bill that ends that disgrace.
legislationVets Can't Carry Freely—But Retired FBI Agents Can. One Bill Fixes That.
A decorated Army combat veteran living in California has to beg a hostile governor for permission to carry. A retired FBI agent in the same city just… carries. One bill in Congress is about to call that double standard what it is.
legislationSOF Vets Deserve Carry Rights in All 50 States. This Bill Says So.
A Green Beret who spent a decade hunting America's enemies overseas shouldn't have to grovel to a New York bureaucrat for the right to carry a pistol on American soil — and a new House bill is finally ready to say so out loud.
legislationGreen Beret Congressman: Let SOF Vets Carry Everywhere
The most lethally trained human beings America has ever produced are being disarmed at state lines—and a Green Beret turned congressman just introduced the bill to end that disgrace.
state lawSpanberger Signs Semi-Auto, Age & Carry Bans — All 3 at Once
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed three gun-control bills in a single stroke — hitting semi-automatic firearms, legal adults' purchasing rights, and concealed carry simultaneously — and the NRA-ILA is calling every one of them unconstitutional.
court ruling10th Circuit Rips Colorado 'Ghost Gun' Law Back Open
Colorado's 'ghost gun' crackdown just got a second enemy: the federal appeals court that ordered a lower court to take another hard look at whether the state's serialization law can stand—and the Supreme Court may be about to pull the rug out from under it entirely.
legislationApril 28: Congress Puts the Only Wall Between You and a Gun Registry on Trial
There is exactly one law standing between you and a federal government that knows every firearm you legally own — and on April 28, anti-gun lawmakers put it on trial.
legislationVets Bled for This Country—Why Are They Criminals in New Jersey?
A decorated combat veteran can carry legally in Virginia and become a criminal in New Jersey—same gun, same man, same country he fought for.
court ruling10th Circuit Revives Colorado 'Ghost Gun' Ban Challenge
Colorado's unserialized-firearm ban just lost its best shield: the Tenth Circuit ruled that Second Amendment challengers have standing to fight it *and* that a lower court was wrong to kill their injunctive relief—sending the case back for the hard scrutiny Denver never wanted.
atf actionDOJ Keeps Your Property Forever—No Conviction, No Trial
The DOJ just agreed to permanently confiscate lawfully owned trigger switches from gun owners in five states—no criminal conviction, no compensation, no day in court.
legislationOur Best Warriors Come Home With Fewer Rights Than Retired Cops
A retired Navy SEAL who survived a dozen deployments can't carry across state lines as freely as a retired beat cop from Peoria — and Congress has let that stand for years.
court ruling10th Circuit Punts Colorado Ghost Gun Law—Right Into SCOTUS's Crosshairs
Colorado's ghost gun serialization law is now dangling over a cliff—and the Supreme Court is about to kick the ladder.
legislationDelta Force Comes Home—Then Begs a Bureaucrat to Carry
The same government that trusted a Delta Force operator with a rifle on a rooftop in Fallujah is currently making him fill out paperwork to carry one in Los Angeles.
threatWyoming Killed Your Right to Survive the Aftermath
You draw your gun in Wyoming, you save your life, you're cleared of every charge—and then the real punishment begins.
legislationSOF Vets Can Storm Fallujah But Can't Carry in New Jersey?
A Delta Force veteran walks off a C-17 and into a state that says he needs a permission slip to carry a firearm. Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) just introduced the bill that ends that disgrace.
court rulingSCOTUS to Decide: Can Feds Strip Guns From Legal Weed Users?
The federal government is threatening up to 10 years in federal prison for Americans whose only crime is following their own state's law—and the Supreme Court just agreed to decide if that's constitutional.
court ruling10th Circuit Cracks Colorado's 'Ghost Gun' Ban Wide Open
Colorado's 'ghost gun' ban just got yanked back to square one — and a Supreme Court ruling already in the pipeline could blow the legal foundation out from under it entirely.
editorialVA Therapist Says 'Gun Safety'—She Means Gun Control
A Virginia therapist is touring media outlets swearing she supports gun rights—then ticking off every restriction that would gut them.
court ruling10th Circuit Revives Colorado Ghost Gun Ban Challenge
Colorado thought the Supreme Court's ATF ruling buried this fight. The Tenth Circuit just dug it back up.
atf actionDOJ Lets Blue-State AGs Veto Your Property Return
The DOJ just handed five Democrat AGs a weapon they never won in court: the power to permanently block gun owners from getting their own property back — no charges, no conviction, no due process required.
legislationApril 28: Congress Puts the Only Wall Against a Gun Registry on Trial
The single statute standing between your gun purchase history and a permanent federal dossier goes under the congressional microscope on April 28 — and the bill to destroy it is already written.
threatWyoming Killed a Self-Defense Bill—No State Is Safe Now
You pull the trigger to save your life, the DA clears you, and then the bill arrives—$50,000 to $150,000 in attorney fees—and the state that was supposed to have your back just made sure you're on your own.
court rulingSCOTUS Could Restore Gun Rights for Millions of Pot Users
You can walk into a state-licensed dispensary, buy marijuana legally, drive home — and federal law already considers you a criminal who can never own a gun.
atf actionDOJ Let Blue States Steal Your Triggers—With Federal Help
The federal government just agreed to act as a collections arm for anti-gun state politicians—and your right to get your own property back now depends entirely on which party controls your statehouse.
legislationApril 28: Congress Puts the Last Wall Against a Gun Registry on Trial
The single most important legal barrier between you and a permanent federal gun registry goes before a congressional firing squad on April 28 — and the anti-gun lobby already has its demolition bill drafted and ready.
state lawWyoming Betrayed Its Own Gun Owners—Is Your State Next?
You can shoot in perfect, lawful self-defense in Wyoming, walk away with zero criminal charges—and still get sued into bankruptcy by your attacker's family.
court rulingSCOTUS Could Restore Gun Rights to Millions of Pot Users
The federal government is treating millions of law-abiding Americans—people who've never committed a violent crime in their lives—as prohibited persons, all because they use a substance their own state has fully legalized.
threatThe Cardigan Con: How VA's New Gun Control Got a Therapy Makeover
Virginia Democrats passed the gun control. Now they've sent in a therapist to convince you it wasn't.
victoryVA Stops Disarming Veterans With No Court, No Crime, No Due Process
Hundreds of thousands of veterans — people who swore an oath to defend the Constitution — were quietly entered into the FBI's gun-ban database because a VA caseworker assigned them a benefits manager. No courtroom. No conviction. No judge. That policy is dead, and the only people grieving it are the ones who wanted to use it as a blueprint for everyone else.
state lawNJ Built a Secret Weapon—Against Its Own Gun Buyers
New Jersey didn't just adopt the federal background check system—it hijacked it, replaced it with a state-run chokepoint, and handed the trigger to anti-gun politicians in Trenton.
legislation5 Years. No Charges. Minnesota's New Gun Grab Is Here.
Minnesota lawmakers want the power to strip you of your guns for five years based on a petition—no criminal charge, no conviction, no jury, no trial.
nfaNRA Fixed Its Books. Your Suppressor Is Still a Hostage.
The NRA balanced its books—but it left your suppressor and your short-barreled rifle locked inside the same 1934 tax-and-registration trap that a future ATF director can weaponize on Inauguration Day without passing a single new law.
legislationBureaucrats Killed Suppressor Freedom — But It's Not Over
A single Senate procedural call just torched the fastest route to ending the $200 tax stamp and 10-month wait on suppressors — and Everytown and Giffords are popping champagne.
threatThey Take Your Guns Before You Know You're Accused
Officers show up. They take your firearms. You haven't been charged, haven't been convicted, haven't even been told someone filed paperwork against you — and every word of that is perfectly legal in 21 states and D.C. right now.
state lawSC Bill Makes ERPO Enforcement a Felony — States Are Copying It
South Carolina just made enforcing a red flag confiscation order a potential felony — not a fine, not a warning letter, a felony — and GOP legislatures across the country are racing to copy the blueprint.
legislationConnecticut Just BURIED Another Legal Firearm — Here's What's Next
Connecticut Democrats just pushed another gun ban through the House, and if you think they'll stop at one pistol, you haven't been paying attention.
court rulingHeller. McDonald. Bruen. Rahimi. Here's What's Coming Next.
The Supreme Court didn't just decide Bruen and Rahimi — it lit a fuse, and right now that fuse is burning through every federal circuit in the country.
court rulingAfter Heller, Bruen & Rahimi: The Gun Case Tsunami Is Here
The Supreme Court spent 14 years saying almost nothing about the Second Amendment — and now the bill is coming due, all at once.
court rulingAfter Heller, Bruen & Rahimi: The Gun Map They Don't Want You Reading
While you were living your life, hundreds of gun cases got quietly shipped back to lower courts — and what those judges decide next will determine whether your rights survive or get strangled in the fine print.
state lawSpanberger Just Signed Away Your Rights — Here's Every Bill
Abigail Spanberger just put her signature on a stack of unconstitutional gun bills — and every Virginia gun owner needs to know exactly what she buried.
threatSpanberger Just Signed Virginia's Most Unconstitutional Gun Laws Yet
Abigail Spanberger just handed Virginia gun owners a stack of unconstitutional laws and called it progress.