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Felony Charges for Red Flag Enforcers: 5 States Fight Back
In five states, the cop who shows up to confiscate your guns under a red flag order could leave in handcuffs.
legislationArmy Ranger in Congress: SOF Veterans Deserve Nationwide Carry
The men trained to hunt terrorists on three continents still need a bureaucrat's permission slip to carry a handgun in New Jersey—and one Army Ranger congressman has finally had enough.
legislationDean's Bill Is a Federal Gun Registry. Full Stop.
Rep. Madeleine Dean's latest bill doesn't inch toward a federal gun registry—it *is* one, and a Congressional hearing on April 28 is the moment gun-control groups have been waiting for.
legislationCops Carry Nationwide. Combat Vets Can't. This Bill Ends That.
A retired desk cop can carry concealed in all 50 states. A Marine who cleared houses in Fallujah gets arrested in New Jersey for doing the same thing. That is not a law. That is a disgrace.
editorialVirginia Therapist Sells Gun Control—Just Calls It 'Safety' Now
They couldn't sell 'gun control'—so they hired a therapist, softened the vocabulary, and hoped you wouldn't read the fine print.
legislationStates Can't Disarm Green Berets Anymore—If This Bill Passes
America trained them to clear rooms in Kandahar—and right now, New Jersey can legally disarm them at the Garden State Parkway.
legislationRetired SEALs Can't Carry Nationwide. Retired Cops Can. One Vet Is Fixing It.
A retired beat cop carries a firearm across all 50 states under federal law. A retired Navy SEAL who spent two decades killing America's enemies does not. That absurdity ends — if Congress moves.
court rulingSCOTUS Took a 2A Case—Then Cut Out Both Gun Questions
The Supreme Court didn't just dodge the Second Amendment last week—it performed surgery on a case it agreed to hear, cutting out both gun questions and tossing the scraps to gun owners.
court rulingTenth Circuit Revives Challenge to Colorado's Ghost Gun Ban
Colorado's unserialized firearm possession ban just got a bullet put through it in federal court—and the shot came from the Tenth Circuit.
atf actionATF Won't Tell You What's Illegal — Until You're Arrested
Gun Owners of America asked ATF point-blank which braced pistols still trigger NFA enforcement after Biden's rule died — and ATF's answer was, in effect: you'll find out when you're in handcuffs.
court ruling10th Circuit Cracks Colorado's 'Ghost Gun' Law Wide Open
Colorado's 'ghost gun' crackdown just got a knife put to its throat—the 10th Circuit ordered a federal court to restart the constitutional challenge from scratch, and the Supreme Court is loading the weapon that could finish the job.
court rulingDOJ Surrenders Your Property to 5 Blue States—No Conviction Needed
The DOJ just handed five blue-state attorneys general the power to keep your legally purchased property forever—and they didn't even have to convict you of anything to get it.
legislationDean's Bill Would Build the Gun Registry They've Always Wanted
If Rep. Madeleine Dean's new bill passes, the federal government keeps a permanent record of every gun you've legally bought—forever, searchable, and cracked open to Bloomberg-funded researchers.
atf actionATF Lost. Now It's Trying the Same Move Without a Rule.
ATF lost in court, gun owners celebrated—and before the confetti hit the floor, the agency was already running the exact same play from a different angle.
editorialTherapist's 'Gun Safety' Pitch Is Gun Control With a Couch
They buried 'gun control' because it kept losing—so meet its replacement: a licensed therapist on a media tour, wrapping the same Bloomberg-backed restrictions in the language of healing.
legislationWyoming Killed the One 2A Bill That Didn't Ban Anything
Wyoming has constitutional carry, a Republican supermajority, and gun culture in its bloodstream—and its legislature just let a law-abiding self-defender get financially destroyed anyway.
state lawSpanberger Signs Semi-Auto Ban & Age Strips—NRA Fights Back
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed three gun-control bills into law this week—and the ink wasn't even dry before NRA-ILA signaled a constitutional brawl.
legislationCongress Trusts SEALs With Missiles—But Not a Pistol at Home?
The federal government handed these men missiles, classified kill orders, and the keys to enemy compounds—then sent them home to beg a may-issue bureaucrat for permission to carry a pistol.
legislationVeterans Risked It All Overseas—Now They Can't Carry at Home
A decorated combat veteran can clear a room in Fallujah but faces arrest for carrying a pistol in New Jersey—while a retired FBI desk agent crosses that same state line without a second thought.
legislationCongress: Elite Warriors Can Carry Anywhere—All 50 States
Right now, a Green Beret who cleared buildings in Mosul can land at JFK, drive through New Jersey, and get arrested—for carrying the same sidearm he trusted with his life.
legislationGreen Beret Congressman: SOF Vets Can Carry in All 50 States
A combat-decorated Green Beret just introduced a bill that would make it illegal for any state—New York, California, every last one—to disarm the Delta operators, SEALs, and Rangers who carried a weapon in America's most dangerous corners of the world.
court rulingTenth Circuit Strikes Back: Colorado's Ghost Gun Ban on the Ropes
Colorado thought it buried the ghost gun fight. The Tenth Circuit just dug it back up.
court ruling10th Circuit Bets Colorado's Ghost Gun Law on a SCOTUS Time Bomb
The 10th Circuit handed Colorado's ghost-gun serialization law a lifeline — then tied that lifeline to a federal rule the Supreme Court is about to put on trial.
atf actionDOJ Surrenders: 5 Blue States Keep Your Seized Triggers Forever
The DOJ just handed five Democrat attorneys general something they couldn't win in Congress or earn cleanly in court: a quiet settlement that permanently strips gun owners in Maryland, Illinois, Minnesota, Rhode Island, and D.C. of seized property the feds may not have had a legal right to take in the first place.
legislationDean's Bill Would End the 24-Hour Rule—Hello, Gun Registry
There is a bill with a name, a sponsor, and a hearing date that would permanently end the law requiring the feds to destroy your background check record within 24 hours—and it lands before Congress on April 28.
threatThey Don't Need to Ban Your Gun—Just Bankrupt You for Using It
You survived the shooting, the investigation, and the trial—and now the legal bills are going to finish you off anyway.
threatArizona Gun Owners Are Already Caught in the Federal Trap
Every single day, in every gun store across Arizona, a federal form forces legal cannabis users to choose between a plant and their Second Amendment rights—and SCOTUS is about to decide if that's constitutional.
threat21 States Can Take Your Guns Before You're Charged
In 21 states plus D.C., the government can seize your firearms before you are charged with a crime, before you face an accuser, and before you set foot in a courtroom.
editorialNRA Fixed Its Books. Your Suppressor Is Still Trapped.
The NRA balanced its budget in Houston — and left every NFA trap exactly where the federal government needs it to come for your suppressor next.
threatOne Unelected Official Just Killed Suppressor Freedom
No floor vote. No debate. One unelected Senate official invoked a procedural rule and erased suppressor deregulation before gun owners ever got a real fight.
nfa6 Million Suppressors: The Gov't's 'Uncommon' Lie Is Over
Six million legally registered suppressors are sitting in American homes right now — and that single census number may be the bullet that kills the NFA suppressor regime in federal court.
state lawMinnesota's 5-Year Gun Grab: No Conviction. No Trial. 96% Approved.
Minnesota wants to lock gun owners out of their Second Amendment rights for five years—no conviction, no trial, no jury—just a petition, a rubber-stamp judge, and a knock at whatever hour they choose.
state lawSC Makes Red Flag Enforcement a Felony — Other States Watch
Enforce a red flag order in South Carolina and you don't get a reprimand—you get a felony conviction.
victoryYHM Just Built a Suppressor the Gun-Control Lobby Never Saw Coming
Yankee Hill Machine just made the gun-control lobby's regulatory playbook obsolete—one shotgun suppressor at a time.
threatMichigan's Courts Just Exposed Their Own Red Flag Machine
Michigan's own judiciary put the receipts on the table—and every single warning gun owners raised when this law passed is now confirmed in the state's own words.
state lawSC Makes Enforcing Red Flag Laws a FELONY—5 States Go to War
Enforce a red flag order in South Carolina and you don't just get pushback—you get a felony charge. Five states are done playing defense.
threatSCOTUS Goes Silent—Anti-Gun Circuits Just Got a Free Season
The Supreme Court just walked away from two of the most closely watched Second Amendment cases on the docket—and the circuits that have spent three years gutting Bruen are already treating that silence like a hunting license.
editorialNRA Fixed Its Books—But Left the Real Trap Loaded
The NRA balanced its books in Houston and took a victory lap—while suppressors and short-barreled rifles stayed locked inside the same Depression-era regulatory framework that any future anti-gun administration can weaponize without casting a single vote.
court rulingDC Court Torches 6 Circuits: Mags Are Protected Arms
The DC Court of Appeals just called six federal circuits wrong to their faces—and in doing so, lit a legal fuse under every magazine ban in America.
legislationUnelected Bureaucrat Buries Suppressor Reform—Everytown Cheers
An unelected Senate parliamentarian just handed Everytown and Giffords the victory they could never win at the ballot box—and both groups are already spiking the football.
court rulingSCOTUS Buried 18 Second Amendment Cases in One Day
Eighteen Second Amendment petitions. One Supreme Court conference. Zero answers—and on the one petition the justices actually accepted, they cut the 2A questions out like a surgeon removing a tumor.
atf actionATF Won't Say Which Braces Are Illegal—Until You're Arrested
The Biden brace rule is dead—but ATF is still enforcing, still refusing to name which braced pistols trigger federal felony liability, and has now confirmed to Gun Owners of America that you might only find out your firearm is 'illegal' when you're staring down an indictment.
court ruling6 Million Suppressors: The NFA's Legal Defense Is Dead
Six million suppressors are sitting legally in American homes right now, and that single fact may be the nail in the NFA's constitutional coffin.
legislation5-Year Gun Ban. No Charges. They Keep Your Guns AND Your Money.
Minnesota Democrats have found something worse than a red flag law that already works 96% of the time—and they're moving it through the Legislature right now.
state lawGuilty Until Proven Innocent: How Red Flag Laws Work
Before you've been charged, arrested, or even told there's a case against you, your firearms can already be gone—and that's not a bug in red flag laws, it's the entire design.
state lawEnforce a Red Flag Order, Go to Prison—States Make It Law
South Carolina just made it a felony to knock on your door and take your guns without a conviction—and a wave of GOP states is turning the same weapon back on the red flag industry.
atf actionATF Lost the Brace Rule—Now It Claims It Never Needed It
You won in court. ATF still thinks you might be a felon.
state lawMichigan's Own Data Exposes Red Flag Law as Rubber-Stamp Pipeline
Michigan's judicial branch published its first hard numbers on the state's red flag law, and the data is exactly as ugly as Second Amendment advocates warned it would be.
nfa6M Suppressors: The Number That Could Kill the NFA
Six million. That's not just a market number—it's a constitutional weapon, and anti-gun regulators should be terrified of what comes next.
legislationSC Makes ERPO Enforcement a Felony—4 States Follow
South Carolina just made it a felony to take a law-abiding citizen's guns without a conviction, without a trial, without due process—and four other states are right behind them.