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victory

ATF's Brace Rule Is Dead — The Threat Isn't

Courts killed the ATF's pistol brace rule — but the agency is already signaling it will prosecute gun owners anyway.

· 2026-04-25

legislation

Byrd Rule Kills Suppressor Deregulation — Fight Moves to Floor

Senate parliamentarians just killed the fastest route to suppressor deregulation in decades — now gun owners have to fight harder and smarter.

· 2026-04-25

threat

Minnesota Eyes 5-Year Gun Confiscation Without Conviction

Minnesota Democrats want to lock law-abiding gun owners out of their Second Amendment rights for five years — no conviction, no criminal charge, just an accusation.

· 2026-04-25

legislation

Special Forces Can Carry Anywhere — New Bill Makes It Law

A GOP lawmaker wants America's most elite warriors to carry a firearm anywhere in this country — no bureaucrat's signature required.

· 2026-04-25

victory

Six States Ban Red Flag Laws — With Teeth for Violators

Six states have banned Extreme Risk Protection Orders — and they're hitting officials with real penalties if they try to strip law-abiding citizens of their firearms anyway.

· 2026-04-25

threat

How Anti-Gun Lawyers Are Mapping Your Rights Out of Existence

The Supreme Court handed gun owners Bruen — and anti-gun lawyers immediately started shopping for friendly jurisdictions to bury it.

· 2026-04-25

legislation

Congress Moves to Arm Special Ops Vets Nationwide

Congress just introduced a bill that does what common sense demanded years ago — letting America's most elite warriors carry a firearm anywhere in this country, no permission slip required.

· 2026-04-25

state law

Michigan's Red Flag Machine: The Confiscation Numbers

Michigan's own judicial records now prove what gun owners have warned all along: red flag confiscation orders function as guilty-until-proven-innocent weapons against law-abiding citizens.

· 2026-04-25

court ruling

SCOTUS Refuses Two 2A Cases — The Fight Moves Down

The Supreme Court just ducked two major Second Amendment battles — and the lower courts that have been shredding your rights are breathing easy today.

· 2026-04-25

legislation

Bill Would Give Vets Nationwide Carry Rights Like Feds

A veteran who survived two tours in Fallujah can't legally carry across state lines today — but a federal bureaucrat with a badge can. A new bill in Congress aims to end that.

· 2026-04-25

threat

Red Flag Laws: Guns Gone Before You Hear the Charges

In 22 states and Washington D.C., a judge can order your firearms seized before you've been charged with a single crime — and you may never see the inside of that courtroom until it's too late.

· 2026-04-25

legislation

Elite Warriors Deserve the Right to Carry Everywhere

The men who cleared rooms in Fallujah shouldn't have to disarm when they land in California — Rep. Pat Harrigan just introduced a bill to make sure they never do.

· 2026-04-25

state law

South Carolina Makes Red Flag Enforcement a Felony

South Carolina just made enforcing a red flag gun confiscation order a felony, and a wave of Republican states are right behind them.

· 2026-04-25

atf action

DOJ Filing Reveals ATF Still Targeting Pistol Brace Owners

The ATF's crusade against pistol brace owners isn't dead — it's just wearing a new disguise, and a DOJ legal filing proves it.

· 2026-04-25

court ruling

Pistol Braces Are Legal — Here's What You Need to Know

Pistol braces are fully legal under federal law in 2025 — and if you own one, you need to understand exactly why that victory matters and what comes next.

· 2026-04-25

victory

DOJ Kills Biden's ATF Dealer Power Grab in Court

The DOJ just buried Biden's ATF overreach — and gun owners need to know exactly what was at stake.

· 2026-04-25

atf action

ATF Refuses to Say Which Braces Are Illegal — Then Prosecutes

The ATF is threatening gun owners with federal felony charges over pistol braces — while refusing to tell anyone which braces actually break the law.

· 2026-04-25

atf action

ATF Defies Trump, Keeps Biden's Ghost Gun Rule Alive

The ATF is protecting Biden's 2022 frames and receivers rule — and it's doing it on Trump's watch.

· 2026-04-25

court ruling

SCOTUS Is Redrawing the Map on Your Gun Rights

The Supreme Court is reshaping every gun-rights battle in America, and anti-gun jurisdictions are already working to bury the new standard.

· 2026-04-25

court ruling

ATF Pistol Brace Rule Is Dead — Know Where You Stand

Federal courts killed the ATF's 2023 pistol brace rule — but if you own an AR pistol and think the fight is over, you're not paying attention.

· 2026-04-25

atf action

ATF's Billion-Record Gun Registry Exposed at Senate Hearing

The ATF has quietly built a database of over one billion records on American gun owners — and a Senate hearing just forced the agency to answer for it.

· 2026-04-25

atf action

ATF Lost the Brace Rule — But It's Still Coming for Your Pistol

The ATF's pistol brace rule got crushed in court — now the agency is running a backdoor play, claiming individual braced pistols still qualify as short-barreled rifles under the NFA.

· 2026-04-25

court ruling

Pistol Braces Are Legal — Know Your Rights Now

Pistol braces are fully legal under federal law in 2025 — and after years of ATF bureaucratic warfare against law-abiding Americans, every gun owner needs to know exactly where things stand.

· 2026-04-25

legislation

Congress Moves to Grant SF Vets Nationwide Carry Rights

America's most elite warriors can neutralize threats on any continent — but come home to find states like California and New Jersey treating them like criminals for carrying a firearm.

· 2026-04-25

atf action

ATF Won't Define Illegal Braces — Until It Arrests You

The ATF's official position on your pistol brace: find out it's illegal when the handcuffs go on.

· 2026-04-25

legislation

Congress to Give Special Ops Vets Nationwide Carry Rights

Congress just introduced a bill that treats America's most elite warriors the way they deserve — like the armed citizens they are.

· 2026-04-25

court ruling

SCOTUS to Rule: Can Feds Strip Gun Rights From Weed Users?

Federal law treats legal marijuana users as prohibited persons — no crime, no victim, no due process — and the Supreme Court is finally being asked whether that's constitutional.

· 2026-04-25

atf action

ATF's Pistol Brace Rule Is Still Live — Know Your Rights

The ATF's 2023 pistol brace rule turned millions of law-abiding gun owners into potential felons overnight — and in 2025, it's still on the books and still dangerous to ignore.

· 2026-04-24

legislation

Bill Would Give Vets Nationwide Concealed Carry Rights

Congress is moving to give America's veterans the nationwide concealed carry rights they've earned — stripping anti-gun states of the power to disarm the people who defended them.

· 2026-04-24

legislation

Harrigan Bill Gives SEALs & Green Berets Nationwide Carry Rights

Rep. Pat Harrigan — a combat amputee who left an arm in service to this country — just introduced legislation to give America's most elite warriors the federal concealed carry authority they've earned.

· 2026-04-24

atf action

ATF Lost the Brace Rule — Now It's Running a Backdoor

The ATF lost its brace rule in court — so now it's arguing the rule never mattered, because some braced pistols were always short-barreled rifles.

· 2026-04-24

atf action

DOJ Filing Reveals ATF Still Targeting Brace Owners

The ATF's crusade against pistol-braced firearms isn't dead — it just changed its disguise.

· 2026-04-24

victory

DOJ Kills Biden's ATF 'Engaged in Business' Rule

The DOJ just drove a stake through Biden's most aggressive ATF power grab — filing to dismiss Texas v. ATF and abandoning the so-called 'Engaged in the Business' rule that threatened ordinary Americans with felony prosecution for selling their own firearms.

· 2026-04-24

legislation

Congress to Anti-Gun States: Special Forces Carry Anywhere

A Republican congressman just introduced legislation to let America's most elite warriors carry a firearm in any state — no permission slips from anti-gun governors required.

· 2026-04-24

atf action

ATF Keeps Biden's Ghost Gun Power Grab Alive

Gun owners who expected the new administration to bury Biden's frames-and-receivers rule just got stabbed in the back — by the same ATF they thought was on their side.

· 2026-04-24

legislation

Congress Moves to Arm Special Ops Vets Nationwide

The men and women who ran raids in Fallujah and hunted terrorists across three continents are currently at the mercy of anti-gun governors the moment they cross into California or New York — a new House bill ends that.

· 2026-04-24

legislation

Congress Moves to Give Vets Nationwide Carry Rights

A decorated Army Ranger can survive Kandahar and come home to become a criminal for crossing a state line with his sidearm — Congress is finally moving to fix that.

· 2026-04-24

atf action

ATF's Billion-Record Gun Registry: Senate Hearing Blows It Open

The ATF has quietly stockpiled over one billion firearm records — and Senate investigators just forced that bombshell into the open.

· 2026-04-24

legislation

SOF Vets Deserve Federal Carry Rights — Harrigan's Bill Delivers

America's most elite warriors can clear a compound in Kandahar but come home and get lectured about carry permits by a county clerk — Rep. Pat Harrigan's Special Operations Forces Concealed Carry Act ends that insult.

· 2026-04-24

atf action

DOJ Filing Proves ATF's War on Pistol Braces Isn't Over

Don't let the quiet fool you — the ATF is still coming for your braced pistol, and a new DOJ legal filing just proved it.

· 2026-04-24

atf action

ATF's Pistol Brace Grab: 40 Million Owners Targeted

Biden's ATF turned an estimated 40 million law-abiding Americans into potential felons overnight — not through legislation, but through a regulatory rewrite that reversed a decade of the agency's own approvals.

· 2026-04-24

state law

Oklahoma Restores Gun Rights; Rhode Island Eyes New Restrictions

Oklahoma just handed law-abiding gun owners a clean legislative win — and Rhode Island is working overtime to prove the fight is never over.

· 2026-04-24

victory

DOJ Kills Biden's ATF Gun Dealer Power Grab

Biden's ATF gun dealer rule is dead — and Acting AG Todd Blanche's DOJ just pulled the trigger.

· 2026-04-24

atf action

ATF Keeps Biden's Ghost Gun Rule—Trump Does Nothing

The ATF is keeping Biden's 2022 frames and receivers rule alive—and the Trump administration is standing down while it happens.

· 2026-04-24

atf action

Senate Exposes ATF's Billion-Record Gun Registry

The ATF has quietly amassed nearly one billion records on American gun owners, and a Senate hearing this week blew the lid off the agency's de facto national registry.

· 2026-04-24

atf action

ATF's Pistol Brace Power Grab: What You Must Know

The ATF's 2023 pistol brace rule turned an estimated 40 million law-abiding Americans into potential felons overnight — without a single vote in Congress.

· 2026-04-24

state law

Oklahoma Restores Gun Rights as Rhode Island Plots New Attacks

Rhode Island anti-gun lawmakers are playing a stall-and-strike game with your rights — and two of their bills are still very much alive.

· 2026-04-24

nfa

NFA Checks Surge 121% — America Wants Suppressors Now

Americans sent NFA background checks surging more than 121% in March 2026, delivering an unmistakable message to Washington: gun owners want their suppressors, their short-barreled rifles, and they want them now.

· 2026-04-24

threat

FBI's Broken NICS System Denies Legal Gun Buyers Daily

The FBI's background check system denies thousands of eligible gun buyers their Second Amendment rights every year — and the feds pay zero price for getting it wrong.

· 2026-04-24

state law

NJ's Parallel Background Check Is a Trap for Gun Buyers

New Jersey isn't satisfied letting the FBI do its job — the Garden State routes every gun purchase through its own parallel background check system, putting Trenton bureaucrats between you and your Second Amendment rights with no hard deadline to get out of the way.

· 2026-04-24