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Congress, agency rules, and nationwide bills that move the Second Amendment fight.
29 stories on this beat · updated Jun 5, 2026
House Panel Schedules Markup on Federal Firearms Preemption Pilot — June 2026
The House Judiciary Committee posted a markup session for a federal firearms preemption pilot program — a procedural move that puts Second Amendment federalism back on the summer calendar even before bill text is finalized.
legislation · vaultVets Can't Carry Where Desk Agents Can—This Bill Ends That
A combat veteran who cleared Fallujah can't legally carry a pistol in San Francisco—but a desk-bound federal bureaucrat can. Congress is moving to fix that humiliating double standard.
legislation · vaultCongress Puts Your Gun Privacy on Trial April 28
In six days, Congress holds a hearing that could end the last legal wall standing between you and a permanent federal gun registry.
legislation · vaultGreen Berets Can Storm Kandahar—But Not Carry in California?
The same operator who kicked in doors in Mosul at 3 a.m. can't legally carry a sidearm to the grocery store in California—and one congressman just decided that disgrace ends now.
legislation · vaultThey Want Your Gun Records. April 28 Is the Day.
On April 28, a House subcommittee puts the Tiahrt Amendment on trial—and if gun owners aren't screaming at their reps before that gavel drops, they'll be watching the autopsy instead.
legislation · vaultSenate Rules Did Bloomberg's Job For Free
The gun-control lobby didn't have to lift a finger: the Senate parliamentarian just did their dirty work for them, stripping suppressor deregulation from reconciliation and slamming a 60-vote wall back in front of every law-abiding owner still waiting months for the right to protect their hearing.
legislation · vaultMinnesota's Red Flag Law Goes Nuclear: 5-Year Bans, No Compensation
Minnesota lawmakers want to strip your guns for five years without charging you with a crime, let any officer on scene pull the trigger on that process, run the paperwork through judges around the clock, and hand you zero compensation if the whole thing collapses.
legislation · vaultMinnesota's 5-Year Gun Grab: No Hearing, No Refund, 96% Approved
Minnesota wants to seize your guns for five years without ever letting you speak to a judge first — and they're already approving 96% of the petitions they see.
legislation · vaultVets Can't Carry Nationwide. Retired DEA Agents Can. New Bill Ends It.
A combat veteran who survived Fallujah can't legally carry concealed across state lines — but a retired DEA desk agent can. That's not a loophole. That's a slap in the face.
legislation · vaultSpanberger Signs 3 Anti-Gun Laws—Virginia Just Changed
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed three gun-control bills into law, and every one of them is being called unconstitutional under the Supreme Court's own *Bruen* standard.
legislation · vaultCongress: Special Ops Vets Can Carry Anywhere — No State OK Needed
A New Jersey bureaucrat cannot outrank a Delta Force operator — and a new House bill is finally putting that on paper.
legislation · vaultSOF Vets Can't Carry in All 50 States. This Bill Fixes That.
America's most lethal warriors—Green Berets, SEALs, Raiders, PJs—are being disarmed by state bureaucrats the moment they cross state lines. Congressman Pat Harrigan is done watching it happen.
legislation · vaultVets Can't Carry Nationwide—But Desk Agents Can. Bill Fixes It.
A combat Marine who cleared buildings in Fallujah cannot legally carry across state lines. The desk agent at a federal agency can. Congress may finally be forced to explain why.
legislation · vaultEnforce a Red Flag Order in These States? That's a Felony.
Five Republican states are turning the tables on red flag enforcers—and the Bloomberg-funded press is in full panic, which means gun owners should be paying very close attention.
legislation · vaultNavy SEALs Are Felons at State Lines. Congress Just Said Enough.
Right now, a Navy SEAL who carried a firearm through Fallujah can cross into New York and become a criminal for carrying the same gun on American soil.
legislation · vaultGreen Beret Congressman: Let SOF Warriors Carry Everywhere
The men who hunted America's enemies in Kandahar and Mosul are being out-carried, legally speaking, by the political staffers who vote to disarm them.
legislation · vaultThey're Coming for Tiahrt—April 28 Is the Day
Monday, April 28, Congress puts the one set of laws standing between your gun purchase and a searchable federal database directly in the crosshairs.
legislation · vaultGreen Beret Lawmaker: Elite Warriors Deserve Nationwide Carry
The same federal government that trusts special operators with classified missions and precision lethality anywhere on Earth currently lets California and New Jersey disarm them at the airport.
legislation · vaultRetired Green Berets Can't Do What Desk Agents Can—This Bill Fixes It
A combat veteran who survived Fallujah loses his carry rights the moment he crosses a state line. A retired federal desk agent with a badge does not. Congress finally has a bill to end that obscenity.
legislation · vaultCongress: Green Berets Can't Be Trusted With a Pistol?
A Navy SEAL who cleared buildings in Mosul can't legally carry a pistol across a state line without begging a local bureaucrat for permission — and until now, Congress has been fine with that.
legislation · vaultElite Warriors Need Permission to Carry? Harrigan Says Hell No
The men who ran Bin Laden's compound and pulled Americans out of Benghazi can't legally carry concealed in California — and one Special Forces veteran-turned-Congressman just decided that ends now.
legislation · vaultThey're Coming for Tiahrt—Your Gun Records Are the Prize
On April 28, Congress puts the last hard statutory wall between your gun-purchase records and a permanent federal database directly in the crosshairs.
legislation · vaultByrd Rule Kills Suppressor Freedom — What Hits Next
A Senate process rule just did what Everytown and Giffords couldn't do at the ballot box: it killed suppressor deregulation without a single floor vote, without a single senator going on record against your hearing.
legislation · vaultByrd Rule Kills Suppressor Win—Here's How We Take It Back
Gun owners didn't lose a vote on suppressor reform—they lost a procedural chess match rigged by a Senate rule, and Everytown is already spiking the football over a win they never had to earn.
legislation · vaultSC Bill Makes Red Flag Enforcement a Felony—More States Coming
Strip a law-abiding gun owner's firearms without a charge, without a trial, without even telling them a hearing happened—and in South Carolina, you could be the one facing felony prosecution.
legislation · vaultConnecticut Just Banned Your Pistol — Here's What's Next
Connecticut Democrats just passed a House gun bill that bans a pistol capable of being converted to fire over 1,000 rounds per minute — and if you think this stops there, you haven't been paying attention.
legislation · vaultConnecticut Just Banned a Pistol—Here's What They're Not Telling You
Connecticut's Democrat-controlled House just voted to ban a pistol—not because of what it does out of the box, but because of what criminals do to it illegally.
legislation · vaultConnecticut Just BANNED a Pistol — Your State Is Next
Connecticut Democrats just passed a House gun bill that bans a pistol capable of converting to full-auto fire — and if you think this stops at one gun in one state, you haven't been paying attention.
legislation · vaultConnecticut Just Banned a Pistol — And It's Only Getting Started
Connecticut lawmakers just voted to ban a pistol capable of converting to fully automatic fire — and if you think the language stops there, you haven't read the bill.