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Appeals Court Allows Canada’s Sweeping 2020 Firearms Ban To Stand

A challenge to former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 2020 ban on some 1,500 models of firearms deemed “assault-style weapons” by the Canadian government has failed, a fact that should make all...

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Iowa Governor Signs Law Lowering Handgun Age To 18

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law allowing Iowans 18 and older to own and carry a handgun, lowering the minimum age from 21. While Iowans 18 years or older can already purchase long...

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Tennessee Bill Would Strengthen Protection For Firearm Industry In The...

A measure that is on the move in the Tennessee Legislature would significantly strengthen legal protections for those in the firearm industry in The Volunteer State. SB1360 has passed both chambers...

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Lowering Florida Long Gun Purchase Age Unlikely Following FSU Shooting

We reported recently how Florida lawmakers were advancing a measure to lower the age for purchasing a long gun—which had been raised to 21 back in 2018 after the mass murder at a high school in...

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How ATF used inert RPGs to imprison American sailor for 20 years

by Lee Williams  For those seeking to add some flair to their man cave, inert or nonfiring Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers may satisfy your needs. GunBroker.com offers inert RPG-2 rockets for...

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Meet the man whose lies put an innocent sailor in prison for 20 years

by Lee Williams The government’s case against Patrick “Tate” Adamiak was led by two Assistant U.S. Attorneys, but their main witness became the real reason why a jury found Adamiak guilty, and a...

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SCOTUS Will Not Hear Minnesota Appeal On Carry Age Restriction

The United States Supreme Court has refused to hear Minnesota’s appeal of the state’s carry age restrictions on 18 to 20-year-old adults, which were previously determined to violate Constitutional...

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Montana Governor Dangles Freedom In Front Of Colorado Gun And Ammo Companies

In response to the sweeping gun ban recently signed into law by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the governor of a neighboring state has released a video inviting Colorado companies in the firearm and...

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Federal Measure Would Protect Second Amendment Rights of Renters, Tenants

A measure introduced in the U.S. Congress on April 17 is designed to secure the Second Amendment rights of Americans who live in rental properties whose landlords receive financial assistance from the...

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Republican Congressman Wants ATF To Revise 4473 Form

Concerned that lawful gun purchasers could unintentionally misrepresent themselves, thereby committing a felony, due to the wording on the firearms transaction record form, the chairman of the U.S....

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School Suspension Over Missouri 13-Year-Old’s Pop Can ‘Rifle’ Art Draws Lawsuit

By Mark Chesnut When a 13-year-old Missouri boy working on a home art project arranged soda cans into what resembled a gun, his mother was likely proud of his creativity. But when the boy posted a...

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Oakland Taking Aim At Canik Pistol Billboard

A picture of a pistol on a billboard in Oakland, California, has caused an overreaction that could only come from the gun-hating hand-wringers in The Golden State. Earlier this month, Turkish pistol...

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Minnesota Gun Owners Take Aim At Taxpayer-Funded Anti-Gun Activism

Fed up with their tax dollars being wasted by a University of Minnesota program advocating for more restrictive gun control laws, a Minnesota pro-gun organization is asking both the federal Department...

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Texas Gun Owners Turn On Cornyn, Petition Trump Not To Endorse His Re-Election

Saying that U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has “betrayed the trust” of Lone Star State gun owners, a Texas gun rights group is asking President Donald Trump not to endorse the longtime senator for re-election....

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WV AG McCuskey Leads Coalition Supporting Second Amendment Task Force

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of 26 attorneys general in support of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Second Amendment Task Force, which United States Attorney General...

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FPC Trashes DOJ’s “Horrifically Flawed” Brief In Machine Gun Ban Appeal

A brief filed by the federal government in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case involving the constitutionality of banning machine guns has one pro-gun rights group seeing red. The case United...

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Injunction Paves Way For Non-Residents To Apply For A California Carry Permit

A preliminary injunction in a case brought by a major gun rights group has opened the door for nonresident gun owners to apply for a California concealed carry permit. In the Second Amendment...

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The Fight For Young Adult Gun Rights Is Trending In America

I harbor a strong distaste for the hypocrisy that has walked among us as far back as I can remember, and much further, I’m sure. Hand in hand with sanctimony, it’s difficult to ignore, sometimes...

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DOJ Files Amicus Brief Supporting Pro-Second Amendment Challenge

For perhaps the first time in United States history, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined a petitioner as an amicus party to defend American gun rights.  On May 1, the DOJ filed an amicus brief...

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This Bill Doesn’t Ban Guns—It Dismantles the Second Amendment Another Way

What if the government didn’t need to ban your guns to kill the Second Amendment? That’s exactly what’s happening in Connecticut right now, where lawmakers are introducing a bill that doesn’t outlaw...

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Illinois Appeals Court Rules FOID Card Requirement Doesn’t Violate Constitution

A three-judge panel of the Illinois 4th District Appellate Court ruled on April 29 that the Illinois Firearms Owner Identification card scheme, required to purchase or possess a gun in the state, is...

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SCOTUS Won’t Consider Challenge To California’s Public Property Gun Show Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 28 declined to hear a challenge to the restrictive California law prohibiting gun shows on publicly owned property. In 2022, the California legislature passed a law...

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Colt/Georgia Partnership Targets Safe, Responsible Gun Ownership

Colt Firearms, maker of fine firearms for more than 170 years, has announced a partnership with the state of Georgia to promote safe, responsible firearms ownership in the Peach State. In a news...

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Supreme Court Refuses To Block Illinois Assault Weapon Ban

I’m not sure if United States Supreme Court Justices leave their spines at home or if they are permanently confiscated upon confirmation, but the High Court seems much more proficient at kicking the...

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ATF agents discussed new suppressors on site they thought was private

by Lee Williams  Why do ATF agents need new suppressors for their ARs? No one was willing to answer this simple question, not the private company making the silencers and certainly not the ATF....

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