Some Gun Taxes Removed in Budget Reconciliation Bill

The budget reconciliation bill, which President Trump calls the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and which he signed on July 4, 2025, had a...

Sixteen AGs Sue Gun Groups Over Return of Forced Reset Triggers

Sixteen Attorneys General are suing the National Association for Gun Rights and the federal government to stop the return of illegally confiscated Forced Reset...

Still a 2nd-Class Right

A June 2, 2025, decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear appeals in the Snope v. Brown and Ocean State Tactical v....

Will Suppressors Be Removed from NFA Control?

On May 21, 2025 the House Rules Committee amended H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to include Sec. 2 of the Constitutional Hearing Protection...

Firearms Policy Coalition Issues Proposed Executive Actions to Protect Second Amendment Rights

The Firearms Policy Coalition announced priority policy reforms and urged the White House and Department of Justice to take immediate and meaningful action to...

DOJ, ATF Give in on Forced Reset Triggers

On May 16, 2025, the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) and Texas Gun Rights (TXGR) entered into a settlement agreement that stops further...

DOJ Forms Protective 2A Task Force

The Department of Justice recently created a Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force to protect American citizens' constitutional right to possess firearms. "For too long, the...

Non-Residents Can Legally Apply For California Carry Permits

Thanks to a preliminary injunction in the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) case CRPA v. LASD, non-resident SAF members can now apply for a California...

Young Adults Can Now Receive Carry Permits in Minnesota

The United States Supreme Court has allowed 18- to 20-year-old young adults to apply for and receive a Minnesota Permit to Carry after refusing...

Do You Want to Move Back to America?

Hey Shooters, this is Todd Woodard, editor of Gun Tests magazine. Many of us don't like politicians, because pols say one thing and do another....

SAF Files Lawsuit Challenging Colorado’s Excise Tax On Guns, Ammo

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a lawsuit in Denver County District Court challenging Colorado’s Proposition KK as an unconstitutional tax on the exercise...

Illinois Judge Allows Junk S&W Lawsuit To Proceed

The Second Amendment Foundation says a decision by Lake County, Illinois Judge Jorge L. Ortiz to allow a wrongful-death lawsuit against Smith & Wesson...

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In the September 2022 issue, I mentioned in Downrange that “Fifteen Republican senators rolled over earlier in the year to pass a bill negotiated...