FBI to Allow FFLs to Search for Stolen Gun Serial Numbers

The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) announced that it would begin to allow federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to check serial numbers...

DOJ Decides not to Continue Appeal of ATF’s Pistol-Brace Rule

The federal government has agreed to a joint dismissal of the government’s appeal in the Mock v. Bondi lawsuit, an action that effectively kills...

Two Gun Groups Challenge Law Prohibiting Mailing of Handguns via USPS

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), together with Pennsylvania resident Bonita Shreve, have filed a lawsuit against the United States...

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...

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...

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....

How Tariffs Will Likely Drive Up Your Ammo Prices

Since President Donald Trump's announcement on April 4 about new tariffs — a 10% blanket tariff on all imports, plus targeted reciprocal tariffs —...

Trump Executive Order: Protecting Second Amendment Rights

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order February 7, 2025 protecting Second Amendment Rights. Here's the text of the Order: PROTECTING SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS EXECUTIVE ORDER February...

The Seriousness of ‘Debanking’ Gun Businesses

President Donald Trump recently called out American banks for their track record of discriminating against lawful American businesses, including numerous firms in the firearms...

Why Is the ATF Targeting FFLs?

The ATF is not easing up on its efforts to diminish the Second Amendment, and one way the agency is doing that is by...

Gun-Kit Maker Polymer80 Shuts Down Operations

Polymer80, the largest manufacturer of kits for making homemade firearms, has shut down. The reason for the shut down, Polymer80 CEO Loran Kelley Jr. wrote...

Go Get ’em, SIG!

An item came across our desk recently that made us smile. SIG Sauer celebrated pistol braces being legal to sell again, and that warrants...

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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...