Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California’s Background Check Requirement for Ammo Purchases
A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that California’s law requiring a background check for each ammunition purchase violates the...
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...
FPC Moves To Strike Down Ban On Interstate Handgun Sales
The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has filed a motion for summary judgment in the case of Elite Precision Customs v. ATF, a lawsuit that...
Gunowners’-Rights Groups File Suit Against New Jersey Suppressor Ban
On July 18, 2025, a coalition of six gunowners'-rights organizations filed a joint federal lawsuit in the District of New Jersey challenging the state...
Big Win: DOJ Doesn’t Appeal Ruling Against Federal Handgun Purchase Ban For Adults Under...
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision not to appeal a Fifth Circuit ruling striking down the federal ban on handgun purchases for 18-to-20-year-olds...
Anti-Gun 2nd Circuit Allows N.Y. Anti-PLCAA Statute to Stand
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled against gunowners' rights in NSSF v. James, a challenge to a New York...
Gun Groups Announce Plans to Sue for Repeal of National Firearms Act
President Trump has signed the One Big Beautiful Bill that, among other things, zeroes out taxes on suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and any other weapons...
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...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Mexico
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 on June 5 that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PCLAA) bars Mexico’s claims that firearm...
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....
Oklahoma Ratifies FIND Act Legislation
Oklahoma’s Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, which prevents corporate banks with discriminatory policies against firearm industry members from...
Ammo Price Increases Are Coming
Since President Donald Trump’s announcement on April 4 about new tariffs — a 10% blanket tariff on all imports, plus targeted reciprocal tariffs —...