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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...

DOJ Asked to Investigate Empire State Gun Infringements

Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) recently sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi...

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...

FFL “Name and Shame” ATF Program Is Ending

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has said that it will end the Demand 2 Program. Most gun owners likely didn't...

Ten Tips for Firearms Safety In Your Home

As the leading gun-evaluation-and-recommendation resource for the serious shooter, Gun Tests Magazine takes its role in ensuring safe and accessible firearms use even more...

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...

Top 10 Centerfire Bolt-Action Rifles for 2025

For the rifleman, there is nothing that soothes the soul and brightens the day like a good-quality bolt-action rifle. For the serious rifleman who...

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...

Gun Storage Check Week: June 1-7

Gun Storage Check Week is a national campaign of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)—the firearms industry trade association—to encourage all gun owners to...

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...

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 —...