Commentary

Holdovers at DOJ Try to Stall ‘Engaged in the Business’ Victory Against ATF

The states of Texas, Louisiana, Utah and Mississippi are opposing a Department of Justice (DOJ) motion in the states' ongoing “engaged in the business”...

Practical D.O.P.E. for Long-Range Rifle Shooting

Do you gather and organize D.O.P.E. (Data On Previous Engagements) to improve your long-range rifle shooting? In this National Shooting Sports Foundation video, Ryan...

2nd Federal Court Declares Machine Gun Ban Unconstitutional

District Judge Carlton Reeves has struck down the federal machine gun ban as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. However, Judge Reeves specified that the...

30 Senators Demand ATF Begin Rescinding Unconstitutional Biden Rules Immediately

Thirty U.S. Senators have asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to immediately begin rescinding unlawful Biden-era rules that infringe on...

Ban on Young-Adult Handgun Sales Declared Unconstitutional

Gunowner-rights groups scored an important victory in the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals with at least a temporary legal win halting a federal...

Federal Interstate Handgun-Transfer Ban Challenged

An important new lawsuit challenging federal laws prohibiting licensed firearm dealers from selling handguns to out-of-state buyers has been filed in Texas. On January 20,...

New National Constitutional Carry Act Legislation Formally Introduced

In an update to a Guardian news item of Dec. 26, 2024, Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) has formally filed the National Constitutional Carry Act...

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...

Brief Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to California Gun Show Restrictions

On January 2, the NRA urged the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in a challenge to California laws that effectively ban gun shows...

New Lawsuit Challenges Washington D.C. Magazine Ban

Bans are particularly inviting targets of pro-2nd Amendment litigation because there is so little support of them in the country's history. Toward that end,...

NAGR Announces Plan to Reverse Gun Control

The Loveland, Colorado-based National Association for Gun Rights has announced a plan to restore gun rights across the nation and reverse gun control in...

Two Gun Groups Amend Their Challenge to Pennsylvania’s Age-Based Firearms Carry Ban

On December 23, 2024, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and National Rifle Association (NRA) filed an amended complaint in Young v. Ott, a federal...

Shotgunner Rhode Bests Cali Ammo Scheme

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 Second...