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...

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 —...

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...

Supremes Rule Against Homemade Firearms Kits

By a vote of 7-2, the Supreme Court on March 26 upheld the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' so-called “ghost gun” rule,...

DOJ Investigates LA Sheriff for 2nd Amendment Violations

On March 28, 2025, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced it was investigating whether the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is...

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...

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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...