The results of the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF's) annual surveys of gun retailers are in and, as it turns out, Americans bought a helluva lotta guns in 2021 — and a large percentage of them did so for the very first ...
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Supreme Court Gun Cases 2022: Concealed Carry in the Spotlight
The US Supreme Court has not ruled on a major gun case since handing down its landmark District of Columbia v. Heller decision more than a decade ago. In what is regarded as the most important of all Supreme Court gun cases, the majority (5-4) ...
Minimum Age for Wisconsin Concealed Carry May Be Lowered to 18
Four bills have cleared the state Assembly that would significantly loosen restrictions on concealed carry in Wisconsin; one would lower the minimum age requirement for a CCW permit in the state from 21 to 18. Another bill in the package would allow ...
Ohio Constitutional Carry Bill Passes Senate, Competes With House Bill
Last week, the Ohio State Senate passed “constitutional carry,” aka permitless carry, legislation by a solid margin. The measure would allow law-abiding Ohioans who are 21 or older and legally allowed to possess a firearm to carry a concealed handgun ...
Study: Mass Gun Laws Increase Robberies, No Effect on Violent Crime
Last month, the results of a study on gun violence in Massachusetts done by a researcher at American University in Washington D.C. flew under most people's radar, but offer some fascinating insight as to how the gun-unfriendly state's changes to ...
Supreme Court Leaning Toward Voiding New York Carry Permit Law
US Supreme Court oral arguments held Wednesday, Nov. 3, regarding the most important Second Amendment court case since D.C. v Heller indicate the court is likely to void the current gun permit laws in New York state. Such a decision would have major ...
‘Ghost Gun’ Bans: NY Law Signed, Complaint Filed Against New DE Law
Continuing New York’s long-standing tradition of trying to legislate the Second Amendment out of existence, the state’s recently minted Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a trio of anti-gun laws on Friday, Oct. 30. The legislation package bans the possession ...
Senator, Directors Move to Ban Guns on Movie Sets After Hutchins Death
Controversy continues to swirl around the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last week on the set of Rust, a Western being filmed in New Mexico. Since the incident on Oct. 23 there have been calls from some in Hollywood and ...
Military Red Flag Law Would Allow Confiscation of Personal Firearms
A provision in legislation recently passed by the US House of Representatives would allow military courts to issue protective orders that could be used to confiscate firearms from active duty troops without due process. Beyond this new potential ...
California to Open Access to Residents’ Firearm, Gun Parts Purchase Info
A new piece of California legislation signed into law last week by Gov. Gavin Newsom includes a provision that allows academics access to sales data on firearms, gun parts, and ammunition collected by the state for the purpose of conducting gun ...
Legal Age for Handgun Purchases Remains 21 Says Federal Court
This past summer, a federal appeals court ruled that a prohibition on firearm sales to adults under 21 was unconstitutional. Last week, a US appeals court threw out that decision, saying the case is now moot because both plaintiffs in the suit had ...
2A Legend Sues D.C. Over ‘Ghost Guns’ and DIY Firearm Ban
When Dick Heller sued Washington D.C. more than a decade ago over the district’s ban on handguns, it resulted in arguably the most important US Supreme Court decision ever regarding gun rights in America. District of Columbia v. Heller cemented the ...
ATF vs. RBT: Rare Breed Triggers Defies Cease and Desist Letter
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is looking to ban yet another firearm accessory. This time the agency has its sights set on Orlando-based Rare Breed Triggers (RBT), the manufacturer of a drop-in AR-15 trigger. The ...
Ammunition Update: How the National Ammunition Shortage Is Going
Among avid shooters, the alphanumeric monikers of popular calibers — 9 mm, .45 Auto, .223, 5.56 NATO — may as well read like ticker symbols on a surging New York Stock Exchange. Those holding ammunition are all smiles, while the have-nots feel ...
The Stories and Rhetoric Second Amendment Advocates Must Know
During an October 2019 presidential debate, then-Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke advocated for a federal semi-automatic rifle “buyback” program that sounded to many Second Amendment advocates — and conservative voters — like wholesale ...
The New ATF Worksheet on Pistol Braces and SBRs: What You Need To Know
Pistol braces are back in the ATF's crosshairs. After a bizarre series of events in fall 2020 involving a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) order to cease and desist production of the Q Honey Badger AR pistol and the ...
ATF Reverses Course on Honey Badger-Style AR Pistols — Again
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has reversed course on plans to reclassify AR-style pistols with stabilizing braces such as the Honey Badger from Q LLC. In a letter released two days before Christmas, the ATF withdrew its ...
Honey Badger vs. the ATF: What You Need To Know
Update: The ATF Reverses Course, Again Last week, Q LLC, manufacturer of the boutique Honey Badger AR pistol, made public an Aug. 3 cease-and-desist letter from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that seemed to outlaw ...
Hornady, NSSF Weigh in on Walmart Decision to Drop Handgun Ammo
Last week, Walmart announced its decision to discontinue the sale of .223 and 5.56 ammunition — which they referred to as “short-barreled rifle ammunition” — calibers commonly used in AR-15 rifles. Perhaps even more startling to the firearms industry ...
A Victim of Violent Crime Is Now Training Hundreds of Women How to Shoot
Fourteen years before Rick Ecktor taught hundreds of people how to safely handle and shoot firearms as the head of Legally Armed in Detroit (LAID), he was the victim of a violent crime. Ecktor had just finished working in his detached ...
