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Did you read our post a few weeks ago about cheap Chinese knock-off gear being sold through a site called wish.com? The post centered on an arrest that was made in upstate New York...

By NSSF As the trade association for the firearms industry, NSSF receives many questions from firearms retailers regarding ATF compliance. We’ve begun to catalog these questions and answers to better serve our members and the industry.  Here...

I love the Bill of Rights. I love the fact that this country was formed as an idea by people far smarter than me, who were wise beyond their lifetimes. I'm also a big fan...

Thomas Brandon, the ATF's Deputy Director, has been the agency's Acting Director since 2015. The agency has been without a confirmed Director for nine out of the last 13 years. Now Brandon has announced...

The ATF's bump stock ban went into effect yesterday. And as we noted, Texas retailer RW Arms had 60,000 Slide Fire bump fire stocks in their inventory. Wanting to avoid felony charges, they turned them in...

Michael Cargill owns Central Texas Gun Works here in Austin and hosts a local radio show focused on firearms, shooting and gun rights. He's also appeared here from time to time. With today's bump stock...

Here at TTAG, we get lots of questions from our readers about a variety of gun-related and regulatory topics. One of the those that we've been meaning to cover over the years is so-called...

While some limited stays of the ATF's bump stock ban have been issued by two Circuit Courts, as of tomorrow, bump stock possession becomes illegal. Hence this press release from RW Arms in Ft....

Buying online has some advantages to it. Your local gun store can't stock everything, so if you're looking for something unusual or that's made in smaller quantities, that can be the best way to...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ days look numbered.  Once more, under its 2020 budget proposal, the Trump administration seeks to transfer the 'alcohol' and 'tobacco' duties from the BATF.  The U.S. Treasury...

Last week and DC District Court judge OK'd President Trump's bump stock ban which arbitrarily re-classifies bump fire stocks as machine guns. Now the Firearms Policy Coalition and their co-plaintiffs have filed for an...

Our friends and colleagues in the mainstream media frequently get firearm technology and the laws that regulate them wrong. "Fully semi-automatic," anyone? Surprisingly, we found an instance where they are actually (for the most...