What Exactly Constitutes an AR-15 Rifle Under the Law?
By MarkPA
In the debate over “assault weapons,” the model designation AR-15 holds a prominent place. This model is nearly —but not quite—plug-compatible with the US military’s M-16. (The AR-15 does not permit automatic fire...
Florida Universal Background Check Bill: Is it Idiocy or Malignancy?
Rep. Margaret Good has filed House Bill 451. Her apparent intent (to give her the benefit of the doubt) is to require universal preemptively-prove-your-innocence background checks on all firearm sales. She complains, "This is...
New Jersey Moms Demand Action Gun Demonstration Expert Breaks Laws in Two States
Moms Demand Action recently held a Firearms 101 Presentation in the great state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Second Amendment Society helpfully documented some interesting apparent law violations that the Moms' firearms expert...
Are 80% Frames, 3D Printing, and the Ghost Gunner Now Obsolete?
The Bakersfield Police Department is reporting that they arrested a felony parolee who was "in possession of an airsoft gun that had been converted to fire .357-caliber ammunition and had six live rounds of...
Chicago Police Arresting Buyers of Chinese Full-Auto GLOCK Switches [VIDEO]
Back in May we wrote about a web site that sells cheap Chinese knock-off gun gear. Some of it is standard fare like trademark infringing holsters, knives, red dots and the like. Buy at...
ATF Requires All Silencer Shop FFL/SOTs to Apply for ‘Variances’ to Use Electronic Signatures
Silencer Shop is the largest distributor of suppressors and silencers (same thing) in the country. Part of that success has been built on their "Powered by Silencer Shop" kiosks they have in gun stores around the...
DOJ Announces Project Guardian to Reduce ‘Gun Violence’ By Enforcing Existing Laws
Project Guardian will emphasize background checks, federal prosecutions to reduce firearm-related crimes rather than enacting more gun control laws.
By Arian Sainz and Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Attorney General William Barr announced a new initiative Wednesday...
ATF to Pay Employee $450,000 Over Harassment by a Supervisor with a Nazi Tattoo
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is, of course, the primary federal alphabet agency tasked with regulating firearms in this country. It has not been without its controversies over the years. Who could...
Chasing the Machine Guns
I try to keep up with the criminal use of machine guns in the United States. To date, I have documented five cases of an actual machine gun that was used in a crime...
Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is A Liar. Can I Get A Phone Call, Too?
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg clearly objects to being called a "lying m****rf****r."
Well, I might have chosen other words. "M****rf****r" isn't a term I use terribly often. If I were writing on my personal blog,...
BREAKING: ATF Declares the Franklin Armory Reformation a GCA/SBS Shotgun, Halts All Retail Sales
See some our earlier posts on the Franklin Armory Reformation here, here, and here. While the Reformation may look like a short barrel rifle, it isn't. That's because the barrel uses straight lands and...
After ATF Ruling, FosTecH Recalls All Origin-SBV ‘Shotguns’, Offers Consumers Replacement Options
FosTecH is an Indiana-based maker of AR platform rifles, shotguns and triggers. They're also the maker of the Origin-SBV not-a-shotgun firearm thing. Well, they were.
https://youtu.be/r7krlrcGtms
FosTecH designed the Origin SBV along the same lines as...