In the ongoing battle over Washington, D.C.’s arguably unconstitutional ban on firearms magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, D.C. attorneys in February filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds that plaintiffs don’t have standing. That move, in the case Wehr-Darroka v. D.C., prompted the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) to file an … Read more
In a move that should delight American gun owners, the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has removed former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s 40-page advisory declaring so-called gun violence as a “public health crisis.” Murthy made the declaration last June in the run-up to the election, likely hoping to draw more gun-control … Read more
Only three days after disgraced Biden holdover and acting U.S. Attorney Michael Simpson argued in front of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that suppressors are not arms protected by the Second Amendment and that the defense’s request for an en banc hearing in United States v. George Peterson be denied, the Department of Justice … Read more
Robert Leider, Associate Professor at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, has taken over as the ATF’s Assistant Director and Chief Counsel. This comes less than a month after the Trump administration issued walking papers to Pamela Hicks and showed her the door. The timing of the move couldn’t be better, as gun owners … Read more
A measure before the California State Assembly that would have imposed a duty to retreat upon citizens before using lethal force to protect themselves from threats has been pulled from consideration by the bill’s author. The measure had been introduced by Democratic Caucus Chair Rick Chavez Zbur, who touted the measure in a recently released … Read more
In what could only be described as very interesting timing, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on March 14 upheld Florida’s law banning those under 21 years of age from buying firearms. The ruling came at the same time that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers in the Sunshine State are pushing legislation to … Read more
With no action on the topic more than two months into the Trump Administration, Gun Owners of America (GOA) has announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over a gag order placed on its attorneys in the matter of secret surveillance documents gained through a Freedom … Read more
An effort by the Maine attorney general to persuade a federal judge to reinstate Maine’s controversial three-day waiting period for firearm purchases while awaiting consideration by a federal appeals court has failed. Last month, a federal judge in Portland granted a request from gun rights groups to temporarily pause the three-day waiting period on gun … Read more
Big news for my fellow Oregonians: the fight over gun rights here in the pacific northwest is heating up again. As of March 12, 2025, Measure 114—the voter-backed gun control law from 2022—and a fresh legislative push, HB 3075, are here to attempt to further muddle the waters of Oregon’s ever-increasing firearms laws. If you’re … Read more
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