Firearms law, ATF rulemaking, court decisions, and federal and state legislation affecting lawful gun ownership and the industry.
Rep. Andrew Clyde and Sen. Steve Daines led 47 Republican lawmakers in urging ATF to extend NFA registration relief to all gun owners as the Texas ruling's 7-day stay expires August 12.
Judge Hendrix rules NFA registration for suppressors, SBRs, and SBSs unconstitutional. Stay expires August 12; Fifth Circuit is next.
Two courts issued coordinated stays July 29, pausing all Virginia AR-15 ban lawsuits until SCOTUS rules in Viramontes — leaving the statewide sales injunction in place through 2027.
The Trump DOJ files a 41-word motion abandoning its defense of the federal post office carry ban, leaving Chief Judge O'Connor's nationwide injunction intact for all FPC and SAF members.
New Jersey's AG revised the Third Circuit ruling's enforcement date from July 31 to roughly August 10, when the formal mandate directing the district court to act is expected.
The en banc Third Circuit voted 10-5 to strike down New Jersey's assault weapons and magazine bans, the first federal appeals court to do so.
The House passed Rep. Riley Moore's Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act 221–201, banning firearms-specific merchant category codes. It heads to the Senate.
Maryland has filed its defense in Bathras v. Moore, the federal Second Amendment challenge to SB 334, arguing that standard Glock pistols are machine-gun convertible.
SAF and FPC filed a SCOTUS petition in Calce v. NYC on July 7, challenging the city's blanket ban on civilian possession of stun guns and tasers.
A unanimous Maryland appeals court upheld the state's ban on firearms possession by 18-to-20-year-olds, finding historical precedent under Bruen. An appeal is expected.
The DOJ sued Virginia July 1 over SB 749's assault firearms ban while a state panel rejected consolidation of four parallel challenges, keeping the legal battlefield fragmented.
ATF's July 6 proposed rule would reduce NFA fingerprint cards from two to one, eliminate trust fingerprinting entirely, and swap passport photos for a government ID scan.