Firearms law, ATF rulemaking, court decisions, and federal and state legislation affecting lawful gun ownership and the industry.
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.
The Supreme Court agreed on June 30 to hear Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, the first direct challenges to state assault weapons bans.
ATF processed every outstanding Virginia Form 1 and Form 4 before July 1, protecting NFA applicants from a potential conflict with the state's new firearms restrictions.
Washington County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Campbell granted the NRA and VSSA a statewide preliminary injunction June 29, blocking Virginia's assault firearms and magazine ban through December 31.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Wolford v. Lopez that Hawaii's law requiring carry permit holders to get property-owner permission before entering any business violates the Second Amendment.
Five lawsuits challenge Virginia's SB 749 assault firearm ban ahead of its July 1 effective date, with a key injunction hearing in Santolla v. Katz scheduled for tomorrow.
Trump told NRA President Bachenberg at a Pennsylvania event that his White House is working on national concealed carry reciprocity as H.R. 38 waits for a House floor vote.
California AB 2047 heads to Senate Judiciary today, requiring all 3D printers sold in the state to carry DOJ-approved firearm blueprint detection software or be barred from sale.
A Fifth Circuit panel ruled June 18 that suppressors are protected Second Amendment arms, directly splitting with the Ninth Circuit's opposite holding earlier this month.
A unanimous Supreme Court rules that casual marijuana use alone cannot strip a person's Second Amendment rights under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3).
SB749's Senate and House sponsors gave contradictory statements on whether importing an assault firearm into Virginia after July 1 is automatically a crime.