Firearms law, ATF rulemaking, court decisions, and federal and state legislation affecting lawful gun ownership and the industry.
Pennsylvania's House Judiciary Committee votes today on HB 2244, a bill that would create criminal liability for lawful gun owners based on how they store their firearms at home.
An ATF proposed rule open for comment until July 6 would lift the 1997 blanket import ban on firearms and ammunition from Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.
Judge Yeatts reaffirmed Wednesday that the October 2025 injunction against Virginia's private-transfer background check law remains binding, warning the AG on contempt.
A Virginia judge hears competing motions Wednesday on whether the state police chief should face contempt after resuming private-sale background checks in defiance of a standing injunction.
Gov. Lamont signed Connecticut's convertible pistol ban into law May 28, making it a felony to sell Glock-style handguns after October 1. NSSF says it will sue.
Colorado released a 152-page draft listing ~900 semiauto models requiring training permits to buy as of August 1. Public comment closes June 5.
VCDL and Gun Owners Foundation filed a contempt motion after VSP resumed private-sale background checks, defying a 2025 Lynchburg court injunction.
NRA, GOA, and Gun Owners Foundation filed Hornbake v. Blanche in the Western District of Pennsylvania, challenging the 1972 federal post office carry ban.
Gov. Moore signed SB 334 banning Glock-pattern handguns in Maryland, and the NRA, SAF, and FPC filed suit the same day in federal court.
Ken Paxton beat incumbent John Cornyn 63.8% to 36.2% in the Texas GOP Senate runoff, with Cornyn's Bipartisan Safer Communities Act vote the central issue.
Rep. Jimmy Patronis filed H.R. 9009 to repeal the 1986 Hughes Amendment — the first bill ever to propose fully reopening the civilian machine gun registry — and GOA endorsed it on introduction.
At least five Commonwealth's Attorneys and seven sheriffs say they won't enforce Virginia's July 1 assault firearms ban, as the governor and AG push back.