ATF's director and chief counsel spent three days with FFLs in Dallas. The NFA guidance dealers have waited for is close but unsigned, 4473 suppressor transfers will not be cited, and the new Form 4473 slips past the holidays. What was actually said - and what to do with it.
ATF Director Robert Cekada says long-awaited guidance covering suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns could arrive within weeks. The agency also says FFLs will not be cited for lawful suppressor transfers completed on Form 4473 under the federal injunction.
The Justice Department says it cannot criminally prosecute federally licensed dealers for selling handguns to otherwise law-abiding adults ages 18 to 20 under the federal age restrictions in 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1) and (c)(1). The department announced that position Friday after its Office of L...
In four days, DOJ stopped enforcing the under-21 handgun sales ban and the Fifth Circuit struck the interstate handgun purchase ban. Here is what the wider buyer pool does to FFL revenue and how to model it for Q4.
We’ve reported many times on the ongoing battle for the Second Amendment rights of 18-, 19-, and 20-year-old Americans who are often discriminated against in a number of ways despite being legal adults. Now, the U.S. Department of Justice has weighed in on the issue with a formal opinion conclu...
DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel says the federal ban on licensed dealers selling handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds cannot be criminally enforced. Read the original story: DOJ Says It Will Not Prosecute Dealers Who Sell Handguns to 18-to-20-Year-Olds, Calling Federal Ban Inconsistent With the Second Am...
A masked robbery suspect allegedly pointed a stolen handgun at an Illinois driver pumping gas. The concealed carrier drew, fired and escaped the encounter unharmed.
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel says the federal government cannot constitutionally punish gun dealers for selling handguns to otherwise law-abiding adults between 18 and 20.
Missouri sues ATF, Delaware upholds 18-to-20 restrictions, SCOTUS sets a December date for AR-15 ban cases, and the September 30 funding deadline threatens NICS and eForms throughput. What FFL dealers should do this week.
Michigan accepted that 19-year-old Martinez Long lawfully stopped an armed mall attacker. It still sentenced him to two years of probation for carrying the pistol that allowed him to intervene.