ATF Statement in Rare Breed Trigger Litigation Raises Questions on Legal Authority
ATF says restricting competing forced reset triggers through Rare Breed’s private patent lawsuits would advance the agency’s public-safety interests.
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Qilin Hackers Leak ATF Investigation Files After Ransomware Breach
Qilin published approximately 6.3GB of files allegedly stolen from ATF’s legacy CALEA system, exposing investigative records while leaving eForms and other operational systems untouched.
ATF’s Cekada: NFA Guidance Coming Soon
Pressure is mounting on ATF and DOJ to explain how they will implement the NFA court ruling. ATF Director Robert Cekada says guidance is coming, but getting it right takes time. The post ATF’s Cekada: NFA Guidance Coming Soon appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Ransomware Gang Names ATF; DOJ Calls Breach ‘Major’
A ransomware group has taken credit for breaching the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, but the specifics of what happened remain thin. The Qilin gang listed the ATF on its dark-web leak site Wednesday, and the agency later confirmed it was investigating a cybersecurity inciden...
A 2A Lawyer Says the ATF’s Anti-Gun Wing Is Keeping a List
Registration-free suppressor transfers are happening under a federal injunction, but one Second Amendment attorney warns today's paper trail could become tomorrow's enforcement target. The post A 2A Lawyer Says the ATF’s Anti-Gun Wing Is Keeping a List appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
‘Final Denial’: Air Force Leaders Lean in to the Future of Drone Defense
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — The 31st Air Task Force sharpened and refined a layered counter-small unmanned aerial system defense capability, culminating in a kinetic “final denial” live-fire demonstration, August 3-7, 2026. The week-long training event built on counter-sUAS initiatives first emp...
NSSF: NFA Applications Up, Wait Times Down
NFA applications nearly tripled. Wait times still collapsed. ATF’s own numbers show just how dramatically the process has changed. The post NSSF: NFA Applications Up, Wait Times Down appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
9th Circuit Tosses Giffords ‘Ghost Gun’ Case
Gun-control advocates took their second ghost-gun beating of the week — and this one came from trying to make the ATF’s rule harsher. On August 21, a unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit ruled that California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun ...
Ninth Circuit Rejects California, Giffords Bid to Expand ATF ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule
California and Giffords tried to force ATF to classify less-complete AR-15 blanks as firearms. The Ninth Circuit ruled they lacked standing.
Federal Judge Rules Biden-Era ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule Unconstitutional
O’Connor granted Defense Distributed and SAF summary judgment on their Second and Fifth Amendment claims while siding with the government on three Administrative Procedure Act claims.