As the introduction of the SIG M250 potentially opens a new chapter in the U.S. Army's squad automatic weapon story, or more accurately, the GPMG role, it is worth looking back at the excitement around the M249 when it was adopted. The U.S. Army type-classified the M249 on February 1, 1982, ...
The Fifth Circuit ruled federal restrictions on interstate handgun purchases unconstitutional, but the decision doesn't immediately change how gun sales work.
Armed self-defense cannot wait on a government permission slip. DOJ’s lawsuit challenges Minnesota’s gun purchase permits and waiting periods under the Second Amendment.
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have an American submachine gun that looks like a Thompson and thinks like a PPSh. Gerry Fox drew this up in 1974 in Meriden, Connecticut, after a fire ended Meriden Firearms and its M3 Grease Gun knockoff. He built it as the Fox Carbine under T...
From privately made firearms in Delaware to waiting periods and interstate handgun sales, recent cases test whether courts will treat the Second Amendment as a first-class right.
From September 1 through December 31, qualifying firearms, ammunition, and certain accessories are exempt from Florida sales tax under the state's 2026 Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday.
A divided Fifth Circuit panel has ruled that the federal laws blocking a direct handgun sale to an out-of-state buyer violate the Second Amendment. The September 18 opinion in Elite Precision Customs v. ATF reverses a Texas district court and enters judgment for a gun shop and its fellow pl...
Gun Owners of America says ATF Director Robert Cekada’s “61 active alerts” disclosure does not reveal the full reach of the FBI’s NICS Monitoring system. ATF is only one of several federal agencies that have used the system to track firearm purchases by legally eligible Americans.
Washington spent five days widening the gap between what gun law now allows and what ATF has told dealers to do. The FFL news digest for the week of September 21, and the decisions you should not make yet.
DOJ has given Minnesota until Sept. 23 to negotiate or face a federal suit over its 30-day handgun purchase waits, some stretching to 60. Read the original story: DOJ Gives Minnesota Until Sept. 23 to Negotiate or Face a Federal Suit Over 30-Day Handgun Purchase Waits That Stretch to Nearly 60