Five years after AmmoLand’s John Crump exposed a secret program monitoring lawful firearm purchases through NICS, FBI Director Kash Patel has confirmed its existence before Congress. ATF restricted the surveillance system in 2025 but did not eliminate it.
The names of firearms designers such as John Moses Browning, Mikhail Kalashnikov and Eugene Morrison Stoner are synonymous with iconic firearms. Stoner was a prolific firearms designer who was responsible for the AR-7 U.S. Air Force survival rifle, the AR-10 rifle, the SR-25, and, of course, the ...
Gun Owners of America and Arizona resident Cynthia Ladd are challenging Oregon laws that block most nonresidents from obtaining a concealed-handgun license while recognizing no permits issued by other states.
DOJ amended its Virgin Islands lawsuit to add claims against Act 9113's AR-15, magazine, and suppressor bans and its new carry restrictions. Read the original story: Sued Over Permit Delays, the Virgin Islands Passed an AR-15 Ban. Now DOJ Is Suing Over That Too
Retail FFL numbers are falling while direct-to-home shipping and online marketplaces rise. These five growth strategies — local search, NFA authority, used-gun digitization, transfer revenue, and rule-change positioning — still work for dealers who execute.
Ohio SB 214 would strike suppressors from the state's dangerous ordnance list. The Senate passed it in March. The House has not. Read the original story: Ohio Law Files a Suppressor Next to Grenades and Rocket Launchers. SB 214 Would End That, and the House Still Has Not Voted.
Everytown, Giffords and Brady claim ATF’s proposed reforms will weaken background checks, obstruct firearm tracing and risk mass-casualty events. A closer look at the rules reveals important facts their warnings leave out.
The NRA and two nonresident gun owners sued Denver in federal court, saying visitors have no lawful way to carry a handgun there. Read the original story: Denied Over the State on His Driver’s License: NRA Sues Denver, Says Visitors Have No Legal Way to Carry a Gun There
A Texas federal judge rejected DOJ’s attempt to save pieces of ATF’s Biden-era gun-seller rule, leaving the entire 2024 regulation vacated while warning that ATF’s proposed rewrite repeats the same legal error.
A federal court has cleared covered suppressor transfers without NFA registration in 27 states. Ohio gun owners remain stuck because lawmakers left SB 214 sitting in committee.