Fifth Circuit Handgun Ruling: What FFL Dealers Do Now
A divided Fifth Circuit panel held that the federal ban on direct interstate handgun sales violates the Second Amendment. For dealers, the effect is on the calendar, not the counter yet.
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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales
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...
Records Request Seeks Details on Summit County Fair Visitor Disarmament Mandate
A newly filed Ohio public records request seeks to determine whether Summit County Fair vendors, contractors and vehicle crews faced the same gun-screening rules used to disarm ordinary attendees—or entered through gates that bypassed the public security enclosure.
Mother’s Boyfriend Returns Fire on Armed Ex-Boyfriend Who Stole a Work Truck and Chased 18-Year-Old 40 Miles Across New Mexico
An armed ex chased an 18-year-old 40 miles in a stolen truck. Her mother’s boyfriend returned fire on NM 119 and subdued him. Read the original story: Mother’s Boyfriend Returns Fire on Armed Ex-Boyfriend Who Stole a Work Truck and Chased 18-Year-Old 40 Miles Across New Mexico
Ninth Circuit Flips Bruen’s Burden to Uphold Hawaii Gun-Purchase Restrictions
A divided Ninth Circuit reversed another Second Amendment victory, treating Hawaii’s handgun-permit deadline and police-inspection mandate as presumptively constitutional because they sit inside a “shall-issue” system. Five dissenting judges said the majority misread Bruen and improperly sh...
Lawsuit Challenges New Jersey Ban on Carrying Knives for Self-Defense
ANJRPC, Knife Rights and four New Jersey residents have filed a federal lawsuit challenging state laws that allegedly criminalize carrying knives, batons, larger pepper-spray canisters and other non-firearm arms for self-defense—even as the state issues permits to carry handguns.
Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Purchases
The Fifth Circuit ruled that the federal government cannot prohibit lawful Americans from directly purchasing handguns across state lines, holding that the right to keep arms necessarily includes the right to acquire them.
Winchester Big Game Ammo 101: New Video Series Schools Hunters
Learning about big game ammo makes sense, because there are many options on the market that will knock down a deer, moose or elk, but certain rounds are optimized for specific features—even frugality, if you could call that a feature, because Winchester Power Point ammunition has been doing...
Two Federal Moves Just Widened the Handgun Market
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.
DOJ Gives Minnesota Until Sept. 23 to Negotiate or Face a Federal Suit Over 30-Day Handgun Purchase Waits That Stretch to Nearly 60
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