A federal judge ordered New Mexico to stop enforcing its gun waiting period law against the two buyers who sued. Read the original story: New Mexico Argued a Federal Judge Did Not Have to Follow the Appeals Court. He Blocked the State’s Gun Waiting Period Anyway
Colorado and Maine waiting-period cases advance, Virginia's assault-weapons challenge is paused while SCOTUS weighs a similar case, and ATF's direct-to-home shipping rule closes its comment window. This week's digest for FFL dealers.
A Lancaster County judge joined four other courts already pausing Virginia's assault weapons ban challenges, freezing GOA's case. Read the original story: Lancaster County Judge Joins Four Other Courts and Pauses GOA’s Challenge to Virginia’s “Assault Firearm” Ban
A masked, gloved man walked into a Florence vape shop with a gun at 10:15 p.m. A store employee reached for a handgun. Read the original story: Mask, Gloves, and a Gun: Florence Vape Shop Employee Fires on Armed Robber Loading Cash Into a Bag
SAF says the Jensen injunction shields CCRKBA members from key NFA rules. A $25 dual membership buys in, so check yours. Read the original story: $25 for Two Memberships: SAF’s Pitch After a Texas Court Enjoined NFA Registration Rules for Suppressors and SBRs
New York wants dealers facing felony charges for selling common Glock and Glock-style pistols. A new federal lawsuit says the state’s “convertible pistol” law is an unconstitutional handgun ban.
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.
After losing McDonald, Chicago required residents to complete live-fire training before owning a gun—while banning every public range. Ezell v. City of Chicago exposed that scheme and established that the right to keep arms includes learning to use them.
The Ninth Circuit reinstated an injunction against Hawaii’s private-property “vampire rule” after the Supreme Court held that the default ban on licensed carry violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
ATF's direct-to-home shipping proposal could undercut transfer revenue, courts are reshaping enforcement, and retail tech is moving fast — the week's top stories for FFL dealers, with the publisher's take.