SCOTUS declined U.S. v. Hembree, leaving a Fifth Circuit ruling that a meth possession conviction alone cannot support a federal gun ban. Read the original story: DOJ Asked the Supreme Court to Restore a Felon-in-Possession Conviction Built on Simple Drug Possession. The Justices Said No.
The FBI confirmed NICS monitoring, ATF wrote a new alert policy, and the DOJ let the suppressor ruling stand. What changed, and what it means at the counter.
The industry got its deregulation package, but the 38,000 public comments on it show the real fight has moved to dealer records, retention, and online sales.
ATF pitched an opt-in API that answers trace requests straight from a dealer's recordkeeping system, while Congress asked the White House to dismantle a 1.4 billion-record database. Here is what that collision means for your shop, your vendor, and your counter staff.
In a high-stakes trial before Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John M. Durkin, a jury returned a verdict of not guilty Friday afternoon, acquitting 23-year-old Darius Smith on a single count of murder with an attached firearm specification.Smith, who faced a potential sentence of 18 years...
Joseph Johnson’s 2015 marijuana-cultivation conviction left him barred from possessing firearms or ammunition. NRA, FPC and SAF are asking the Supreme Court to hear his challenge, arguing that Founding-era history does not support permanently disarming peaceable Americans.
A federal judge blocked New Mexico’s seven-day gun waiting period while saying he still thinks it is constitutional. The state is appealing. Read the original story: Federal Judge Still Thinks New Mexico’s Seven-Day Gun Waiting Period Is Constitutional. He Blocked It Anyway Because the Tenth ...
A Fifth Circuit panel struck the federal interstate handgun sales ban and ATF told dealers in Dallas that NFA guidance is weeks away. What licensees should do now — and what not to change yet.
ATF calls FFL Direct a convenience for gun dealers. The program automates serial-number trace responses that can send purchaser information to Washington while the bound book stays with the dealer. Congress must confront the backdoor registry infrastructure before an anti-gun administration explo...
A 42-year-old woman was arrested in Dallas and charged with lying on a 4473 to buy the gun a felon used to kill four officers in Charlotte. ATF is simultaneously rewriting the straw-purchase rule. Here is what the two stories mean for the person behind your counter.