The Ruling On Aug. 8, 2026, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled in Silencer Shop v. ATF that most of the National Firearms Act is unconstitutional. According to NSSF, the court found that portions of the NFA no longer collect tax revenue following c...
The Third Circuit acknowledged that machine guns are protected “Arms” but upheld the federal ban anyway. Its decision to place supposedly “minimal” suppressor-registration requirements outside the Second Amendment may be even more dangerous for gun owners.
Chicago is preparing new purchasing requirements for firearm and ammunition vendors, but the order does not address the repeat offenders and concentrated violence driving the city’s bloodshed.
SilencerCo says qualifying customers in 27 states can purchase new suppressors through Form 4473, but unresolved NFA questions have prompted a warning about taking them across state lines.
A ransomware group has taken credit for breaching the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, but the specifics of what happened remain thin. The Qilin gang listed the ATF on its dark-web leak site Wednesday, and the agency later confirmed it was investigating a cybersecurity inciden...
Michigan HB 6285 and HB 6284 would repeal state bans on short-barreled rifles, shotguns and suppressors after the NFA ruling. Read the original story: Michigan Bills Would Erase the State Felony for Suppressors and Short-Barreled Rifles After Federal Court Gutted NFA Registration
A new Supreme Court brief correctly argues that the AR-15’s militia value strengthens its Second Amendment protection—then undercuts that principle by abandoning machine-gun rights.
A Texas federal judge struck down NFA registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles in 15 states, and DOJ declined to appeal. Here's what FFL dealers need to know about the sales boom, pending guidance, and compliance risk.
A Texas court ruling deregulated suppressors and sent sales surging, but FFLs face a 27-state patchwork and an Oct. 5 appeal deadline. Here's the market data and the playbook.
Ruby Ridge began with an alleged National Firearms Act violation involving two shotguns. Thirty-four years later, the NFA registration scheme behind that prosecution is finally beginning to fall in federal court.