New legal strategy argues the ATF may have misinterpreted the Hughes Amendment’s 1986 machine gun ban. Gun law expert Stephen Halbrook explains the argument and how states could force a court challenge.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit overturned a machine gun possession conviction against an Iowa police chief in United States v. Brad Wendt, while leaving fraud convictions intact.
A bill with extreme infringements on rights protected by the Second Amendment has been introduced into the Minnesota Legislature.
Idaho Senate Bill 1349 prepares to authorize civilian machine guns if the Hughes Amendment falls, positioning the state as a Second Amendment leader.
Florida AG James Uthmeier says Jacksonville violated state law by keeping firearm registry and directs evidence review for possible penalties.
West Virginia’s SB 1071 would allow state-facilitated machine gun sales, but opposition and Senate delays now threaten the bill’s survival.
1986 wasn’t just a bad year for machine guns. It was the beginning of a regulatory power grab that we’re only now in a position to challenge.
This legislation establishes an Office of Public Defense within the Kentucky State Police, tasked with acquiring and transferring modern, select-fire machine guns directly to law-abiding citizens.
No other handgun cartridge has experienced quite as many ups, down and reinventions of purpose in so short a time as the 10mm Auto. Generally thought to have been a product of the 1980s, the 10mm’s whole story actually goes back further. A Brief History of the 10mm The mid-twentieth century saw...
SB1071 would create a state-run Office of Public Defense within the West Virginia State Police to procure and sell modern, select-fire machine guns directly to qualified, law-abiding citizens.