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.
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.
A new federal lawsuit, Roberts v. ATF, argues the National Firearms Act registration scheme is unconstitutional after the $200 tax stamp was reduced to zero.
If owning a gun is so shameful, Mr. Mayor, then explain why the “good guy with a gun” keeps showing up in the data as a major check on the very violence you’re pretending to care about.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has ended its decades-old policy of reporting veterans to the FBI’s NICS database for fiduciary assistance, restoring Second Amendment rights after sustained pressure from Gun Owners of America and other pro-gun advocates.
Approvals don't erase the infringement. They reveal the needless bureaucracy of fingerprints, photos, forms, and months-long waits.