DOJ filed a notice of appeal sending the Texas judgment that vacated ATF’s ‘engaged in the business’ dealer rule to the Fifth Circuit. Read the original story: A Texas Judge Wiped Out ATF’s Dealer Rule in June. On October 9, the Justice Department Filed Two Pages to Bring It Back.
When the federal government in the form of the U.S. Department of Justice chose to not appeal a court ruling striking down the Biden Administration’s so-called “Engaged in the Business” rule, gun owners and gun-right groups cheered. After all, it was one of the most egregious anti-gun actio...
Two Tucson gun stores were burglarized in one week, DOJ is fighting broader NFA relief after letting the suppressor ruling stand, a Las Vegas man got 33 months for unlicensed dealing, and bound-book software keeps consolidating.
Qilin breached a separate ATF system, but the bureau’s massive archive of lawful gun purchases remains a threat to gun-owner privacy. Congress should force a full accounting, end informal record collection, limit retention, and change the law that feeds the archive—before a future administrat...
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.
Montgomery County, MD signed a rewritten gun law after a court ruling, keeping 100-yard carry bans near schools, parks, and churches. Read the original story: Montgomery County, MD Rewrites Gun Ordinance After Court Loss, Keeps 100-Yard Carry Ban Near Schools, Parks, and Churches
A federal judge upheld Connecticut's under-21 handgun ban in Succow v. Bondi, rejecting the SAF and CCDL challenge after a bench trial. Read the original story: Federal Judge Upholds Connecticut’s Under-21 Handgun Ban, Rejecting SAF and CCDL Challenge on Every Major Issue
GOA and Gun Owners Foundation sue the U.S. Virgin Islands over its ban on nonresident firearm carry, arguing it violates the Second Amendment. Read the original story: No Permit Recognized, No Way to Apply, No Open Carry: GOA Lawsuit Challenges Virgin Islands’ Total Shutout of Nonresident C...
Gun Owners of America is challenging a U.S. Virgin Islands licensing system that recognizes no out-of-state permits, generally blocks nonresidents from applying and carries a ten-year minimum sentence for unauthorized firearm possession.
ATF would eliminate the Biden administration’s formal presumptions for identifying unlicensed firearms dealers. Gun Owners of America warns that the replacement still preserves enforcement theories that could be used against ordinary gun owners.