New Hampshire school district admits in federal court that searching a student’s truck over his lawful handgun violated the Fourth Amendment. Read the original story: Hillsboro-Deering School District Admits in Federal Court That Searching a Student’s Truck Because He Owns a Handgun Violated ...
Connecticut's convertible-pistol ban takes effect October 1 with felony penalties and two federal challenges pending. Virginia's attorney general has switched on civil enforcement, and the appeals courts now disagree about whether buying a gun is protected conduct.
A divided Fifth Circuit panel held that the federal ban on direct interstate handgun sales violates the Second Amendment. For dealers, the effect is on the calendar, not the counter yet.
Episode 70 was filmed September 21st, flying Southwest from New Orleans to Las Vegas. Two checked bags, the large Pelican rifle case with just one pistol in it, and a heads up at the counter about the locks. Check-In at MSY Declared firearms. The agent asked what I had, and it was one pistol in [...
A divided Fifth Circuit panel has ruled that the federal laws blocking a direct handgun sale to an out-of-state buyer violate the Second Amendment. The September 18 opinion in Elite Precision Customs v. ATF reverses a Texas district court and enters judgment for a gun shop and its fellow pl...
A Fifth Circuit ruling opened a new class of out-of-state handgun buyer questions. Here is how FFL dealers can answer them on-page, honestly and accurately, and capture the demand while it is fresh.
Washington spent five days widening the gap between what gun law now allows and what ATF has told dealers to do. The FFL news digest for the week of September 21, and the decisions you should not make yet.
In four days, DOJ stopped enforcing the under-21 handgun sales ban and the Fifth Circuit struck the interstate handgun purchase ban. Here is what the wider buyer pool does to FFL revenue and how to model it for Q4.
Trump ordered DOJ not to appeal the Texas ruling striking NFA registration for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs, CBS reports. What it means. Read the original story: Trump Orders DOJ Not to Appeal Texas Ruling That Struck Down NFA Registration for Suppressors, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs
The administration won't appeal the Texas NFA ruling, but the injunction covers members and customers of the plaintiffs, not the general public — 4473, NICS and Section 922(b)(4) all still apply. Plus Virginia's new FAIR enforcement unit, the FBI's NICS Monitoring confirmation, and the state-level split on registration.