The Fire in Thun: When One Plant Owns Your Backorder
One fire at a single Swiss plant is now a line item on dealer backorder reports. The work that follows is deposits, allocation status and honest lead times — not guessing at dates.
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The ATF Lawyer You’ve Never Heard Of: William J. Ryan’s Paper Trail on Braces, Forced Reset Triggers and Gun Trusts
William J. Ryan worked behind the scenes in some of the ATF's biggest firearms controversies. Federal court records reveal his role in pistol brace litigation, Rare Breed Triggers, and the agency's gun classification decisions.
ATF's NFA Rollback Is Live — and Its Top Lawyer Just Left
ATF stopped enforcing NFA approval, registration and tax-stamp requirements for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs on October 9 — and its chief counsel resigned on October 30. What still applies to dealers, and what customers will expect to see on your listing.
Delaware Gov. Meyer Backs Governors’ Supreme Court Brief Defending Illinois and Connecticut AR-15 Bans Five Weeks Before Oral Arguments
Delaware Gov. Meyer backs a governors’ amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold Illinois and Connecticut AR-15 bans. Read the original story: Delaware Gov. Meyer Backs Governors’ Supreme Court Brief Defending Illinois and Connecticut AR-15 Bans Five Weeks Before Oral Arguments
ATF Chief Counsel Robert Leider Resigns Amid Major Gun Rights Reforms
ATF Chief Counsel Robert Leider is leaving the agency after helping lead a major rollback of Biden-era gun restrictions. With pistol brace reforms, dealer regulations, and NFA enforcement changes still in play, his departure raises an important question: Who will finish the job?
“Fixing” the NRA Board?
NRA Director Jeff Knox weighs in on the effort to shrink the NRA Board, explaining why he voted to refer the proposal, what happened to the Organization Committee, and why meaningful reform must go beyond simply cutting seats.
He Says He Turned Down a Cocaine Request Inside a Hookah Lounge. Later, the Same Man Tried to Rob Him at Gunpoint in the Parking Lot.
A 31-year-old says an armed man tried to rob him outside an Antioch strip mall at 5 a.m. He fired, then drove off. Police are investigating. Read the original story: He Says He Turned Down a Cocaine Request Inside a Hookah Lounge. Later, the Same Man Tried to Rob Him at Gunpoint in the Parking Lot.
California Put a Microphone at the Gun Counter — and Won
A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed California's 24/7 audio and video recording mandate for FFLs in August, and the en banc petition landed October 13. What Penal Code 26806 requires, why home-based dealers carry the burden, and how customers actually find you.
TFB Review: DAA EDGE & TAP - Random Swingers on Your Command
The Double-Alpha EDGE shot timer bundled with two Target Activation Pods (TAP) turns any swinger, drop-turner, bobber or slider into a target that releases on a programmable delay, with no activator popper in the way. For competition shooters who want (un)predictable movers in training, it is one...
10 Practical Lessons for Concealed Carriers From the Zimmerman Trial
I watched 88 hours of the Zimmerman trial. Here are 10 practical lessons for concealed carriers, from avoiding fights to what to do after the shot.