NASHVILLE, TN — Governor Bill Lee has signed the expanded deadly force bill into law, closing out the fight I covered in April when lawmakers sent Senate Bill 1847 to his desk. Lee signed the measure on May 22, 2026. It became Public Chapter 1100 and takes effect July 1, 2026. The House passed ...
WASHINGTON, DC — The Firearms Policy Coalition took Maryland to the Supreme Court, and the petition lays out exactly how far a state will go to keep people from carrying after Bruen. On May 20, 2026, FPC filed a petition for writ of certiorari in Novotny v. Moore, asking the justices to strike ...
A CPRC report says the FBI’s active shooter data leaves out scores of incidents where armed citizens stopped attacks. The numbers raise serious questions about how the FBI defines, selects, and reports these cases.
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a $5 million civil lawsuit against the City of Jacksonville on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, escalating the case I covered in March over the illegal firearm registry the city maintained at two government buildings between July 2023 and A...
Gun owners are being urged to write President Donald Trump and support a pardon for Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, whose case has become a flashpoint over ATF overreach and abusive federal gun prosecutions.
ATF eForms users have reportedly been banned after exploiting a vulnerability, as a flood of NFA applications add new strain to the system.
In a 2-1 ruling, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has struck down the district’s ban on magazines which hold more than ten cartridges.
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.
Shortly after the adoption of the Kalashnikov design in 1949, Soviet small-arms development found itself at a doctrinal crossroads. The AK emerged as the final survivor of a rigorous postwar rifle competition, and, in an odd twist, it was accepted despite not fully meeting the full-auto accuracy ...