First FFLs Pass ATF Inspections After 4473-Only Suppressor Transfers
Federal firearms dealers are beginning to transfer suppressors without the traditional NFA Form 4 process for gun owners covered by a federal court injunction — and a new report indicates ATF inspectors are not treating those transfers as violations. AmmoLand reports that at least four Federal Firearms Licensees in four different states have undergone routine […]
Watered Down Brief Defends AR-15s as Militia Arms, But Draws the Line at Machine Guns
A new Supreme Court brief makes a forceful argument for protecting AR-15s under the Second Amendment: their usefulness as militia arms is a reason for constitutional protection, not a reason to exclude them from it. But the brief also draws a controversial line. While defending semiautomatic rifles, it assumes for purposes of its argument that […]
South Africa’s Gun Control Disaster Takes Center Stage at UN Arms Conference
South Africa has operated for years under strict gun control laws. At the same time, firearms held by police for destruction were diverted into criminal hands and later linked by investigators to more than 1,000 murders. That history drew renewed attention as South Africa held the presidency of the Twelfth Conference of States Parties to […]
BREAKING: Texas Gun Rights Files Brief to Defend Self-Defense Rights at Texas’ Highest Criminal Court
Texas Gun Rights is officially stepping into one of the most important self-defense cases currently before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Texas Gun Rights and the National Association for Gun Rights have filed an amicus brief in Ballester v. State urging Texas’ highest criminal court to reject the State’s attempt to broaden the legal doctrine of […]
Texas Gun Rights to SCOTUS: Protect AR-15s — And Stop Lower-Court Evasion
Texas Gun Rights and the National Association for Gun Rights are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for more than another Second Amendment victory. They want a ruling lower courts cannot evade. The Supreme Court granted review June 30 in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, agreeing to decide whether the Second and Fourteenth […]
ATF Hit by Major Cyberattack, Raising Questions About Gun-Owner Data
A major cyberattack against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is raising new questions about the federal government’s collection and protection of sensitive firearms-related information. ATF confirmed on August 26 that hackers breached a standalone computer system, prompting senior Department of Justice officials to designate the cybersecurity breach a “major incident.” The disclosure […]
Tempe Pulls the Plug on Flock Cameras. Texas Should Ban Them Next.
Texas Gun Rights is calling on Texas lawmakers to ban government use of Flock-style automated license plate readers before mass surveillance becomes a permanent feature of life in the Lone Star State. Tempe, Arizona, just pulled the plug. The city announced it was shutting down its Flock Safety automated license plate reader network and terminating […]
FBI: Violent Crime Plunged at Historic Rate in 2025
New FBI data show violent crime fell at a historic rate in 2025, undercutting attempts to portray America as facing an ever-worsening violent-crime crisis requiring more restrictions on law-abiding gun owners. The FBI’s final numbers are in. The national violent crime rate dropped 9.7% in 2025, marking the largest year-to-year decline since the FBI began […]
CDC Restores Defensive Gun Use Data Removed During Biden Administration
The CDC is once again acknowledging what gun-control advocates would rather ignore: Americans use firearms to defend themselves and others. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has restored information on defensive gun use to its firearm injury and death webpage, pointing to research estimating between 60,000 and 2.5 million defensive gun uses annually. The […]
ATF Sees Rare Breed Injunctions as a Way to Limit Forced Reset Triggers
DOJ is urging a Texas federal court to weigh the public interest heavily in Rare Breed’s favor, arguing that successful patent injunctions could advance ATF’s stated interest in limiting FRT sales and distribution. Earlier this month, an analysis published by the Texas Gun Rights Foundation warned that Rare Breed Triggers’ sweeping patent campaign could become useful to the same […]