Herrera vs. Stout: TX-23’s Second Amendment Divide Couldn’t Be Clearer
Brandon Herrera was fighting alongside Texas Gun Rights before he ever became a candidate. Katy Padilla Stout is running on universal background checks, Red Flag laws, a bump-stock ban, and new restrictions on young adults buying rifles. Gun owners in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District have already spent years teaching politicians a lesson Washington too often […]
Bloomberg Panics as Trump Rolls Back Suppressor Restrictions
Michael Bloomberg’s gun-control machine is attacking a Trump administration rollback on suppressors — even as the federal government admits ordinary suppressors are no longer uniquely sensitive military technology. Michael Bloomberg’s gun-control network is sounding the alarm over suppressors again. Everytown for Gun Safety’s The Smoking Gun is attacking a Trump administration reform that will move certain commercial […]
Texas Judge Rules Key Parts of ATF “Frame or Receiver” Rule Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Fort Worth has ruled that key portions of ATF’s 2022 “Frame or Receiver” Rule violate both the Second Amendment and the Fifth Amendment. The ATF just suffered another major defeat in a Texas federal court. On August 17, Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled in Defense Distributed v. Blanche that two key […]
DOJ Reopens Federal Gun Rights Restoration: What the New Rule Means for Texans
A new Justice Department process could give thousands of Texans with old federal firearms disabilities a path to restoration—but federal relief does not erase a conviction, override Texas law, or automatically restore every firearm right. By Texas Gun Rights Foundation For more than three decades, federal law contained a pathway for Americans to seek restoration […]
DOJ Says Post Office Carry Ban Is Unlawful
The federal government’s post office gun ban just took another major hit. In an August 12 legal opinion, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that otherwise law-abiding citizens may carry constitutionally protected firearms for self-defense inside post offices that are generally open to the public. DOJ went even further. The opinion concludes that […]
GIFFORDS Melts Down as Texas NFA Injunction Takes Effect
The gun-confiscation lobby is furious that the Department of Justice did not obtain another stay before a major federal court injunction involving the National Firearms Act took effect in Texas. On Thursday, GIFFORDS joined Everytown for Gun Safety and Brady in attacking DOJ over the ruling involving suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and other NFA-regulated firearms. GIFFORDS […]
What the NFA Injunction Really Means for Suppressor Buyers — and What It Doesn’t
Brandon Herrera and Texas State Rep. Wes Virdell walked out of Silencer Shop with suppressors without filing a Form 4 or registering them under the National Firearms Act. It was a historic moment—but it did not repeal the NFA for everyone. Here is what happened, who is actually protected, what gun owners and FFLs need […]
Paxton and Talarico Are Nearly Tied — But Their Gun Records Could Not Be Further Apart
A new statewide poll places the Texas U.S. Senate race within the margin of error. On the Second Amendment, Ken Paxton and James Talarico offer Texans two radically different choices. A new poll shows the Texas U.S. Senate race is too close for gun owners to ignore. The Texas Southern University survey found Democrat James Talarico leading […]
Todd Blanche Clears Senate Committee—Now Comes the Second Amendment Test
The acting attorney general has promised relief from Biden-era gun rules, but Texas gun owners should demand permanent action — not a more efficient ATF. Todd Blanche is one step closer to becoming the next United States attorney general. On August 4, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Blanche’s nomination on a 12–10 vote, sending it to the full […]
Flock’s Surveillance Grid Is Taking Flight Over Texas
Fort Worth has connected automated police drones to its license-plate readers and real-time crime center. Texas Gun Rights warns that today’s limited program could become tomorrow’s warrantless tracking machine. Government always asks gun owners to judge new powers by the promises of the politicians creating them. History tells us to judge those powers by what […]