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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rare Breed Beat the ATF. It Should Not Help the ATF Finish the Job.
Rare Breed earned the gun-rights community’s respect by defeating federal lawfare. Its sweeping patent campaign now risks turning a shared constitutional victory into a government-assisted chokepoint over lawful firearms innovation. Written by: Chris McNutt Rare Breed Triggers earned its place in the history of the modern gun-rights movement. For years, the company fought the federal […]
Seattle Festival Shootout Exposes the Failure of Gun-Free Zones and Criminal Gun Laws
The deadly shooting at Seattle’s largest food festival is already being reduced to another example of “gun violence.” But the facts point to a much different lesson. Police believe at least three people exchanged gunfire during the Bite of Seattle festival, including a 15-year-old now in juvenile custody, a 19-year-old suspected shooter who died at the scene, […]
Does an Arm Have to Be Popular Before the Second Amendment Protects It?
“Common use” should defeat firearm bans — not give government a loophole to ban newer or less common arms. AR-15s are unquestionably common. Millions of Americans lawfully possess them for self-defense, training, hunting, competition, and other lawful purposes. That widespread ownership should make categorical bans on America’s most popular rifle impossible to defend. But the […]
Supreme Court AR-15 Ban Fight Could Reshape the Second Amendment
The United States Supreme Court is preparing to hear one of the most important Second Amendment cases in a generation. At stake is a simple but massive question: Can the government ban AR-15s and other commonly owned semi-automatic firearms simply by labeling them “assault weapons”? For decades, anti-gun states and local governments have tried to […]