DOJ Wants a Seat at the Supreme Court Fight Over AR-15 Bans
The fight over whether government can ban America’s most popular semiautomatic rifle is moving closer to the Supreme Court lectern, and the U.S. Department of Justice wants a seat at the table. Just days after Texas Gun Rights Foundation and the National Association for Gun Rights filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to […]
Clarence Thomas: Government Does Not Grant the Right
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently put one of the most important principles in Second Amendment law into remarkably simple terms: the Constitution does not give Americans the right to keep and bear arms. It recognizes and protects a right that already existed. During an appearance with Sen. Ted Cruz on the Verdict podcast, Thomas […]
Texas DPS Director Tells Fifth Circuit Three Carry Bans Are Unconstitutional
Freeman Martin agrees the challenged Texas carry restrictions violate the Second Amendment—but argues the plaintiffs still cannot obtain relief against him. Texas Department of Public Safety Director Freeman Martin has told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that three Texas restrictions on carrying firearms are unconstitutional. But the laws remain on the […]
New Survey Estimates Americans Own 461 Million Firearms; Federal Data Show Nearly Identical Type Mix
William English’s 2026 National Firearms Survey estimates Americans privately own roughly 208 million handguns, 154 million rifles, and 99 million shotguns. A separate analysis of more than a century of federal firearms-commerce data produces an almost identical handgun-rifle-shotgun distribution. A new national firearms survey estimates that American adults privately own approximately 461 million firearms. The […]
ATF Director Says NFA Guidance Is Coming Within Weeks
ATF officials say new guidance will address Form 4473 suppressor transfers, short-barreled firearms, interstate travel, and other questions left by the Texas NFA injunction. The ATF may finally be preparing to answer some of the biggest questions left hanging by the federal court injunction that upended enforcement of key National Firearms Act restrictions. ATF Director […]
SAF Challenges DOJ Over ATF’s Role in Rare Breed FRT Patent Fight
Texas Gun Rights warned that Rare Breed’s patent campaign could become useful to ATF. DOJ then confirmed that private injunctions could advance the agency’s interest in limiting Forced Reset Triggers. Now the Second Amendment Foundation wants the Attorney General to explain why. First came the warning. Then came the admission. Now come the questions. In […]
Trump Directs DOJ Not to Appeal NFA Ruling, Leaving Major Suppressor Injunction Intact
The federal government is reportedly standing down from an appeal of a Texas ruling that blocked major National Firearms Act requirements for suppressors and other untaxed firearms. The decision does not remove suppressors from the NFA nationwide—but it could reshape the legal fight over whether they belong there at all. A major federal court victory […]
DOJ Says Federal Handgun Sales Ban for Adults 18–20 Is Unconstitutional
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel says the federal government cannot constitutionally impose criminal penalties on licensed dealers for selling handguns to otherwise law-abiding adults ages 18 to 20—a major shift that puts the Executive Branch behind an argument already accepted by the Fifth Circuit. The U.S. Department of Justice has taken a major […]
Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Ban on Direct Interstate Handgun Purchases
A divided Fifth Circuit says the Second Amendment protects the right to purchase firearms and that the federal government failed to identify a historical tradition supporting its categorical ban on direct interstate handgun sales. One of the Gun Control Act of 1968’s major restrictions on handgun purchases has been struck down by the U.S. Court […]
New Bill in Congress Would Make it Much More Difficult to Buy Ammo
A bill introduced in Congress would impose sweeping new federal controls on how Americans purchase ammunition, including a face-to-face transaction requirement that would sharply restrict direct online ammunition sales. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey introduced H.R. 7166, titled the “Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2026,” on January 20, 2026. According to the […]