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 […]
Adamiak Pardoned After National Gun Rights Group Backed Supreme Court Fight
Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, the former Navy sailor whose federal firearms prosecution resulted in a 20-year prison sentence, has received a presidential pardon. The pardon comes just months after the National Association for Gun Rights — Texas Gun Rights’ national affiliate — joined the Right to Bear Association and Palmetto State Armory in filing an amicus […]
Follow the Money: Inside the Foundation Funding the Gun Confiscation Movement
The public face of the gun-confiscation movement is rallies, lobbying, research reports, media campaigns, and demands for new restrictions on firearms. Behind that activity is a substantial funding infrastructure. Now, the National Shooting Sports Foundation is putting a spotlight on one of the private foundations helping finance it: the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation. In an August 26 […]
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 […]