No Other Constitutional Right Is Policed Like the Second Amendment
The Bill of Rights protects speech, religion, the press, assembly, due process, privacy, and the right to keep and bear arms. Only one of those rights has an entire federal agency built around regulating, restricting, investigating, and prosecuting the tools necessary to exercise it. The Second Amendment. That agency is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, […]
Fifth Circuit Says Suppressors Are Second Amendment Arms — So Why Is DOJ Still Targeting Texans?
The Fifth Circuit just admitted what gun owners have known for years: Suppressors are not some fringe accessory outside the Second Amendment. They are arms. In United States v. Comeaux, the Fifth Circuit upheld Brennan Comeaux’s conviction for possessing an unregistered suppressor under the National Firearms Act. But the ruling also delivered a major Second Amendment […]
TXGRF Attorney Fights Back Against Unconstitutional UCW Charge in Bell County
Texas Gun Rights Foundation attorney CJ Grisham is fighting back against a Bell County prosecution that should alarm every gun owner in Texas. The case involves Stephen Hernandez, a member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club, who was stopped by Killeen Police Department “Gang” officers while riding his motorcycle. According to the motion filed by Grisham, […]
Anti-Gun Activist Admits the Endgame: Ending U.S. Gun Production
For years, gun control advocates have insisted their agenda is modest. They say they only want “common sense” laws. They say no one is trying to take away firearms from law-abiding Americans. They say gun owners are paranoid for believing the end goal is disarmament. Then someone on their side says the quiet part out […]
After Years of Abuse, ATF Wants Gun Owners to Trust Them With $1.65 Billion
ATF Director Robert Cekada recently went before Congress asking lawmakers to trust his agency with a massive $1.65 billion budget. After years of watching the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives harass gun dealers, target lawful gun owners, defend Biden-era gun grabs, and try to regulate the Second Amendment out of existence, Texas gun […]
Nonviolent Offenders Should Not Lose Their Gun Rights for Life
There is no American historical tradition of permanently disarming peaceable, nonviolent offenders. None. The Second Amendment does not say “shall not be infringed, unless someone once made a nonviolent mistake, paid their debt, rebuilt their life, and proved they are no threat to anyone.” Yet that is exactly how the system works today. A person […]
House Passes Bill to End Backdoor Gun Ban Against Veterans
The U.S. House just passed H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, a bill that would shut down one of Washington, D.C.’s most outrageous backdoor gun ban schemes against America’s veterans. The bill passed the House on May 21 by a vote of 216–201 and now heads to the U.S. Senate. If the Senate passes H.R. […]
TXGR’s Former Chairman Now Helping DOJ Fight D.C. Gun Bans
Texas Gun Rights says the federal government is finally starting to treat gun rights like civil rights The Department of Justice just put Washington, D.C.’s unconstitutional gun ban regime directly in the crosshairs. And it’s about time. In its First Amended Complaint, the Trump DOJ is targeting D.C.’s bans on AR-15-platform rifles and suppressors, arguing […]
Texas Gun Rights Hosts Weatherford Reception Honoring Chip Roy, Endorses Roy for Attorney General
Texas Gun Rights recently hosted a reception in Weatherford, the home of Texas Gun Rights, honoring Congressman Chip Roy for his years of service as one of the most stalwart defenders of the Second Amendment in Congress. Roy has built a reputation in Washington as one of the most outspoken pro-gun fighters in the entire […]
Trump Is Moving the Ball on Gun Rights — But Time Is Running Out
For the first time in years, Washington is starting to move in the right direction on the Second Amendment. The Trump Administration’s second term has already taken real action, not just talk. The Department of Justice is backing major Second Amendment lawsuits. Biden-era restrictions are being rolled back. Federal funding to gun control groups has […]