Jeff Pittman

Litigation Leftist SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan wrote the UNANIMOUS opinion in last week’s high court decision striking down Mexico’s lawsuit and described AR-15s and AK-47s as “both widely legal and bought by many ordinary consumers.” The question now is, what argument is the left half of the court going to hide behind to try to uphold a domestic ban of […]

2A News in the news We’ve done it again! The 2A News is ranked in Feedspot’s Top 50 Tactical Blogs for 2025. Congrats to us. I do urge you to visit all those other sites as well. I especially want to thank our 2A Newsletter list members and site visitors. We do it all for you. Administration More on ATF

Anniversary I believe I failed to mention an important anniversary here at 2A News. Ten years ago late last year, Mike Allen of Businesswright Consulting generously volunteered to handle the formatting and emailing of the newsletter, plus the website in its entirely. So a belated congratulations and THANK YOU to Mike, and if anyone needs any sort of web services,

Administration The Trump administration will “allow” the sale of forced-reset triggers, with the federal government ending an illegal administrative ban as part of a settlement that also requires it to return seized devices. The agreement announced last Friday by the Justice Department resolves a series of cases over the aftermarket trigger that the government had previously argued qualify as machine

Administration The Trump administration’s DOJ says machine guns aren’t protected by the Second Amendment, ridiculously arguing in court that “Machine guns are atypical weapons not protected by the Second Amendment because a reasonable person would not expect them to be used in militia service.” Lady, what are you smoking? And what happened to Pam Bondi’s Second Amendment & Civil Rights

Administration The White House reportedly will propose that Congress cut funding for the ATF from $1.625 billion (!) to roughly $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026 by cutting funding for ATF offices that have criminalized law-abiding gun ownership through regulatory fiat. This would be the agency’s lowest budget since at least 2016. Keep cutting. The US Department of Justice has upended

Plinko de Mayo Aguila Ammunition announced the third anniversary of Plinko de Mayo, a unique holiday celebrating Mexican heritage and the joy of informal target shooting, also known as “plinking.” On May 5th, shooters are invited to join the festivities and experience the thrill of plinking in this fun-filled celebration. Administration The BATFE has changed its policy on monitoring non-suspect

Apparently Kamala’s gun has been found. Administration ATF is continuing to clean house. They’re gonna need a bulldozer for that. Yes, they are out to get you. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents from the Biden administration Wednesday, revealing how “domestic terrorism” was used as a pretext to attempt to curb gun rights and target “misinformation.” DOJ cancels