Jeff Pittman

Legislation It turns out that since short-barreled rifles and shotguns and other NFA items aren’t subject to the 10-11% excise tax on firearms, under the Big Beautiful Bill’s removal of the $200 NFA tax, they will presumably now be cheaper than regular non-NFA guns. Litigation The Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Second Amendment means you […]

NATO gets Trumped Other Presidents Complained, But Trump Made NATO Step Up Litigation A three-judge panel of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld an earlier preliminary injunction against a section of the California Business & Professional Code that had been used by the state to ban gun-related advertising in Junior Sports magazine, in a case brought

A war story Benjamin Salomon, DDS. (We note that one of the pictured MOH recipients, Jack Lucas, died and is buried in Hattiesburg, MS.) His is another interesting story. Administration ATF Reinterprets Rules to Allow Import of UTM, Simunition Training Rounds, Dual-Use Barrels. The Us DOGE Service has reportedly sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Litigation A unanimous three-judge panel of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided last week that California’s arbitrary “one‑gun‑per‑30‑days” purchase restriction is unconstitutional. We note that “arms” in the Second Amendment is plural. The case is Nguyen v. Bonta. In a major reversal for gun rights advocates, the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the federal ban

Administration The US DOJ has filed an amicus brief saying that Illinois’ bans on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms and ammunition magazines that can hold more than ten rounds violate the protections of the Second Amendment. Yes, the US Department of Justice. Apparently they can read history now. This is why we voted for Mr. Trump. ATF Resumes Firearms Commerce Report

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,