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Litigation A unanimous three-judge panel on the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling in the case US v. Morgan and decided that possession of machine guns is not protected by the Second Amendment, because the defendant didn’t prove that they are “in common use today for self-defense,” an erroneous standard set in the Supreme Court’s […]

Trumped GOA says the US Department of Justice is still actively defending former President Biden’s “zero tolerance” firearm dealer license revocation scheme, even after President Trump canceled the rule. Meanwhile the FPC says the Trump DOJ is fighting to overturn the gun rights of all Americans. Litigation “Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no legislation

Trumped The concealed carry permitting process and firearm registration process in Washington, D.C. have been slashed from months down to days via President Trump’s Making DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force, which was established via an executive order in March to revitalize the nation’s capital. “No law-abiding citizen should have to wait months before he or she can register their

‘Merica! Trumped President Donald Trump last week signed the Executive Order Guaranteeing Free and Fair Banking for All Americans, which ends legal banking discrimination against individuals and entities based on political beliefs, such as “guns are bad.” Trump nominated two Mississippi Supreme Court justices to federal bench. Litigation California direct-to-home ammo sales without background checks now on hold after state

Litigation Despite the July US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Rhode v. Bonta that California’s law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases is unconstitutional, and affirming a district court’s order granting a permanent injunction against enforcement of the law, anti-gun state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced he plans to continue enforcing the law until the Ninth Circuit issues

Litigation A divided Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals panel last week upheld by a 2-1 vote a lower court ruling that declared California’s voter-approved Proposition 63 background check scheme for ammunition purchases is unconstitutional because the law “meaningfully constrains” people’s right to keep and bear arms and “infringes on the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.” The court

Trumped The US Department of Justice formally submitted to the Office of the Federal Register a proposed rule to again exercise of the Attorney General’s authority under 18 U.S.C. 925(c) to grant relief to individuals who are otherwise precluded from possessing firearms. Litigation The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and the federal government have agreed to a joint dismissal of the

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