Category: Gun Law

Representative Ben Cline (R-VA) has introduced the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) in the House of Representatives. The bill would remove suppressors from the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA). The first suppressor, also known as a silencer, was introduced in 1892 in Switzerland by Jakob Stahel to kill cattle. Two years later, another Swiss inventor, […]

Continuing for our article posted on 1/13/25 found here  we followed this story to the end to see where this discourse ends up.  Thankfully the ATF realized their error in their last letter stating   “Federal law requires a pistol with an attached stabilizing brace or stock be registered as a short barreled rifle (SBR).” Our […]

ATF Says ALL Braced Pistols Are SBRs, In Violation Of The Law In a Dec. 20th letter to a GOA member, the ATF’s Firearms Industry Programs Branch (FIPB) took the position that any pistol with a stabilizing brace attached is considered to be an NFA item under federal law. This is concerning, as ATF is […]

Less Guns, More Drugs, seems to be the motto leading into 2025, lets take a look at the big changes coming in the next year for firearm enthusiasts. Americans will wake up on Wednesday with new resolutions, new calendars and, in many states, new laws. Here’s a look at some of them. The NYtimes Writes […]

Leaning heavily on the second Bruen standard—the ability to show a historical precedent—a district court in New York on Thursday permanently enjoined the state’s law banning guns on private property open to the public without express consent of the owner. The Truth About Guns Reports: In the case Christian v. James, U.S. District Judge John. L. Sinatra of […]

A landmark gun control law in San José is free from legal challenges for the first time since its inception, following an appeals court ruling earlier this month, though it’s likely the issue will receive more scrutiny in the future. KQED continues Proponents of the law say the latest legal victory could push other cities […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a number of gun-related bills into law. A few of them grabbed our interest.  Check out how Cali just became AGAIN the WORST 2a State in the nation. The Sacramento Bee writes The first, AB 2642, by Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, is intended to crack down on […]

With the deadline looming to pass bills out of their respective chambers this legislative session, anti-gun lawmakers in the California House and Senate approved three anti-gun measures that would infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens while not affecting violent criminals. The Truth About Guns Writes Assembly 2917 was approved by the Assembly and now heads […]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two gun safety bills into law in April, requiring universal background checks for all gun sales and the safe storage of firearms and ammunition in homes which has led to Michigan prosecutors charging a father for violating the state’s newly enacted safe storage law.   After his son, allegedly, got a […]

Found by Gun Owners of America @GunOwners “In this underlying ruling, the Second Amendment community undoubtedly has mixed feelings, because while illegal aliens are most certainly not part of ‘the People,’ everyone has a God-given right to defend themselves against violent acts like rape and murder.” “Of course, the courts wouldn’t have to decide this […]