Category: In the news

The ATF still will not publish a list. That part matters more than the press-release language. Director Robert Cekada told an FFL crowd in Dallas that some products sold as forced reset triggers are the real thing, and some “may be” machine guns. He would not say which ones. Manufacturers are supposed to guess. Dealers […]

The G36 has been the German soldier’s rifle since the late 1990s. That run is finished. First rifles reached Panzergrenadier Battalion 122 at Grafenwöhr in December 2025. Training is now spreading through the units scheduled to receive them. By the end of 2026, roughly 20,000 of the short-barrel G95KA1 should be in the force. Heckler […]

Erin Piacenti was 32, a Bank of America vice president from Chester, New Jersey, and a little more than three weeks past her second wedding anniversary when a stranger pulled two knives from a Target bag in Times Square. Police say the attack on Monday afternoon was random. It lasted about 20 seconds between the […]

James Delano is in custody. The 15 firearms Middleborough police say he took from a local home on July 25 are back in law enforcement hands. That part of the story is straightforward. How they got there is not. Detectives spent about a month stitching together phone data, plate readers, private cameras, and interviews. The […]

This week, the ATF announced a solid win: they shut down what looks like a major stash house in Lincoln County, North Carolina, tied straight to the Sinaloa cartel. According to the details, agents hit the location after getting intel that a cartel source was stockpiling weapons in the area for smuggling south into Mexico. […]

Jordan Derrick—better known online as Dugan Ashley from the pioneering gun channel CarniK Con—made headlines again in May 2026. This time, it wasn’t for reloading tips or firearms humor. Federal authorities arrested the 40-year-old Missouri man on charges related to manufacturing explosives without a license, unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device, and distributing information […]

On Monday, Trump didn’t mince words. He described the Iranian reply as “totally unacceptable” and even a “piece of garbage,” adding that the fragile ceasefire is now “on life support.” It’s the kind of blunt talk we’ve come to expect, but it has real-world consequences—especially at the gas pump. Iran’s Side of the Story: “Legitimate […]

Ben Roberts-Smith, Victoria Cross Recipient, Faces Serious Allegations from His SAS Service Melbourne, Australia — April 7, 2026 — In a stunning development that has shocked many in Australia, one of the country’s most celebrated soldiers has been charged with five counts of war crime murder. Ben Roberts-Smith, a former Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) […]

Patterson, California — A tense encounter Tuesday morning in this small Central Valley town left one man hospitalized after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents opened fire during an attempted arrest. According to federal officials, the man allegedly “weaponized” his vehicle and tried to run down an officer. The shooting happened near Sperry Avenue […]

What started as whispers about payment issues between the Swiss parent company and its U.S. operation has now blown up into a full-blown termination of the licensing agreement — plus a fresh federal trademark lawsuit flying the other direction. Here’s the breakdown based on court filings, public documents, dealer insights, and industry reports circulating right […]