Michigan Senate Hopeful Pins Cartel Power on American Guns Not Drugs

Michigan’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, dropped a familiar line this week that gun owners have heard before. On The Moment Podcast with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos, he said American-manufactured guns are responsible for a lot of the cartels. He rejected using troops or drones south of the border and called for […]

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The Weapon of War Argument Backfires on AR-15 Bans

Oral arguments hit the Supreme Court on December 2 in a pair of cases that could settle whether states and counties can keep banning the most popular rifle platform in the country. SCOTUSblog lists Viramontes v. Cook County as consolidated with Grant v. Higgins out of Connecticut. The question is straightforward: do the Second and […]

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Courts Protect Switchblades and Body Armor Before AR-15 Supreme Court Fight

Two federal courts just expanded what counts as protected “arms” under the Second Amendment, and the timing is hard to ignore. On the same day in late October 2026, the Fifth Circuit struck down key parts of the federal Switchblade Act and a Western District of New York judge tossed New York’s ban on civilians […]

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Court Strikes Down New York Body Armor Ban as Unconstitutional

A federal judge just punched a big hole in New York’s gun control playbook. On October 21, 2026, U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. ruled that the state’s ban on ordinary people buying body armor is unconstitutional. The decision comes out of the Western District of New York and says defensive armor counts as […]

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The “Military-Style” Label Hits Noise-Flash Devices

California did not ban flash-bangs on September 29. Gavin Newsom signed a narrower bill, and the press still sold it as a crackdown on “military-style weapons.” SB 937 is Chapter 754 of the 2026 statutes. Senator Lena Gonzalez of Long Beach wrote it. Scott Wiener coauthored it. It takes effect January 1, 2027. Read the […]

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Patent Court as Gun Control: Inside the Rare Breed MDL and ATF’s Statement of Interest

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 […]

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ATF Tells Dealers They Won’t Be Cited for 4473 Suppressor Transfers. The Written Guidance Is Still Missing.

Seven weeks after a Texas judge blocked National Firearms Act registration for covered suppressor and short-barreled firearm transfers, ATF Director Robert Cekada finally answered the question dealers have been asking since August. An FFL found transferring suppressors on a Form 4473 will not be cited for that practice. Former NFA Division Chief Steve Albro went […]

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TacticalShit Instagram Page Got Zucc’d. Again.

Well it f***ing happened. Again. On September 18, 2026, our Instagram page got deleted. No warning. No specific post called out. No chance to appeal. Just gone. We have no idea why the page was removed other than the obvious: we post 2A content. That is it. Instagram did not give us a real explanation […]

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GOA and Gun Makers Take the AR-15 Fight to the Supreme Court

Cook County told residents they cannot own the rifle millions of other Americans already keep at home. On September 4, 2026, Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation put that fight in front of the Supreme Court, joined by Century Arms, Canik USA, B&T USA, and Fostech. The brief is filed in Viramontes v. […]

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Historic Ruling: NFA Registration Requirements Exceed Congress’s Authority

A federal judge in Texas just handed gun owners a major win against one of the oldest federal gun laws on the books. On August 5, 2026, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas ruled that the National Firearms Act’s registration, application, fingerprinting, and ATF approval requirements for suppressors, short-barreled […]

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