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FBI director Kash Patel — who is also ATF acting director — plans to cut “as many as 1,000 ATF agents” and move them to the FBI.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Justice Lawrence VanDyke issued a video dissent sharing his opinion that the court demonstrated a misunderstanding of firearms in Duncan v. Bonta.

The North Carolina Senate approved constitutional carry legislation Thursday by a vote of 26 to 18, with Republicans voting for it and Democrats opposing it. 

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group is praising AL GOP lawmakers for supporting a ban on Glock switches, which are already illegal at the federal level. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a rule Wednesday reversing the ATF’s decades-long ban against the restoration of gun rights. 

The North Carolina’s House Judiciary Committee approved constitutional carry legislation Tuesday, and the legislation now goes to the Senate Rules Committee.

At least 21 people were shot, one of them fatally, over the weekend in Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) used an X post Saturday to make clear his conviction that a state law barring 18-20 year-olds from buying rifles “runs afoul” of the Second Amendment.

Legislation to lower the minimum rifle purchase age from 21 to 18 passed a Florida House committee on Wednesday. 

A highlight of the 2025 IWA Outdoor Classics was the partnership between Glock and Aimpoint, resulting in the COA optic on Glock pistols. 

An alleged robber is hospitalized after being shot by a Houston, Texas, mechanic shop owner around 1:40 a.m. Friday morning.

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group claims “1 in 15 adults have survived a mass shooting” in the U.S., or over 17 million people.

One person was wounded after a fight led to shots fired outside a Chicago O’Hare terminal Wednesday around 1:00 a.m.

A pit bull named Oreo accidentally shot his owner Monday morning as the owner and his girlfriend were asleep in bed in Frayser, Tennessee.

A former Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney claims she was axed from the agency for refusing to restore actor Mel Gibson’s gun rights.

Legislation to allow armed teachers and staff for classroom defense is set to come before the West Virginia House. 

Democrat lawmakers in Oregon are pushing myriad new gun controls this legislative session, including a ban on the possession of firearms by persons under the age of 21. 

Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) is introducing legislation today to protect Americans’ gun rights from being squashed by gun control in the event of a national emergency.

At least 15 people were shot, four of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

A new law in Arkansas means that students enrolled in the state’s public schools will begin attending a mandatory gun safety course during the 2025-2026 school year.

A 14-year-old is charged in connection with the Friday night shooting death of Newark Police Department’s Det. Joseph Azcona.

Senate Bill 3, described by the Denver Post as the “most sweeping gun control law”  in Colorado history, will come before a House committee this Tuesday.

South Carolina executed double murderer Brad Sigmon via firing squad Friday, making him the first U.S. inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years.

Data from PEW Research shows that rifles of all kinds–including those Democrats label “assault weapons”–accounted for only four percent of U.S. gun murders in 2023.

New Mexico Democrats continue pushing a ban on semiautomatic firearms, couching the ban in the language of prohibiting gas-operated firearms.

Number 12,981 ranked MMA fighter Langston Sykes was shot and killed Tuesday after allegedly breaking into a Lake City, Florida, home just after 11 p.m.

The South Dakota House passed campus legislation Thursday, which means the bill now goes to Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden’s desk.

Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) were among the Republican lawmakers who introduced legislation Thursday to cut ATF red tape on background checks.

The alleged July 4, 2022, Highland Park shooter pleaded guilty to the attack and signed his name as “Donald Trump” on court documents. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is pressing Florida’s Republican supermajority to repeal various gun controls enacted following the February 14, 2018, Parkland shooting, including the state’s red flag law. 

The Second Amendment does not protect “access” to a gun “without a violent criminal background check,”  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed Tuesday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing.

State Rep. Braxton Mitchell (R) is pushing House Bill 809 to thwart any further attempt by localities to adopt red flag laws in the state of Montana. 

SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson suggested Mexico’s gun lawsuit seeks courts to do that which Congress does not want.

Smith & Wesson attorney Noel Francisco argued that Mexico’s claims are akin to holding beer makers liable for car accidents resulting from underage drinking.

An alleged intruder was hospitalized after being shot outside a Corpus Christi, Texas, home Thursday morning about 4:30 a.m.

The Democrat-controlled Colorado House passed a bill mandating that ammunition in stores be kept behind the counter “like cold medicine.”