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NRA Controversy Continues
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Today, a new controversy is unfolding between the NRA and what was formerly known as the NRA Foundation.
The NRA filed suit against the foundation to prevent it from using the name or likeness of the NRA. On June 2, 2026, the NRA Foundation announced it would rebrand as the 1791 Foundation. Foundation President Tom King stated that the organization’s mission remains unchanged and the rebranding is intended to strengthen its ability to support firearms education, youth programs, law enforcement training, and other charitable initiatives. Critics, however, note that the ongoing dispute centers not only on the foundation’s charitable mission but also on its historic role as a supporting organization for the NRA. |
WY: Pointing a Handgun at Someone: Self-Defense or a Felony?
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Christina Williams from Just Criminal Law joins legal storytelling specialist David Mann to break down the complexities of Wyoming gun laws. This discussion clarifies whether brandishing a firearm is considered a crime in specific scenarios, helping you understand your rights and potential liabilities.
We examine the nuances of self-defense laws and reference a pivotal Wyoming Supreme Court case that shapes how these incidents are prosecuted. Whether you are a gun owner or simply curious about state statutes, this conversation provides essential context on the legal consequences of displaying a weapon. |
FL: Prosecutors drop case against teen after fatal New Year’s Eve shooting, citing self-defense
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Prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against a 17-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting another teen on New Year’s Eve in Fort Lauderdale.
The boy said he shot 17-year-old Joshua Gipson in self-defense, according to a February no-file memo from the Broward State Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors concluded that the evidence supported his claim.
The boy and Gipson knew one another from TikTok, according to the memo. For a month prior to the shooting, they had “expressed distaste” for one another online due to the neighborhoods they lived in. |
WV: West Virginia lowers permitless carry age requirement from 21 to 18
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On Friday, a bill extending permitless privileges to 18 to 20-year-olds took effect in the state of West Virginia.
As a “constitutional carry” state, West Virginia allows eligible citizens to carry deadly weapons without a concealed handgun license. Like alcohol or tobacco products, you need to be over 21 to qualify for a permitless carry exception.
Between the ages of 18 and 20, a Concealed Handgun License (CHL) was required, and young applicants had to complete a firearms safety course before obtaining their CHL.
Now, under HB 4106, if you’re over 18 and have a clean criminal record, you are allowed to carry a loaded, concealed handgun in West Virginia. |
Curtis, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Increase Second Amendment Protections Against Frivolous Lawsuits
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U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with 14 of their Senate Republican colleagues, in introducing the Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts (SHOT) Act, which would strengthen the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to provide enhanced protections to the firearms industry from frivolous lawsuits brought by anti-gun bad actors.
“For years, bad actors have frivolously litigated the firearms industry in ways that unnecessarily strain our court system and undermine Americans’ Second Amendment rights,” said Senator Curtis. |
Netflix Taps Fordham Second Amendment Scholar for ‘American Experiment’ Documentary
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In honor of America’s 250th birthday, Netflix is examining the history of the nation’s founding with a five-part documentary that begins streaming on June 24. Co-produced by Tom Hanks, The American Experiment stars Martin Sheen and includes interviews with bipartisan lawmakers, former vice presidents, cabinet officials, and leading historians—including one scholar from Fordham: Second Amendment expert Saul Cornell, PhD.
Cornell said he was struck by the breadth and nuance the filmmakers brought to the subject. “They were interested in really dealing with the complexity of the American founding experience,” he said. |
WA: Washington among states with new restrictions on 3D-printed guns
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For decades, making an untraceable firearm required specialized tools, technical expertise and hours of work.
Today, it can start with a downloaded file and a consumer-grade 3D printer.
As advances in additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, make it easier to produce firearms at home, lawmakers in a growing number of states are pursuing new restrictions specifically for 3D-printed guns. That rapidly evolving category of weapons can be manufactured from digital blueprints and often lack serial numbers used by law enforcement to trace firearms. |
MD: Maryland Court Rules Against Unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisk in Victory for State's Gun Owners
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In 2023, Steven Hicks was stopped by Detective Mitchell Ramsey, an officer in the Baltimore Police Department's Group Violence Unit. After seeing a handgun "physically printing" through Hicks' shirt, Ramsey conducted a stop-and-frisk search, despite Hicks repeatedly telling officers before and during the search that he had a license to carry.
After police found cocaine on his person, Hicks was indicted on multiple drug and firearm offenses. He filed a motion to suppress the evidence, arguing that the arresting officers lacked "probable cause or reasonable suspicion" to stop and frisk him since he was licensed to carry a firearm. |
VA: Virginia Acts As If Major SCOTUS Second Amendment Decisions Don’t Matter While Defending Semi-Auto Gun Ban
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The office of Democratic Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones glossed over multiple Supreme Court decisions on the Second Amendment in a brief defending a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms.
Multiple pro-Second Amendment organizations filed suit after Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed SB 749, which banned so-called "assault weapons." In the response to a suit filed by Gun Owners of America in Lancaster County Circuit Court, Jones' office questioned why GOA's complaint mentioned landmark United States Supreme Court decisions like Heller and Bruen, claiming that instead the Virginia Constitution's provision was tied to militia service. |
Cornyn, Senate GOP Colleagues Introduce Bill to Increase Protections for Firearms Industry Against Liberal Lawsuits
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U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and 15 of his Senate Republican colleagues introduced the Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts (SHOT) Act, which would strengthen the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to provide enhanced protections to the firearms industry from frivolous lawsuits brought by progressive anti-gun groups:
“I am a proud supporter of the PLCAA, which protects our firearms industry from the constant onslaught of frivolous attacks by the Radical Left, progressive officials, and rogue activist judges,” said Sen. Cornyn. |
VA: The New “Sanctuary” Jurisdictions That Are Driving Democrats Crazy
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A new law signed by Virginia Democrat Governor Abigail Spanberger earlier this year would prohibit the sale or transfer of vast numbers of firearms – but more than a dozen local Virginia prosecutors have said they simply won’t enforce the ban. They’re using Democrats’ own tactic of creating “sanctuary” jurisdictions for illegal aliens against them by establishing “Second Amendment sanctuaries.”
The law in question, set to go into effect on July 1, prohibits Virginians from buying so-called “assault firearms.” According to Virginia Public Media, the ban covers “semiautomatic rifles, pistols, shotguns and other firearms that can hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition.” |
WA: New ruling limits firearm access for those with multiple DUI convictions
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The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that individuals convicted of two driving under the influence offenses within seven years will be stripped of their Second Amendment rights, which the dissenting opinion blasted as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution.
In a split 5-4 decision filed Thursday in Geoffrey G. McLellan and Jackson W. Holloway v. Nicholas W. Brown, the court reversed a lower court ruling and held that the Washington Legislature acted within its constitutional authority by categorically disarming repeat drunk drivers in the interest of public safety. |
USVI: Pro-Second Amendment Group Warns Virgin Islands It Faces Legal Perdition Over Proposed Gun Laws
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A top official with the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) warned lawmakers in the Virgin Islands Friday that gun control bills being debated there could be thrown out in court.
SAF sent Democratic Territorial Senate President Milton Potter a letter Wednesday that warned pending court cases could declare proposed provisions, including bans on standard capacity magazines and modern semiautomatic firearms, unconstitutional on Second Amendment grounds. SAF Director of Legal Research and Education Konstadinos Moros echoed the warnings in testimony Friday. |
TX: Will a Texas Democrat Replace a Gun Control RINO in the U.S. Senate?
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ended John Cornyn’s quarter-century incumbency, taking 63.8% of the run-off votes.
In reality, Cornyn ended his time in office all by himself when he sold out to Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy and helped send the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to Joe Biden in 2022.
Paxton comes with a bit of baggage, so gunners and 2A advocates are paying close attention to Texas State Representative James Talarico, the Democratic Party nominee. |
VA: Virginia Attorney General Defends Assault Weapons Ban in Court Brief
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The office of Democratic Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones defended a state ban on modern semiautomatic firearms in a legal brief that critics argue glossed over multiple landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding the Second Amendment, as reported by Dailycaller.
The brief was filed in response to a lawsuit brought by Gun Owners of America and other organizations in Lancaster County Circuit Court after Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed SB 749 to ban "assault weapons." Jones' office questioned the relevance of the Supreme Court's Heller and Bruen decisions, contending that Virginia's constitutional provision on bearing arms is tied strictly to militia service. |
NE: Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn wants ‘preemptive’ mental health checks for AR-15 owners
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The independent challenging Republican Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts called for owners of modern semiautomatic firearms to undergo a mental health evaluation every five years as a prerequisite to renew registration of the guns.
Dan Osborn, who lost to Republican Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer in the 2024 election, announced his plans to challenge Ricketts in July 2025. Osborn, who has received support from Democrats in his big to topple Ricketts according to Roll Call, suggested the measure during a town hall in June. |
NY: Some people are making guns with 3D printers. A new law seeks to cancel their print jobs
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A first-of-its-kind law in New York could force 3D printers sold for homes and business to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns.
The new requirement, also under consideration in California, attempts to thwart the latest technique for producing untraceable “ghost guns” that have turned up in crimes. But there are questions about whether the technology can work and concerns about its affect on personal privacy and constitutional rights. |
US Supreme Court poised to rule on gun laws and transgender athletes
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Disputes involving President Donald Trump's policies on tariffs, immigration and firing regulatory officials have drawn a lot of attention during the Supreme Court's current term, but the justices also are poised to decide major cases concerning U.S. "culture wars" issues such as guns and transgender athletes.
The court is expected to wrap up its nine-month term by around the end of this month. In two major cases, it is due to rule in challenges to a U.S. law barring users of illegal drugs from owning guns and a Hawaii law that restricts the carrying of handguns on private property open to the public, like most businesses, without the owner's permission. |
Nigeria: Insecurity: Permit Nigerians to bear arms, group urges Tinubu
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A youth advocacy group has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to permit Nigerians, particularly rural dwellers, to bear arms for self-defence, warning that worsening insecurity could soon render parts of the country ungovernable if urgent action is not taken.
The call was made by the Convener of the Youth Arise Movement, Comrade Ademola Babatunde Abidemi, who said Nigeria’s prolonged battle against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes had reached a critical stage requiring extraordinary measures.
According to him, “for over 15 years Nigerians have been killed, kidnapped, raped and displaced from our places of comfort, abode, communities, businesses and worship centres.” |
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