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Five ATF cases that still need to be fixed
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Joe Bidens ATF didnt care about the law. They didnt care about right or wrong. They didnt care about evidence or proper procedure or telling the truth while asking the court for a search warrant while under oath. They didnt even care about what was legal. All they cared about was terrifying gun owners, splashy headlines and making arrests regardless of the law.

Guns are bad, Joe Bidens ATF believed. This untruth was reinforced by a team of anti-gunners working inside the White House and by others whom they collaborated with outside of the public eye.

Remington Ammunition Announces Protection with Payback Rebate
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Remington Ammunition recently announced its Protection with Payback rebate, which offers consumers the chance to receive a rebate on qualifying self-defense handgun ammunition through August 31, 2026. Qualifying products include Golden Saber Defense, Golden Saber Defense Compact, Golden Saber Bonded, Ultimate Defense, and Ultimate Home Defense.

To take advantage of this rebate, customers must purchase at least two boxes of qualifying Remington self-defense handgun ammunition between July 1 and August 31, 2026. Eligible purchases qualify for a rebate equal to 20 percent of the purchase price, excluding taxes, fees, shipping, and handling charges.

Supreme Court Puts the 2nd Amendment to Work
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Laura Beth Latimer, Chance Weldon, Nathan Seltzer, and Clayton Calvin are unpacking the final drops of the Supreme Courts October 2025 session. The team is zeroing in on two landmark Second Amendment decisions: United States v. Hemani (the guns and drugs case) and Wolford v. Lopez (the Hawaii guns case).

Before diving into the heavy constitutional lifting, the crew geeks out over some breaking SCOTUS lore: the official rebranding of the notorious Shadow Docket. From there, the team breaks down the Bruen test, exploring why constitutional text and historical traditions are treated a lot like 1930s poultry contracts (seriously, it makes sense when you hear it).

SilencerCo Joins SAF As Newest Gold-Level Corporate Partner
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that American-made suppressor manufacturer SilencerCo has joined the organization as the newest Gold-level corporate partner.

For the people at SilencerCo, the Second Amendment is personal its woven into our lives and into the reason this company exists at all, said SilencerCo President Scott Clinger. Thats why we stand with the Second Amendment Foundation. For more than 50 years, SAF has done the hard, unglamorous work of defending the Second Amendment case by case in courtrooms across the country. Were proud to support those fighting to protect a right we hold as fundamental.

Nearly 8 Million Legal Suppressors and SBRs in Circulation
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The enduring Second Amendment story of the year continues to have legs as the number of suppressors and short-barreled firearms skyrockets into "common use" territory.

The American Suppressor Association recently noted that, according to updated ATF data, as of June 8, there were 6,439,813 suppressors and 1,384,410 short-barreled firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, or NFRTR.

And keep in mind those figures are over 30 days old, while federal regulators logged 166,677 NFA transfers last month alone, a 177 percent jump from the same month in 2025.

SAF Files Briefs in Current NFA Cases Following Supreme Court Rulings
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed supplemental briefs in three ongoing National Firearms Act (NFA) cases considering the U.S. Supreme Court's recent rulings.

Outlined in the briefs are how the High Court's decisions in United States v. Hemani, Wolford v. Lopez and Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections & Public Safety impact SAF's current NFA cases working their way through the lower courts. Based on the Landor ruling, SAF argues that Congress' taxing power cannot be used to support the NFA since the tax for suppressors and short-barreled firearms was eliminated in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

MS: Wicker reviews Supreme Court term
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As June ended, so did another term at the U.S. Supreme Court. Since the 2025-2026 term began last October, the Court has considered questions impacting a wide range of issueseconomics, immigration, gender, presidential authority, and more. The nine justices do not serve any political party, and neither Republicans nor Democrats agree with every decision. But conservatives should appreciate the outcomes of a few cases in particular.

The Second Amendment was vindicated in a case called Wolford v. Lopez, in which the Court struck down a Hawaii law that unduly burdened law-abiding gun owners.

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Four cases to watch in the Supreme Courts next term
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2. Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins

These two cases were consolidated for arguments as they both consider laws that place restrictions on the possession of assault rifles. The constitutional question is whether these laws conflict with the Second Amendment and 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

In Viramontes, Cutberto Viramontes and others are appealing a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding Cook County ban on AR-15 rifles. Viramontes sought to acquire such a rifle. Cook County criminalizes the sale, transfer, or possession of any assault weapon including AR-15s.

Watch Home Invaders Meet Armed Occupant. It Doesnt End Well For Them.
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Two would-be home invaders were lucky that they werent taking a final exam in Victim Selection 101, because they picked the wrong house.

The 34-second video posted to X by Gun Lovers Club shows the two suspects, one of whom was holding a large revolver, trying to kick the door in over a period of about 15 seconds. That delay in forcing their entry apparently gave the occupant of the house enough time to retrieve a firearm of his own.

Narrow holdings with broad consequences
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These outcomes did not come as much of a surprise after oral arguments, and both decisions are framed, properly, as narrow answers to the specific questions before the Supreme Court. Section 922(g)(3) remains on the books, and we have little in the way of express guidance on the sensitive place legislation on which states have largely relied to restrict carriage of firearms in locations such as parks and public transportation.

Still, these are important decisions, and they provide unmistakable guidance that ought to lead to sounder adjudication of Second Amendment claims in the lower courts. Here are three important take-aways.

TX: Texas U.S. Senate Candidates Misunderstanding of Second Amendment Deepens His Problems in The Lone Star State
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Being antigun in Texas is a tenuous position for an elected official to be. But Texas state Rep. James Talarico the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate isnt hiding his anti-Second Amendment positions at all.

No needle-threading. No trying to hide. No tricking the voters. Just plain old-fashioned gun control positions that voters are more likely to hear about in gun control havens like Illinois or California.

Thats a hard sell come November for Texas voters who care about the U.S. Constitution. Second Amendment rights supporters should #GUNVOTEŽ accordingly.

SCOTUS Begins Answering Lingering Questions About Constitutional Constraints on Gun Control
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Over the course of 12 days last month, the Supreme Court upheld the gun rights of cannabis consumers, rejected Hawaii's default rule against firearms on private property open to the public, and agreed to address the constitutionality of "assault weapon" bans. That flurry of Second Amendment activity underlines the point that supposedly sensible gun regulations are not necessarily consistent with the right to arms as it was historically understood.

When Congress enacted the Gun Control Act in 1968, legislators took it for granted that an "unlawful user" of marijuana, depressants, stimulants or narcotics should not be allowed to own a gun.

IL: Federal appeals court upholds controversial Illinois ban on semiautomatic guns
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A federal appeals court upheld a controversial Illinois gun control law that largely bans assault weapons.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit decision issued on Thursday slapped down a district court decision that declared the ban unconstitutional.

"Among other things, the Act criminalizes the manufacture, sale, delivery, purchase, and possession of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. A grandfather clause permits preexisting lawful owners of the regulated items to continue possessing them," the Thursday decision noted.

Second Amendment Losses Spark Gun-Ban Lawmakers Efforts To Pack Supreme Court
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Whats a gun-ban advocate to do when the U.S. Supreme Court repeatedly upholds the Second Amendment in important challenge after challenge?

Gun rights keep winning at SCOTUS and the left has noticed
Were finding that out now, as SCOTUS recently ruled for gun rights in cases involving marijuana use and guns and Hawaiis vampire rule, and also recently agreed to hear a challenge to bans on so-called assault weapons.

One answer for the left, of course, is to try to remake the Supreme Court, packing it in their favor before any more damage can be done to their precious gun-ban schemes.

Supreme Court Ducks the 1791 vs. 1868 Second Amendment FightAgain
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The technical holdup is essentially one of emphasizing due process and ignoring privileges and immunities, which to a layperson seems a bit like arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Legal precedents aside, theres a more basic argument: The Constitution and Bill of Rights were ratified based on the understanding of the people and their representatives with debates based on arguments posited in the Federalist and Anti-Federalist essays. There has never been a magic crystal ball that allows decisions to be based on what will happen in the future.

Only 5 Democrats Voted For Bill That Would Ban Tracking Gun Purchases
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The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to safeguard the privacy of law-abiding citizens who purchase firearms, with nearly all Democrats voting against the measure.

The bill, H.R. 1181, also known as the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, prohibits payment card networks from assigning specific codes to track lawful gun transactions or to identify firearm retailers; the measure passed with a 221-201 vote, with support from only five Democrats. The legislation was a response to the implementation of a specified merchant category code (MCC), a multi-digit code used to classify merchants, for firearms dealers in September 2022.

Canada: You Arent Going To Believe How Many Guns This Former Canadian Politician Was Busted With
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A former member of Canadas Parliament was arrested on July 7 after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) claimed three of the firearms in his collection of over 400 were trafficked.

Inky Mark, who served as a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2010, was arrested on charges of gun trafficking, possessing unauthorized devices and unsafe storage involving the 439 firearms and an ancient cannon in his collection, according to a Monday release from the RCMP. The agency told the Daily Caller News Foundation that their probe began after a March tip from the United States about a separate individual.

FL: 2-Year-Old Dies After Child Finds Gun at Florida Airbnb
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Investigators said the family had traveled from Georgia to celebrate the toddler's upcoming birthday and had just arrived at the rental when the incident occurred.

Deputies said the 2-year-old remained inside a vehicle while relatives unloaded their belongings.

During that time, a 4-year-old family member reportedly entered the vehicle and discovered an unsecured handgun.

Investigators said the child handled the firearm, and a shot was fired, striking the 2-year-old.

Emergency responders transported the toddler to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, where the child later died from the injury.

NJ: NJ AG alleges Pennsylvania man sold illegal, untraceable ghost guns
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New Jersey Attorney General Jen Davenport sued a Pennsylvania resident Wednesday, accusing him of overseeing a yearslong effort to evade New Jersey law by selling kits to Garden State residents so they could make home-assembled, untraceable firearms, known as ghost guns.

Davenport alleges Jordan Vinroe made millions by controlling entities that sold build-your-own-firearm kits at gun shows in Pennsylvania without conducting background checks or otherwise making sure he wasnt selling them to people disqualified from owning firearms. The six-count lawsuit was filed in state Superior Court in Mercer County.

TN: Smyrna votes to allow guns in parks following court decision ruling
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Smyrnas city council approved a rule change Tuesday night that will now allow guns to be brought into public parks, making it one of the first Midstate cities to adopt the new standard following a court ruling earlier this year.

The council made the change to align with Hughes v. State, decided in Gibson County Chancery Court, which found outright bans on guns in parks unconstitutional. City leaders said the update also reflects new state laws surrounding the issue.

This is the item that has been reviewed several times for you guys, a city official said. It aligns our current municipal code with some recent changes in Tennessee law in relation to firearms within the town limit.

MD: Maryland defends Glock ban by treating common pistols like machine guns
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The constitutional fight over Marylands Glock ban comes down to one question: Can the state ban law-abiding citizens from acquiring some of Americas most popular handguns because criminals can illegally modify them with an already-prohibited machinegun conversion device?

Gun-rights groups say the answer is clearly no. Maryland now says Glock-style pistols can be treated differently from other semi-automatic handguns because of what they could become after an illegal modification.

That dispute is at the center of Bathras v. Moore, the federal Second Amendment challenge to Maryland Senate Bill 334.

Federal Rights vs. State Bans: How the Latest Supreme Court Docket Eyes National Reciprocity
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The gun rights movement just got a win thats bigger than most people realize.

The Supreme Courts decision in Wolford v. Lopez represents a structural pivot in Second Amendment jurisprudence that extends far beyond the municipal boundaries of the State of Hawaii. While initial commentary has largely framed the ruling as a localized vindication of public carry rights, a precise legal analysis reveals a broader administrative framework. Justice Alitos majority opinion effectively establishes a repeatable baseline that invalidates the secondary wave of post-Bruen legislative restrictions, creating a uniform standard that holds significant implications for pending litigation...

No Tax, No Excuse: NFA Suppressor and SBR Registry Gun Rights Next Target
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New filings argue that three Supreme Court decisions have stripped away the governments excuses for maintaining a zero-tax federal gun registry. The tax is gone. The registry remains.

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have opened a coordinated, three-court attack on the National Firearms Act registration requirements for suppressors and short-barreled firearms. Supplemental filings in Brown v. ATF, Jensen v ATF, and Roberts v. ATF argue that three recent Supreme Court decisions leave the federal government with neither a valid taxing-power excuse nor an easy escape from the Second Amendment.