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The NFA Injunction: What You Need to Know
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Status Update: The judicial stay has expired as of 12:01 a.m. Central Time on August 13, 2026. The Injunction is now in effect.
On August 5, 2026, a federal district court for the Northern District of Texas entered Final Judgment “in favor of the plaintiffs in Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF, No. 6:25-CV-056, and Jensen v. ATF, 6:26-CV-277, on their enumerated-powers claims.”
Ed.: Update from SAF about the status of the injunction, including a FAQ. |
New Guns 2026: Beretta B22 Jaguar Tac Metal and B22 Jaguar Metal Competition Pistols
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Beretta USA has announced the B22 Jaguar Tac Metal and B22 Jaguar Metal Competition, two innovative .22 LR pistols designed to make firearms training more approachable, enjoyable and rewarding for enthusiasts of every experience level. From recreational plinking and target shooting to competitive rimfire events, the B22 Jaguar delivers the reliability, accuracy and modularity needed while helping develop the next generation of shooting sports enthusiasts. |
The Guns Affected by the New Texas Firearm Ruling
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The injunction is not nationwide. Its immediate effect is limited to the plaintiffs, their members and covered customers involved in the case.
One of the cases in Texas had been brought by: Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of America, Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, B&T USA, Palmetto State Attorney, Silencer Shop Foundation and Silencerco Weapons Research, among other individuals.
The other had been brought by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, the Texas State Rifle Association, FPC Action Foundation, and Hot Shots Custom, among other individuals.
Ed.: The injunction *is* nationwide, but only for the covered plaintiffs, their members, and customers. It isn't *universal*. |
Justice Department Says You Can Carry for Self-Defense in a Post Office, and the Postal Service Ban Cannot Be Enforced
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The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel says the federal law that makes it a crime to bring a gun into a federal building does not apply to a law-abiding person who walks into a post office carrying for self-defense. The opinion, titled Application of 18 U.S.C. § 930(a) to Post Offices, is dated August 12, 2026. It is addressed to the Attorney General and signed by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Lanora C. Pettit.
...Under 18 U.S.C. § 930(a), knowingly bringing a firearm or other dangerous weapon into a federal facility can bring a fine, up to a year in prison, or both. A post office counts as a federal facility because the building is federally owned or leased and federal employees work there. |
CCW Safe Celebrates 15 Years of Protecting Self-Defense Rights
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CCW Safe, a national leader in self-defense legal services, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, marking a decade and a half of providing legal defense coverage and support to responsible individuals in the aftermath of self-defense incidents.
CCW Safe was founded in 2011 by retired Oklahoma City police officer Mike Darter, retired officer Stan Campbell, and attorney Kyle Sweet. The company was born out of Darter's own experience: after being involved in an on-duty shooting that was ruled justified, he was later sued in federal court and realized how little protection existed for civilians facing the same legal aftermath that police officers receive through their unions. |
CA: LASD Settles Concealed Carry Lawsuit with DOJ
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday and will speed up licensing for eligible Californians who wish to carry concealed handguns in public for self-defense.
In the settlement, LASD agreed to bring its procedures in line with the Supreme Court's landmark Bruen decision, a 2022 high court decision affirming a constitutional right to carry a pistol in public for self-defense. |
DOJ Says Law-Abiding Americans Can Carry Guns in Public Post Offices
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The United States Department of Justice has released a formal Office of Legal Counsel memorandum opinion clarifying that law-abiding Americans may carry constitutionally protected firearms into publicly accessible post offices for self-defense without violating federal criminal law. The opinion, dated August 12, 2026, and authored by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Lanora C. Pettit, interprets 18 U.S.C. § 930(a), the longstanding prohibition on possessing firearms or other dangerous weapons in federal facilities, as not reaching ordinary self-defense carry in post offices open to the public. |
Plaintiffs Submit Letter To DOJ/ATF Seeking Clarity In NFA Injunction Ruling
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“We share in the liberty community’s excitement in the receipt of this permanent injunction, and that the government did not seek to have the initial stay extended,” said SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut. “With the massive first step of having these elements of the NFA struck down now in hand, we need guidance from the government on all the details that will come with law-abiding Americans seeking to avail themselves of this injunction. To better help educate anyone covered under the ruling, Plaintiffs and their counsel determined the best path forward was to ask the ATF and DOJ directly about how the government plans to comply with the court’s judgment.” |
Marque and Reprisal Clause Challenges Modern Limits on Second Amendment Arms
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A new scholarly article argues that the Marque and Reprisal Clause of Article I directly undermines the modern judicial claim that the Second Amendment extends only to weapons a single person can carry. The paper, published on SSRN in 2026, is the work of Prof. J. Goldstein and is titled ‘The Militia of the Sea: The Marque and Reprisal Clause as Textual Proof of Private Heavy-Arms Ownership at the Founding.’
The article locates its constitutional argument in two clauses of Article I. The first, Article I, § 8, cl. 11, authorises Congress to ‘grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water.’ |
MI: Michigan Socialist Senate Candidate El-Sayed Wants To ‘Tweak’ The Second Amendment
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Then, as so many of his socialist friends are fond of doing, the Michigan Senate candidate goes on to “Imagine what America might be if we took access to health care as seriously as some people take access to guns.” He’s a huge proponent of single-payer healthcare. Government-run healthcare. In fact, he wrote the book on Medicare for All.
“If I could tweak one thing about the Constitution, it would be two words in the Second Amendment from the right to bear arms to the right to have health care,” he said. “Guns take a lot of lives in America. Health care, health care saves them.” |
NJ: Gun Org Asks Supreme Court To Toss State’s Ban On 3D Printing Code For Firearms
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The Second Amendment Foundation petitioned the Supreme Court Monday to hear a case targeting New Jersey’s ban on publishing 3D printing code for firearms.
New Jersey passed a law in November 2018 criminalizing the distribution of “digital instructions in the form of computer-aided design files or other code or instructions stored and displayed in electronic format as a digital model that may be used to program a three-dimensional printer to manufacture or produce a firearm, firearm receiver, magazine, or firearm component.” SAF backed a lawsuit by Defense Distributed, which created files that allowed people with 3D printers to make firearms at home for their personal use, ... |
TX: No Appeal in NFA Lawsuit, Injunction Now in Effect
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The injunction in Jensen v. ATF, a case supported by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), is now in effect after the government did not seek to extend the stay of the ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas by last night's deadline.
Last week, the court ruled that the remaining registration scheme for short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, any other weapons (AOW's) and suppressors in the National Firearms Act (NFA) is unconstitutional and gave the government one week from the date of the ruling to file a stay pending appeal. Given the government failed to meet the judge's deadline, the injunction was therefore put into effect. |
CA: Los Angeles to speed up gun licensing process to settle US government lawsuit
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The Los Angeles County sheriff’s department agreed to speed up licensing for people who want to carry concealed weapons, to settle a U.S. government lawsuit accusing it of systematically and unconstitutionally denying Californians’ Second Amendment rights.
A settlement of the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit was filed on Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, and requires a judge’s approval. The sheriff did not admit wrongdoing in agreeing to settle.
While Republican President Donald Trump’s administration is regularly at odds with officials in Democratic-led California, its lawsuit last September focused more on bureaucracy issues than policy differences. |
TX: Texas court order kicks in striking federal rules on silencers and certain guns
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A court order that struck down regulations on firearm suppressors and certain guns took effect Thursday after the U.S. Justice Department did not file an appeal before a seven-day deadline set by a federal judge in Texas.
The ruling allows people to purchase silencers, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and certain other firearms without registration, while also removing an extra layer of background checks.
The order benefits the parties that brought the lawsuit, including some dealers based outside northern Texas, but it is not a national injunction. Advocates say there are similar challenges in federal courts in other states. Separately, some states have their own prohibitions on silencers. |
MO: Family demands answers after prosecutor declines to charge man in Soulard shooting death
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In a statement, a spokesperson for the Circuit Attorney’s Office wrote: “Our attorneys carefully review the facts and the evidence in each case and make charging decisions based on the law and the facts. Homicide investigations often involve complex legal questions, including issues related to self-defense and defense of others.”
The office added that specific reasoning behind charging decisions is attorney work product and cannot be disclosed. The office also extended condolences to Vargas’s family.
Defense attorney Joel Schwartz, who is not affiliated with the case, explained that Missouri law does allow for self-defense and defense of others, also known as third-party defense. |
Gun Rights Win: DOJ Concedes Gun Owners Can Carry in Post Offices
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In a decision that could have far-reaching implications for firearm carry within federal facilities, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has agreed that constitutional gun rights are still valid in public post offices. It is amazing how many basic constitutional facts have been under attack in recent years from federal agencies, to the point that even this concession is a major victory.
A “Memorandum Opinion for the Attorney General” from August 12 regarding the Application of 18 U.S.C. § 930(a) to Post Offices recognized that congressional legislation, in at least nine statutes, has restricted gun carry at certain designated locations and empowers the Department of Homeland Security to do the same. |
Gun law in limbo as Justice Department holds off appeal
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The Trump administration has yet to appeal a key firearms ruling handed down last week, leaving gun control groups worried and Second Amendment advocates hoping it means the Department of Justice (DOJ) is standing down.
When a judge ruled last week that parts of the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA) could no longer stand, he gave the Trump administration a seven-day window to try to first mount an emergency appeal. |
Second Amendment could include owning cannons, heavily armed ships: UPenn law professor
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A University of Pennsylvania law professor has taken a position even more originalist on the Second Amendment than the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
“Courts and litigants increasingly say the Second Amendment reaches only the weapons one person can carry,” Professor Jonathan Goldstein wrote recently in an academic paper. “The Constitution refutes that twice, in a single Article.”
(Reason first flagged the academic paper).
Goldstein cites the Constitution’s provisions for “letters of marque and reprisal” Congress’ ability to “make rules
concerning captures on land and water.”
If a law allows something to be licensed, that implies the item itself is legal, Goldstein argues. |
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