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Roundup: Turkey Guns & Gear
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An incredibly adaptable pump-action turkey gun, the Winchester SXP Long Beard sports adjustments for length of pull as well as comb height. The included fiber-optic sights allow you to aim with rifle-like precision, and the receiver is drilled and tapped should you choose to add an optic. The synthetic stock sports a pistol grip for maximum control. Like all SXP shotguns, the pump action is inertia assisted, making it lightning fast. Available in 12-gauge or 20-gauge with a 24-inch barrel and accented with Mossy Oak Bottomland camo. |
NRA, FPC, and FPC Action Foundation File Amicus Brief Arguing Federal Lifetime Gun Bans on Nonviolent Felons Violate the Second Amendment
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The National Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, and FPC Action Foundation have filed a joint amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit arguing that the federal lifetime firearm ban for nonviolent felons under 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment.
The brief was filed on May 7, 2026 in Atkinson v. Blanche, Case No. 26-1356, an appeal from the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff, Patrick Atkinson, is challenging the federal prohibition on firearm possession by anyone with a felony conviction, even where the underlying offense was nonviolent. The brief was authored by Joseph G.S. Greenlee, Counsel of Record for the NRA Institute for Legislative Action. |
CO: The DOJ sues Denver--over a gun ban?!
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Those of us keeping an eye on the Department of Justice—DOJ—and its recent assertion that the Second Amendment isn’t a second class right have been only somewhat encouraged. Despite the Supreme Court’s Heller and Bruen decisions that affirmed the individual right to keep and bear arms is an unalienable, individual right that applies not just in the home, but in most places in public, the Court has left most of the details undecided.
Those decisions have allowed blue cities and states to write all manner of clearly unconstitutional laws, secure in the knowledge the federal government would do nothing to stop them. |
TX: Randall County DA discusses legal consequences of leaving guns unattended
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In wake of last weekend’s deadly shooting in Amarillo, questions have been raised on how the two suspects obtained their guns.
The two weapons recovered from the Westminster Apartment shooting were AR-style rifles.
With teens and young adults involved in this shooting, there is growing concern about how readily obtainable the firearms were.
If a shooting like this involves guns owned by a parent or family member, Randall County District Attorney Robert Love says they could also be held partially responsible for the crimes committed. |
TX: Texas DPS proposes new rules for licenses to carry guns. Here's what to know
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The Texas Department of Public Safety has proposed rule changes that would affect how Texans apply for and renew certain licenses, including handgun carry licenses.
At the center of the proposal: Applicants would need to submit proof of eligibility under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, a federal law that limits certain public benefits to U.S. citizens and specific categories of lawfully present noncitizens. |
CT: Connecticut pro-Second Amendment group sounds alarm on Glock-style ban, fear Democrats will go even further
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Second Amendment advocates in Connecticut are sounding the alarm on a new bill they claim will limit self-defense options, and say they’re worried Democrats will go even further in targeting more guns next.
The bill, introduced by Democrats in Connecticut, would effectively ban most Glock-style pistols that can be converted into a machine gun. Specifically, it targets any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be altered by hand or with a common household tool to accept a converter device, enabling it to fire automatically. |
PA: North Philadelphia Homeowner Shoots and Kills Woman Trying to Break In Through Back Window, Police Say
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A homeowner in North Philadelphia shot and killed a woman who was attempting to break into their home through a back window on Sunday afternoon. The homeowner is believed to be licensed to carry, and police say the shooting appears to have been an act of self-defense.
As reported by CBS News Philadelphia, the shooting happened on the 2300 block of North Cleveland Street at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Sunday. Philadelphia Police Department Inspector D.F. Pace said the woman was attempting to break through the back window of a home occupied by two people and a dog. |
TN: Tennessee Deadly Force Bill SB1847 Heads to Gov. Lee After Narrowing Property Defense Language
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The Tennessee Legislature has sent Gov. Bill Lee a narrow but important reform to the state’s deadly-force law, and the fight over SB1847/HB1802 shows how much can change between a bill’s introduction and the final version that reaches a governor’s desk.
The Tennessee Legislature passed SB1847 on April 23, the last day of the legislative session. SB1847 includes the legal justification to use deadly force to protect property under certain limited circumstances. In this correspondent’s reading of the law, the legal ability to use deadly force under the bill is not very wide or broad. In the previous law, residents could use force to protect or recover property, but not deadly force. |
Will the Supreme Court Legalize All AR-15 Rifles?
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According to U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the right to keep and bear arms like the quintessentially American AR-15 will soon be backed by the Supreme Court.
Dhillon’s Department of Justice filed suit against the State of Colorado this week over its ban of standard-capacity AR-style rifles, which are among the most common and popular modern sporting rifles in the nation. If the Supreme Court supports the DOJ’s position, it could spell the end of numerous similar bans across the country.
On May 6, the Justice Department filed its suit against the state of Colorado, alleging that the state was unconstitutionally banning the ownership of firearms protected under the U.S. Constitution. |
CO: DOJ Files Second Colorado Lawsuit in 24 Hours, Targets State’s 15-Round Magazine Ban as Civil Rights Violation
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The United States Department of Justice has filed its second federal lawsuit in 24 hours challenging Colorado firearms restrictions, this time targeting the state’s ban on so-called “large capacity” magazines holding more than 15 rounds.
The complaint was filed on May 6, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado as Case No. 1:26-cv-01950, United States of America v. State of Colorado and Colorado Department of Public Safety. The lawsuit comes one day after the DOJ filed United States v. City and County of Denver, previously covered by USA Carry, which targets Denver’s local AR-15 ban. B |
CA: SAF, Partners File Brief In 9th Circuit Court Challenge To California’s Open Carry Ban
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California’s long-running ban on openly carrying firearms is once again under legal attack, with major gun-rights organizations urging the Ninth Circuit to strike the law down as unconstitutional.
On May 6, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners—the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA), Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus (MGOC) and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA)—filed an amicus brief with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals urging the court to strike down California’s ban on the open carry of firearms. |
CA: SAF Urges Ninth Circuit To Strike California Open Carry Ban
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SAF Director of Legal Research and Education Kostas Moros cut straight to the heart of California’s open-carry problem.
“The plain text of the Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms – openly or concealed – and open carry has been the default manner of lawful carry for most of American history. California’s ban has no foundation in our nation’s tradition, and this Court should reaffirm that open carry is protected just as the Founders and generations of Americans understood it to be. As our brief argues, neither open nor concealed carry may be banned today.”
The Second Amendment protects the right to “bear arms.” |
PA: Pennsylvania Gun Owners Push Constitutional Carry and Preemption Bills in Harrisburg
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Pennsylvania gun owners have two major Second Amendment bills moving in Harrisburg, and anti-gun cities should be paying attention.
SB 357 would bring Constitutional Carry to Pennsylvania. SB 822 would put real enforcement behind statewide firearm preemption. One bill protects the right to carry without a government permission slip. The other puts financial consequences on local governments that keep trying to create illegal gun-control traps.
If SB 357 becomes law, Pennsylvania would become the 30th Constitutional Carry state, confirming what gun owners already know: permitless carry is not an outlier. It is the normal rule across most of America. |
MA: Should guns be allowed in town buildings? Sandwich vote delayed
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The topic of guns lit up discussion during the May 4 Sandwich town meeting, with residents at odds over whether firearms should be allowed on municipal property.
Article 18, a petition article, sought to opt out of a 2024 state law that, in part, prohibits firearms from being carried in all municipal buildings across the state.
"There’s an expression in the firearms community: when seconds count the police are just minutes away," said town resident Peter Bosco during the discussion period for Article 18. |
'Problematic': Wildlife agencies secretly want Americans to buy more guns
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Buying a gun in the United States does more than arm someone, it also helps pay for habitat restoration, wildlife monitoring, and species recovery.
That unusual connection is now drawing renewed scrutiny as experts warn it gives state wildlife agencies a built-in incentive to keep firearm sales flowing, Vox reports.
At the center of the debate is the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, also known as the Pittman-Robertson Act, a law passed in 1937 that sends excise-tax revenue from firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment to state wildlife agencies. |
IL: How is Karina's Law working to remove guns from accused domestic abusers one year later?
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Monday marks one year since Illinois enacted Karina's Law — legislation aimed at taking firearms out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
The law was named after Karina Gonzalez after her brutal murder in Little Village in 2023.
For her son, Manny Alvarez, the one-year mark of Karina's Law comes at a complicated time.
His father has been charged with killing both his mom and 15-year-old sister, Daniela, and is facing health complications while awaiting trial. |
USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail
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Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect. Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week in opposition.
In 1927, Congress passed a law barring the USPS from mailing concealable firearms unless they were from licensed dealers in an effort to curb crime. In January, the Department of Justice revisited the 1927 law, calling it unconstitutional and arguing that it violated the Second Amendment, and urged the postal service to change its regulations. |
NBC News Goes Full Liberal Propaganda Mode, Grossly Spins Kyle Rittenhouse Story
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NBC News gave Kyle Rittenhouse the full liberal propaganda treatment Thursday by twisting salient facts surrounding Rittenhouse’s case and the Black Lives Matter riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020.
Rittenhouse announced Wednesday that he had been bitten by a spider and hospitalized.
“The communists couldn’t take me out and i’ll be damned if I let a brown recluse take me out,” Rittenhouse said. He went on to say, “The spider, like the commies, also thought it was a good idea to come after me while I was armed. He did not survive.” |
Do Undocumented Immigrants Have Second Amendment Rights? First Circuit Weighs In
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But in 2024, a sheriff’s deputy pulled him over for speeding on Route 16 in Adamstown Township, Maine. During the stop, the deputy learned that Rebollar Osorio had entered the United States near McAllen, Texas, about eleven years earlier. The deputy also learned he was not here legally, though he had no prior criminal record. After being told the vehicle would be towed and asked whether there was anything inside officers should worry about, including weapons or drugs, he disclosed that a handgun was in his backpack. He directed officers to it, leading to the recovery of a Kel-Tec .380 pistol and ammunition. |
USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail
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Last month USPS proposed a new rule that would allow anyone to mail concealable firearms like pistols and revolvers. USPS currently allows some firearms like long-barreled rifles and shotguns to be mailed, however they must be unloaded and securely packaged. Similar protections would be in place for handguns, which have evolved since 1927. The USPS said in a statement that it is reviewing public comments - which were due Monday - before making final changes. |
New Federal Rule Changes Gun Owners Should Be Aware Of
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Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), now under the leadership of newly confirmed Director Robert Cekada, rolled out a lengthy list of final and proposed rule changes to a wide range of federal firearms regulations. They contain some noteworthy developments for Second Amendment advocates.
The Trump administration’s rule changes are a welcome announcement – particularly since there has been a bit of a gap in Second Amendment action since the President’s February 2025 executive order on “Protecting Second Amendment Rights.” As of this week, several of both the final and proposed rules have now been officially published in the Federal Register. |
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