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Second Amendment Under Fire: Examining Gun Control Tactics
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The debate surrounding the Second Amendment intensifies as new civil rights laws emerge as tools for imposing gun control measures in the United States. The article outlines how government agencies are adopting ‘public safety’ arguments to restrict gun ownership and outlines the strategies employed, such as invoking public health emergencies and implementing Red Flag laws that enable firearm confiscation without prior judicial review. |
Wheelgun Wednesday: Fifty Years Of Hideout Guns
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If you heard about a company that made single-action revolvers, and they’d been in business for 50 years, you’d probably think we were talking about some Peacemaker clone manufacturer. Some of those cowboy-gun-knockoff companies have been in business a long time. But no—we’re talking about North American Arms, which celebrates five decades in business this year, mostly focused on making single-action hideout guns that you can conceal almost anywhere. |
ATF Stops Monitoring Dealers Who Sell the Most Crime Guns
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On June 13, 2025, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the gun industry’s trade association, announced that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will end its Demand Letter 2 program, an initiative the agency has used for 25 years to identify and monitor the gun dealers who sold the most crime guns across the country. As discussed below, the program also allows the ATF to trace used guns that end up at crime scenes, and without it, police will have one less crime-solving tool available to them.
Why the NSSF — a private organization — announced the end of a federal regulatory program before the agency itself remains unclear, but its reason for celebrating the decision is not. |
MI: Appeals court revives lawsuit against Saginaw County sheriff for not returning guns seized in 2017
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A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against the Saginaw County sheriff filed by two men alleging deputies improperly confiscated and kept 14 of their guns several years ago.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth District on Friday, June 20, partially vacated a lower court’s dismissal of the federal lawsuit of civilians Gerald Novak and Adam Wenzel against Sheriff William L. Federspiel. This allows for “the three largest and most critical claims to proceed forward and reinforces the notion of private property rights under the U.S. Constitution,” said attorney Philip L. Ellison. |
TX: Legal expert weighs in on self-defense argument and court assignment in Frisco track meet stabbing case
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On Tuesday, Karmelo Anthony was given a murder indictment in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet on April 2, setting the stage for a high-profile and emotionally charged trial.
"Today's indictment is an expected and routine step in the legal process," said Karmelo's attorney Mike Howard on Tuesday. "Karmelo and his family are confident in the justice system and the people of Collin County to be fair and impartial. Karmelo looks forward to his day in court." Howard's full indictment statement can be seen here.
One of the central legal questions will be whether Anthony acted in self-defense. The defense, led by attorney Mike Howard, has laid the groundwork for the argument. |
FL: Man claims self-defense in Tampa weekend shooting
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Tampa police are investigating a shooting over the weekend that left a man dead in North Hyde Park.
Officers responded to West Carmen Street near North Oregon Avenue about 3:20 a.m. Sunday after a man called 911 and said he shot another man because he feared for his safety, according to information released Wednesday by the Tampa Police Department.
Officers found the caller, a man in his 30s, who was still armed. Nearby, at the intersection of West Gray Street and Oregon Avenue, officers found a man in his 40s near the caller’s vehicle who had been shot, police said. He died at Tampa General Hospital.
The shooter surrendered his gun and cooperated with the investigation.
Police did not identify either man. |
TN: Man who shot own cousin up to 5 times claims self-defense, MPD says
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A man who police said shot his own cousin four or five times early Wednesday morning inside a northeast Memphis home claimed he did it in self-defense.
A witness told Memphis Police (MPD) that the man who was shot had biked over to his cousin's house on Townes Avenue off Jackson Avenue. At some point, the two cousins go into an argument, the witness told investigators.
That was when the cousin pulled out a gun and started shooting before driving off, MPD said.
The call to police came in just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. But shortly afterwards, police said the suspected shooter called police to turn himself in. He told investigators that he shot his cousin in self-defense. |
MI: Bellino continues to stand up for Second Amendment rights
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Sen. Joseph Bellino, R-Monroe, on Wednesday issued the following statement after voting against more Democrat bills that would infringe on the Second Amendment rights of all Michigan residents:
“I’m not surprised by the constant attacks on our Second Amendment rights. If Democrats were serious about reducing gun violence, they would insist that soft-on-crime prosecutors enforce the gun laws already on the books.
“Instead of cracking down on criminals, these bills are just more attempts at making it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to responsibly exercise their rights. |
CA: Court rightly strikes down restrictive California gun law
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Once again federal courts have blasted holes in attempts to restrict the Second Amendment “right to keep and bear arms.”
On June 20, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in its own summary, “held that California’s ‘one-gun-a-month’ law… facially violates the Second Amendment.”
That’s “because the plain text … protects against meaningful constraints on the acquisition of firearms through purchase.”
“This is a huge victory,” Sam Paredes told us; he’s the executive director of Gun Owners of California, which filed an amicus brief for the plaintiff in the case, Nguyen v. Bonta; Rob Bonta is California’s attorney general. |
Original Thomas Jefferson letter will hit the auction block on July 4
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As America celebrates its 249th birthday on July 4, a unique piece of American history from one of the founding fathers will hit the auction block.
A letter written by Thomas Jefferson that asserts the rights of democratic citizens to “exercise in arms for defense of their country” will go up for bids in an auction from the Raab Collection. Estimators value the letter at $90,000.
This is the first time the letter has been made available for purchase since 1982. |
MI: Bills aiming to ban untraceable 'ghost' guns and bump stocks passed the Senate
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Bills banning bump stocks and ghost guns passed in the Senate Wednesday.
Senate Bill (SB) 224, SB 225, SB 226, proposed laws aiming to increase gun safety by banning ghost guns and bump stocks, were passed by the Michigan Senate Wednesday.
SB 224 - 22 yes, 14 no, 1 excused
SB 225 - 19 yes, 17 no, 1 excused
SB 226 - 19 yes, 17 no, 1 excused
Ghost guns are sold in kits and don't have serial numbers, making them difficult to trace, and a bump stock is a modification device that allow a gun to fire at the rate of a machine gun. |
4th Circuit Upholds Federal Restriction On Young Adult Handgun Purchases
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In the ongoing battle to recognize the Second Amendment rights of young adults, Americans aged 18, 19, and 20 years old were recently handed another devastating loss.
On June 18, a three-judge panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the law prohibiting the sale of handguns to adults under age 21 to be constitutional under the Second Amendment.
“From English common law to America’s founding and beyond, our regulatory tradition has permitted restrictions on the sale of firearms to individuals under the age of 21,” U.S. Circuit Judge Harvie Wilkinson wrote in the majority opinion. |
IL: DOJ Files Amicus Brief Opposing Illinois’ “Assault Weapons” Ban
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, led by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon, has filed an Amicus brief in support of Second Amendment rights in Barnett v. Raoul.
An Amicus brief is also known as a “friend of the court” filing. Interested individuals or organizations that are not named in a case can file these briefs to try to influence that court’s decision by supplying relevant information and case law. These briefs are standard from both sides of the issue, but the DOJ filing one on behalf of gun rights is something that we haven’t seen in the past. |
NV: Nevada Governor Blocks New Gun Control Restrictions in Landmark Veto
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Earlier this month, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed Assembly Bill 245, a contentious piece of legislation that would have barred individuals under 21 from possessing semiautomatic rifles and shotguns. The bill, passed by the Democratic-controlled Nevada Legislature, was one of the most high-profile gun control measures of the 2025 session.
AB 245 advanced through the Nevada Legislature on largely party-line votes. In the Assembly, the bill passed 27-15, with all Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed. A similar partisan dynamic took place in the Nevada Senate, where the measure was approved by a margin of 12-8, with one senator excused from the vote. |
MI: Michigan senator: Ghost gun ban could have prevented American Revolution
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The Michigan Senate supported an array of new gun restrictions Wednesday, approving measures to prohibit bump stocks and firearms without serial numbers and to ban the weapons from being carried inside the state Capitol.
Democrats who currently hold a majority of the seats in the Senate contended the bills were common sense and designed to promote public safety. But Republican lawmakers argued that the measures infringed on the constitutional right to bear arms and described them as "anti-American." |
MI: Michigan Senate passes ban on ghost guns and bump stocks and bills to codify Capitol gun ban
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The Michigan state Senate passed a handful of gun regulation bills on Wednesday including a ban on bump stocks and ghost guns, as well as legislation that would put Capitol rules banning firearms into state law.
All the bills passed without Republican support in the tightly partisan state Senate, except for the ban on bump stocks, which enhance the speed of semi-automatic firearms, making them effectively fully automatic. Three Republican state Senators joined Democrats in supporting the ban on bump stocks under Senate Bill 224, which had previously been federally banned after the 2017 concert mass shooting in Las Vegas which resulted in the deaths of 60 people, injuring hundreds of others. |
IL: Self-Defense in Action: CCW Holder Intervenes During Violent Mugging of Woman in Chicago
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A violent robbery attempt in Chicago’s West Loop was abruptly cut short Tuesday morning when a licensed concealed carry holder stepped in with decisive action.
The incident unfolded around 8:50 a.m. on the 1100 block of West Hubbard Street. A 38-year-old woman was standing outside when two men, both armed with firearms, approached her. According to police, the suspects pistol-whipped the woman and demanded her belongings, which they forcibly took.
A 41-year-old man nearby, who is licensed to carry a concealed firearm, witnessed the brutal robbery. Seeing the woman attacked, he stepped in to confront the armed suspects. When they turned their guns on him, he drew his own firearm and fired shots in self-defense. |
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