A big-dollar Mexican lawsuit is being challenged once more by the NSSF, who wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.
Once again, a lawsuit against a rule made by the ATF is headed to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Garland v. VanDerStok challenges the ATF’s administrative rule that declared firearm kits and partially-manufactured receivers were firearms. This [Read More…]
Utah just unveiled a new system that allows private individuals to check information that was previously only accessible to law enforcement or dealers. This free Private Party Firearm Sale Serial And CFP Check Tool provides useful information for private-party [Read More…]
The great Canadian gun grab based off semi-auto bans announced in 2020 has cost the country $30M USD, and that's without a single firearm seized.
Florida's House passes bill that drops minimum age for legal gun purchase to 18 years old, reversing 2018 legislation, but it dies in rules in Senate.
Good evening everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the brand new YHM 338 Bad Larry Suppressor. Last week we used a bit of liquid to make some small cans quieter. Today, because we are starting [Read More…]
South Carolina's state senators and representatives reach a compromise on bill, allowing open carry with no permit required.
The state of Louisiana is about to legalize permitless concealed carry for residents under 18 years old with no criminal record.
Under the new Students First Safety Act, school staff would be allowed to be armed; many high schools would be required to have armed security officers.
Good evening everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the brand new YHM 338 Bad Larry Suppressor. Last week we pulled out an old favorite – the MK12 and the Allen Engineering AEM5 .223 [Read More…]
Minnesota lawmakers say rimfire tube mag restrictions, along with a ban on revolving shotgun sales and pistol gripped rifles, will make the state safer.
In Canada, licensing for new firearms owners is at an all-time high, with more and more Canucks getting their PAL every year.
Writing about lawsuits involving guns could be a full-time gig here at TFB. Unlike the recent raft of lawsuits challenging various gun control measures, we have a good old-fashioned patent suit today. The parties are names you probably already know, Palmetto State [Read More…]
Our friends at Silencer Central sent over the details on H.R. 6352, the Tax Stamp Revenue Transfer for Wildlife and Recreation Act. This proposed bill would redirect National Firearms Act (NFA) making and transfer taxes from being deposited into the general treasury [Read More…]
One of the most popular micro-compact pistols in the nation has just become a bit more accessible to even more Americans with the launch of the new CA Compliant SIG Sauer P365. The new California-compliant P365 obviously had to go through the rigorous maze that is the [Read More…]
The National Association for Gun Rights won a major victory in their case defending forced reset triggers (FRTs). A district court in Texas just granted a preliminary injunction against the ATF that prevents them from treating FRTs as machine guns. However, this is not [Read More…]
It’s that time (yet again) when we need to dig into a newly proposed ATF Rule. This time their target is expanding the definition of “engaged in the business” of gun dealing. So might you be a gun dealer under this potential rule? Possibly. Laws and [Read More…]
The Honorable Judge David Herrera Urias has blocked the New Mexico gun ban. This is a temporary measure, but this bodes well for the future. Let’s look at what this order did (and did not) do. Laws & Regulations @ TFB: SAF, FPC File Lawsuit Challenging [Read More…]
The drama continues with the New Mexico gun ban. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s order is so wildly out of line with the current law that her Attorney General is refusing to defend it in court. If that sounds like a pretty serious rebuke, that’s because it [Read More…]
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham just took the unprecedented step of banning open and concealed carry in parts of the state under the guise of a public health order. “But doesn’t that fly directly in the face of the 2022 Supreme Court case New York [Read More…]
The hits just keep on coming in the lawsuits against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. ATF took their most recent L on June 30th in the case VanDerStok v. Garland in the Northern District of Texas (case number 4:22-cv-00691-O). Let’s go through [Read More…]
A federal judge has vacated the ATF Final Rule that changed the definition of what constitutes a firearm under federal law in the United States. I am going to leave the full legal analysis to someone more qualified such as our own Daniel Y., but the big takeaway here is [Read More…]
The U.S. House of Representatives passes House Joint Resolution 44 on June 13th. What does this mean for owners of pistol braces? Is this really that big of a deal? More Law and Regulation @ TFB: SAF, FPC File Lawsuit Challenging Washington HB 1240 Assault Weapon Ban [Read More…]
A lawsuit spearheaded by the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has secured a preliminary injunction against the ATF arm brace ban. What exactly does that mean? And who does that apply to? This is all still a little unclear, but let’s take a look at this case and [Read More…]
Recently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives published a major report entitled the National Firearms Commerce And Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA). This report looked at the state of the firearm industry in the United States. It contains information [Read More…]
On today’s podcast, we are bringing back Kirk from Aero Precision to talk about a few different topics. First and foremost is their recent lawsuit that was filed against the State of Washington opposing the recently passed Assault Weapons Ban. Obviously, this [Read More…]
On the same day Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1240 into law, the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition filed suit challenging it. HB 1240 is an “assault weapon” ban that has drawn national attention for the speed with [Read More…]
Our friends at Silencer Shop are reminding everyone that in three weeks (April 26, 2023) they plan to stop taking new orders for tax-exempt ATF Form 1 applications. ATF’s deadline to submit all tax-exempt Form 1s is May 31, 2023 but, based on high demand, Silencer [Read More…]
A lot of you here on TFB have closely followed various court cases over the years as we’ve reported them to you. In recent memory, there have been lawsuits between optics companies, and firearms manufacturers alike. Recently the TFB Podcast was reached out to by [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves is in Prague, Czech Republic visiting the CZ (Česká Zbrojovka) gun shop to talk about gun laws, gun prices, and even the strange legal issues around firearms, silencers, and concealed carry in the Czech Republic. What do you think of Czech gun laws and gun [Read More…]
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