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Brady Hopping Mad That Feds Won’t Violate Federal Law to Further Their Name-And-Shame Campaign

Larry Keane — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:50 +0000

The Brady gun control group is hopping mad that their “name-and-shame” charade no longer enjoys government support. They’re so mad, […]

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ProPublica Story Relies on Anti-Gun Data from The Trace, Fluffs a Former ATF Everytown Official

Lee Williams — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:00:31 +0000

Guns have always been the only issue where traditional journalism rules don't seem to apply.

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Everytown is Apoplectic That Their Favorite Weapon, ATF, Has Been Put on a Leash

Texas Gun Rights — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:33 +0000

Everytown isn't angry because Americans are unsafe. They are angry because one of their favorite federal weapons is being temporarily restrained.

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The Gun Control Industry is Still Wringing Its Hands Over the End of the Biden ATF’s Zero Tolerance FFL Revocations

Shooting News Weekly — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:42:45 +0000

After Trump returned to the White House, his administration announced an end to the zero-tolerance policy, urged revoked dealers to reapply and started settling the court cases, one after another.

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What Should Happen to ATF Agents Who Lied to Put a Man in Prison for 20 Years?

Lee Williams — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:00:45 +0000

Anyone who misclassifies cut up barrel shrouds as machineguns shouldn’t be working for the ATF, but that’s exactly what ATF Firearms Enforcement Officer Ronald K. Davis did.

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After the Abuses of the Biden Years, Do You Trust ATF With $1.65 Billion of Your Money?

Texas Gun Rights — Sat, 30 May 2026 14:00:11 +0000

Legitimate criminal enforcement against violent offenders can be handled without maintaining a rogue anti-gun bureaucracy whose mission expands every time the gun confiscation lobby wins an election.

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Trust But Verify: ATF Director Says He Wants to Rebuild Trust After Biden Era Abuses

NRA ILA — Fri, 29 May 2026 03:05:36 +0000

Cekada’s testimony and actions to date provide reasons to be optimistic that ATF is being steered toward a culture and mission more respectful of the Second Amendment.

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Former GunTuber Dugan Ashley of CarniK Con Faces Federal Explosives Charges

Luke C. — Fri, 22 May 2026 17:00:50 +0000

Jordan Derrick, widely known online as Dugan Ashley of the (in my opinion) rather influential CarniK Con (Carniverous Kinetic Concepts) […]

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The ATF’s Gun Owner Registry Doesn’t Need to be Reformed, It Needs to be Eliminated

Chris McNutt — Fri, 22 May 2026 03:00:49 +0000

Returning to 20 or 30 years of record retention is not a victory, it's the same exact policy Barack Obama gave us.

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AI Could Render the Federal Ban on Creating a Gun Registry Obsolete

Texas Gun Rights — Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:08 +0000

The government may not need to build a registry if AI can infer one. And the ATF is already sitting on the raw material.

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