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Circuit Court Strikes Down New York’s Post-Bruen Vampire Rule Carry Ban

Dan Zimmerman — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:18:52 +0000

NY's law making all private property that's open to the public off-limits to carriers unless owners posted signs explicitly allowing concealed carry there is struck down.

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Spanberger Signs ‘Assault Weapons,’ Magazine Ban and is Hit With Lawsuits Before the Ink is Dry

Dan Zimmerman — Fri, 15 May 2026 12:09:42 +0000

Meanwhile, the Virginia-based National Rifle Association along with SAF and FPC have already filed both state and federal lawsuits challenging the new SpanBan.

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ASA, NRA, SAF, FPC File Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of the National Firearms Act

Dan Zimmerman — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:06:23 +0000

The complaint asserts that, with the removal of the excise tax on constitutionally protected arms like suppressors and SBRs, the NFA registration regime can no longer be upheld as a legal exercise of Congress’s taxing power.

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The Trump Administration Is Perfectly Fine With Keeping Federal Gun Control Laws In Place

Shooting News Weekly — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:20:14 +0000

If the administration is serious about keeping its promises, it must stop fighting against the People’s rights and abandon its defense of these immoral and unlawful restrictions.

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Gavin Newsom Signs Law Banning America’s Most Popular Handguns in California

Dan Zimmerman — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:45:55 +0000

Last night, in a Friday night news dump, Newsom signed into law a bill that bans GLOCK pistols. The bill was ostensibly written because criminals are able to print illegal switches that convert standard semi-auto GLOCKs into fully automatic handguns.

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WTAF – The Trump DOJ’s Defense of an Interstate Handgun Sales Ban Threatens All Gun Rights Lawsuits

Shooting News Weekly — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:00:40 +0000

“The Trump DOJ’s scheme would gut nearly every lawsuit against the federal government unless and until the Supreme Court steps in,” said FPC President Brandon Combs.

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Trump Admin’s Defense of Interstate Handgun Sales Ban is Rooted in Bureaucracy, Not Freedom

Chris McNutt — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 05:08:53 +0000

Gun owners must remain vigilant, even when “our side” is in charge. Trump may be friendly to the 2A, and his actions may be well-intentioned, but this lawsuit reminds us that political loyalty is no substitute for constitutional fidelity — and no one is perfect.

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DOJ, Now Under New Management, Throws in the Towel on ATF’s Pistol Brace Ban Rule

Dan Zimmerman — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:00:34 +0000

“The dismissal of this appeal should be the final nail in the coffin of this unconstitutional Biden ATF assault on gun owners. As we explained in the case filings, braced pistols are not ‘short-barreled rifles’."

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Dorr Brothers’ American Firearms Association Aggressively Seeks Donations, But Actual Results Are Hard to Find

John Boch — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:00:25 +0000

Leave it to the Dorr Brothers to label the biggest neutering of the National Firearms Act scheme in history a […]

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Obama District Court Judge Rules California’s Non-Resident Concealed Carry Ban Violates the Second Amendment

Dan Zimmerman — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:39:39 +0000

The State cannot point to a single law from the Founding or framing tradition that wholesale blocked nonresidents from participating […]

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