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Rep. Massie (R-KY) Introduces National Constitutional Carry Bill

Rep. Massie (R-KY) Introduces National Constitutional Carry Bill

Officially filed under H.R. 9534 – the National Constitutional Carry Act – will ensure that all law-abiding Americans can carry a firearm for self-defense, openly or concealed, without being subjected to bureaucratic rigmarole, regulations, expensive fees, and ATF...

Federal Judge Throws Out Machine Gun Possession Charge

Federal Judge Throws Out Machine Gun Possession Charge

A federal judge in Kansas dismissed two machine gun possession counts and questions if bans on such weapons violate the Second Amendment. U.S. District Judge John W. Broomes dismissed machine gun possession counts against Tamori Morgan, who was accused of possessing a...

NAGR Serves Official Cease and Desist to Idaho Police Department

NAGR Serves Official Cease and Desist to Idaho Police Department

The Twin Falls Police Department in Idaho was discovered to be using a de facto gun registration system that violates federal law, which prohibits a registration system, as well as Idaho’s firearm preemption law. The National Association for Gun Rights interest arose...

NFGR Forced to Withdraw CO Magazine Ban Lawsuit

NFGR Forced to Withdraw CO Magazine Ban Lawsuit

The National Foundation for Gun Rights (NFGR) has been forced to withdraw its lawsuit challenging Colorado’s 2013 magazine ban as the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) refused to give expert deposition. Lawyers for NFGR approached the NSSF’s Director of...

NAGR Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Hawaii Case

NAGR Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Hawaii Case

The National Association for Gun Rights has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in the case of Wilson v. Hawaii, a state prosecution for carrying a handgun without a license. In the Wilson v. Hawaii case, the Hawaii Supreme Court stated that “the spirit of...

Appeals Court Upholds Maryland’s “Assault Weapons” Ban

Appeals Court Upholds Maryland’s “Assault Weapons” Ban

A federal appeals court upheld Maryland’s ban on certain semi-automatic weapons in a closely-watched Second Amendment case. Following the tragedy at Sandy Hook in 2012, Maryland enacted a so-called “Assault Weapons” Ban, which bans possessing or selling “assault...

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) Introduces SHUSH Act

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) Introduces SHUSH Act

The Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act (SHUSH Act) is landmark legislation to deregulate the purchase of firearm suppressors. Late Monday afternoon, U.S. Senator and .50 Caliber of Freedom Award Recipient Mike Lee introduced the SHUSH Act in the U.S. Senate. This...

Gun Control Group Gifts $15 Million to Harris Campaign

Gun Control Group Gifts $15 Million to Harris Campaign

Gun control groups are padding the pockets of anti-gunners, including Kamala Harris' campaign for President. GIFFORDS, a gun control advocacy group, founded by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, announced last Friday a $15 million campaign to stump for Kamala Harris...

Judge Blocks ATF’s Forced Reset Trigger Ban

Judge Blocks ATF’s Forced Reset Trigger Ban

Judge Reed O'Connor of the Northern District of Texas ruled in favor of the National Association for Gun Rights over the U.S. Justice Department and ATF on the federal forced reset trigger ban. O’Connor’s ruling took the same approach that the Supreme Court did...

Senator Mike Lee Introduces SHUSH Act

Senator Mike Lee Introduces SHUSH Act

Washington D.C. – Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced a bill this week to remove suppressors, or “silencers,” from federal regulation. The Silencers Helping Us Save Hearing Act (the SHUSH Act) deregulates suppressors by completely removing them from all federal...

“Assault Rifle” Ban (AR) State & National Laws in 2024

“Assault Rifle” Ban (AR) State & National Laws in 2024

Are so-called “Assault Weapons” Federally Banned in 2024? As of today, there is no federal “assault weapons” ban. The most recent federal “assault weapons” ban was enacted in 1994, but Congress allowed it to “sunset” (which basically means letting it expire) in 2004,...

Are Pistol Braces Still Banned in 2024? | NAGR

Are Pistol Braces Still Banned in 2024? | NAGR

Do you own a pistol brace-equipped firearm? Have you ever known someone who has used a pistol brace while operating a firearm? If so (or even if not), you may have seen the term “pistol brace” come up in the news over the past two years. Pistol braces have become a...

Democrats Itching to Force “Red Flag” Through U.S. House

Democrats Itching to Force “Red Flag” Through U.S. House

Georgia Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath introduced a discharge petition for the “Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act.” This move would force a vote on the “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation bill in the U.S. House, should 218 lawmakers endorse the petition and circumvent...

Supreme Court Overturns Chevron

Supreme Court Overturns Chevron

The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the long-standing “Chevron doctrine” on Friday dealt a major blow to the power of federal agencies. Amidst strong Republican opposition lately, Congress has come to a stalemate when it comes to gun control legislation. Since...

Supreme Court Passes on AWBs… For Now

Supreme Court Passes on AWBs… For Now

In what seems to be a blow to Second Amendment rights from SCOTUS, gun rights supporters say the fight to end AWBs and magazine bans is far from over. Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court rejected certiorari in National Association for gun Rights v....

California’s Gun Control Laws Proven NOT to Work

California’s Gun Control Laws Proven NOT to Work

New figures from the FBI show that heavily gun-controlled California led the nation in “active shooter incidents” in 2023. According to the latest FBI report, 2023 had a total of 48 “active shooter incidents” in the U.S., with California leading all states with a...

Supreme Court Rules on United States v. Rahimi

Supreme Court Rules on United States v. Rahimi

Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued their first post-Bruen Second Amendment ruling. The ruling was 8-1, authored for the majority by Chief Justice John Roberts with Justice Clarence Thomas dissenting. In this dissenting opinion, Thomas wrote: “The...

NAGR Statement on Today’s SCOTUS Ruling United States v. Rahimi

NAGR Statement on Today’s SCOTUS Ruling United States v. Rahimi

Today, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in United States v. Rahimi, holding that the federal law allowing individuals subject to certain restraining orders may be disarmed for the duration of the restraining order.The ruling was 8-1, authored for the majority by...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban

Supreme Court Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban

The Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the nationwide bump stock ban has reignited Democrats efforts to enact gun control, leading to a showdown in the U.S. Senate.  Late last week, the United States Supreme Court struck down the 2018 bump stock ban rule. The...

NAGR Files Amicus Brief with Supreme Court in Wilson v. Hawaii Case

NAGR Files Amicus Brief with Supreme Court in Wilson v. Hawaii Case

The question appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in Wilson v. Hawaii is whether or not the Bruen test should apply to criminal prosecutions for carrying without a license. The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled citizens of the Aloha State do NOT have a right to carry a firearm...

NAGR Statement on Hunter Biden and Donald Trumps’ Gun Rights

NAGR Statement on Hunter Biden and Donald Trumps’ Gun Rights

Washington, D.C.- For decades, the Gun Control Act (GCA) and the National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) System have functioned to strip gun rights from millions of Americans without due process.These same gun control laws, which Hunter Biden is guilty of...

Supreme Court Ruling on “Rapid-Fire” Devices Due Any Day Now

Supreme Court Ruling on “Rapid-Fire” Devices Due Any Day Now

The United States Supreme Court is on the clock to deliver a ruling on Cargill v. Garland by June. Following the tragedy in Las Vegas in late 2017, the ATF moved to ban bump stocks under discretion from the White House – classifying them as machine guns. Since then,...

ATF Director Grilled in House Judiciary Hearing

ATF Director Grilled in House Judiciary Hearing

Steve Dettelbach, Director of the ATF, could not define a precise threshold for when private citizens are considered “engaged in the business” of selling firearms. Last Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing with Steve Dettelbach, Director for the...

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) Pushes Back on ATF Background Check Rule

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) Pushes Back on ATF Background Check Rule

The gun shop owner and U.S. Representative from Georgia's 9th Congressional District has introduced a resolution to make the ATF's "engaged in the business" rule of "no force or effect." The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) announced their...

New York State Senator Introduces Bill to Ban Popular Handguns

New York State Senator Introduces Bill to Ban Popular Handguns

Last week, New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie (D-20) introduced S9225, a bill completely ban the sale of Glocks and other semi-automatic handguns. The argument Democrats in the Empire State are making is that Glocks and other semi-automatic handguns can be easily...

Gun Control Fails In Pennsylvania State House

Gun Control Fails In Pennsylvania State House

Pennsylvania gun owners can rejoice after a bumpstock ban and advanced reporting by FFLs was defeated last week. By a vote of 101-100, both HB 335 and HB 2206 failed to meet the 102 votes needed to clear the Pennsylvania State House. HB 335 would have banned the sale...

Rep. Bob Good Introduces SHUSH Act in Congress

Rep. Bob Good Introduces SHUSH Act in Congress

Last week, Rep. Bob Good (R-VA-5) introduced a bill to completely deregulate firearm suppressors, or "silencers," from federal regulation. The Silencers Helping Us Save Hearing Act (SHUSH Act) would completely remove suppressors from NFA (National Firearms Act)...

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