The National Association for Gun Rights announces its support for Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY-4) Real Constitutional Carry bill, H.R. 9534, introduced today in the House of Representatives.Constitutional Carry is the simple concept that anyone who is a law-abiding gun...
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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...
Kamala Harris Falsely Claims She and Tim Wilz Will Not Confiscate Guns During Debate
During the much-awaited Presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris claimed she and Tim Walz (D) “are not taking anyone’s guns away.” The Second Amendment wasn’t a topic of discussion during the Presidential debate, but that didn’t keep Harris from attempting to...
Pennsylvania Gun Rights Challenged Reading, PA’s Ban on 3D Printed Firearms
The group is pressing state Attorney General Michelle Henry to enforce the state’s laws preventing local jurisdictions from outpacing the state’s gun control laws. Pennsylvania Gun Rights, the state affiliate of the National Association for Gun Rights, is specifically...
Federal Government Hiding Data Showing Shootings Stopped by Good Guys With Guns
The CDC, FBI, and legacy media are conspiring to “debunk” the truth that armed, law-abiding citizens prevent crime and stop mass shootings. For years, Democrats and anti-gunners have sought to disprove the so-called “good guy with a gun myth” in order to advance their...
Pennsylvania Gun Rights Demands PA Attorney General Uphold State Preemption Law
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Gun Rights, the state affiliate of the National Association for Gun Rights – announced that they have issued a demand to the Attorney General of Pennsylvania to enforce state preemption of firearm law. On August 26, 2024, the City Council...
Kamala Harris, ATF Obstructing Probe into “Collusion” with Anti-Gun Group Lawsuit
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee says the Biden-Harris Administration is blocking an investigation into potential “collusion” with a gun control group to boost Chicago’s lawsuit against Glock, Inc. The House Oversight Committee, chaired by...
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
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...
NAGR Defends Universal Gun Rights at UN Conference in Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland – The National Association for Gun Rights defends universal gun rights at the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty conference in Geneva Switzerland today.The Tenth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP10) is a gathering of...
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
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
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...
NSSF Refuses to Defend Study, Killing Colorado Magazine Ban Lawsuit
NFGR to Back a New Challenge to Magazine Ban LawLoveland, CO - The National Foundation for Gun Rights (NFGR) has been forced to withdraw its lawsuit challenging Colorado’s 2013 magazine ban. Withdrawal of the case became necessary when the National Shooting...
National Association for Gun Rights Condemns VP pick Tim Walz as Anti-gun
Washington D.C. – The National Association for Gun Rights condemns Vice Presidential pick Gov. Tim Walz as anti-gun, citing his history of signing gun control legislation and using his office to support a wide range of gun control measures.“Harris picked her...
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 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 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
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
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,...
National Association for Gun Rights wins lawsuit against ATF trigger ban
Federal court strikes down agency’s illegal ban on forced reset triggersWashington, D.C. - On July 23, 2024, The National Association for Gun Rights won summary judgment from the Federal District Court, Northern District of...
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...
NAGR Warns Against Gun Control Measures in New Mexico Special Session
Santa Fe, NM –The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) is once again issuing a strong warning against any efforts by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham or anti-gun legislators to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of New Mexicans during the current special...
NAGR Celebrates Freedom to Constitutionally Carry in the Bayou State this Independence Day
Tomorrow, residents, and non-residents in Louisiana will have the right to carry firearms, both openly and concealed, without the need for government permission after the passage of Constitutional Carry earlier this March. "What better way to...
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
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
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....
SCOTUS Rejects National Association for Gun Rights’ “Assault Weapon” and Mag Ban Case
Today, the Supreme Court rejected certiorari in National Association for Gun Rights v. Naperville. The case will now proceed to the discovery, trial, and summary judgment phases at the district court. “Today’s decision tells the lower courts they’re more than welcome...
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...
U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a “Public Health Emergency”
After facing mounting pressure from some doctors and Democratic advocacy groups, Dr. Vivek Murthy issued the advisory on Tuesday morning. Taking a play out of the government’s playbook from 1964, when the surgeon general snubbed out the tobacco industry and forced...
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
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...
Pennsylvania Gun Rights Announces Opposition to Governor Shapiro’s Gun Owner Surveillance Slush Fund in PA Budget
Pennsylvania Gun Rights - the state affiliate of the National Association for Gun Rights - announced their opposition today, to several aspects of Governor Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget containing various forms of gun control. “If Governor Shapiro and Speaker...
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...
Prosecutor: ATF Agent Justified in Fatal Shooting of Little Rock Airport Director
Pulaski County Prosecutor Will Jones said in a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that no charges in the shooting would be filed after reviewing the investigation of the shooting of Bryan Malinowski. Back in March, ATF agents...
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 files Amicus Brief with the Supreme Court in “Spirit of Aloha” Wilson v. Hawaii Case
The National Association for Gun Rights filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court today in the case of Wilson v. Hawaii, a prosecution for carrying a handgun without a license. The Hawaii Supreme Court said that “The spirit of Aloha clashes with a federally...
National Association for Gun Rights Encouraged by SCOTUS Bump Stock Ban Decision
The National Association for Gun Rights is thrilled with the Supreme Court decision today finding that the “ATF exceeded its statutory authority by issuing a Rule that classifies a bump stock as a “machinegun” under §5845(b).”Today's ruling was a repudiation of...
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...
National Association for Gun Rights Vehemently Opposes New York’s Bill to Ban Glock Devices
Albany, NY - The National Association for Gun Rights has issued a formal cease and desist letter to the New York Senate Codes Committee regarding the proposed bill to amend the penal law related to pistol converters and convertible pistols. "New York State has...
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
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...
Gun Groups Respond to Fits News’ Connection of GOP Leadership to Dark Money Group “Palmetto Truth Project”
Columbia, SC – The National Association for Gun Rights and Palmetto Gun Rights are issuing a statement of opposition to the “Palmetto Truth Project”. A recent spate of mailers, texts, emails, and social media posts designed to mislead voters ahead of the state's...
NAGR Calls for ATF Director Dettelbach to be Fired and ATF to be Abolished
ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, came under intense scrutiny today during the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Oversight of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The hearing focused on a variety of issues concerning the ATF including the Engaged...
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...
Colorado’s Legislative Session is Over — How Did Gun Rights Fare?
Gun control was one of the top issues in Colorado during the 2024 legislative session with nearly a dozen bills being filed. While Democrats hold supermajorities in both houses in Colorado, some gun control measures were too radical for some Democrats - here's a list...
Supreme Court Considers Taking Challenge to Illinois “Assault Weapons” Ban
A Supreme Court decision on the Constitutionality of an "Assault Weapons" Ban could be on the horizon as the National Foundation for Gun Rights' lawsuit against the state of Illinois heads to conference. In January of 2023, Illinois banned the sale and possession of...
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
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
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)...