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The DOJ Second Amendment Rights Section just went from rumor to reality, and for once the federal government is claiming it wants to protect your gun rights instead of “managing” them. Whether this new DOJ office becomes a true watchdog or another D.C. illusion will depend entirely on what it does next. The DOJ Second…
Don’t let the doorknob hit ya, Stevie-Boy. Steve Dettelbach, the current director of the ATF, has announced that he will resign effective January 18, two days before Donald Trump is sworn into office. His resignation letter, dated December 20, hit the news on December 30. This wasn’t a mistake; it’s common practice to “dump” news…
It’s called Garland v. Cargill, and someday we may remember it the way we remember Bruen and Heller. Garland v. Cargill is the culmination of six years of outrage and outrageous behavior on the part of the Feds. Whether or not you think bump stocks should be available to civilians, there’s a lot more at…
Today, we have an urgent bulletin from the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA). NRA-ILA is the part of the NRA that does the actual lobbying on Capitol Hill, and has a separate budget and leadership. As you may know, the ATF still needs a leader since Biden’s nomination of David Chipman went down in…
What do you do when the American public is buying guns, but not your B.S.? Pretend the 2A is a pandemic! Today, we have an alarming development from the Centers for Disease Control. Oh, no, it’s not a new strain of COVID-19; it’s another blatant attempt to cast the Second Amendment as some sort of…
Pennsylvania senators, sooner or later you’re up for re-election. Remember that, because the voters sure will. Nearly 6 out of 10 Pennsylvania voters oppose President Joe Biden’s nominee David Chipman to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). A survey conducted for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearm industry trade…
Joe Biden thinks this guy should be in charge of your Right to Keep and Bear Arms. If you ever needed confirmation of just how hostile the Biden administration is to the Second Amendment, look no further than the recent confirmation of David Chipman to be the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms…
Update, August 20, 2026: a federal court has now answered a version of the question this post asks. On August 17, 2026 the ATF’s 2022 rule defining unfinished frames and receivers as firearms was held unconstitutional as applied to Defense Distributed and SAF members. Read the 2026 ruling. Before they ban all the guns, they…
