Brown, Roberts, and the Race to the Circuits: The Three-Case Map to the Supreme Court
Three federal cases press the same post-$0-tax theory in three circuits. A dated status tracker for Silencer Shop Foundation/Jensen, Brown, and Roberts.
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Brown v. ATF: 4 Gun-Rights Groups Just Asked the Court Why Suppressor Owners Still Have to Register
Brown v. ATF: SAF, ASA, NRA, and FPC argue the NFA registration requirement is no longer constitutional after Congress eliminated the $200 tax. Case 25-cv-01162-SRC.
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Pam Bondi Gun Registry: What Reese v. ATF Actually Ordered
The viral “Pam Bondi gun registry” claim misread one week-long court order in Reese v. ATF. Here is what the judgment actually did – and the Second Amendment win that still stands.
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Would “Loser Pays” Tort Reform Stop Anti-Gun Lawsuits?
The right to sue for redress of grievances is baked into the Constitution … but it doesn’t say who has to pay the lawyers. Once again, an activist judge in a deep-blue state is permitting yet another baseless and actually illegal lawsuit. This time, it’s Judge L. Ortiz of Lake County, Illinois, and the illegal…
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Grassroots Gun Rights Godfather Massad Ayoob: How To Sway an Anti-Gunner
When Massad Ayoob talks gun rights, people listen. He’ll tell you how to do the same. He’s the author of In the Gravest Extreme, which is one of the Ur-texts of gun rights and self-defense. He’s been teaching self-defense techniques since 1974. For those not old enough to recall the 1970s and 1980s, it wasn’t…
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Whoa Dude … SAF’s Medical Marijuana Lawsuit is Like … Happening
Two months ago, the Second Amendment Foundation asked a simple question: Why shouldn’t medical cannabis patients be allowed to own guns? As we reported in our sister publication, Guns & Gadgets Daily, SAF recently filed a federal lawsuit in support of medical cannabis patients’ Second Amendment rights. The current state of Federal law, as readers…
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Boo-Hooicane Warning! Pro-Gun Cali Court Ruling Makes Landfall on Left Coast
Beware the coming storm, borne on the jetstream from the Left Coast, flooding California with salty tears and plenty of hot air! The Second Amendment Foundation has just reported a big win for gun rights in California (of all places). The long and short of it is that California has (up until now) denied gun…
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Reality Wins! Judge Rules That Gun Parts Aren’t Guns
Update, August 20, 2026: this story got a long sequel. The Supreme Court reversed in Bondi v. VanDerStok (2025) and upheld ATF’s authority to write the rule, but the constitutional claims survived on remand — and on August 17, 2026 Judge O’Connor held the Frame or Receiver Rule unconstitutional as applied to Defense Distributed and…
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Pistol Arm Brace Ban Suspended for Second Amendment Foundation & Its Members
A federal judge recently blocked the ATF’s unconstitutional pistol arm-brace ban … but not for everyone. Are you covered? As we’ve reported extensively here, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Anything Fun (BATFEIEIO) has been on a mission to ban pistol arm braces, which are nothing more than adaptive equipment that allows people with…
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Anti-Gun Playbook, Part II: Persecuting Pro-Gun People
Scratch a Washington State Attorney General, find a Mafia capo. Anti-gunners know that their biggest enemy isn’t made of carbon steel and aluminum; their biggest enemy is the truth. When average Americans are given the facts about guns, they overwhelmingly vote for firearms freedom. That’s why it’s so important to anti-gunners to suppress and silence…
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Shooting Down NY’s Ban on Guns in Churches
New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks guns have no place in houses of worship. Jack Wilson would like a word. As we’ve documented here before, New York Governor Kathy Hochul doesn’t have much respect for the Bill of Rights. When crime hits, she’s right there to blame the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, or a…
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Buyer Beware: Biden’s Gun Store Sells False Advertising
Once again, Creepy Uncle Joe is working to be Gun Salesman of the Year! In the aftermath of this week’s murderous rampage by a deranged killer inside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, gun sales have reportedly “rocketed” and the Second Amendment Foundation said today that President Joe Biden and his Democrat colleagues in Congress…
