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Guns Against The State
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Self-defense and gun ownership are constantly being attacked in modern discourse and by the mainstream media, yet their legitimacy rests on principles far older than any constitution, preceding and transcending any political framework. The importance of self-defense lies in its role as a safeguard against both private and state aggression. Unlike modern states, which increasingly disarm their citizens and leave them defenseless, a private-law society would place no restrictions on the individual ownership of firearms or other weapons. In a genuinely free society, the preservation of liberty does not depend on armies or governments but on morally responsible individuals capable of self-reliance. |
Feds Propose Amending 2nd Amendment Ban for Cannabis Consumers, Others
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register revising longstanding policy prohibiting the possession of a firearm by anyone with a past history of marijuana or other illicit drug use.
Under the proposed change, which is subject to public comments, any use of cannabis would no longer be defined per se as a violation of federal gun laws. Rather, the new rule would require evidence of either “compulsive” or “regular” drug use over “an extended period of time continuing into the present, without a lawful prescription or in a manner substantially different from that prescribed by a licensed physician.” |
New Rifles of SHOT Show 2026
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For many years, SHOT Show has signaled new product introductions in the firearms industry. Though many companies have begun launching guns earlier or throughout the year, SHOT is still full of new rifles. Sometimes we get a sneak peek at the rifles that are coming, and sometimes we discover unexpected gems at the range and on the expo floor. Either way, we’ll give you a look at some of the most interesting and exciting new rifles, and continue to update this story as we find more to cover throughout the week. For now, we’ve found a new hybrid action in a bolt gun, a carbon-fiber lever gun, high-end precision rifles, and more. |
FL: Armed husband confronts suspected Florida kidnapper after wife is followed home
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Police have ruled a Florida man’s actions as self-defense after he shot a felon who allegedly attempted to abduct his wife.
According to Fox News affiliate WTVT-TV, citing the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, Nicholas Palomo, a 36-year-old felon who had previously gone to prison for kidnapping and other crimes, attempted to abduct a woman who was walking her dog in Bradenton, Florida, on New Year's Day.
The woman managed to run away from Palomo's car and warned her husband, who went outside to confront Palomo. |
HI: Supreme Court skeptical of Hawaii's 'vampire rule' for gun owners
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A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday indicated that a Hawaii gun law that limits people carrying firearms onto private property infringes on the constitutionally-protected right to bear arms.
The measure has been dubbed the “vampire rule” because, as with the fictional creatures in folk tales and the novel “Dracula,” it requires people with concealed carry permits to seek permission before entering private property open to the public.
Members of the court's 6-3 conservative majority, who regularly back gun rights, suggested during oral argument that the requirement violates the Constitution’s Second Amendment right to bear arms. |
Chuck Michel Talks Wolford LIVE From SHOT Show
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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Wolford v. Lopez, a challenge to Hawaii’s law restricting concealed carry in virtually any public place. The law is similar in many ways to California’s “sensitive places” restrictions put in place by SB 2, so the outcome of this highly relevant to our state’s lawful gun owners.
In the latest installment of CRPA TV, CRPA President & General Counsel Chuck Michel joins us live from SHOT Show to break down how the Justices positioned themselves during the arguments and what that might portend for the final decision. |
MD: Split Decision in Gun Rights Case: Maryland Law Upheld in Most Places, Rejected on Private Property Carry
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A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision on January 20, 2026, largely upholding Maryland’s 2023 gun control law restricting where legally armed citizens may carry firearms. The court sided with the state on bans targeting carry in sensitive locations such as government buildings, public transportation, schools, health care facilities, parks, and places serving alcohol — but ruled that the state’s blanket ban on carrying firearms on private property open to the public is unconstitutional .
The court’s ruling consolidated multiple lawsuits filed by individuals and gun rights organizations including ... |
Chris Murphy Wants To Jack Up Taxes On Certain Accessories And Guns Sky High
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Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut introduced an amendment to an appropriations bill Monday seeking to impose a massive tax increase on suppressors and certain firearms.
The reconciliation bill signed into law by President Donald Trump in July contained provisions that reduced the taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and guns described as “any other weapon” to $0 after the Senate Parliamentarian struck language that removed those items from any coverage of the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA). Murphy’s amendment, known as SA 4159, would restore the taxes and increase them to $4,709 per item. |
Why the Ninth Circuit Keeps Losing—and Why Wolford v. Must End Judicial Defiance
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The Second Amendment is not a suggestion, not a privilege, and not a right that evaporates when lawmakers grow uncomfortable with armed citizens.
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear Wolford v. Lopez, No. 24-1046, this case is about far more than Hawaii’s so-called “Vampire Rule.” It is about whether states—and the federal courts that enable them—may openly defy Supreme Court precedent while pretending to follow it. |
CCW Safe Extends the Mission
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CCW Safe, a leader in Self-Defense Legal Coverage, is showcasing its Certified Partner Program during SHOT Show 2026. The program empowers firearms instructors, training facilities and industry professionals to strengthen their offerings while partnering with one of the most trusted names in self defense coverage.
Certified Partners receive exclusive training on CCW Safe's services, direct access to partnership tools and the ability to confidently educate their students on post-incident needs and protections. |
ICE Demonstrates Why We Need the Second Amendment
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This week, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes warned that her state's Stand Your Ground law makes confrontations between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and the public potentially dangerous. Mayes, a Democrat, thinks she's scoring points against the self-defense law while raising a caution to ICE agents, but she's really underlining a feature of America's political culture. It's not Stand Your Ground that puts masked government agents in peril, but this country's noble history of resistance to overbearing government and the Second Amendment in which that tradition is embodied. |
HI: SCOTUS likely to head-bop Hawaii over gun rights
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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in Wolford v. Lopez, a case that will determine whether the nation’s highest court is serious about its Second Amendment precedents. The matter is simple. Hawaii passed a law that, in practice, prohibits the state’s concealed carry permit holders from exercising their right to armed self-defense in virtually any location outside of their homes. Hawaii knows well that this law violates both the spirit and letter of Bruen v. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, the Supreme Court’s 2022 landmark case on public carry. It just does not care.
Now, the state should brace itself for a more-than-deserved judicial head-bopping. |
Winner-Take-All Elections Mark A New Chapter In The Second Amendment
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Will a meaningful Second Amendment survive in Virginia? That this is even an open question shows how dramatically one election can reshape a state when it comes to the right to keep and bear arms.
Perhaps no state is more steeped in America’s constitutional and political history than Virginia. It has birthed more U.S. presidents than any other state, including the country’s first, whose military leadership during the Revolutionary War helped secure American independence. Virginia has been called the “Mother of Presidents” and George Washington the “Father of our Nation.” |
Knight’s Endorsements for 2026 NRA Board of Directors Election
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As ballots for the 2026 National Rifle Association Board of Directors election begin hitting mailboxes with the February issues of American Rifleman and American Hunter, the gun rights community finds itself at a critical crossroads. After years of turbulence from financial scandals to leadership shakeups, the 2026 election isn’t just about filling seats. It’s about rebuilding trust, restoring purpose, and redefining the NRA’s role in defending the Second Amendment.
Recently, Timothy Knight, an NRA whistleblower and former board member, released an endorsement list for the upcoming election, urging members to rally behind a slate of candidates they vouch for personally. |
FL: Top Florida Democrat Lauds Trump Admin Loosening Gun Restrictions as Second Amendment ‘Victory’
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Nikki Fried, the chair of the Florida Democratic Party (FDP), issued a statement Thursday applauding an announcement by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that would loosen restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms by medical marijuana users.
At first glance, loosening gun restrictions might seem to be a surprising position for a Democrat to take, much less a state party chair. But Fried has a long history of not being as strenuously anti-gun rights as many others on the left are. |
TX: Uvalde Police Officer Who Hesitated Cleared of Any Wrongdoing
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Every police officer in the country knows what to do if they’re ever at a school and some madman starts killing children: Run toward the danger and shoot the murderer until he’s very, very dead.
Tactically, it’s pretty simple. It’s what police are trained to do.
Nowadays, officers no longer wait for SWAT to arrive if some maniac is shooting kids. It becomes an individual officer’s responsibility, because every second that tics by means another innocent child could be shot and killed. |
NY: New York City Homeowner Uses His Self-Defense Gun to Chase Off Home Invaders
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Moshe Borukh, 35, heard glass breaking downstairs in his Jamaica Estates home in Queens, N.Y., around 2:40 a.m.
Borukh, who is a partner at Levy Borukh Law, grabbed his SIG P365 pistol and investigated. He soon discovered that a man was inside his home. His wife and three young kids were asleep, he told the New York Post.
The intruder was recorded on home-security cameras. He looks to be searching the kitchen via a phone light. Borukh later speculated that the home intruder was looking for the key fob for Borukh’s Bentley. According to the Post, two other men were waiting outside. |
IL: Gun Groups Urge SCOTUS To Hear Challenge To Illinois Public Transit Firearm Carry Ban
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A coalition of pro-gun organizations, led by the National Rifle Association, has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting that it hear the constitutional challenge to Illinois’ public transit carry ban.
The NRA, along with the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, the Gun Owners Action League, the New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate and the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, filed the brief in Schoenthal v. Raoul, which challenges Illinois’ law that prohibits concealed carry licensees from carrying firearms on public transportation unless the firearms are unloaded and secured—effectively rendering them useless for lawful self-defense. |
Lyman Products Launches New Wallet-Friendly Sonicore Suppressors
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Sonicore Suppressors, a new brand from Lyman Products, introduced 11 suppressor models across four platforms for 2026, and they’re all priced under $300. We got our first hands-on look at these during SHOT Show 2026 and were lucky enough to shoot the centerfire rifle cartridges at the range earlier this week. With four modular designs for AR-style rifles, light hunting rifles, 9mm handguns, and .22 rimfire firearms, these affordable suppressors are already proving to be a hit. |
SIG Wows with New Cans and Guns at SHOT Show
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SIG’s Hexium line of titanium suppressors is designed with low backpressure in mind as well as sound suppression. These cans are offered in .300 Blackout, 5.56, and 7.62, and there’s an Inconel version in 5.56 for harder use. The line is HUB-compatible, so you can choose whatever mounting system you want.
The company has two .30-caliber suppressors, the 9-inch Tin Can and 6-inch Endure, that are focused on optimizing sound suppression and meant for use on bolt guns. Both cans have a 3D-printed titanium core and are HUB-compatible with direct-thread steel mounts. |
NH: Campus life and more guns are a bad mix
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Imagine this. It is a typical day at the University of New Hampshire when an active shooter call comes in to the well trained and professional campus police. They are at the site in minutes, enter the building and find 20 armed individuals firing shots. There is shouting, there is shooting, and no way for the police to know who are the “good” guys and who are the “bad” guys.
That is a scenario made possible by the decision of the N.H. House Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety’s straight party-line vote to pass the campus carry bill. |
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