Category: Legal
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Can Wi-Fi Tell If You’re Carrying? What Sweden’s WiFireNet Research Means for Texas Carriers
“Concealed means concealed.” Most of us who carry have said it or thought it. If nobody can see the gun, nobody knows it is there. A research team in Sweden wants to test that idea with Wi-Fi. In mid-October 2026, the Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI) released a preprint describing an AI system called WiFireNet…
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What to say to a 911 operator after a self-defense incident
in LegalYou defend yourself. The threat is down. Now you have a phone in your hand and a decision to make. What you say in the next few minutes can matter more than what you did in the seconds before it. Two well-known self-defense law firms, Armed Attorneys and Attorneys On Retainer, put out video after…
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Fifteen States Still Tie Suppressor and SBR Law to the NFA
Federal enforcement of the NFA registration rules for suppressors and short-barreled rifles has stopped, for now. Some state laws have not caught up. On October 9, 2026, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) sent letters to the attorneys general of 15 states. It asked them to stop enforcing state laws that depend on the federal registration…
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ATF Ends NFA Enforcement for Suppressors and SBRs
in LegalOn October 9, 2026, ATF told the country it will stop enforcing the federal approval and registration rules for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and “any other weapons.” The policy took effect the same day. In September we covered ATF Finally Says It Won’t Enforce the NFA Rules a Texas Court Struck Down, where ATF…
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Sheriffs Are Now Backing the AR-15 at the Supreme Court
We told you back in August that the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether AR-15-platform rifles are protected by the Second Amendment. Since then, the case has picked up a supporter most gun owners wouldn’t expect: sheriffs. Where the case stands Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, consolidated into a single case, ask…
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DOJ Says the Federal Handgun Ban for 18-to-20-Year-Olds Is Unconstitutional
If you’re 18, 19, or 20 years old, federal law has told you for decades that you’re old enough to vote, sit on a jury, get drafted, and face the death penalty, but not old enough to walk into a gun store and buy a handgun. That contradiction just took a serious hit. What actually…
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Do Mandatory Safe Storage Laws Actually Work? What the Research Really Shows.
Everyone agrees a gun should be stored so the wrong hands can’t get to it. Where the agreement stops is whether a law mandating how you store it in your own home actually saves lives, or just slows down a law-abiding homeowner the one night it matters most. The case for mandatory storage Proponents point…
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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down the Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Purchases – What It Means for Texas Gun Owners
Say you live in Louisiana. You find the handgun you want at a shop in Texas. You are legal to own it. You can pass a background check. Federal law still says you cannot buy it there and take it home. The shop must ship the gun to a licensed dealer near your house. You…
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New DOJ Rules for Gun Rights Restoration: Key Dates & Details
If you have a nonviolent felony on your record, or you know someone who does, you’ve probably assumed your gun rights were gone for good. For over three decades, that was true in practice even though it wasn’t true on paper. Federal law has allowed the Attorney General to restore firearm rights to certain prohibited…
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ATF Confirms Compliance with Texas NFA Ruling
We covered the Texas NFA ruling back in August. A federal judge struck down the registration paperwork for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns once Congress zeroed out the tax that justified it. The injunction took effect August 13. Then the ATF went quiet for three weeks. On August 29, that silence ended. ATF Director…