Tag: Second Amendment
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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…
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9/11, 25 Years Later: A Day I Still Remember
I was more than 50 miles from home that morning, in the north part of Houston, doing an install for a new customer. I do not remember how we first heard the news, but I remember pulling up the CNN home page and seeing it stripped down to one image of the towers and a…
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A Texas Judge Struck Down the ATF’s Frame and Receiver Rule
in LegalOn August 17, a federal judge in Fort Worth threw out a major piece of the ATF’s ghost gun rule. The ruling came out of Defense Distributed v. Blanche, heard by Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division. Defense Distributed is the Austin company known for selling…
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Impact of Gun Law Changes: DOJ’s Position on Buffer Zones
Most of the time, when the federal government weighs in on a Second Amendment case, it’s a friend-of-the-court brief filed months after everyone else has already picked sides. On August 4, the Department of Justice skipped that step entirely and sued a local government directly. That doesn’t happen often, and it’s worth understanding why. How…
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DOJ Says You Can Carry at the Post Office. Here’s What It Means for Texans.
For as long as most of us have been carrying, the post office has been one of those places you just don’t bring your gun. It’s federal property. Federal buildings mean federal charges. So you leave the pistol in the truck, run in to mail a package, and hope the parking lot stays quiet.That rule…
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Impact of NFA Ruling on Suppressor Transfers in Texas
in LegislationYesterday, I posted about the North Texas ruling that deems parts of the NFA unconstitutional. The DOJ did not challenge the ruling, which is now in effect. Wiley.law has a pdf of the ruling if you want to read all 66 pages. Quick Background Since 1934, certain classes of firearms and firearm accessories, including suppressors,…
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A Texas Judge Just Gutted the NFA’s Registration Scheme – Here’s What It Means
If you’ve ever filled out a Form 4, you know the drill. Fingerprints. A photo. A months-long wait for the ATF to bless a purchase you already paid for. On August 5, a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas looked at that process and asked a simple question: what’s it actually for anymore?…
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Boebert Introduces Freedom to Ship Act for Firearms
in LegalOn July 27, 2026, Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO-04), alongside Rep. Sheri Biggs (SC-03), Rep. Michael Cloud (TX-27), and Rep. Clay Higgins (LA-03), introuced H.R. 9979 – The Freedom to Ship Act “to prohibit discrimination against firearms shippers or transporters by common carriers and contract carriers, and for other purposes.” Under Biden, the nation’s Second Amendment…
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A Historic Defeat for Gun Control: Third Circuit Strikes Down New Jersey’s Semiauto Rifle and Magazine Bans
On July 17, 2026, the Second Amendment landscape shifted dramatically. In a stunning 10–5 en banc decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit struck down New Jersey’s long-standing bans on semiautomatic rifles and magazines holding more than 10 rounds. This ruling in Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) v.…