Minnesota Firearm News

The ATF’s new rule revising how it defines “unlawful user” of controlled substances may sound like a major shift, but the underlying federal gun prohibition remains firmly in place. Rather than expanding Second Amendment protections, the change largely abandons an outdated enforcement shortcut—one that treated a single incident of alleged drug use as grounds for denial—and brings ATF practice closer to how courts already interpret the law.

With days remaining before Virginia’s legislative crossover deadline, Democrats in the House of Delegates advanced a sweeping package of gun control bills that would ban commonly owned firearms, impose magazine limits, and expand civil liability against the firearms industry. Chief among them, HB 217 would outlaw a wide range of semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns while criminalizing possession by adults under 21—despite Supreme Court precedent protecting arms in com

A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel has upheld California’s switchblade restrictions as applied to concealed carry, ruling in Knife Rights v. Bonta that historical precedent supports the state’s law despite the Supreme Court’s Bruen framework. By narrowly focusing on concealed carry and sidestepping broader prohibitions, the court preserved one of the nation’s most restrictive knife laws...

Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman Democrat, New Jersey. Angelina Katsanis /AP A group of Democrats in Congress has once again introduced legislation aimed at shutting down online ammunition sales nationwide—an effort that would dramatically expand gun control far beyond the handful of states that currently regulate ammo purchases. The proposal, titled the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act,  was reintroduced by Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.). Filed as H.R. 7166, the bill wo

A Democrat-controlled committee in the Virginia State Senate has advanced nearly a dozen gun control bills that would significantly restrict Second Amendment rights across the Commonwealth. The measures include bans on so-called “assault firearms” and standard-capacity magazines.

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has issued Secretary’s Order 3447, directing federal agencies to remove unnecessary barriers to hunting and fishing on public lands while encouraging expanded access consistent with conservation and safety goals. The order reaffirms the vital role hunters and anglers play in wildlife conservation, preserves the use of traditional lead ammunition, and signals a shift toward greater public-land access across more than 500 million federally ma