Minnesota Firearm News

A divided Ninth Circuit panel has handed California gun owners a major post-Bruen victory, ruling that the state’s long-standing ban on open carry violates the Second Amendment. Siding with Siskiyou County resident Mark Baird, the court found that open carry is deeply rooted in the nation’s—and California’s—historical tradition of firearm regulation, and that the state’s modern prohibition traces not to public safety concerns but to politically and racially motivated laws lik

Hawaii has taken a startling position before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that some of the nation’s most disgraceful and openly racist historical gun laws should serve as valid precedent for modern firearm restrictions. In defending its sweeping gun-carry prohibitions in Wolford v. Lopez, the state has leaned on post–Civil War Black Codes and royal-era laws from Hawaii’s pre-statehood monarchy to justify default bans on lawful carry. The case could have national consequenc

The House-passed 2026 appropriations bill restores near–status quo funding for the ATF, allocating roughly $1.585 billion while stripping out earlier proposed budget cuts and pro–Second Amendment policy riders. Despite overwhelming passage, the move has angered gun owners and advocacy groups who had hoped Congress would rein in what they see as ongoing regulatory overreach by the agency.

California’s restrictive ammunition laws are facing unprecedented opposition as the U.S. Department of Justice, 26 states, and multiple pro–Second Amendment organizations rally behind Rhode v. Bonta, a major legal challenge now headed for an en banc rehearing before the Ninth Circuit. At issue are California requirements that ban online ammunition sales, criminalize bringing ammo into the state from elsewhere, and mandate background checks for every purchase.

A decades-long gun-control lawfare campaign has finally come to an end after the Indiana Court of Appeals unanimously dismissed the City of Gary’s nearly 25-year lawsuit against major firearm manufacturers. By applying a 2024 state law retroactively, the court erased one of the last surviving attempts to hold gun companies liable for crimes committed with lawfully sold products. The ruling not only shuts down a landmark case backed by national gun-control groups

Virginia lawmakers are moving quickly to advance one of the most aggressive slates of gun control legislation the Commonwealth has seen in decades. Even before the 2026 legislative session officially begins, Democrats controlling the General Assembly have pre-filed nearly a dozen firearm-related bills, including proposals to ban so-called “assault firearms,” restrict standard-capacity magazines, impose a new state tax on suppressors, and expand civil liability for the firearm