Minnesota Firearm News

For more than a decade, major banks have quietly used financial pressure to shape gun policy without passing a single law. From Operation Choke Point to modern-day debanking and purchase surveillance, lawful firearms businesses and gun owners have been targeted through behind-the-scenes coercion.

At SHOT Show, Archon took its already flat-shooting Type B pistol to the next level with new ported, compensated, and compact variants designed to further tame recoil and speed up follow-up shots. Building on the pistol’s signature low bore axis, these upgrades deliver competition-level control while remaining practical for everyday carry—cementing the Archon Type B as one of the most innovative handgun platforms on the market today.

New Mexico lawmakers are advancing SB 17, a sweeping gun control bill that would ban the sale of most common semi-automatic firearms by targeting how they function—not how they look. By outlawing gas-operated firearms and standard-capacity magazines, the proposal would effectively eliminate much of the modern firearms market while imposing costly new mandates on local gun dealers.

Black Rain Ordnance shook up SHOT Show 2026 with a bold expansion beyond ARs, unveiling an American-made AK platform and a new line of suppressors. The Freedom Fighter AK blends classic 7.62×39 ruggedness with modern features like a milled receiver, free-float M-Lok handguard, and suppressor-ready muzzle device, while the lightweight Chinook .30-cal suppressor delivers cutting-edge flow-through performance in a sleek, titanium package.

Another law-abiding gun owner has been caught in America’s dangerous patchwork of firearm laws—underscoring why national concealed carry reciprocity can’t wait. Green Bay Packers lineman Rasheed Walker was arrested at LaGuardia Airport after properly declaring an unloaded, locked firearm at the airline counter, a process that is routine and lawful across most of the country.

Just days after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez, Hawaii lawmakers moved to blunt a potential loss by introducing new legislation that would force businesses to post government-mandated signage declaring whether firearms are allowed. The rushed bill, framed as a “public safety” measure, underscores growing concern that the Court may strike down Hawaii’s sweeping carry restrictions—and highlights a broader trend of states attempting legislative end-ru