Minnesota Firearm News

Washington, D.C. officials are refusing to disclose how aggressively they are enforcing the city’s strict gun possession laws—even as federal prosecutors publicly promise zero tolerance. Neither local police nor federal prosecutors will release data on arrests or prosecutions where the only alleged offense is a technical gun-law violation, raising serious concerns about transparency, selective enforcement, and the targeting of otherwise law-abiding gun owners.

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 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 Rather than expanding Second Amendment protections, the change largely abandons an outdated enforcement shortcut—one that treated a single incident of alleged drug use as grounds for denial—and brings ATF practice closer to how courts already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...

Trump’s nominee to lead the ATF, Robert Cekada, faced unusually smooth sailing during his Senate confirmation hearing, drawing praise from both Republicans and Democrats and signaling a likely confirmation. The current deputy director emphasized a focus on violent crime rather than regulatory crackdowns, while stopping short of promising immediate rollbacks of controversial Biden-era rules.