Minnesota Firearm News

January 2026 is already shaping up to be the year of the suppressor, as NFA submissions surged more than 120 percent following the elimination of the federal tax on suppressors and short-barreled firearms. While overall firearm sales remained steady at nearly 1.2 million units, background checks tied specifically to NFA items exploded—confirming what many saw at SHOT Show: when unnecessary taxes and barriers are removed, Americans waste no time exercising their rights.

Following a fatal Border Patrol shooting involving an anti-ICE protester in Minnesota, rhetoric from members of the Trump Administration sparked concern among Second Amendment advocates. Officials emphasized that the individual was carrying a “fully loaded” firearm with extra magazines—language critics argue misrepresents lawful carry and unfairly stigmatizes gun owners.

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

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