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Citing a split between the 5th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeals, the NRA is asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to intervene over laws barring 18-20 year-olds from gun purchases. 

A settlement announced Friday indicated President Trump’s Department of Justice will not maintain or enforce a ban on forced reset triggers (FRTs) which was put in place under the Biden administration.

Teen Vogue blasted the “extremist” gun rights movement and elected Republicans on Wednesday for pushing legislation to secure national reciprocity for concealed carry.

U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI) is introducing legislation that would mandate triggers, barrels, and other gun parts be tracked after being sold.

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, slammed House Republicans on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee for taking action that may restore the gun rights of military vets.

Attorney General Matt Platkin (D) used an X post Wednesday to remind owners in New Jersey they can designate their business as a “gun-free zone” if they so choose. 

Rep. Eric Burlison (R) continues his push to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, saying it is time to “return power to the people.”

On the same day that Sen. Adam Schiff (D) and other Democrats touted their reintroduction of an “assault weapons” ban, The Hill noted it has “virtually no chance of becoming law.”

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) paid homage to the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and introduced the “assault weapons” ban of 2025 on Wednesday.

Democrats in the Nevada state Assembly passed legislation this week to bar people under 21 from buying or possessing semiautomatic shotguns or rifles. 

CA Dems are pushing a bill to require background checks for gun barrel purchases, effectively taking the “ghost gun” regulatory push to the next step.

Democrats in Connecticut’s House will weigh a bill this week that would allow citizens to sue gun manufacturers, marketers, and dealers over the criminal use of firearms.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) pushed for more gun control Tuesday, claiming, “Guns are the number one killer of young people in America.”

Knowing gunmakers will flee Colorado over its semiautomatic ban, Gov. Gianforte is letting them know that “Montana is open for business.”

Kathleen Passidomo (R) made it clear Monday that her committee will not take up legislation designed to repeal the minimum gun purchase age of 21 years. 

The body of new gun controls signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis (D) means gun store customers will have to have an employee’s assistance to access ammo beginning July 1, 2026.

Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg said Friday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Democratic strategist James Carville believed in “timid” politics.

Just hours after numerous people were wounded and two were killed in the FSU shooting, Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) defended her vote against a bill that would have allowed college students to be armed for self-defense, saying, “I have zero regret.”

On Monday, the Washington state Senate passed legislation to establish a permit requirement for the purchase of a firearm.

Pro-Second Amendment legislation is flooding the U.S. Capitol under President Trump and Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, best response to date is to claim Trump is protecting “gun CEO profits.”

Gov. Polis (D) signed the semiautomatic firearm ban and residents wanting an AR-15 will have to get an “eligibility card” from a local sheriff. 

Rep. Diana Harshbarger and 14 other lawmakers are urging Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to end CDC spending on gun control.

Various reports indicate that Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has been chosen to take the lead at ATF in place of acting director Kash Patel. 

Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety is dedicating $10 million to elect Democrat attorneys general who will fight Donald Trump. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the creation of a Second Amendment Task Force on Tuesday, using a memo to tell DOJ employees the task force was created to prevent 2A rights from being treated like second class rights.

FBI director and ATF acting director Kash Patel repealed the ATF’s zero tolerance policy Monday and made clear other rules, including “engaged in the business,” are now in the crosshairs.

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) declined to hear a challenge to New York’s concealed carry restrictions. 

At least 15 people were shot, one of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed new controls into law last week, including one that allows credit cards to track ammunition purchases.

Reps. Darrell Issa (R) and Richard Hudson (R), with Sen. Jim Risch (R), are pushing a bill to bar states from enacting excise taxes on guns.

A semiautomatic firearms ban and ammunition controls secured final passage in the Colorado legislature and have been sent to Gov. Jared Polis’s desk. 

The Colorado House passed the Democrats’ semiautomatic firearm ban on Monday, just over a month after the state’s Senate passed the legislation. 

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) used an X post Saturday to make clear his conviction that a state law barring 18-20 year-olds from buying rifles “runs afoul” of the Second Amendment.

Legislation to lower the minimum rifle purchase age from 21 to 18 passed a Florida House committee on Wednesday. 

Democrat lawmakers in Oregon are pushing myriad new gun controls this legislative session, including a ban on the possession of firearms by persons under the age of 21. 

Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) is introducing legislation today to protect Americans’ gun rights from being squashed by gun control in the event of a national emergency.