NSSF fully supports the Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “Engaged in the Business” Final Rule. The CRA was introduced and led by U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and was co-sponsored by 43 additional senators.

In his State of the Union address this year, President Joe Biden proclaimed that “Americans deserve the freedom to be safe, and America is safer today than when I took office,” boasting that “[l]ast year, the murder rate saw the sharpest decrease in history, and violent crime fell to one of the lowest levels in more than 50 years.” What are voters to make of this?

Today’s gun control politicians are making it clear. It’s not just guns they despise. There are two other primary obstacles to civil disarmament that they loathe. One is the Second Amendment itself. The other, well, it’s you — the gun owner.

On May 9, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit published a split decision vacating the conviction of Steven Duarte for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Given the history of the Ninth Circuit, it is almost certain the government of California will ask for an en banc (all judges) review of this case. En banc is likely to be granted.

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NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, celebrates firearm and ammunition manufacturers topping $17 billion in total excise tax contributions to the Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund since its inception in 1937. When adjusted for inflation, the total is more than $27.38 billion.

A total of 26 states on May 1 filed three separate lawsuits against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive’s new rule redefining who is “engaged in the business” of dealing in firearms.

“Proposed legislation in New York could make the state the first in the nation to block gun makers from selling pistols if they don’t take measures to prevent them from being able to be converted to fire like machine guns,” The Wall Street Journal reported May 7.

In a demonstration that America’s outdoors and recreational shooting sports pastimes still bring people together, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 615 in a bipartisan vote, sending the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act over to the U.S. Senate for consideration. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) spoke out against H.R. 615, reciting a false statement that is demonstrably proven untrue by any examination of the data available about traditional lead ammunition.

Over the years, cities have been grudgingly removing their no-gun signs, but you still see them occasionally. Often it’s just a matter of small cities neglecting to update old signage. So the question is, do you have to obey no-gun signs in Ohio public parks?