David Codrea – The War on Guns

Supreme Court Brief Makes the Case Against Banning Militia Arms

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“Arms that bear a reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia… lie at the core of the Second Amendment’s protection, and a State may not prohibit them,” the brief concludes. “A prohibition imposed because those arms are useful for the common defense is contrary to the Second Amendment’s text, purpose, and history.” [More]

How could a Militia with inferior weapons to a standing army fulfill the intent of the Founders as “being necessary to the security of a free State”? This paves the way for more than AR-15s.

This is the brief I’ve been waiting for.

ATF Statement in Rare Breed Trigger Litigation Raises Questions on Legal Authority

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“Please show me anywhere in the U.S.C. or C.F.R. that rate of fire is regulated in any way? Only method of fire is regulated. If it fires more than once per function of the trigger it’s highly regulated. If not, there is NO regulation.” [More]

Just because they act like they have the power to do something doesn’t mean they actually do.

Shameless Plug

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Newsstand: Injunction Blocks Enforcement of Virginia’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban, NSSF to Expose Billionaire Funding Behind the Gun Control Movement, Trump Promises National Concealed Carry Reciprocity – Again, New Jersey ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban and Magazine Capacity Restrictions Struck Down. These stories by Darwin Nercessian and David Codrea. [More]

The September “Special Hunting” issue of Firearms News is now available at diverse, equitable, and inclusive newsstands throughout the Republic, or in your mailbox/available via digital access if you subscribe.

Cuccinelli to Argue Militia Clause Protects AR-15s in Supreme Court Brief

“That is the focus I would bring to an amicus brief: establishing a constitutional principle that not only prevents ‘military’ characteristics from becoming a constitutional liability, but makes them an affirmative basis for protection.” [More]

The Framers put the prefatory clause in there for a reason.

CMP Converted M14 Sales Upends ATF’s Once a Machine Gun Rule

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That the situation is confusing is hardly surprising. ATF cognitive dissonance and contradictory rules could be considered the rule rather than the exception without hyperbole. And in this case, the position the Bureau had previously established is clear… [More]

Just what (and who) does “special authorization” authorize?

Somali Piracy Resurges as Merchant Crews Remain Disarmed

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“Hoses against weapons. Trembling behind hatches. Everything but standing up on your sea-legs and fighting. How about just opening fire on them?” [More]

Look at me! I’m the captain now!

DOJ Launches New Process for Gun Rights Restoration

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With all the high-fiving going on in the gun community over this announcement, keeping things in perspective is needed to temper the enthusiasm and maintain progress on advancing the right to keep and bear arms. [More]

The continuation of this program is as secure as the outcome in the upcoming elections.

And the question just struck me: How do you answer Section B.21.d. on the 4473? If the form needs to be modified, that’s another drawn-out rule change.

DOJ Gun Rights Restoration Rule Is a Good Move—But Questions Remain

The need to apply consistent criteria is not only a matter of basic fairness, but of law. The release of requested records, without disclosing exempt information, will help ensure that. [More]

Think of it as a good first step, but remember what they say about a journey of a thousand miles.

Suppressor Victory Celebrations Must Be Tempered With Reality

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The Texas suppressor ruling is a major win for gun owners, but legal limits, political spin, and unanswered questions mean the fight is far from over. [More]

Or as Mr. Wolfe cautioned… (NSFW!)

Gun Owner’s Highway Patrol Encounter Highlights Importance of Asserting Rights

There’s another lesson here for gun owners that’s every bit as important as not consenting to having your car searched (don’t physically resist, just make it clear you don’t consent and fight it later with an attorney who can argue probable cause): Don’t talk to the police. [More]

It’s hard to “back the blue” when their seemingly benign conversation in every compelled interaction is to get you to say something they can use against you.

2026 Midterms Could Threaten Recent Gun Rights Gains

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So, say the Democrats do well in the midterms and go on to retake the White House. What will that mean for all the progress made on advancing the Second Amendment over the past few years? [More]

What will it take to undo all the progress that’s been made on the Second Amendment in recent years? Stay home on November 3 and find out.

Incomplete Garland Tommy Gun FOIA Response Leaves Basic Questions Unanswered

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May we assume those circumstances to get the replica to DOJ HQ include “Only Ones” exemptions? The FOIA response doesn’t say. [More]

Just don’t you try getting one of these if you live in DC…

Shameless Plug

The August 2026 issue of Firearms News is now available at diverse, equitable, and inclusive newsstands throughout the Republic (of course you could just take advantage of lower subscription prices).

I have three pieces this month:

ATF Director Cekada’s Concern for Adamiak Misses Larger Point (p. 10)
Virginia Prosecutors Refusing to Support ‘Assault Weaons’ Ban (p. 12)
Meeting Scheduled for Militia-Based Challenge to VA ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban (p. 14 — this is just a brief notice about something that happened in June)

Second Amendment Attorney Stamboulieh Leaving Private Practice for Department of Justice

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Looking at the work Stamboulieh has done on gun owners’ behalf over the years, those who know him have full confidence that he is not switching sides but will now be positioned to be even more effective at advancing justice. [More]

View this as a positive development. Even though I’m losing my lawyer, I do.

Summit County Fair’s Enclosed Entrance Ratchets Up Visitor Disarmament

By requiring all attendees to enter via a newly built enclosed exhibit hall, fair management is essentially saying, “Hold our beer. [More]

I may go just to establish standing.

Our State Fair

Guns allowed at Ohio State Fair but not in buildings; BFA’s Rieck calls it ‘ridiculous’ [More]

My AmmoLand piece reposted, which allows more to see it. I’m contemplating a follow-up with a county fair that says “Hold our beer.”

DSA’s Citizen-Disarmament Agenda Exposes Its Tyrannical Endgame

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It’s instructive as to the end goals of what the prohibitionists term “commonsense gun safety laws,” that is, a monopoly of violence held by those who would rule with an iron fist. It’s for exactly those reasons that the Second Amendment was enacted in the first place. [More]

The collectivist monsters who demand discarding the Constitution and disarming the rest of us hide songs they used to publish threatening to “kill [us] all with knives and guns” as a key objective of their “revolution.”