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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Is the DOJ Pulling a “Windsor” with the NFA? - Ammoland.com
Could the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) protection of the National Firearms Act (NFA) in Silencer Shop v BATF be a tactical move to bring the case to the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court case United States v Windsor upended centuries of precedent and jurisprudence in the United States by finding a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional. The Obama administration played a key part in this policy shift by claiming the act was constitutional, thus protecting “standing” in the case. Later, the Obama DOJ switched sides and agreed with Windsor that the Defense of Marriage Act was not constitutional. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Windsor in a 5-4 decision.
According to Mark Smith, prominent Second Amendment advocate and member of the Supreme Court Bar, and frequent writer at AmmoLand, the tactic of the federal government arguing for one side of a case until the case reaches the Supreme Court, then switching sides, has come to be known as “pulling a Windsor”. The DOJ defense of the NFA in the Fifth Circuit is very unpopular with Second Amendment supporters
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Jay Jones Tries to Hijack Virginia’s Gun Laws Before He’s Even in Office - Ammoland.com
Virginia gun owners are watching a strange—and troubling—legal stunt unfold.
Attorney General-elect Jay Jones, who doesn’t take office until January 17, 2026, is already trying to act like Virginia’s top law-enforcement official. And his very first move is aimed directly at your gun rights.
Jones is attempting to revive the Universal Background Check (UBC) law—a law that the Lynchburg Circuit Court struck down UBC in late October after ruling it was deeply flawed and unconstitutional in practice.
But instead of waiting for his swearing-in, Jones had a Washington, D.C. law firm file a motion on December 1 asking the Virginia Court of Appeals for permission to file an appeal after he takes office.
The problem? He has no authority to do that. None. Zero.
As Philip Van Cleave of VCDL put it plainly in an alert to members, “until he is sworn in, Jay Jones has no more authority in Virginia than the man in the moon.”
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Leaked Script Shows Anti-Gun Lawmakers Coordinated With Soros/Antifa Linked Groups in ‘Refuse Orders’ Op” - Ammoland.com
Six of the most anti-gun Democrat lawmakers with military and intel backgrounds thought they were just dropping a 90-second “civics lesson” for the troops.
Instead, their “refuse illegal orders” video has triggered:
A Pentagon misconduct probe of Sen. Mark Kelly
An FBI counterterrorism inquiry into all six lawmakers
New reporting that links the operation to Soros-backed NGOs, Antifa-friendly legal groups, and a coordinated messaging “script.”
For gun owners who’ve watched these same lawmakers push every major gun-control bill in Washington, the story now looks a lot less like a one-off video—and a lot more like a planned pressure campaign aimed at President Trump and the chain of command. Smells like organized treason to me.
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Licenses Delayed, Rights Denied: How Six States Are Sabotaging the Second Amendment - Ammoland.com
Licenses Delayed, Rights Denied is a scholarly article that informs readers of the means six outlier states use to deny ordinary citizens their rights to keep and bear arms. The article is another excellent example of scholarship by Mark Smith, member of the Supreme Court Bar, distinguished Second Amendment scholar, and host of the Four Boxes Diner on YouTube. He is also a contributor at AmmoLand.com. The article has been published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy: Per Curiam, Fall of 2025, No. 23. The six states that are actively working to undermine the Bruen methodology are described as California, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts. The article also shows specific examples in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and other jurisdictions. The complete title is: Licenses Delayed Rights Denied: How Contemporary Firearm Carry Licensing Regimes Continue to Violate the Second Amendment
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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Traffic Stop Trip Wires that Legal Gun Owners Should All Watch Out For - Ammoland.com
Even when you’re 100% legal, a traffic stop can flip from routine to risky in seconds. Attorney Marc Lopez breaks down how quickly things can go sideways when an officer decides to twist the rules—especially when your firearm is involved.
This article walks through the same three “trip wires” Marc warns about, but in a way that gives responsible gun owners a clear, easy-to-remember guide for spotting trouble before it happens.
If you carry a gun, this is the kind of knowledge you want before you ever see flashing lights behind you.
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Michigan Gun Violence Task Force Unveils Blueprint for Sweeping Gun Control Expansion - Ammoland.com
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D-MI) Department of Health and Human Services released its Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force report on November 24, 2025, revealing 39 recommendations that Second Amendment advocates warn could fundamentally reshape gun ownership in the state. The timing proved deliberate, arriving just days before the four-year anniversary of the Oxford High School shooting.
Great Lakes Gun Rights didn’t mince words in its assessment. The organization warned that the report “reads like a blueprint for the gun control lobby’s wish list in 2026 and beyond,” featuring “outright gun bans, magazine bans, waiting periods and more.” Executive Director Brenden Boudreau characterized the document as the “policy foundation for the most sweeping anti-gun push Michigan has ever seen.”
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DOJ Amicus Brief Supports Gun Rights in Hawaii Gun Law Challenge - Ammoland.com
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Jan. 20, 2026, in the case of Wolford v. Lopez, they will have a stack of amicus briefs from various gun rights organizations, and a 43-page brief from the U.S. Department of Justice, supporting the plaintiffs in what could become a landmark—and necessary—Second Amendment ruling.
The United States has entered this fray on the side of plaintiff Jason Wolford et.al., which once again demonstrates how dramatic a change in government philosophy toward the right to keep and bear arms has occurred under the Donald Trump administration.
As the brief states right up front, “The United States has a substantial interest in the preservation of the right to keep and bear arms and in the proper interpretation of the Second Amendment.” This would not have been possible, or even imaginable, under a second Joe Biden term, or with Kamala Harris in the White House.
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ATF Proposed Rule Makes It Easier to Transport NFA Items Over State Lines - Ammoland.com
On Friday, November 28, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) under the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a rule in the Federal Register that would make it easier to transport National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms across state lines.
Currently, to travel with an NFA item such as machine guns, short barreled rifles (SBRs), short barreled shotguns (SBSs), or destructive devices (DDs), a gun owner must fill out an ATF Form 5320.20, Application to Transport Interstate or to Temporarily Export Certain National Firearms Act (NFA) Firearms (“Form 20”) well in advance of the dates of travel. It can be used for a single trip or multiple trips to the exact same location. The approval is valid for only one year at a time. Suppressors and any other weapons (AOWs) are exempt from the regulations.
Currently, the form must be filled out in duplicate and submitted to the ATF for processing. The forms must be filled out by hand and sent to the ATF via the United States Postal Service (USPS), by fax, or via email. While most other NFA functions have moved to the eForms system, the ATF Form 5320.20 has remained under the old manual system. The new proposed rule would change that, streamlining the process of transporting NFA items.
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Gun Control Advocates Hope to Create Patchwork of Peril to Suppress Civil Rights - Ammoland.com - NRA
Preemption laws offer legal protection for gun owners, but only when they are enforced. The work to advance any pro-gun legislation is arduous, more so in Minnesota than most states. But passing a law is only half the battle. This is also especially true in Minnesota, where local officials are concocting yet another illegal scheme to defy the state’s firearm preemption statute.
This has sadly become the norm, as defying preemption is a recognized way for municipal politicians to signal to their anti-gun supporters and donors that if the Second Amendment is no impediment to their plans, neither is a state statute.
This contempt is now playing out in Minnesota, where mass noncompliance and legal fairytales are the order of the day.
The city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, recently declared that their city council “stands ready to act on day one when the state lifts preemption” to establish the complete ban on possession of semi-automatic firearms, “large capacity” magazines, binary triggers, “ghost guns,” as well as to create even more “gun-free zones.” It admits, however, that none of their new gun control is actually enforceable under the law as it presently stands.
Current Minnesota law, Minn. Stat. § 471.633, states:
The legislature preempts all authority of a home rule charter or statutory city of the first class, county, town, municipal corporation, or other governmental subdivision, or any of their instrumentalities, to regulate firearms, ammunition, or their respective components to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by them except that:
(a) A governmental subdivision may regulate the discharge of firearms and
(b) A governmental subdivision may adopt regulations identical to state law
Local regulation inconsistent with this section is void.
State law speaks clearly on the matter, and no parts of the adopted or proposed ordinances qualify under the exceptions. Meanwhile, passing illegal legislation on the pretext that the law may someday change does not remedy the violation. Try withholding presently owed taxes in the hope of future amendments to a state’s revenue laws to see where that gets you.
Yet even while acknowledging these efforts as unconstitutional in Minnesota due to the existing firearm preemption law, the Saint Paul City Council unanimously passed the ordinance and became the first city among a coalition of 17 cities that have pledged to do the same. The city of Edina, Minnesota, attempted a similar effort last week which is now reportedly on hold. Edina Mayor James Hovland noted he wants residents to be able to weigh in at a public hearing first before the city council takes a vote while seemingly ignoring Edina City Attorney David Kendall’s legal input that the city cannot put an effective date on a gun ban until state law is changed and that he doesn’t, “think that the council is in a good position to direct police to enforce [such] an ordinance.”
Without any enforcement ability, these actions are transparently performative political theatre. However, a deeper dive at the continued audacity of jurisdictions to ignore the superior authority of the state illustrates the ongoing danger posed to the rule of law. Fundamental to the principle of law is clarity, and while these local politicians may feel empowered, their actions continue to create confusion and fear for residents and law enforcement officers.
Of course, lawsuits that should not have to be filed have and will be to defend gun owner rights. Judicial ping-pong on an already established legal principle will further contribute to havoc as gun control advocates perceive a dual benefit of virtual signaling and depleting the coffers of their adversaries, who are forced to defend settled law against frivolous attacks. Taxpayer money will also be spent to defend these “contingent ordinances,” with no material benefit to anyone. The best that can be hoped for, from the gun prohibition point of view, is pure symbolism.
Nevertheless, it is imperative to hold the line on all laws that protect citizens from officials wanting to create a confusing patchwork of gun control, a long-fought battle for the Second Amendment community as a whole.
Preemption vindicates the principles that laws should be consistent, understandable, and fairly applied. The alternative is a regime in which compliance, if it is practical at all, inevitably involves forfeiting one’s own rights. A Minnesotan could travel from one end of the state to another, or he could exercise the full measure of the right to keep and bear arms recognized by state. But he could not do both at the same time.
The enactment of a law is often the beginning of the legal battles, not the end. NRA-ILA’s work involves not only making it easier for law-abiding citizens to carry firearms for self- protection but also providing a protective framework to ensure the law works as intended. The infringement on display in Minnesota is merely one example of many. That’s why state preemption laws, and national efforts like H.R. 38, remain among ILA’s highest priorities.
About NRA-ILA:
Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess, and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra.org
The “Seditious Six” — A Long History of Gun Control Efforts, Now Trying to Foment Treason - Ammoland.com
The group of six Democratic lawmakers (all with military or national-security backgrounds) — now widely dubbed the “Seditious Six” — are attempting to cloak themselves in constitutional righteousness.
In a highly politicized video, they urged U.S. service members to “refuse illegal orders,” a message so ambiguous and inflammatory that the Pentagon launched a formal misconduct investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly.
But none of this should surprise anyone who has followed their careers. For years, the Seditious Six have marched in lockstep with the most aggressive gun-control lobbies in America — pushing legislation aimed at regulating, restricting, or eliminating the firearms owned by millions of peaceful, law-abiding citizens.
Their “constitutional” posturing now is not an isolated event. It is the latest escalation in a long, coordinated effort to weaken the Second Amendment while hiding behind military credentials and patriotic language.
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