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Monday, April 6, 2026
ATF Set to Introduce New Frames and Receivers Rule - Ammoland.com
In a filing in VanDerStok et al, v. Bondi et al. (formerly VanDerStok v. Garland), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has asked the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, to stay the case for 90 days due to an upcoming rule change.
The ATF’s Frames and Receivers Rule (officially Final Rule 2021R-05F, titled “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms”) is a 2022 regulation issued by the ATF. It updated the regulatory definitions of “firearm,” “frame,” and “receiver” under the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA). The rule effectively restricts the sale or transfer of most unfinished firearm frames and receivers that are not serialized – colloquially known as “80% firearms.” Although the official term is privately manufactured firearms (PMFs), anti-gun groups have demonized these items as “ghost guns.”
The rule was published in the Federal Register on April 26, 2022, and took effect on August 24, 2022. It remains in force following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision in Bondi v. VanDerStok (2025), which upheld the rule against a facial challenge.
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Hegseth Signs Memo Allowing Soldiers to Carry Personal Sidearms on DOW Property - Ammoland.com
Military policy on carrying personal firearms just got flipped by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who signed a memo directing military base commanders to allow personnel—“namely, uniformed service members”—to carry privately owned firearms “while in their nonofficial duty capacity on DOW property within the United States.”
Hegseth signed the memo while announcing the new policy on a video posted on “X” on Thursday. In his announcement, which ran just over 2 minutes, 30 seconds, Hegseth noted, “Before today, it was virtually impossible—most people probably don’t know this—for War Department personnel to get permission to carry and store their own personal weapons aligned with the state laws where we operate our installations. Effectively, our bases across the country were gun-free zones, unless you’re training, or unless you’re a military policeman, you couldn’t carry. You couldn’t bring your own firearm for your own personal protection onto post. Well, that’s no longer.”
Click the link to read the whole article: Hegseth Signs Memo Allowing Soldiers to Carry Personal Sidearms
Sunday, April 5, 2026
Having internet issues in my area.
even using data on my cell phone, connectivity is really bad, whether I'm on Wi-Fi, wired direct, or on 4G or 5G. I don't know exactly what the issue is, but it started last night. After fighting with it for several hours I said the heck with it and went to bed. I just got up an hour ago, and I am STILL fighting with garbage connectivity.
So updates today may be scarce.
So updates today may be scarce.
Saturday, April 4, 2026
What if Gate opened in the USA?... - WarriorsTruth
If you don't know about "GATE" click the following link: Gate (novel series)
If you would like to read one of the mangas, click on the following link: GATE - Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - GATE: Where the JSDF Fought
The anime is available on Cruncyroll, however I refuse to link to Crunchyroll.
Friday, April 3, 2026
USPS Moves to Allow Mailing Handguns After DOJ Says Federal Ban Is Unconstitutional - Ammoland.com
The Trump Administration, via the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), issued a Memorandum Opinion on January 15, 2026, pertaining to the general ban on the mailing of handguns by use of the Postal Service. The Memorandum declared the federal ban on mailing handguns to be unconstitutional. This was a significant step toward restoring rights traditionally protected by the Second Amendment.
Our history is full of famous figures ordering firearms by mail, from Bat Masterson to President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1927, a federal law banning the mailing of handguns went into effect. It is widely regarded as the first federal firearms law.
The Congressional record of the debate shows the purpose was to prevent black people from circumventing existing state and local handgun bans on the carry of concealed weapons by black men.
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Trump Ousts Pam Bondi as AG, Todd Blanche Takes Over Amid Epstein Fallout - Ammoland.com
President Donald Trump informed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday night that she would be stepping down, according to people familiar with the matter.
The conversation reportedly took place in the Oval Office shortly before Trump delivered a televised address on the ongoing conflict in Iran. By the time he finished speaking, Bondi’s tenure as the nation’s top law enforcement official had effectively come to an end, even though the formal announcement did not come until the following morning.
On Thursday, Trump acknowledged Bondi’s departure on Truth Social, praising her as “a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend.” He also noted that she had served in the role for about a year and would be moving on to opportunities in the private sector. Her deputy, Todd Blanche, has assumed the acting attorney general position.
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Thursday, April 2, 2026
Gun Prohibitionists Using Pincer Strategy with Reports on U.S. Arms in Mexico - Ammoland.com
“They were under siege by a Mexican cartel. Now these civilians fight back with AK-47s and grenades,” The Washington Post reports. “Residents in the Mexican central state of Guerrero are setting up self-defense patrols to keep a powerful cartel out of their mountain towns.”
That’s a good thing, right? Citizens who want to live their lives banding together to defend themselves against evil oppressors? That’s not why they’re posting this.
Because while it seems like the overwhelmed and outgunned Mexican citizens – who can’t rely on the government for justice – fighting for self-defense, freedom, and survival, are doing what any decent human being unwilling to live as a victim or a slave would do, that’s not the point of this story. So, the WaPo feigns understanding and objectivity but then shapes a narrative.
By lumping defenders in with “local gangs and vigilante groups, many of which are allied with the larger cartels,” and noting “Because Mexico has strict gun control laws, the vast majority of arms in Mexico are smuggled from the U.S. by cartels,” they’ve just been redefined as part of the “problem,” their motives notwithstanding. And the larger problem, per a prohibitionist narrative that keeps being recycled, is the carnage is caused by American weaponry being smuggled into Mexico, and that’s all due to the Second Amendment and “lax U.S. gun laws.”
Click the link to read the whole article: Gun Prohibitionists Using Pincer Strategy
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Supreme Court Asked to Stop New York’s Lawfare End-Run Around PLCAA - Ammoland.com
The fight over New York’s gun-industry liability law is getting bigger, and the message now reaching the U.S. Supreme Court is hard to miss: this is not just a trade dispute, and it is not just another blue-state consumer protection case dressed up in legal jargon. According to two major amicus briefs filed in support of certiorari in National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. v. Letitia James, New York is trying to do through lawfare what anti-gun politicians have failed to do through the normal legislative process—use the courts to choke off the lawful commerce in arms.
One of those briefs comes from the National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, American Suppressor Association, and Independence Institute. The other comes from Montana and 23 additional states. Together, they make a serious and layered argument:
New York’s statute is an attempt to sidestep the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), revive the same kind of junk litigation Congress barred in 2005, and let one hostile state pressure gun makers and sellers across the country to live under New York’s anti-gun policies.
Click the link to read the whole article: Court Asked to Stop New York’s Lawfare End-Run
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Heeter v. James Challenges New York Body Armor Ban Under the Second Amendment - Ammoland.com
New York’s ban on body armor is now facing a direct constitutional challenge that goes right to the heart of the Second Amendment.
In Heeter v. James, an ongoing 2024 federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, plaintiffs Heeter and Firearms Policy Coalition are challenging New York’s body armor ban as a violation of the Second Amendment. Plaintiffs argue that the law has criminalized the purchase and acquisition of defensive gear that falls within the plain text of the right to “keep and bear Arms.”
As the motion puts it, “body armor is commonly owned for self-defense and other lawful purposes,” and New York’s law therefore cannot survive under District of Columbia v. Heller and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
The filing opens by stating that New York’s law “prohibits the purchase, acquisition, or sale of any ‘protective body covering intended to protect against gunfire,’ by anyone who is not a member of several ‘eligible professions.’” In other words, ordinary law-abiding New Yorkers are barred from buying body armor unless the state has decided their job title is important enough. The plaintiffs say that violates the rights of citizens with “ordinary self-defense needs,” the same kind of language the Supreme Court used in Bruen when it rejected New York’s old carry regime.
Click the link to read the whole article: Heeter v. James Challenges NY Body Armor Ban
Colorado Democrats Change 3D Legislation to Avoid Veto, Vow Another Try - Ammoland.com
When anti-gun Colorado Democrats removed some key provisions in House Bill 1144—a measure that would have made it a crime to build guns or gun parts by using a 3D printer—advocates for the bill told news agencies they would come back next year to fill the gaps.
The problem came up, according to published reports, when Gov. Jared Polis indicated he would veto the legislation. Polis, a Democrat, is term-limited out this year.
The Summit Daily is reporting that state Sen. Tom Sullivan, one of the state’s most vocal gun control advocates, “signaled that he would try again to pass a ban on 3-D printing instructions next year after Polis leaves office.”
Sullivan’s son was a victim of the mass shooting at the Aurora movie theater in 2012. The killer in that incident had planned his attack well in advance. It did not involve a 3D-based firearm.
Likewise, the Colorado Sun quoted Sen. Katie Wallace (D-Longmont), saying she looks forward to “fighting another day” for the legislation.
Click the link to read the whole article: CO Democrats Change 3D Legislation to Avoid Veto
New Filing in Yukutake v. Lopez Accuses Hawaii of Rewriting Gun Laws to Dodge Defeat - Ammoland.com
A letter filed in a case challenging Hawaii’s restrictive gun laws attacks the state’s credibility after its attorney attempted to downplay the attorney general’s role in rewriting gun laws now under constitutional challenge.
The lawsuit, Yukutake v. Lopez, challenges two provisions of Hawaii’s firearm code. The first imposed a narrow window for handgun purchase permits, effectively forcing applicants to complete the process within a short and often impractical timeframe. The original timeframe was ten days, later expanded to 30 days, a change that attorneys AmmoLand spoke to believed was designed to moot this case.
The second required gun owners to bring newly acquired firearms to law enforcement for in-person inspection and registration within just a few days. Hawaii claimed this law was to prevent the spread of “ghost guns,” but anyone with an unserialized firearm in violation of the state’s law would most likely not show up to a police station with an illegal gun. With Hawaii’s history of anti-gun actions, gun owners think this was put in place to cause an undue burden to residents.
Click the link to read the whole article: Hawaii Rewriting Gun Laws to Dodge Defeat
Monday, March 30, 2026
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