S.D. Senate Passes Bill To Ban Gun-Related Merchant Code
A measure that would outlaw the use of a new firearm-specific Merchant Category Code (MCC) for gun purchases in South Dakota has been approved by the State Senate. At issue is a new Merchant Category Code (MCC) for gun purchases adopted by the International Organization...
Another Judge Rules Against Machine Gun Ban
We reported last August how a federal judge in Kansas ruled that the federal law tightly regulating the ownership and transfer of full-auto firearms, aka machine guns, is unconstitutional. Now, a federal judge in Mississippi has ruled the same, and for many of the same...
Brandon “The AK GUY” Herrera at SHOT Show 2025 | Destroying the ATF?!
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FIND Act Would Protect Firearm Industry from Discrimination
U.S. Representative Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) has introduced H.R. 45, the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, into Congress with the backing of 38 co-sponsors. This proposed legislation, also supported by the NSSF, aims to prevent corporations from profiting off taxpayer-funded federal contracts while discriminating against the...
California Business Owner Arrested For Attempted Murder Of An Employee
A 43-year-old California business owner was arrested after an alleged murder plot against one of his own employees was foiled by a gun jam. The incident occurred in Half Moon Bay, a small coastal city just south of San Francisco. Authorities say Thomas Azevedo, owner...
Senate Bill Would End Bank Discrimination Against Firearms Industry
A U.S. senator from Oklahoma is targeting banks and other financial institutions that discriminate against those in the firearms industry and other groups not considered politically correct enough. Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin, along with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, and 39 other Senate Republicans, introduced...
Son And Grandson Of Colombo Family Mob Boss Arrested In Ghost Gun Raid
The son and grandson of Joseph T. Tomasello, a notorious Colombo crime family capo, have been arrested on federal weapons charges after a raid on their Staten Island home turned up a huge arsenal, including a large stash of “ghost guns” and equipment used to...
R.I. Governor Sneaks AWB In Proposed Budget
What do you do if you’re the chief executive of a state and you want to ban so-called “assault weapons,” but you’ve never managed to get the legislature to do your dirty work for you? If you’re the governor of Rhode Island, you try to...
Lawsuit Challenges California’s Ban on Suppressors
CRPA is supporting a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on suppressors, Sanchez v. Bonta. The lawsuit, started by a pro se litigant and is now in the Ninth Circuit will decide the critical question of whether suppressors are “arms” and thus subject to the full historical analysis...
