Reporting and opinion on Second Amendment law, home building, and the research behind gun policy. We are not neutral and do not pretend to be — but every piece cites its sources, so you can check us.
Over 100,000 M14s under $2,000, plus 438 trench guns. The legal mechanism that made the rifles saleable has not been explained by anyone.
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The Delhi cobra bounty created cobra farms. A buyback rewards the cheapest qualifying gun — and the research says the events change nothing.
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The 29 permitless-concealed-carry states disagree about the age floor: 13 set it at 18, 13 at 21, two at 19, and Vermont’s state-law floor is 16.
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Twenty-nine jurisdictions allow permitless concealed carry; eleven more allow open carry only without a permit — the distinction most maps blur.
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A dated map of state home-build restrictions, serialization requirements, penalties, and exceptions across 51 jurisdictions.
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Statutory processing deadlines run from 14 days in New Hampshire to six months in New York, and four states attach a real remedy when the clock runs out.
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S.C. Code § 23-31-215(N) orders SLED to publish which states' permits South Carolina honors — and SLED's own site still promises a list that is not there.
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Thirty states issue carry permits to non-residents, but most issue tiers — so rankings built on one fee, one term and one recognition count are false.
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A patent suit that started in Tennessee has put an open-source designer against a corporate plaintiff — with the ATF intervening on the company's side.
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Forty-one jurisdictions require carry training, but only 20 set an hour count; others use rounds, scores, or open-ended standards.
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Vermont issues no carry permit, so its constitutional-carry right does not produce a travel document; its 2025 law also requires serialization.
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Published fees omit training, fingerprints, and local charges; California shows how a $93 state fee can become a high-cost county scenario.
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Houston took in 2,064 firearms across two events, including 99 that were 3D-printed or toys; Utica took 177 ghost guns out of 296. The record is the argument.
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Of 148 tracked firearms cases, 46 sit in just three circuits — and the Supreme Court has agreed to hear exactly two cases, both about rifles.
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SAF files roughly $9 million a year in revenue; the NRA Foundation filed $42.5 million in 2024, much from gaming — a different money story than the anti-gun funders.
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Carry-instructor verification ranges from searchable rosters to local approvals and on-request lists; four states show the fragmentation.
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A dated guide to major modern Supreme Court firearms cases, from Heller through the 2026 rifle-ban question.
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The stay lapsed and the DOJ will not appeal. Covered buyers can take a suppressor home today; short-barreled rifles still need a Form 4.
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A six-foundation, 2021–2023 Form 990-PF sample showing what grant filings can—and cannot—say about gun-policy funding.
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California can let a timely renewal lapse before issuing the new card. The 120-day deadline does not automatically extend an expiring license.
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A 50-jurisdiction matrix finds 370 asymmetric recognition pairs; whether a permit works depends on the direction of travel.
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Home-built firearms are not a loophole or a modern invention. They are how the country armed itself, and they were unremarkable for most of its history.
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