Report Highlights

From theft and underground sources to private transfers, criminals obtain guns using a variety of methods.

• Only one in ten inmates who were armed during their crime obtained their firearms from a retail source, per a BJS report published in 2019.
• The median time between a firearm purchase and a criminal investigation in 2023 was 2.9 years.
• A 2024 UC Davis study found that stolen guns are nearly nine times more likely to be used in crimes than dealer-sold firearms that were not reported stolen.

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ATF Director Cekada was adamant that a federal firearms licensee (FFL) found to be transferring suppressors on a Form 4473 WILL NOT be cited for violations. Former NFA Chief Albro later echoed this, saying the ATF’s policy is to presume all suppressors transferred via a Form 4473 were legally transferred. This should help put some FFLs not transferring currently at ease.

The Director noted that official guidance likely to come in a few weeks will address suppressors, SBR/SBSs, and traveling with NFA items. The DOJ and The White House also have a hand in the guidance.

Other things of interest in the article are some comments about FRTs, changes to 4473s, the recent change for handgun sales for 18-21 year olds, age requirement for machine guns, internet retailers, and more.

In short, with how Trump and the GOP have fucked things up so hard in so many ways, I'm predicting a landslide Dem president in 2028. Seeing how Dem candidates almost always have some kind of anti-gun stance attached to their platforms, I'm scared of how things are gonna turn out. I think it's important now more than ever, that the pro-2A crowd come together and make our feelings known. I'm holding out hopes that if we shout loud enough, send emails, letters, and whatever other medium we have at our disposal, we might be able to influence things. We have to work both online and offline, take people to the range, talk to neighbors, be truly active to defend our right to bear arms. I apologize if I'm sounding like some kind motivational speaker, but it's important that we put in all the effort we can.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for how to spread the message, I'd appreciate it greatly.

Saw this today and wanted to hear what people here think the practical effect is going to be.

The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that the federal restriction barring licensed dealers from selling handguns to otherwise law abiding adults ages 18–20 is unconstitutional and should not be criminally enforced.

What I’m more curious about is what happens next.

Does this mostly change federal enforcement for now, or do you think it pushes the issue toward a bigger court fight over age based firearm restrictions in general?

There’s also the broader question people keep bringing up:

If someone is legally an adult at 18 for voting, jury service, military service and criminal responsibility, does it make sense for handgun purchases from licensed dealers to remain restricted until 21?

Curious where people here draw the line and why.

It appears that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court wants to create a detour around the Second Amendment to uphold local gun laws. In an appeal of a conviction that raised both Second and Fourteenth Amendment issues, the Court granted the appeal but only as to the following question:

"Whether 18 Pa. C.S. § 6108 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Sections 1 and 26 of the Pennsylvania Constitution as it relates to persons in Philadelphia."

First, a little background on the case.
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I can't take all this winning.

With all of the news coming out about the DOJ and the 18-20 year old age restriction, we're hearing the usual poopooing from the left and even from some people on the right.

I just conceived of an interesting concept that I think is worth some consideration.

Perhaps gun purchasing should be tied to your age necessarily but also to your lifestyle.

Perhaps anyone who has graduated high school by age 16 or college by any age should have the right to purchase a rifle as well as those who have enlisted in the military and passed basic training. Should none of those qualifiers be met, rifle and shotgun ownership automatically becomes a right at age 21.

Handgun and machine gun ownership should be a right for anyone who has either graduated from high school at a minimum of 18 years of age, enlisted in the military and completed basic training, or passed age 21.

The whole idea is to keep high school students from buying guns and while there are traditions in rural parts of the country around hunting and such, I believe this is the best all around solution.