The Constitutional Fight Over the Federal Ghost-Gun Rule

A federal judge in Texas has reopened the legal battle over the federal government’s regulation of so-called “ghost guns,” ruling that key portions of a Biden-era rule violate both the Second Amendment and the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of due process. The decision may sound like a direct rejection of the Supreme Court’s 2025 ruling upholding…

Silencing the Red Tape: Deregulating Suppressors in the OBBBA

Tucked neatly into Section 2 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is a small but powerful provision that’s turning heads across the Second Amendment community. In plain terms, it removes firearm suppressors—more commonly known as silencers—from the National Firearms Act (NFA). This means that law-abiding Americans will no longer be forced to pay a…