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ATF Gun Trace Data Leak Puts Tiahrt Amendment Back in the Spotlight

ATF Director Robert Cekada faced House Oversight questioning over the agency’s handling of protected gun trace data, the Tiahrt Amendment, and growing concerns that ATF’s massive d...

ATF Announces Historic Firearms Regulatory Reform Package Emphasizing Modernization and Burden Reduction

On April 29, 2026, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) released a coordinated package of proposed and final regulatory actions that together represent th...

34 Gun Rules Set for Rollback – ATF Overhaul Begins!

In a notable shift for federal firearms policy, the U.S. Senate confirmed Robert Cekada as the new Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Wedn...

New York and New Jersey Built a Trap for Traveling Gun Owners; ATF Is Finally Responding

SAF Applauds DOJ Announcement of ATF ‘New Era of Reform’

SAF’s Adam Kraut attended a DOJ/ATF announcement of 34 rules. Acting AG Todd Blanche rescinded stabilizing brace and “engaged in business” rules, and outlined updates to Form 4473,...

Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Tesla Sales Office: ATF Is On The Case

Early Tuesday morning, April 14, 2026, something pretty alarming happened in New Orleans: someone apparently hurled a Molotov cocktail at the front door of a Tesla sales office, st...

ATF to Bring Back Sanity and Reject 'Gender Identity' on Gun Background Checks

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is moving to overhaul how it handles a key question on federal gun forms. Buried within a broader slate of regulatory chang...

ATF Director Cekada Defends $1.65B Budget Request Amid Senate Scrutiny

ATF Director Robert Cekada told senators the Bureau’s $1.65 billion FY2027 budget request would support violent-crime enforcement, firearms-trafficking investigations, NIBIN, eTrac...

ATF Set to Introduce New Frames and Receivers Rule

In a new filing in VanDerStok v. Bondi, the ATF asked a federal court in Texas to stay the case for 90 days while it prepares a revised Frames and Receivers Rule.

ATF investigating federal explosives magazine burglary, offering reward for information

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville Field Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), is investigating a theft from an explosives storage facility. According...

Multiple arrested in ATF raids of Baton Rouge homes; allegedly targeting gun, drug traffickers

BATON ROUGE — Federal authorities and local law enforcement raided several Baton Rouge homes Thursday morning, targeting gun and drug trafficking suspects, the Bureau of...

ATF releases landmark package aimed at bolstering, clarifying Second Amendment rights

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and newly confirmed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Robert Cekada unveiled a package of 34 proposed and final rule...

ATF releases landmark package aimed at bolstering, clarifying Second Amendment rights

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and newly confirmed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Robert Cekada unveiled a package of 34 proposed and final rule...

ATF’s 34-Rule Reform Package Is a Start, Not a Finish Line for Gun Owners

DOJ and ATF rolled out a historic 34-rule reform package aimed at reducing burdens on gun owners and the firearms industry. AmmoLand was there for the signing, but major questions...

A New Era: Robert Cekada Confirmed as Director of ATF

Robert Cekada was confirmed as ATF Director Wednesday afternoon and began his tenure by rolling back and/or revising Biden-era gun regs. The post A New Era: Robert Cekada Confirmed...

ATF Gun Registry Exposed, Senate Hearing Raises Alarm Over 1 Billion Records

Senate testimony from GOA’s Erich Pratt says the ATF has amassed nearly 1 billion firearm records, with 94 percent already digitized.

ATF Releases 472-Page Guidance Document Clarifying What a Gun Is

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives quietly published a new guidance document Tuesday morning titled Clarification of Terms Related to Firearms, Firearm Accesso...

ATF Director Cekada Talks Gun Rights, Rule Rollbacks & Reform with Shermichael Singleton

ATF Director Robert Cekada told Shermichael Singleton that the Bureau needs to focus on criminals, not ordinary gun owners, while Chief Counsel Robert Leider defended rolling back...

Tate Adamiak’s letter to the new ATF director

Adamiak explains his case better than anyone else could.

GOA: ATF Gun Registry Is a ‘Confiscation List Waiting to Be Used’

This content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express permission of GunsAmerica.com and BAAANG Media LLC. GOA: ATF Gun Registry Is a ‘Confiscation List Waiti...

ATF Rolls Back Biden-Era Gun Rules in Major Reform Package

ATF’s new reform package targets pistol braces, bump stocks, FFL paperwork, NFA travel rules, CLEO notices, and other regulatory burdens on gun owners and firearm businesses. It is...

AI Could Turn ATF’s 4473 Stockpile Into the Gun Registry Congress Banned

ATF has long claimed its digitized gun records are not a registry because they are not searchable by buyer name. A new Firearms Research Center paper warns that artificial intellig...

ATF Rule Could Criminalize Transgender Gun Buyers

New ATF requirements could force transgender gun buyers to choose between outing themselves or facing criminal penalties. The post ATF Rule Could Criminalize Transgender Gun Buyers...

It’s been four long years since ATF arrested Patrick ‘Tate’ Adamiak

ATF's case against the former sailor should trouble the scandal-plagued agency.