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SilencerCo Explains Form 4473 Suppressor Sales, Warns Buyers About Interstate Travel

SilencerCo says qualifying customers in 27 states can purchase new suppressors through Form 4473, but unresolved NFA questions have prompted a warning about taking them across stat...

Silencer Saturday #450: 4473 vs. Form 4 Transfers

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . It has be...

FFL Direct: ATF Built a Real-Time Tap on Gun-Buyer Records

ATF calls FFL Direct a convenience for gun dealers. The program automates serial-number trace responses that can send purchaser information to Washington while the bound book stays...

Washington ‘Permit-to-Purchase’ Will Cost $126, Before Training

Washington State Patrol says the state’s new permit to purchase a firearm will cost $126 before buyers pay for mandatory training, ammunition, range time, and travel.

SAF Submits Comments to California DOJ on Barrel Background Check Rules

SAF submitted comments to California DOJ on SB 704, the nation’s first firearm barrel purchase background-check law. SAF calls the law unconstitutional and urges clearer rules, war...

NICS Monitoring: FBI Records Detail Secret Alerts on Lawful Gun Buyers

FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the existence of NICS Monitoring. FOIA records now show that legally eligible gun buyers were flagged for reasons ranging from large purchases to...

FBI Violates Brady Act With NICS Surveillance of Lawful Gun Buyers

FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that NICS Monitoring tracked firearm transactions involving Americans who remained legally eligible to buy guns. The program violates the Brady Ac...

ATF’s “61 Alerts” Claim Hides Broader FBI Gun-Buyer Surveillance

Gun Owners of America says ATF Director Robert Cekada’s “61 active alerts” disclosure does not reveal the full reach of the FBI’s NICS Monitoring system. ATF is only one of several...

ATF Says Suppressor and SBR Guidance Could Arrive Within Weeks

ATF Director Robert Cekada says long-awaited guidance covering suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns could arrive within weeks. The agency also says FFLs w...

461 Million Guns? Survey’s Firearm Numbers Nearly Matches 125 Years of Federal Data

William English estimates that Americans own 461 million firearms. A separate calculation using more than a century of federal production records produces nearly identical handgun,...

Questions rise for selling gun suppressors, short-barreled rifles and shotguns

A federal judge declared certain elements of the National Firearms Act unconstitutional – including registration requirements on suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barrel...

NSSF Takes Connecticut To Court Over "Cruciform-Trigger" Ban

Some background—the state of Connecticut banned the sale of pistols with cruciform triggers earlier in 2026, when Governor Ned Lamont signed H.B. 5043 into law. The idea behind thi...

Gun Trace Data Turns Lawful Dealers Into Gun-Control Targets

A Firearms Research Center analysis exposes how gun-recovery statistics are used to cast suspicion on lawful firearm dealers. The implications reach every FFL: a gun’s later recove...

DOJ Creates New Pathway for Restoration of Firearm Rights

ATF Director Says Suppressor Transfers Without Form 4s Are Okay, More Guidance to Come

After nearly two months of uncertainty among gun shops and suppressor customers, the ATF offered insight into how it was treating suppressor transfers The post ATF Director Says Su...

Senators Demand DOJ Probe and Destruction of ATF’s 1.4 Billion Out-of-Business Records

Eight senators want DOJ to investigate ATF’s 1.4 billion out-of-business firearm records and order the destruction of those held unlawfully. AmmoLand believes the entire collection...

ATF Confirms Major Cyberattack After Qilin Claim—Were Gun-Owner Records Exposed?

ATF confirmed that hackers compromised a standalone computer system after the Qilin ransomware operation claimed the agency as a victim. Sources tell AmmoLand that gun-owner record...

ATF Stops Requiring Certain NFA Approvals and Registrations: What the Industry and Consumers Need to Know

August Firearm Checks Top 1.1 Million as NFA Checks Triple

Adjusted firearm-related NICS checks reached 1.115 million in August 2026, up 2.2% from last year, while NFA checks more than tripled.

Qilin Hackers Leak ATF Investigation Files After Ransomware Breach

Qilin published approximately 6.3GB of files allegedly stolen from ATF’s legacy CALEA system, exposing investigative records while leaving eForms and other operational systems unto...

New From FBI Files: Crooks 3D-Printed Glock Parts Before Butler

New York Tracked Gun Owner for 15 Months After Online Purchases

Legal purchases of a 3D printer, Glock springs, and a New York-compliant magazine reportedly put Demetrio Daga on a government-generated target list. After 15 months of surveillanc...

WA State Patrol Begins Accepting Applications for ‘Training Providers’

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is now accepting applications for “certified firearm safety training providers” who will be offering mandated gun safety courses for Evergreen Sta...

TFB Behind the Gun #237: Tom Willingham of Range USA

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