The ATF Created a Backdoor Gun Registry. Lawmakers Want an Explanation.
Federal law bans the creation of a gun registry, but regulators made one anyway.
Federal law bans the creation of a gun registry, but regulators made one anyway.
Partly from coercion and partly by choice, many banks and social media businesses impose severe gun controls
It’s a small step in the right direction for self-defense rights.
The police targeted “sovereign citizens” for surveillance and disarmament.
The 4th Circuit’s rejection of Maryland’s handgun licensing system suggests similar schemes in other states are unconstitutional.
Plus: A listener asks for the editors’ advice on how to spend his money.
Americans support tighter laws, but not as much as they distrust government and like owning guns.
The decision casts further doubt on the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a felony for illegal drug users to own firearms.
The events expose an underappreciated downside to government registries: In addition to civil liberties concerns, so much information in a concentrated database is a potential privacy nightmare.
The agency should be abolished and its employees sent to seek jobs in the private sector.
The ATF used a lot of words that invite lawsuits and leave industry insiders baffled.
Part 2: Communist orders for gun registration lead to revolt.
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