Judge Dunlap, the only Trump appointee and the only active Republican judge, joined the majority opinion in upholding the Massachusetts AR-15 and magazine bans.

Judge Dunlap took his seat last November. Trump can't blame the u/FedSoc this time.

Judge Dunlap is also on the three-judge panel that will hear oral argument in a challenge to a ban on openly carrying handguns next week.

Here is a link to today's opinion.

Did everyone see? An en banc 5th circuit court has reversed a prior 3 judge panel decision deeming 922g1 constitutional in light of Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in the hemani decision, agreeing to review the case en banc. This could get big. Let’s hope it does. Quite frankly I’m of the opinion congress exceeded its authority under commerce clause in enacting the “gun control act” and thereby the entire section 922. Justice Thomas was spot on.

Why do you need a gun? Do you have enemies? Are you planning to kill someone?

To be honest. Simply asking why someone needs a gun is annoying already annoying. Especially if you’re in the United States of America. Like hello. What country do you think we’re in. I have the constitutional right to own a gun I don’t need a reason.

Like why do people feel the need to assume everyone who has a gun is trying to harm people?

As for the do you have enemies part. I wanted to know what a good response to this question would be.

"It has been 18 years since the United States Supreme Court published its first in-depth opinion on the Second Amendment. If you had asked an actuary to give you the probability of all nine justices still being on the Court in 18 years, he would have given you a number very close to zero. If you were to ask the same question today, that number would be even closer to zero."

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Has anyone gone through the process of getting their 2 Amendment rights back? If so can you provide insite? Thanks

I really put a lot of work into it. Like, a lot lot. It was gifted to me by my best friend who sadly has passed on. He let me hold onto it since he was on probation and was going to get it back when he got legal again. That time was cut short.

We always shot guns together of all kinds.. we were always ready for the beginning of the end. Pandemic was landing and Biden was pushing gun bans. War was in Ukraine and people were flooding in from all places on earth and we knew back in 2019 that it was coming was, and we were right.

The Wasr 10/63 was bare bones-and in rough shape. He diddnt know how to work on it and it always bothered him. He always just wanted to put a scope on it and had no idea where to start. I made it my mission to turn it into the tactical operator's daily carry. ○Miss you Joe Roth, see you on the other side- i hope you like what I've done with your baby.○

Report Highlights: Mass shootings have increased substantially in the U.S. over the past four decades. This report analyzes the behavioral patterns of mass shooters.

• Between 1966 and 2025, 81.2% of shooters were in a documented crisis before the event.
• While 51.0% of mass shooters had prior symptoms of mental illness, 68.2% had a history of domestic violence or targeted at least one member of their family.
• Gun ownership has remained stable (30%-32% of the U.S. population) between 1980 and 2025, while mass shootings have increased by 126.0%.

Report Highlights: For decades, Americans have had to choose whether to exercise their Second Amendment rights or use marijuana for pain management and ailments. That legal landscape is finally shifting.

Federal law prohibits medical marijuana and recreational marijuana users from purchasing and possessing firearms.

The Supreme Court held that occasional marijuana use alone does not grant the federal government the authority to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of Americans.

The ATF is relaxing restrictions on the Second Amendment, while the FDA is relaxing restrictions on cannabinoids and marijuana products.

What Is the Law Regarding Guns and Marijuana?

Initially passed in the 1968 Gun Control Act and expanded upon to include prohibited persons over the years, 18 U.S.C. 922 § (g)(3) prohibits anyone who unlawfully uses a controlled substance, as defined by the Controlled Substances Act, from owning firearms. It's not specific to marijuana. It includes every controlled substance. However, marijuana is worth talking about specifically because of its quasi-legal status, including in a number of relatively gun-friendly states such as Arizona, New Hampshire, Texas, and Wyoming.

Despite the unanimous (9-0) Supreme Court ruling in favor of a young man who was prosecuted for owning a pistol while admitting to occasional marijuana use (U.S. v. Hemani 2026), it is still technically illegal to use marijuana and own guns.

If you've ever filled out a Form 4473, you're familiar with Question 21f: "Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or other controlled substance?" For decades, there was no ambiguity concerning medical or recreational marijuana use. The latest Supreme Court ruling narrows the scope slightly, but the bold warning underneath the question remains:

Regardless of what one thinks about marijuana, or the right of the federal government to regulate drugs or the internal laws of the various states, the fact remains: As of now, possession, sale, and cultivation of marijuana remain a federal offense. Recreational marijuana is a Schedule I drug in the same category as heroin. In April of 2026, FDA-approved cannabinoid and marijuana products were reclassified as Schedule III drugs.

18 U.S.C. 922 § (g)(3) is a particularly difficult issue for people who use medicinal marijuana for bona fide medical purposes, rather than as a sort of legal loophole to consume marijuana legally. Many people use medicinal marijuana for a variety of purposes, including relief from pain, Alzheimer's symptoms, glaucoma, epilepsy, and a number of complications related to cancer, including nausea and lack of appetite. The science on this is rather conclusive, so much so that Big Pharma makes legal synthetic THC pills known as Marinol.

In United States v. Rahimi (2024), the Supreme Court held that the federal government may disarm "dangerous individuals." The Hemani ruling slightly narrowed the scope of existing laws, which were once applied to all drug users, regardless of whether they were actually dangerous or not.

Continue reading Medical Marijuana and Gun Ownership: The Laws in 2026 on Ammo.com

Selecting Biological Sex on ATF Forms, as proposed, is a blatant overreach of state power, ATF mission creep, a waste of resources, gross negligence of scientific consensus on biology, and a violation of established case law.

You can comment until Aug 4 on the Trump administration's latest assault on the Second Amendment. If you like, you can simply copy and paste the text of the article, which is within the 5,000 character limit.

https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/ATF-2026-0010-0001

Report Highlights: Gun laws vary by state. Some states have such strict laws that it seems almost impossible to exercise the right to keep and bear arms within their borders.

• Hawaii has the strictest gun control in the U.S. due to its extreme purchasing and carry restrictions.
• California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York round out the top five states with the strictest gun control due to restrictions on purchasing, carrying, and possession.
• Colorado and Washington ranked 9th and 10th because some restrictive legislation had not gone into effect at the time of writing.

I understand safety and security are sometime more important than being ready but I really can’t wrap my head around not carrying a round chambered or storing guns with magazines. Am I missing something? Am I the unsafe person? Please inform or correct me😂

Dallas police officers were cautious when a man openly carrying a silenced pistol walked into police headquarters on the morning of April 1.

One officer asked the man what he's looking for and where he works. Another officer turned him away as he tried to enter the headquarters' museum section. Much of the interaction was captured on body camera video.

"Sir, while you're armed you got to step back over there," the officer said. "You can't come in here."

Officers then arrested him outside for jaywalking, towed his car and confiscated his gun for months.

Now the man who took that video, 38-year-old Matthew Rankin, is suing the City of Dallas, police chief Daniel Comeaux and multiple officers on the scene — alleging they violated his Fourth, Second and 14th Amendment rights.

Report Highlights: In 2026, 29 states have permitless concealed carry freedoms. Concealed carry legislation has no consistent impact on crime in the U.S.

• The U.S. violent crime rate peaked at 758.1 incidents per 100,000 in 1991, when only ten states had right-to-carry legislation. The violent crime rate declined to 359.1 per 100,000 in 2024 when 41 states implemented right-to-carry legislation.
• Of the 12 states that passed permitless carry laws between 2019 and 2022, 11 had lower crime rates in 2024 than they did in 2019.
• The unweighted average violent crime rate among permitless carry states was 311.9 per 100,000 in 2024. The collective average violent crime rate in permit-required states was 335.1 per 100,000.