On Friday afternoon, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) published an open letter stating that it would no longer require Americans to apply for and register silencers, short ...

IV Guns in Oregon sold at least 146 guns to a straw purchasing ring all using the same address, including 91 to a single ...

For years, Sig Sauer has fiercely defended its P320 against allegations that the pistol can fire without an intentional trigger pull. As lawsuits accumulated and some law enforcement agencies moved ...

Many firearms today are easy to customize and reconfigure with a wide range of original and aftermarket parts and accessories made by hundreds of companies. Gun owners can replace their firearms’ ...

Since the 1800s, most gun advertisements in America have been tailored towards men — showing men as powerful, masculine, and patriotic when they’re armed. But a 2024 study published in the Journal of ...

Gun makers commonly use the “halo effect” to entice civilians to buy military-style weapons, including AR-15s and .50-caliber rifles. The Department of Defense has awarded at least $3.5 billion to gun ...

Last month, the Trump administration rescinded the “zero tolerance” policy, which tasked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) with revoking the licenses of gun dealers, or ...

An ATF inspection grew into a monthslong investigation after agents discovered firearms were missing from Smith & Wesson’s Springfield, Massachusetts, headquarters in 2007. According to the ATF, Smith ...

New data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) shows that the agency inspected more gun manufacturers, importers, and dealers — known as Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) ...

Last July, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law, which contained a provision cutting the $200 taxes required to make or purchase silencers (or sound suppressors), ...

Mountain Billy Gun Lab, a Utah-based company formerly known as Wee1 Tactical, appears to be doubling down on marketing child-sized AR-15s to minors, even after public outcry forced the company to ...