Author: theholsterstore

Disgraced former NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre was dealt another setback in court this week. A New York appeals court denied his attempt to get out of paying $4.3 million in restitution to the NRA. It also denied his attempt to return to NRA leadership at some point. But, as I explain, this week also delivered… Read more

The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) longtime leader will have to pay the group millions in restitution after losing an appeal, but the internal battle he unleashed has intensified as one arm of the gun group attempts to split off entirely. On Tuesday, a New York state appellate court panel unanimously ruled against Wayne LaPierre’s attempt… Read more

Virginia gun sales have doubled. That’s what the latest report from a gun industry trade group indicates. The Old Dominion, which doesn’t even crack the top ten in state population, saw more rifle sales than everyone else besides the Lone Star State. So, it’s clear the “assault firearms” ban Governor Abigail Spanberger (D.) signed into… Read more

Virginians have been flooding their local gun stores at a record pace since Governor Abigail Spanberger (D.) signed a sales ban on AR-15s and similar firearms. At the same time, at least 14 state prosecutors have refused to enforce the legislation. The number of gun-sales-related background checks Virginia processed more than doubled year-over-year in May,… Read more

When the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a landmark decision recognizing a constitutional right to carry firearms and establishing a strict new test for gun-control laws, most gun-rights activists were ecstatic. Little did they know that lower courts would repeatedly invoke that opinion to thwart their efforts to deregulate silencers. On Wednesday,… Read more

The tension in the legal standoff between gun-rights groups and Virginia officials over the state’s contested background check law has ramped up. In a new joint letter published Tuesday, the leaders of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) and Gun Owners of America (GOA) warned Virginia law enforcement officers and prosecutors that they could face… Read more

On the heels of an unbeaten post-Bruen streak that ended blanket state-level bans on non-resident gun-carry permits, advocates have hit a new roadblock in their quest to expand cross-border carry rights. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals this week dismissed a lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s limited recognition of… Read more

This week, we’re looking into reporting on racism in New Jersey’s gun permitting process. That’s why we’re talking to Aymann Ismail of Slate Magazine, who both experienced issues with his own gun application and interviewed many other minorities in the same situation. He said a Newark permitting official had withdrawn his first gun purchase permit… Read more

The fight for non-resident carry permits is over. The fight for national reciprocity is just beginning. The former has been extremely successful in securing court orders. The latter, as Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman explains, faces a much harder path. Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for the Department of Justice to release the final version of its… Read more

There’s news on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) rights restoration efforts, but not the kind most activists are waiting to hear. On Thursday, the DOJ announced a new batch of rights restorations. However, it was limited to just four people, and the DOJ backdated it to the tenure of former Attorney General Pam Bondi. “The… Read more