An international standards body has approved the creation of a merchant category code for gun retailers to identify credit card sales of guns and ammunition. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)—a non-governmental body based in Geneva, Switzerland that creates standards across various industries, including the financial services industry—has approved the new merchant category code for gun and ammunition…

Meigs County in southeastern Ohio’s Appalachian region is leading the way among counties in the state to make law enforcement easier, if not safer, for officers and citizens. Gov. Mike DeWine, law enforcement officials, and Meigs County court officials announced on July 6 that the county was going active with the state’s new eWarrant System….

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that California’s ban on the sale of most semiautomatic weapons to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional. In a 2–1 decision (pdf), a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state’s law violates the Second Amendment rights. The Second Amendment reads, “A well regulated…

The FBI’s background check system recorded 687,788 background checks during the Black Friday week, signaling strong sales for firearms. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), a firearm industry trade association, revealed the data from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The system conducts background checks on people who want to buy a firearm…

The FBI’s background check system recorded 687,788 background checks during the Black Friday week, signaling strong sales for firearms. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), a firearm industry trade association, revealed the data from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The system conducts background checks on people who want to buy a firearm…

Gun sales in 2021 are close to being higher than any year but one, with two months left to go, according to newly released data. Over 1.4 million background checks were carried out by the FBI for gun sales in October, according to an analysis of bureau figures by the National Sports Shooting Foundation, a group…

Gun sales in the United States continue to outpace pre-pandemic levels, with a trade group estimating that just over 1.3 million firearms were purchased in August 2021, the second strongest number for that month on record, surpassed only by August 2020, when pandemic fears inflated demand. “Retail firearm sales remain steady and are still above…

Gun sales in the United States continue to outpace pre-pandemic levels, with a trade group estimating that more than 1.3 million firearms were purchased in August, the second-largest number for that month on record, surpassed only by August 2020, when pandemic fears inflated demand. “Retail firearm sales remain steady and are still above historic norms….

Commentary If there was any doubt that President Biden wants to ban the vast majority of guns in the United States, he again clarified his position last week. “The idea you need a weapon that can have the ability to fire 20, 30, 40, 50, 120 shots from that weapon — whether it’s a —…

A Colorado judge agreed to revoke the license of an Aurora-based gun dealer who had committed hundreds of violations over the years. U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson agreed with federal authorities when they revoked the firearms license of Timothy Taconi—owner of A-TAC Gear Guns Uniforms and ATAC Arms, according to court papers. The judge said (pdf)…