
Second Amendment Highlights from Around the Country – Week of April 20, 2026
From California’s surging gun ownership to the Tenth Circuit’s ghost gun ruling, plus Glock bans in Connecticut and a new ATF director on deck. The week in 2A.
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From California’s surging gun ownership to the Tenth Circuit’s ghost gun ruling, plus Glock bans in Connecticut and a new ATF director on deck. The week in 2A.

Tennessee lawmakers just passed a bill allowing deadly force to defend property under specific conditions. It now heads to the governor’s desk.

The DOJ just rescheduled marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. What does it mean for gun owners with medical marijuana cards? It’s complicated.

The DOJ just torpedoed D.C.’s magazine ban victory. Pirro convinced the appellate court to rehear the case en banc, vacating the pro-gun ruling in the process.

The Eleventh Circuit just ruled machineguns aren’t protected by the Second Amendment, despite the ATF’s own data showing 234,718 are lawfully owned in America.

33 House Republicans just sent President Trump a letter laying out exactly what they want from his next attorney general on the Second Amendment. The pressure is on.

Senators Kaine and Warner just introduced a bill to drag Virginia’s aggressive gun control agenda onto the national stage. It spans five Titles of new federal restrictions.

A Republican congressman wants to give retired Special Forces veterans concealed carry privileges that ordinary Americans don’t get. And a ‘gun rights’ group is cheering it on.

Anti-gun Virginia politician commits murder-suicide. Kentucky overrides veto for under-21 carry. Hawaii drops non-resident carry ban.

13 U.S. Senators demand the ATF stop enforcing the Biden-era pistol brace rule that was struck down in court in 2024.

The DOJ admits the 1927 firearms mailing ban is unconstitutional but tells gun owners to just wait for new regulations. No urgency on 2A rights.

Virginia governor amends the assault weapons ban to broaden restrictions. The DOJ is watching, and a showdown looms on April 22.
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