ATF – Shooting News Weekly

Patrick Adamiak Rots in Prison While the Trump DOJ Works to Keep Him There

Lee Williams — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:00:54 +0000

Adamiak spends his days like any other federal inmate. However, there’s one massive difference. The entire prison system knows he’s not guilty of committing any crime.

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How Long Will Trump’s ATF Stonewall Congress On the Agency’s Illegal Gun Registry?

Shooting News Weekly — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:00:15 +0000

It has been illegal since 1986 for the federal government to establish a national forearms registry. The bureaucrats at ATF, enabled by Biden-era policy changes, have taken that as a challenge.

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NSSF-Backed ATF Director Nominee Vows ‘Not to Burden Lawful Gun Owners or Undermine the Second Amendment’

Larry Keane — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:00:08 +0000

"The right to keep and bear arms is a Constitutional guarantee and I am committed to protecting and preserving it.”

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Michael Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun Agitprop Outlet is Panicked Over the State of ATF Under Trump

Dan Zimmerman — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:56:54 +0000

No federal agency has withered under President Donald Trump’s second term quite like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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ATF Rewrites Rules for Addicts and Unlawful Drug Users as Supreme Court Case Looms

NRA ILA — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:00:59 +0000

The rule comes at a time when states are increasingly liberalizing their regulation of marijuana and as a Second Amendment challenge to the underlying statute looms at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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More of the Same: Why is Congress Still Funding ATF at Biden Era Levels?

Texas Gun Rights — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:00:58 +0000

The same agency that spent years acting like Biden’s personal enforcement arm is getting funded at near record levels, with few meaningful restrictions on how it can use that money.

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ATF Data Shows The Number of Guns in Americans’ Hands Now Tops Half a Billion

National Shooting Sports Foundation — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:00:21 +0000

Data also indicates that 32,091,000 AR-15 platform rifles are in circulation since 1990, making them the most popular centerfire rifle sold in America.

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We Don’t Know About the Chinese Calendar, But 2026 is the Year of the Suppressor

Paul Erhardt — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:00:03 +0000

On Friday, NSSF announced that it got word that ATF processed over 150,000 eForms on Jan. 1. The normal daily volume is closer to 2,500.

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Trump Reclassified Marijuana From Schedule I to Schedule III Under the Controlled Substances Act…Now What?

Dan Zimmerman — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:00:21 +0000

Marijuana is still very much a controlled substance under the CSA...it's just been moved from one classification under the law to another.

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ATF Will Shut Down eForms After Christmas to Retool for Zero Dollar Tax Stamps

Dan Zimmerman — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:05:15 +0000

To make the necessary upgrades to handle the law change, they're going to shut the eForms system down for Form 1 and Form 4 submissions after Christmas to let their geeks get to work.

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