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• Fifth Circuit Rules Federal Switchblade Knife Restrictions Violate the Second Amendment
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the federal Switchblade Act’s restrictions on the interstate commerce of switchblade knives violate the Second Amendment.
• New York: Gov. Hochul Signs More Gun Control This Week
  Gov. Kathy Hochul remains the scariest thing in Albany for law-abiding gun owners.  On Wednesday, October 21 the anti-gun governor of the Empire State signed a pair of gun bills into law.  We've knocked on this door before.
• NRA Files Amicus Brief Urging Fifth Circuit to Adopt a Test in Disarmament Cases that Ensures Peaceable Citizens Cannot Be Disarmed
  The National Rifle Association and Second Amendment Foundation filed an amicus brief in United States v. Cordova, a case before the en banc Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals involving a challenge to the federal lifetime prohibition on firearms possession by felons under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
• Montana: Legislature to Pursue State-Level Suppressor Deregulation in 2027 Session
  Montana Republicans, led by Attorney General Austin Knudesen, announced plans for legislation to deregulate suppressors and short barreled firearms during the 2027 legislative session. 
• NRA Files (Another) Lawsuit Challenging New Mexico’s 7-Day Waiting Period Law
  Today, the National Rifle Association—along with the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Second Amendment Foundation, New Mexico Firearms Industry Association, New Mexico Shooting Sports Association, Calibers Shooting Sports Center, Omni Tactical USA, Right to Bear Arms, and NRA member Peter Hackett—filed a lawsuit challenging New Mexico’s 7-day waiting period requirement for firearm purchases.
• “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that” – ChatGPT is Now “Completely Anti-gun”
  More than half a century ago, Stanley Kubrick’s film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, introduced the world to HAL-9000, a sentient “supercomputer” with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) processing. When HAL, responsible for running the spacecraft, decides to exterminate the human crew by stranding them in space, its response to the instruction to open the doors is the now infamous, “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
• Catch and Release: Fine for Fishing, Deadly with Violent Criminals
  Our regular readers understand what should be axiomatic for all:  Violent criminals cannot prey on law-abiding citizens if they are behind bars.  Unfortunately, we are hearing more and more regularly that many in our criminal justice system simply cannot grasp such a basic concept; and that failure often leads to tragedy.
• Polls Show Electorate’s Interest in Gun Control Waning
  In late July, the White House announced that through the first half of 2026, homicides were “on pace for the lowest level in at least 126 years.” In mid-August, the FBI released data showing that from 2024 to 2025 violent crime dropped 9.3%.
• Scary Stories from the Crypt Keepers at Big Gun Control
  ‘Tis the Halloween season of fear and disguise, and, in step with the holiday, the gun control ghouls are embracing a familiar tradition of their own. When facts aren’t quite frightening enough, firearm prohibitionists often manufacture their own phantoms.
• Trump Administration Issues Report Detailing Firearms Industry Debanking
  Since taking office for the second time, President Donald Trump and his administration have worked to end political debanking and guarantee that all law-abiding Americans and businesses have access to financial services.