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• Redditors Embarrass Virginia Assembly’s Chief Gun Banner
  In late August, Virginia State Delegate Dan Helmer (D-10), who represents a portion of the Northern Virginia D.C. suburb of Fairfax County, took to Reddit for an “ask me anything” (AMA) question and answer session.
• Promise to Practice: Federal Firearm Rights Restoration is Now a Reality
  The federal government’s promise to provide a pathway to restore firearm rights is no longer merely a commitment on paper. 
• Unhealthy Exposure: Gun Ban Advocates Allergic to Defensive Gun Use
  One of the narratives invented by gun control activists and their political allies to try to make their agenda more palatable to the general public has been to recast gun crime as a “public health crisis.” Under this approach, burgeoning gun ownership, legal or otherwise, becomes an epidemic, and the cure for this “contagion” is, obviously, all manner of bans and restrictions on legitimate firearm possession and use.
• Virginia Case Shows Gun Control is Aimed at Decent Citizens, Not Criminals
  Economics has a concept called “revealed preference.” The gist is that a person’s observed actions reveal more about their preferences than what a person might profess to favor. 
• NRA Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court “Assault Weapons” Cases
  The National Rifle Association, alongside the Independence Institute and the American Suppressor Association, filed an amicus brief on Friday in the consolidated cases Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, which challenge the "assault weapons” bans of Cook County, Illinois and Connecticut, respectively.
• California: Legislature Adjourns, More Anti-Gun Bills Head to Governor's Desk
  The California Legislature adjourned its 2026 legislative session late last night, sending three additional anti-gun measures to Governor Newsom for consideration. Among them is AB 2047, a phantom regulation on 3-D printing that has drawn opposition from a broad coalition.   
• NRA Files Lawsuit Challenging Denver’s Nonresident Handgun Carry Ban
  Today, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Colorado State Shooting Association (CSSA), together with members Greg Howeth of Hawaii and Zackary Dougherty of South Carolina, announced a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado challenging Denver’s carry prohibition for nonresidents.
• The NRA Gun Bus Battleground Tour Schedule
  Come see the NRA Gun Bus at an event near you as we travel the country for our 2026 Battleground Tour leading up to the midterm elections!
• All Flags, No Fix: Michigan’s Real Public Safety Problem
  Sorry, Michiganders, but the state has developed a serious problem with crime and consequences.
• Australia Remains Committed to Eliminating Guns from the Law-Abiding
  It’s been a long time since Australia had relatively sensible gun laws.  While national regulations did not really come into play until the 1990s, the states and territories began imposing severe restrictions on lawful gun owners in the 1920s, starting with handguns.