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According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, there were 1,123,006 adjusted background checks in June 2026, an 11.7% increase over June 2025.

The new department will carry a $100 million annual budget and move existing violence reduction programs under one umbrella. Mayor Johnson said the idea would “ensure” those efforts are aligned.

That’s why Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and 15 Senate Republican colleagues introduced the Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts (SHOT) Act on Friday.

Yet here we are. Brady wants it anyway.

If anyone thought Americans were done buying guns in 2026, the latest background check numbers suggest otherwise.

A coalition of gun owners, firearm businesses, and manufacturers is racing to stop Virginia’s new ban on Modern Sporting Rifles and standard-capacity magazines before the law takes effect this summer.

If a federally licensed firearm retailer—operating legally—can be shut down overnight by a payment processor or bank, what does that say about access to financial services?

The Soros family isn’t just soft-on-crime. They’re virulently antigun, funding efforts to strip gun rights from law-abiding Americans and attack the industry that makes those rights possible.

All told, industry data reveals that 32,091,000 Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) are in circulation since 1990.