CMMG Ships the Zeroed Banshee With the Can Already On It
CMMG will sell you a 9mm Banshee with the suppressor already fitted, tuned around it from the start. Six and a half inches of barrel, 6.3 pounds, $2,324.95.
Nick Hall
Florida’s Four-Month Gun Tax Holiday Started September 1
Florida knocked the sales tax off guns, ammo, optics and, for the first time, suppressors. It runs to December 31 and there are no price caps.
NFA Background Checks Tripled in August
NFA checks ran to 185,744 in August against 61,594 a year ago. Ordinary gun sales barely moved. Almost all of that new volume is suppressors.
Louisiana Lets 18-Year-Olds Carry, Then Won’t Issue Them a Permit
Louisiana lets adults carry without a permit at 18, then refuses to issue them one. Federal school-zone law turns that gap into a map full of places they cannot go.
A Trucker Is Asking the Supreme Court to Settle Carry Reciprocity
A long-haul driver with Georgia and Florida licenses has asked the Supreme Court whether the right to bear arms stops at the border of the state that issued your permit.
Denver Leaves Visiting Gun Owners No Legal Way to Carry
Colorado refuses nonresident permits, Denver bans open carry, and the two rules together leave a lawful visitor with nowhere to go. The NRA filed suit on August 31.
New Mexico’s Waiting Period Lost in Court and Still Applies to You
A federal judge struck down New Mexico’s seven-day waiting period, then wrote an order that shields exactly two buyers. Everyone else in the state still waits.
Gun Safe Weight Guide: How Heavy Should Your Safe Be? (2026)
What gun safes really weigh by class, what each steel gauge weighs per square foot, and the arithmetic that shows about half a fire-rated safe is gypsum lining rather than steel, including how to use it to disprove a gauge claim on a spec sheet.
Can You Put a Gun Safe on the Second Floor? Weight Limits Explained (2026)
Whether a second floor can hold a gun safe, using the live loads, deflection limit, joist spans and stairway clear widths the International Residential Code actually publishes, including the 30 psf sleeping-area figure almost every guide on this subject gets wrong.