Reports & News

FEATURED / REPORT / OCTOBER 23, 2025

Turning Our Streets Into War Zones

How gun makers use military contracts to market AR-15s and other weapons of war to civilians — and endanger public safety.

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FEATURED / REPORT / JUNE 11, 2025

Quiet Killers

The gun industry wants to make silencers easier to own — despite their use in many high-profile crimes and mass shootings.

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NewsApril 10, 2026

New Report Says Academy Sports Sold Over 250 Guns to Straw Purchasers

Drawing on federal criminal filings, the Everytown Law report shows strong evidence that Academy Sports completed the sales despite clear warning signs.

NewsApril 8, 2026

5 Key Takeaways from Vanity Fair’s Investigation of Kathrin Glock

The report charts the rise of Kathrin Glock, an Austrian “animal rights activist” and the public face of Glock, America’s top crime gun maker.

NewsApril 2, 2026

USPS Proposes Rule to End Century-Old Ban on Mailing Handguns

The proposal follows a Trump DOJ memo arguing that the federal ban on mailing handguns was unconstitutional.

NewsMarch 13, 2026

Fleet Farm Agrees to Reforms to Settle Straw Purchasing Lawsuit

The sporting goods retailer will pay Minnesota $1 million and implement several anti-straw purchasing measures.

NewsReportMarch 9, 2026

Trafficking Spotlight: The Super Bowl Shooting

The shooting led investigators to a trafficker who reportedly purchased 40 firearms from two licensed gun dealers.

NewsMarch 4, 2026

New KelTec Video Advertises Guns for Hit Squads

KelTec’s latest commercial blurs the lines between good guys and bad to market military-style weapons to civilians.

NewsFebruary 17, 2026

New Video Answers the Question “What is an Assault Weapon?”

The Smoking Gun presents a primer on assault weapons, the guns used in the country’s deadliest mass shootings.

NewsFebruary 13, 2026

Feds Pull Plug on Websites Selling Machine Gun Conversion Devices

Federal authorities recently seized two domains hawking illegal machine gun parts known as MCDs from China.

NewsFebruary 11, 2026

Americans Can Now “Shoot More, Spend Less” with RentAGun

RentAGun customers can rent firearms that might otherwise be too expensive to own — like AR-15s and .50-caliber sniper rifles.

NewsJanuary 21, 2026

Trump DOJ Says It Won’t Enforce Federal Ban on Mailing Handguns

The Department of Justice also urged the U.S. Post Office to “modify its regulations” to allow for handguns to be mailed.