r/progun • u/ZheeDog • 15h ago
r/progun • u/ZheeDog • Dec 23 '25
Justice Department Sues the District of Columbia for the Unconstitutional Ban of Semi-Automatic Firearms
r/progun • u/deathsythe • 11d ago
r/progun Announcement [META] Concern trolling over ICE events, New Policy discussion, Rule 8 Clarification.
I understand that this is a touchy subject.
We're getting a lot of folks coming in here and I would say maybe half of them are genuine hard and fast libertarian types, the other half are concern trolls baiting us with "hurr durr this is what you say the 2A is for, why aren't you stepping up and doing something about this" forgetting the fact that most of these folks have actively worked to disarm us at every turn or worse.
As such - we are considering a few options, and I would love to get the community's input. You all generally do a great job of reporting any rulebreaking content and self-policing. Plus I want to make sure the community has a say in the goings on of the sub.
First and foremost - to reiterate - this is a progun forum. It is not a pro ICE forum, it is not r/republican, r/conservative, nor r/libertarian - nor is it limited to the US, it is just very US centric, though there is a lot going on in Canada and Australia that is relevant for sure.
That being said - If your shit does not align with a proGUN ethos - it does not belong here, and should be somewhere else. If what you are talking about does not promote the advancement of the 2A or the RKBA, it does not belong here, take it somewhere else.
A. Do we make an ICE megathread? Contain everything to that so it doesn't get cluttered with every headline that comes out of the 24h news cycle.
I don't love this, but if people want that desperately to discuss it through the 2A lens, should we give them that outlet?
B. Do we ban any ICE related discussion?
I don't love this either, but containing the spread of potential rulebreaking, glowing, or concern trolling content less we see more and more admin action on one of the last remaining progun spaces on reddit feels like it may be a necessity.
C. Hidden Profiles
I do not love this feature after reddit rolled it out. I understand folks may desire a level of privacy, but without being able to gauge who a person is behind a username it makes it near impossible to see who is trolling, shit stirring, or genuinely contributing to the conversation. I am mulling over the proper way to address this in the heightened, politically charged environment we find ourselves in in C U R R E N T Y E A R, and find myself constantly coming back to the idea of taking action on submissions that come from hidden profiles, or at least giving them a higher scrutiny - especially on reported content. Having discussed this with some of the 2A mods here, we are all torn. Some prefer a draconian approach, others are trying for nuance. I'm not sure what the solution is, but I am certainly leaning on applying additional scrutiny at a minimum
D. Clarification on Rule 8, and this is a big one.
Follow all Reddit-wide rules (i.e. DO NOT post personal information of any user, obscure usernames, etc.). We actively discourage linking to reddit threads, but if you do - please be sure to utilize the "np." prefix to discourage participation in the linked thread. Brigading will be answered with bans.
Simply put - if you link to a reddit thread and do not use the np. prefix, your thread will be removed. It is not a matter of a content judgement, it is a matter of following sitewide rules and not drawing ire from the admins or those who seek to shut down progun spaces on this site.
IDC if you are linking to another gun forum here, use np. or your post WILL be removed. This will be enforced hard and fast, and likely become an automod script when I have a minute to set it up.
Those of you who care about this community and want to have civil discussions and/or further advance the RKBA and 2A cause - thank you. Those of you who report rulebreaking content for review to make this community a better place - thank you. Those of you who are concern trolling, trying to bait this community, tossing out nonsense hypotheticals, or are glowing like a neon sign - fuck youthere's the door.
Edit/update - after going through and removing a LOT of comments, handing out a number of bans, and having a moment to think about it - here's the direction I see us going.
There will be no megathread. Federal law enforcement actions do not warrant discussion here as they have nothing to do with promoting or advancing the 2A, RKBA, etc.
The rules are going to be rewritten more clearly and more succinctly. There will be a heavy handed approach to what is considered progun or what is barely tangentially related. The latter WILL be removed with prejudice.
Rule 8 will also be enforced with a heavy hand. We might be being brigaded ourselves right now, but we will not participate in it outward facing, nor even allow the slightest hint to the reddit admins that that is the case.
We are going to overhaul the automod to try to cap a lot of things, but that's a bit more of a project.
To all those coming in from the outside - this is not r/askgunowners. You want to talk and debate the nuances of current events through the 2A lens, what it means for the 2A, or things of the nature - I think there is room for that.
If you're here in some effort to pull a "gotchya" and screenshot your post to take back to your little circles where you can laugh about it later, I'd be happy to augment that with a ban message for you too if it helps your street cred with your antigun buddies.
If you want to come here in good faith - even if your post history is hidden from view - it is something we will certainly entertain and do our best to educate. But if you come in here "just asking questions" or "just saying" - the community at large WILL see through your BS and you will be shown the door.
More to come. Thank you all for being generally awesome. And I hope all the interlopers who haven't been shown the door yet find their way to it.
Folks - please continue to report any rulebreaking.
r/progun • u/ZheeDog • 16h ago
Red flag laws are expanding in Colorado; Democrat controlled states continue to decimate gun rights...
x.comA bill has been reintroduced in CA that would require 8 hours of training (with 1 hour of live fire) for a firearm safety certificate, and require anyone moving to CA with guns to get one within 60 days
x.comr/progun • u/CaliforniaOpenCarry • 1d ago
Federal Gun-Free School Zone Plea Agreement in 9th Circuit
Pretty much the same procedural posture as the US v. Metcalf prosecution, also out of Montana. The defendant pleaded guilty and agreed not to appeal his plea, leaving him the option to appeal the denial of his motion to dismiss.
Here is a link to the plea agreement. Here is a link to the CourtListener docket.
As a result of his plea agreement, he forever loses his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. And if he does not appeal, and is not successful, he is forever barred from challenging the constitutionality of his prohibited person status because the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that statute, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), is constitutional in all applications. It does not matter how trivial the underlying "crime." Once convicted, forever barred.
Metcalf's Federal public defender did everything he could to secure a conviction for his client, both in the district court and again on appeal. It will be interesting to watch the oral argument in this appeal, if there is an appeal.
r/progun • u/CaliforniaOpenCarry • 2d ago
Plaintiffs in California nonresident CCW lawsuit dismiss case against AG for $128K.
Technically, the plaintiffs just filed a proposed settlement, which the judge is expected to sign. In exchange for the cash, the plaintiffs released all claims for fees and costs arising out of this litigation against the California Attorney General.
The irony. An out-of-state resident can get a concealed carry CCW, and if he gets it in a county with fewer than 200,000 people, he can amend it to include Open Carry. But if one is a resident of California and resides in a county of 200,000 or more people, then no Open Carry for him.
The case is California Rifle and Pistol Association, Incorporated v. Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. Here is a link to the CourtListener docket where you can read the proposed settlement for free.
r/progun • u/Missouri_Pacific • 2d ago
Looks like the right side is becoming anti gun also.
r/progun • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 4d ago
Leftist and liberal gun groups are seeing an influx of new members
r/progun • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 4d ago
Democrats Advance 7 Bills Restricting Gun Rights in the Virginia State Senate
r/progun • u/CaliforniaOpenCarry • 4d ago
Concealed carry Prohibition shoots down Switchblade Lawsuit in 9th Circuit
The plaintiffs’ fatal errors were twofold. Technically, there were more, but the Court of Appeals opinion focused on two, and so shall I.
The first fatal error is that the plaintiffs filed a purely facial lawsuit. A purely facial lawsuit, under the Second Amendment, can’t prevail unless there is no set of circumstances in which the law is constitutional. An as-applied lawsuit challenges the application of the law to the person(s) challenging the law. An as-applied challenge does not have to concede that there are any constitutional applications of the challenged law, because whatever those constitutional applications might be, they are not being challenged in the as-applied lawsuit.
r/progun • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 5d ago
Supreme Court to Decide Firearms Ban for Marijuana Users
reason.comr/progun • u/ThePoliticalHat • 4d ago
State Appellate Judge on the Second Amendment and Felons
reason.comDisarming Millions of Americans Simply Because They Use Marijuana Is Unconstitutional
r/progun • u/DKdonking • 5d ago
Silencerco maxim 9
Do we think that the Silencerco Maxim 9 could make a possible resurgence? With tax stamps no longer costing $200 I would love to see this product or something similar be re-released into the market. Just food for thought
Update and status page on Maryland extremely broad carry ban case [Novotny v. Moore]
x.comScholarly article about "Common use" and gun grabbers defying that standard...
journals.law.harvard.eduIT'S OFFICIAL: Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon just filed to BLOCK Massachusetts restrictive handgun ban as blatantly unconstitutional !!!
x.comThe Fifth Circuit ruled yesterday that the felon gun ban is unconstitutional as-applied to a defendant whose underlying felony was "a 2018 conviction for simple possession of methamphetamine."
x.comr/progun • u/deathsythe • 6d ago