April 29, 2026
DOJ Press Conference
3pm ET
At 3:00 p.m. ET today, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is expected to announce a major package of proposed and final ATF rules stemming from DOJ/ATF’s comprehensive regulatory review under Executive Order 14206, “Protecting Second Amendment Rights.”
In Plain English
The regulatory landscape may be moving—fast.
FFLGuard will be monitoring the announcement closely and reviewing what DOJ and ATF actually release, not just the press-conference version. As always, the real question for FFLs is not whether the headline sounds good. It is what the rule text requires, what workflows change, what records are affected, and what your business needs to do next.
Stay Tuned
FFLGuard will review the actual releases and provide practical guidance once the details are available. Headlines are nice. Operational clarity is better.
This is why waiting for the headline is not the same as being ready for the rule change.
The announcement may sound encouraging. It may sound historic. It may even sound like relief. But for firearms businesses, the real work begins after the press conference—when someone has to read the rule text, understand the effective dates, identify the workflow changes, update internal procedures, retrain staff, and make sure the business is not operating on yesterday’s assumptions.
That is where FFLGuard earns its keep.
FFLGuard helps firearms businesses move beyond headlines and into actual compliance execution: what changed, what did not, what matters now, and what your team needs to do next. When DOJ and ATF move, your business needs more than hot takes and group chat confidence. It needs experienced guidance, practical tools, and a program built for exactly this kind of regulatory whiplash.
If your compliance strategy is “we’ll see what Facebook says,” this would be an excellent time to upgrade.
Join FFLGuard and stop letting ATF rule changes catch your business flat-footed.