Federal firearm enforcement
DOJ Firearm Charges & Federal Gun Cases
Recent firearm, ammunition, trafficking, prohibited-person, machinegun, silencer and related federal case updates discovered from U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney press releases. Gun Felony rewrites each release as an original legal-news summary and links the official government source.
September 16, 2026 · Convicted
Van Calvin Callahan, Jr., 46, of Kansas City, Kan., was found guilty by a federal judge of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence on Sep.
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September 16, 2026 · Guilty Plea
A San Gabriel Valley man entered a guilty plea today to robbing two United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers, later using stolen keys to enter apartment complexes and steal mail in Baldwin Park, and assaulting federal officers who arrested him, injuring one of them.
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September 16, 2026 · Sentenced
BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol as well as cocaine base, methamphetamine and oxycodone.
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September 16, 2026 · Guilty Plea
Isaiah Pushia-Keith, 26, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, entered a guilty plea today in U.S. District Court to unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, reported U.S.
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September 15, 2026 · Guilty Plea
Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, a resident of Valencia, Pennsylvania, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with receiving a firearm and ammunition knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the firearm and ammunition would be used to commit a felony or a federal crime of terrorism, including providing, attempting to provide, and conspiring to
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September 15, 2026 · Convicted
MACON, Ga. – A federal jury convicted a Georgia man with a criminal history for illegally possessing a firearm and attempting to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine in Central Georgia resulting from a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation.
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September 15, 2026 · Sentenced
Seattle – A 22-year-old Mexican national illegally present in the U.S. was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison for drug and gun crimes, reported First Assistant U.S.
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September 15, 2026 · Indicted
Gregory Porter, 57, of Mountain View, Mo., was named in a federal indictment by a federal grand jury with illegally possessing 34 firearms and more than 150 grams of methamphetamine.
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September 15, 2026 · Sentenced
Alonzo Lee Bonner Jr., 39, of Petersburg, received a sentence of 21 years and 10 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and a felon-in-possession firearm offense.
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September 14, 2026 · Sentenced
A Santa Barbara County, California, man entered a guilty plea today to detonating a bomb at a Santa Maria courthouse in 2024 in an attack that injured three people, damaged the building, and was intended to kill law enforcement officers in retaliation for local law enforcement seizing his firearms earlier that year. Nathaniel James McGuire,
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