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New Jersey lawmakers pass gun carry legislation after ruling

New Jersey lawmakers have given final approval to legislation overhauling rules to get a firearm carry permit after this summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanded gun rights

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Stephen Halbrook Guest-Blogging on Second Amendment Law

I'm delighted to report that Stephen Halbrook will be guest-blogging this week on Second Amendment law. Halbrook is both a prominent gun rights lawyer and a leading legal scholar: He argued Printz v. United States (the anti-commandeering case) in the Supreme Court, as well as Castillo v. United States and…

Reason · Dec 12, 2022

State judge places a hold on Oregon's gun law and the state says it will appeal

A ruling by a county judge threw the implementation of Oregon's new voter-approved gun law into limbo and the state's attorney general said her office will appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court.

WEKU · Dec 7, 2022

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Illinois’ gun debate: Legislation, litigation and emotion fuel one of the state’s most polarizing conflicts

CHICAGO — Born 10 days before Columbine, 23-year-old Nabeela Syed’s opinion on guns in this country began forming in the third grade.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 5, 2022

Expired Involuntary Commitment Order Can Be Reviewed Because of Collateral Effect on Gun Rights

Sounds right to me.

Reason · Nov 17, 2022

Maj Toure: Gun Control Is 'the Most Racist Practice in America'

The libertarian activist on gun rights, the new BLM ("Black Libertarian Movement"), and his support for the Mises Caucus.

Reason · Nov 9, 2022

Deluge of propositions from abortion to climate on midterms ballots across US

Down-ballot voting could also determine drug legalization, gun rights and education funding, even ‘involuntary servitude’

The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2022

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Medical Marijuana Patients Don't Have Gun Rights: Federal Court Rules On Nikki Fried's Second Amendment Lawsuit

A Federal Court dismissed Nikki Fried’s Second Amendment lawsuit against the federal government seeking to allow medical marijuana patients to buy and own firearms.

Benzinga · Nov 7, 2022

Dem. Gov. Vetoes MMJ Gun Rights Bill; MI GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Voted Against Legalization & More

Michigan GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Voted Against Cannabis Legalization & Doesn’t Have A Stance On Cannabis Pardons

Benzinga · Oct 31, 2022

Justice Kagan: 'Time will tell' if court finds common ground

Justice Elena Kagan says “time will tell” whether the Supreme Court can get back to “finding common ground” after a term in which the court’s six conservatives and three liberals split over major issues including abortion and gun rights

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Supreme Court declines to hear bump stock challenges

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear two challenges to the federal regulatory ban on bump stocks Monday, leaving in place a prohibition on the devices that were used in the Las Vegas Strip mass shooting.

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to ban on gun 'bump stocks'

The U.S. Supreme Court, which expanded gun rights in a major decision in June, on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a federal ban on devices called "bump stocks" that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire like a machine gun - a firearms control measure prompted by a 2017 Las…

Reuters · Oct 3, 2022

Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban

Gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut’s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022

Texas will fight to block 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns

A court had ruled that the state’s ban was unconstitutional. The attorney general’s office — usually a supporter of gun rights — said it will appeal but didn’t explain why.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 27, 2022

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Reuters · Sep 22, 2022

NRA free speech lawsuit against New York regulator is dismissed

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the dismissal of a National Rifle Association lawsuit accusing a New York regulator of stifling its speech by pressuring banks and insurers to stop doing business with the gun rights group.

Reuters · Sep 20, 2022

Americans under felony indictment have a right to buy guns, judge rules

A federal law prohibiting people under felony indictment from buying firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Texas has concluded, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded gun rights.

Reason · Sep 12, 2022

The Supreme Court's Ruling in Bruen Was a Big Win for Gun Rights

You don't have to prove to a government official that you have “proper cause” to exercise your constitutional right, the Court ruled.

WEKU · Sep 11, 2022

Major credit card companies are making it easier to track gun sales

The move will likely provoke the ire of gun rights advocates and lobbyists, who have argued that categorizing gun sales would unfairly flag an industry when most sales do not lead to mass shootings.

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Benzinga · Aug 24, 2022

Medical Cannabis & Gun Rights: Will I Lose My Guns If I Obtain A Patient Card?

This article was originally published on The Cannabis Community and appears here with permission.

Reason · Aug 19, 2022

A Case That Pits Gun Rights Activism Against Federalism

Gun control advocates may embrace the 10th Amendment.

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022

Cancellation of Atlanta festival sparks new fight over guns

The cancellation of a major music festival in Atlanta has ignited a new fight over Georgia gun laws

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022

After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws

The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over issues including age limits and bans on AR-15-style guns

Reason · Aug 1, 2022

The New York Times Is Surprised To Find Public Defenders Championing the Second Amendment

Yet the civil rights movement has long had a gun rights component.

The Conversation · Jul 15, 2022

The Supreme Court's ideological rulings are roiling US politics – just like when Lincoln and his Republicans remade the court to fit their agenda

Political conflict over the Supreme Court’s direction is raging in the aftermath of two sweeping rulings in the court’s most recent term, one which expanded individual gun rights and the other which removed constitutional protection for abortion. Those rulings were the product of a conservative majority made more muscular and…

Tribune News Service · Jul 11, 2022

Supreme Court’s gun rights decision upends state restrictions

Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that expanded the right to carry firearms outside the home, gun rights activist Andrew Namiki Roberts rushed to the Honolulu Police Department to apply for four permits to carry handguns in public. He was fourth in line, surrounded by excited Hawaii…

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