Second Amendment Roundup: "Do as I Say, Not as You Ruled" Merrick Garland tells Supreme Court to apply his new, vague test, not Bruen decision. Reason · Oct 31, 2023
It's Hard To See How the 9th Circuit Can Manage To Uphold California's 'Assault Weapon' Ban The appeals court is reviewing an injunction by a judge who concluded that the law is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's Second Amendment precedents. Reason · Oct 30, 2023
Second Amendment Roundup: NYC's "Good Moral Character" Requirement Void An official may not deny the right to possess a firearm based on subjective criteria. Reason · Oct 29, 2023
In the Kentucky governor's race, the gun policy debate is both personal and political Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was struck by tragedy when one of his closest friends died in a mass shooting The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023
Illinois Appellate Court Upholds 90-Day Waiting Period for Concealed Carry Permit + $150 Fee The Supreme Court in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen (2022) held that the Second Amendment secures a right to carry guns in public places for self-defense, but added: To be clear, nothing in our analysis should be interpreted to suggest the unconstitutionality of the 43 States' "shall-issue"… Reason · Oct 20, 2023
Defending Your Dog Against Family Member Can Lead to Family Violence Protective Order A Texas court holds that only self-defense—not defense of property—is excluded from such orders (which can also temporarily strip defendant of Second Amendment rights). And the same logic applies to force, even nonlethal force, used to defend your family members against another family member as well. Reason · Oct 13, 2023
Second Amendment Roundup: Fusillade of Amicus Briefs Filed in Rahimi A strong case is made against the ban on gun possession by persons subject to a DVRO. Reason · Oct 10, 2023
Old gun controls that were constitutionally repealed are not precedents for modern gun control Amicus brief in Supreme Court's Second Amendment Rahimi case Reason · Oct 6, 2023
On Guns, Drugs, and National Security, Dianne Feinstein Was Consistently Authoritarian The late California senator always seemed to err on the side of more government power and less individual freedom. Reason · Sep 29, 2023
New California Gun and Ammo Tax Becomes Law: What to Know A new California gun control law doubles the tax on guns and ammunition purchased in the state. Kiplinger · Sep 27, 2023
California's 10-Round Magazine Limit Is Unconstitutional, a Federal Judge Rules (Again) "There is no American tradition of limiting ammunition capacity," U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez says, calling the state's cap "arbitrary," "capricious," and "extreme." Reason · Sep 24, 2023
Gun groups fiercely oppose firearm restrictions. They support the charges against Hunter Biden Second Amendment activists will endure a high-profile challenge to gun restrictions to score what they see as a political victory against the president. Alex Woodward reports The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's Unconstitutional Gun Edict Was a Huge, Bipartisan Flop The governor's attempt to rule by decree provoked widespread condemnation instead of the applause she was expecting. Reason · Sep 20, 2023
Republicans want it both ways: less gun control and Hunter Biden gun charges Conservative efforts to expand the second amendment are exactly what may help Hunter Biden in court The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2023
The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023 Is Hunter Biden’s gun case a test for the Second Amendment? A Supreme Court decision expanding gun rights might have set a precent to protect him. But the charges he’s facing are rarely brought, raising questions about the case’s survival, legal experts tell Alex Woodward
The Guardian - US · Sep 14, 2023 A US governor tried to ban guns amid ‘relentless’ violence. The lawsuits followed swiftly A spate of violence spurred the New Mexico leader, Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, to take drastic and controversial action
Reason · Sep 14, 2023 Federal Court Blocks N.M. Governor's 30-Day Ban on Gun Carrying in Albuquerque Area In Wednesday's Nat'l Ass'n for Gun Rights [and companion cases] v. Grisham, Judge David Herrera Urias (D.N.M.) issued a temporary restraining order blocking the ban. The court's reasoning was simple: In Bruen, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment generally protects a right to carry arms in most public…
Reason · Sep 12, 2023 Second Amendment Roundup: "He's at It Again!" Merrick Garland proposes ever-more intrusive ATF regulations.
Reason · Sep 10, 2023 New Mexico's Governor Suspends the Right To Bear Arms, Saying the Second Amendment Is Not 'Absolute' Local police officials are leery of enforcing Michelle Lujan Grisham's ban on public carry, which gun rights groups have challenged in federal court.
Reason · Sep 10, 2023 Challenge to N.M. Governor's Ban on Public Gun Carry in Albuquerque and Surrounding County From the motion for a temporary restraining order in Nat'l Ass'n for Gun Rights v. Grisham, filed yesterday in New Mexico federal court (paragraph numbering removed). Governor Grisham issued Executive Order 2023-130 (the "Executive Order") on September 7, 2023…. In the Executive Order Governor Grisham declared that a state of…
Reason · Sep 6, 2023 Free "2023 Supplement" for "Firearms Law and the Second Amendment" Covering the many developments in 2022-23.
Salon · Sep 4, 2023 Gun owners: It's time to stand up I'm a gun owner and a former MAGA Republican. I have a message for my former tribe: Is this really what you want?
Reason · Sep 1, 2023 That School Is Still Treading on Jaiden Rodriguez's Free Speech Rights The district is still censoring the Gadsden flag patch as well as Second Amendment advocacy, according to FIRE.
Reason · Sep 1, 2023 Court Strikes Down W. Va. Law Restricting Property Owners from Asking Visitors About Whether They Have Guns in Their Parked Cars From yesterday's decision by Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. (S.D. W. Va.) in W. Va. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. v. Morrisey (some formatting changed); note that the court upheld some other provisions of the law, which I discuss in a separate post: In March 2018, the West Virginia Legislature…
Reason · Aug 30, 2023 Four Eighth Circuit Judges Argue That Felons Don't Categorically Lose Second Amendment Rights The opinion is today's dissent from denial of rehearing en banc in U.S. v. Jackson (8th Cir.), written by Judge David Stras, joined by Judges Ralph Erickson, Steven Grasz, and Jonathan Kobes: By cutting off as-applied challenges to the federal felon-in-possession statute, Jackson and Cunningham [two recent Eighth Circuit panel…