Analogical Reasoning and the Second Amendment In historical inquiry, reasoning by analogy is a commonplace task for any lawyer or judge. Reason · Dec 16, 2022
Should Courts Appoint Historians as Experts in Second Amendment Cases? Courts, not “experts,” should say what the law is. Reason · Dec 15, 2022
Did the Fourteenth Amendment Alter the Meaning of the Second Amendment? 1791, not 1868, is the key date for determining the original understanding of the Second Amendment. Reason · Dec 14, 2022
"Plain Text" When the Second Amendment's plain text covers conduct, it is presumptively protected. Reason · Dec 13, 2022
Commentary: Guns and logic Ignoring the nation’s epidemic of mass shootings, in June 2022, by a 6-3 margin along ideological lines, the Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required anyone seeking a license to carry a concealed handgun outside the home to demonstrate a specific justification for the permit. Under the… Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 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
Centre To Move Constitution (Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022 In RS Today Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda is to move 'The Constitution Orders Bill, 2022' in the Rajya Sabha to amend the Constitution Order, 1950 and the Constitution Order, 1967.Read on for details: Dynamite News · Dec 12, 2022
A Federal Judge Suggests That Oregon's 10-Round Magazine Limit Does Not Implicate the Second Amendment The new ban, which has been blocked by a state judge, so far has fared better in federal court. Reason · Dec 8, 2022
Kyle Rittenhouse ‘Turkey Shoot’ video game lets players shoot creatures that exhibit ‘liberal bias’ The game appears intended to help pay for legal fees The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022
Colorado Springs shooter had allegedly threatened his mother with a bomb. Why could he still get a gun? Anderson Lee Aldrich had his name changed from Nicholas Brink at 15 when disparaging posts on a website targeted him The Guardian - US · Nov 22, 2022
The legal history of bans on firearms and Bowie knives before 1900 Bowie knives are back in constitutional law news these days, after a very long absence. The U.S. Supreme Court's Bruen decision instructs lower courts to look to U.S. legal history to see what sorts of restrictions on Second Amendment rights are consistent with the mainstream American legal tradition. According to… Reason · Nov 20, 2022
Kyle Rittenhouse meets pro-gun Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill Boebert says teenager ‘is a powerful example of why we must never give an inch on our Second Amendment rights’ The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022
Federal judge in Texas rules that disarming those under protective orders violates their Second Amendment rights U.S. District Judge David Counts signed another opinion Thursday that cited a lack of historical record on laws relating to domestic violence to justify disarming abusers. Advocates fear the ruling will put more victims in harm’s way. The Texas Tribune · Nov 15, 2022
Reason · Nov 10, 2022 Second Amendment Challenge to University of Michigan Gun Ban In today's Wade v Univ. of Michigan, the Michigan Supreme Court sent a challenge to the University of Michigan's gun ban back to the Court of Appeals, for consideration in light of N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen. The Court didn't issue an opinion, but Justice David Viviano…
Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 9, 2022 Biden administration relies on flawed argument for banning gun possession by marijuana users The analogy is between the gun ban for marijuana users and old laws that prohibited people from either carrying or firing guns “while intoxicated.”
Reason · Nov 9, 2022 A Judge Accepts the Biden Administration's Dubious Argument for Banning Gun Possession by Marijuana Users Even people who use cannabis for medical purposes risk severe penalties for daring to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
Benzinga · Nov 7, 2022 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.
Salon · Oct 28, 2022 Texas gun law unleashes deadly mayhem "Who could've predicted arming folks without a license would result in this type of chaos?"
Reason · Oct 21, 2022 N.Y. Law Banning Gun Carrying in Churches (Including by People Authorized by the Church) Struck Down From Hardaway v. Nigrelli, decided yesterday by Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. (N.D.N.Y.): Eight days after the Supreme Court struck down New York's unconstitutional "proper cause" requirement for conceal-carry licenses, the State responded with even more restrictive legislation, barring all conceal-carry license holders from vast swaths of the State. The…
Tribune News Service · Oct 20, 2022 After Parkland shooting, Rubio vowed to support law raising minimum age to buy assault-style rifle. Now he opposes it FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Immediately after the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., promised to support a law raising the minimum legal age for buying assault-style rifles.
Tribune News Service · Oct 20, 2022 Court rulings wipe out gun laws in wake of Supreme Court decision Federal judges have struck down gun restrictions in the months since a Supreme Court decision that expanded Second Amendment rights, and experts say there is likely more to come.
Roll Call · Oct 19, 2022 Court rulings wipe out gun laws in wake of Supreme Court decision Judges have struck down gun restrictions since a June decision by the court, while expressing uncertainty over how to interpret the ruling.
Reason · Oct 13, 2022 Public Housing Complexes May Not Ban Gun Possession by Tenants So holds the Tennessee Court of Appeals.
Reason · Oct 13, 2022 Requirement of Serial Numbers on Guns Violates Second Amendment From U.S. v. Price, decided yesterday by Judge Joseph R. Goodwin (S.D. W. Va.): Section 922(k) states, in pertinent part, It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to transport … in interstate or foreign commerce, any firearm which has had the importer's or manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, or…