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Former SG Paul Clement on Leaving Kirkland & Ellis After It Decided to Withdraw from Second Amendment Cases

"We could not abandon ongoing representations just because a client's position is unpopular in some circles."

Reason · Jun 23, 2022

How Should Courts Evaluate Gun Regulations After Bruen?

There's much to be said and debated about the N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen opinions, and who got it right. But for now, I want to turn to the practical question: What does Bruen mean for gun laws going forward? Here is my very tentative summary of…

Reason · Jun 23, 2022

Guns and Judicial Protection of Constitutional Rights that Put Lives at Risk

Justice Breyer and others argue that gun regulations deserve special judicial deference because Second Amendment rights create risks to life. But the same is true of many other constitutional rights.

Reason · Jun 23, 2022

Supreme Court strikes down New York’s concealed carry law for violating Second Amendment

SCOTUS’ conservative majority ruled that the state law restricting firearms is unconstitutional, landing major blow to gun reform efforts

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

Supreme Court bolsters right to carry handgun in public - Roll Call

The Supreme Court extended the Second Amendment right to carry a handgun outside the home for the first time Thursday.

Roll Call · Jun 23, 2022

The Bipartisan Senate Gun Control Bill Would Unjustly Deprive Americans of Their Second Amendment Rights

The legislation prohibits firearm sales based on juvenile records and subsidizes state laws that suspend gun rights without due process.

Reason · Jun 22, 2022

Commentary: Ballots and bullets

Uvalde. Another school massacre. Another underage murderer. Another legally purchased weapon of war turned on innocent children. More calls for action. More thoughts and prayers. More braying about upholding the Second Amendment. More pandering.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

Editorial: Congress: Pass the bipartisan gun control bill

The compromise gun control bill crafted by 10 Republicans and several Democratic colleagues is “more likely than not” to pass the Senate, Pennsylvania’s Republican senator said Tuesday. One of the authors of the proposal, Sen. Pat Toomey, says that it will “protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans while…

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022

Missouri law undercuts domestic violence ‘boyfriend’ fix in US Senate deal on guns

The bipartisan gun deal in the U.S. Senate announced on Sunday — and supported by Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt — would close the “boyfriend loophole” in federal law that allows some individuals convicted of domestic violence to have guns if their victim is a dating partner instead of a…

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022

Commentary: Assault rifles should be restricted to the military. Period

Some of you may remember the disastrous years between 1994 and 2004. During that period assault rifles like the AR-15 were outlawed nationally. Absent the availability of these guns for hunting, deer, moose and other animals were running rampant through streets in many cities. Because these weapons could no longer…

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022