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No, It Wasn't Ironic That Second Amendment Advocate Charlie Kirk Was Shot

All liberty involves tradeoffs. So does repressing liberty.

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Assassination in Utah, school shooting in Colorado: one day in US gun violence

Reaction to the shocking killing of Charlie Kirk has largely overlooked the obvious: the country is awash with guns and people prepared to use them on fellow Americans

The Guardian - US

Florida's Ban on Openly Carrying Guns Is Unconstitutional, State Appeals Court Rules

A unanimous three-judge panel concluded that "no historical tradition supports" the 1987 law.

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Charlie Kirk shooting: another grim milestone in America’s long and increasingly dangerous story of political violence

Charlie Kirk, figurehead of the American far right, took a question at a 2023 event in Salt Lake City about the second amendment to the US constitution and gun-related deaths. He answered: “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that…

The Conversation

Where Charlie Kirk stood on guns, the LGBT+ community and the future of the United States

Turning Point founder, an anti-abortion Christian and Second Amendment advocate, Kirk was known for his loyalty to Donald Trump and his ‘America First’ agenda

The Independent UK

The Trump Administration's Half-Baked Plan To Disarm Transgender People Is Legally Bankrupt

Such a gun ban is not authorized by statute or allowed by the Second Amendment.

Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: 2nd Circuit Upholds Connecticut's Semiautomatic Firearm Ban

The court substitutes an “unusually dangerous” test for Heller’s “dangerous and unusual” test.

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Major Gun-Rights Groups Oppose the Trump Administration's Idea To Ban Trans People From Owning Guns

The NRA says it won't support "any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process."

Reason

NRA condemns Trump’s proposed firearm ban on trans people: ‘the Second Amendment isn’t up for debate’

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The Independent UK

Even the NRA is against Trump team plan to ban trans people from owning firearms

Second Amendment groups fire back at Justice Department over potential proposals to block trans people from possessing guns

The Independent UK

Inside the gun absolutists’ bold plot to repeal one of America’s strongest firearms laws

Gun Owners of America, which sees the NRA as soft, has the National Firearms Act in its sights – and it’s ready for battle

The Guardian - US

The Proposed Ban on Gun Possession by Transgender People Would Be Neither Legal Nor Constitutional

The Justice Department reportedly is considering a regulation aimed at disarming "mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria."

Reason

Trump looking to ban transgender people from having a gun and declaring them ‘mentally ill’: report

Justice Department reportedly mulling restrictions in threat to Second Amendment rights fueled by anti-trans rhetoric

The Independent UK

US appeals court reverses lower court, approves Illinois ban on carrying firearms on public transit

A federal appeals court has approved Illinois’ ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court decision that found the prohibition violated the Second Amendment

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Second Amendment Roundup: 4th Circuit Upholds Park Ban

Under Salerno test, ban held not to be invalid in all circumstances.

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The 10th Circuit Agrees That Prosecuting Cannabis Consumers for Gun Possession May Be Unconstitutional

The appeals court rejected most of the arguments in favor of that policy, saying "the government must show non-intoxicated marijuana users pose a risk of future danger."

Reason

The 11th Circuit Revives a Constitutional Challenge to the Federal Law That Disarms Medical Marijuana Patients

The appeals court concluded that the government had failed to show that policy is consistent with "this Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation."

Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: 2d Circuit Upholds License Denials by N.Y. Judge

State Judges who deny gun licenses are held to enjoy absolute judicial immunity.

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Medical Marijuana Users May Retain Second Amendment Rights

From yesterday's Eleventh Circuit decision in Fla. Comm'r of Ag. v. Attorney General, written by Judge Elizabeth Branch and joined… The post Medical Marijuana Users May Retain Second Amendment Rights appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

US appeals court blocks New Mexico’s 7-day waiting period on gun purchases

A panel of federal appellate judges has ruled that New Mexico’s seven-day waiting period on gun purchases likely infringes on citizens’ Second Amendment rights

Reason

7-Day "Cooling-Off" Period for Gun Purchases Struck Down by Tenth Circuit Panel

A short excerpt from today's long Ortega v. Grisham, by Tenth Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich, joined by Judge Allison Eid:… The post 7-Day "Cooling-Off" Period for Gun Purchases Struck Down by Tenth Circuit Panel appeared first on Reason.com.

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Court Kills California's One-Gun-a-Month Law

There’s no historical precedent for trying to ration constitutionally protected rights.

Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: The Zero Tax on NFA Firearms

The $0 tax on firearms undercuts the constitutional basis of the National Firearms Act.

Reason

Gun Rights Groups Sue To Overturn Federal Weapons Registration

The case argues that, since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated taxes on the transfer of certain weapons, the constitutional basis for registering those weapons no longer exists.

Reason

Restricting Open Carry of Guns Constitutional if Concealed Carry Allowed

From Friday's decision by Judge William Smith (D.R.I.) in O'Neil v. Neronha: [W]hile Bruen held that the Second Amendment's plain… The post Restricting Open Carry of Guns Constitutional if Concealed Carry Allowed appeared first on Reason.com.

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