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Why Does SCOTUS Hear So Few Second Amendment Cases?

The right to keep and bear arms occupies a curious place in American legal history.

Reason · Nov 13, 2025

Will SCOTUS Resolve the Circuit Split on a Law That Disarms People With Nonviolent Criminal Records?

Steven Duarte is one of several petitioners who are asking the justices to address the constitutionality of that absurdly broad gun ban.

Reason · Nov 10, 2025

The Second Amendment and Foster Parents

From a South Carolina Attorney General opinion issued last week: Dear Representative Gilliam: You seek our opinion "on a matter… The post The Second Amendment and Foster Parents appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Nov 5, 2025

SCOTUS Will Consider the Constitutionality of the Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Illegal Drug Users

The law applies to millions of Americans who pose no plausible threat to public safety, including cannabis consumers in states that have legalized marijuana.

Reason · Oct 20, 2025

Political violence: What can happen when First Amendment free speech meets Second Amendment gun rights

The assassination in September 2025 of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has heightened attention on the relationship between political rhetoric and political violence.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2025

Second Amendment Roundup: Rug Pulled Out from under Antonyuk

Without a Founding-era analogue, late 19th century restrictions don’t count.

Reason · Oct 10, 2025

Second Amendment Roundup: Antonyuk's and Koons' Historical Feet of Clay

The 2d and 3d Circuits mistook a widely-criticized, private publication for a Founding-era “law.”

Reason · Oct 9, 2025

Second Amendment Violated by Seizure of Firearms License from Alleged Domestic Violence Victim

From Tuesday's opinion by Judge Aida Delgado-Colón (D.P.R.) in Ramos-Cruz v. P.R., granting summary judgment to plaintiff on her Second… The post Second Amendment Violated by Seizure of Firearms License from Alleged Domestic Violence Victim appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Oct 6, 2025

Second Amendment Roundup: Supreme Court grants cert in Wolford v. Lopez

Hawaii law bans firearms on private property open to the public without explicit permission.

Reason · Oct 6, 2025

SCOTUS Will Consider a Challenge to Hawaii's Default Rule Against Guns on Private Property Open to the Public

The law is one of several attempts to override the right to bear arms by making it impractical to exercise.

Reason · Oct 3, 2025