Air Force veteran Craig Philips can legally own handguns, but Pennsylvania permanently bars him from carrying one because of a 1994 marijuana conviction. GOA says the lifetime ban cannot survive Bruen and Hemani.
California’s Glock-style pistol ban remains in force after a federal judge rejected the DOJ’s emergency request, but the central Second Amendment question remains unanswered.
BUTLER, PA — Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Pennsylvania law that permanently bars anyone with any drug conviction, no matter how minor or how old, from ever obtaining a License to Carry Firearms. The lead plaintiff is Craig Philips, a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Firearms Policy Coalition and the Second Amendment Foundation have asked the Supreme Court to take up their challenge to New York City’s ban on stun guns and tasers, filing a petition for certiorari on July 7 in Calce v. City of New York. The petition, filed by Coop...
Fundamental rights are not granted by Albany. They are recognized by the Constitution and protected from government infringement. That is precisely why Bruen mattered. It reminded the nation that constitutional rights do not depend upon whether politicians approve of them.
SAN JOSE, CA — The most expensive place in California to ask permission to carry a firearm just got more expensive. On July 1, the San Jose Police Department raised its initial CCW application fee to $1,591, with 20 percent ($318) due when the application is filed and the remaining $1,273 due u...
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Viramontes and Grant could finally force lower courts to answer whether AR-15-style rifles are protected arms under the Second Amendment.
Virginia tried to pull four separate challenges to its new gun-control laws into one courtroom. A judicial panel rejected the move, ruling the cases are too different and too far along to justify transfer.
I went looking for one article that covered the complete history of the Second Amendment—from English common law to Bruen—and couldn't find one. So I built it. Every major case, law, and turning point, in one place.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court agreed on June 30 to decide whether the AR-15 and similar semiautomatic rifles are protected by the Second Amendment. For millions of law-abiding owners, this is the case we have waited more than a decade to see. The justices granted review in Viramontes v. ...