With the Supreme Court preparing to consider challenges involving AR-15-style rifle bans, a new Marquette poll finds Americans almost evenly divided over whether the Second Amendment protects possession of those rifles. The post New Survey: Americans Split On Semi-Auto Ban Challenge, Other Suprem...
A divided Fifth Circuit panel held that the federal ban on direct interstate handgun sales violates the Second Amendment. For dealers, the effect is on the calendar, not the counter yet.
A divided Fifth Circuit panel has ruled that the federal laws blocking a direct handgun sale to an out-of-state buyer violate the Second Amendment. The September 18 opinion in Elite Precision Customs v. ATF reverses a Texas district court and enters judgment for a gun shop and its fellow pl...
New Hampshire school officials have admitted that their search of student Jack Harrington’s truck was unconstitutional. The agreed judgment says lawful gun ownership did not create reasonable suspicion and could not be used to strip Harrington of his Fourth Amendment rights.
A newly filed Ohio public records request seeks to determine whether Summit County Fair vendors, contractors and vehicle crews faced the same gun-screening rules used to disarm ordinary attendees—or entered through gates that bypassed the public security enclosure.
Glock filed a federal complaint and TRO motion to block Connecticut’s ‘convertible pistol’ ban, calling the law vague and unconstitutional. Read the original story: Glock Sues Connecticut in Federal Court to Block ‘Convertible Pistol’ Ban After State Officials Wouldn’t Say Whether Its...
A divided Ninth Circuit reversed another Second Amendment victory, treating Hawaii’s handgun-permit deadline and police-inspection mandate as presumptively constitutional because they sit inside a “shall-issue” system. Five dissenting judges said the majority misread Bruen and improperly sh...
NSSF, Shadow Systems and Blue Trail Range are asking a federal court to stop Connecticut’s “convertible pistol” ban before it takes effect October 1, arguing that the state cannot outlaw common handguns because criminals can illegally modify them.
President Trump’s new hunting executive order tells federal agencies to presume public lands are open to hunting, protect traditional lead ammunition and remove barriers that keep American sportsmen off land they help fund and conserve.
The Justice Department says it cannot criminally prosecute federally licensed dealers for selling handguns to otherwise law-abiding adults ages 18 to 20 under the federal age restrictions in 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1) and (c)(1). The department announced that position Friday after its Office of L...