The Justice Department says records tied to firearm rights restoration decisions must remain hidden for privacy reasons. But if ordinary citizens are expected to petition for relief, they deserve to know what standards DOJ is actually using.
Tennessee’s appeal in Hughes v. Lee puts two gun-control statutes back before the courts after a three-judge panel ruled the state’s “Going Armed” and parks carry laws unconstitutional.
HORRY COUNTY, SC — A homeowners association on the Grand Strand has told residents they can no longer carry a firearm across most of their own community’s shared property, and gun owners there are right to be asking whether the rule actually holds up. As reported by WMBF News, residents o...
KANSAS CITY, MO — A federal judge has ruled that Jackson County’s short-lived ban on handgun purchases by adults under 21 violated the Second Amendment. In an order dated June 24, U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips granted partial summary judgment to plaintiff Leonard Wilson Jr., finding t...
DES MOINES, IA — The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out a felony conviction built on a lifetime firearm ban, ruling that the indefinite prohibition could not survive the strict scrutiny that Iowa voters wrote into the state constitution in 2022. In a 5-2 decision filed June 26, the court reverse...
In a monumental victory for gun rights organizations, Lancaster County Circuit Judge John Martin issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday, June 25, 2026, completely blocking the Commonwealth of Virginia from enforcing its upcoming assault weapons and high-capacity magazine ban. The ruling arri...
This week for Fudd Friday, I need your help. I drew a deer tag for Utah’s “restricted rifle” hunt. The rules are simple: the rifle must be manually operated and only equipped with iron sights. If you were going on a mule deer hunt out west and had to take an irons-only setup, wh...
A new Supreme Court ruling in Wolford v. Lopez may undercut New Jersey’s defense of its semiautomatic firearm ban by clarifying that “Arms” are protected at Bruen’s plain-text stage.
The Ninth Circuit once again heard California defend its ban on rifle sales to adults under 21. The case highlights the state's continued effort to delay a constitutional right through years of litigation despite the Second Amendment's plain language. The post California Can’t Read, and Cou...