The Justice Department has expanded its San Jose lawsuit to challenge mandatory gun-owner insurance, alongside the city’s $1,591 carry-permit fee and psychological testing. DOJ argues that an earlier ruling protecting the insurance mandate cannot stand under the Supreme Court’s Second Amendme...
GLOCK and NSSF secured a preliminary injunction against Connecticut’s “convertible pistol” sales ban, protecting access to common defensive handguns while litigation continues.
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico says an “assault weapons” ban remains on the table, but ownership, crime, and mass-shooting data expose the weak case for banning commonly owned AR-15s.
The DOJ has filed United States v. Minnesota, suing the state, Minneapolis, and St. Paul over 30-day handgun waits that run nearly 60 days. Read the original story: United States v. Minnesota: DOJ Sues the State, Minneapolis, and St. Paul in Federal Court Over 30-Day Handgun Waits That Stretch to...
The full Ninth Circuit reversed Yukutake v. Lopez, reviving Hawaii's handgun purchase deadline and police inspection rule under Bruen footnote 9. Read the original story: Two Lower Courts Struck Hawaii’s Handgun Purchase Deadline and Police Inspection Rule. The Full Ninth Circuit Just Put T...
Connecticut's convertible-pistol ban takes effect October 1 with felony penalties and two federal challenges pending. Virginia's attorney general has switched on civil enforcement, and the appeals courts now disagree about whether buying a gun is protected conduct.
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...
DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel says the federal ban on licensed dealers selling handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds cannot be criminally enforced. Read the original story: DOJ Says It Will Not Prosecute Dealers Who Sell Handguns to 18-to-20-Year-Olds, Calling Federal Ban Inconsistent With the Second Am...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas explains the fundamental principle behind the Second Amendment: Americans possess the right to keep and bear arms before government, and the Constitution forbids government from infringing it.
FPC filed a motion for summary judgment asking a federal judge to permanently block New Jersey’s one-gun-a-month law under the Second Amendment. Read the original story: ‘New Jersey’s Ban Is Officially on Notice’: FPC Asks Federal Court to Permanently Block the State’s One-Gun-A-Month Law