Joseph Johnson’s 2015 marijuana-cultivation conviction left him barred from possessing firearms or ammunition. NRA, FPC and SAF are asking the Supreme Court to hear his challenge, arguing that Founding-era history does not support permanently disarming peaceable Americans.
A new amicus brief in Johnson v. Jacobson argues that historical traveler exceptions gave interstate visitors more carry freedom than Minnesota permits today.
The Justice Department's new firearm-rights restoration process is already producing results, with several individuals receiving relief from federal firearms disabilities after extensive review. The post First Nonviolent Offenders Get Their Gun Rights Back Under New DOJ Program appeared first on ...
Millions of Americans who lost their gun rights may finally have a real path to getting them back. The post DOJ Creates New Process For Restoration Of Federal Gun Rights For Nonviolent Offenders appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
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.
Washington’s Supreme Court upheld a law stripping gun rights after two DUIs, raising major Second Amendment questions under Bruen and Rahimi.
OLYMPIA, WASH. — The Washington Supreme Court ruled June 11 that the state can strip your Second Amendment rights over repeat drunk driving convictions, even when no firearm was ever involved in the offense. In McLellan v. Brown, the court upheld RCW 9.41.040, a 2023 law that temporarily bars a...
RICHMOND, VA — The number of Virginia prosecutors who say they will not enforce the state’s new gun ban has climbed to 13, and more are expected before the law takes effect July 1. Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed SB749/HB217 into law in mid-May. The measure, carried by Sen. Saddam Salim an...
Florida’s attorney general shocked observers by urging an appeals court to overturn a felon-in-possession conviction, arguing nonviolent offenders retain Second Amendment rights. The post Florida AG Sides With Gun Owner: ‘Nondangerous Felons’ Have Second Amendment Rights appeared fi...