Virginia gun owners secured another courtroom victory as a judge expanded an injunction against the state's AR-15 and standard-capacity magazine ban to include the Commonwealth, its agencies, and employees.
The social utility of firearms extends far beyond self-defense. From preventing violent crime and protecting innocent lives to preserving individual liberty, lawful gun ownership provides benefits that deserve recognition in the debate over firearms and the Second Amendment.
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SAF’s new factsheet answers ‘weapon of war’ claims in Supreme Court briefs with quotes from founders, judges and scholars from 1765 to 1898. Read the original story: SAF’s Kostas Moros Answers Everytown and Cook County With Founders, Judges, and 1800s Schoolbooks
Delaware Gov. Meyer backs a governors’ amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold Illinois and Connecticut AR-15 bans. Read the original story: Delaware Gov. Meyer Backs Governors’ Supreme Court Brief Defending Illinois and Connecticut AR-15 Bans Five Weeks Before Oral Arguments
Lea County, NM voters decide Tuesday on a 0.01% gross receipts tax to fund a legal defense fund against state gun laws. Read the original story: Lea County Voters Decide Tuesday Whether to Tax Themselves to Fund a Fight Against New Mexico Gun Laws
FPC and NRA filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Pennsylvania law that bars adults 18 to 20 from applying for a license to carry. Read the original story: Can Vote, Can Enlist, But Can’t Apply to Carry: FPC and NRA Sue Over Pennsylvania’s Ban on Carry Licenses for 18-to-20-Year-Olds
SAF and NRA filed an amicus brief asking the full Fifth Circuit to tie lifetime gun bans to dangerousness, not a felony label. Read the original story: ‘History Disarmed the Dangerous, Not the Peaceable’: SAF and NRA Urge Full Fifth Circuit to Limit Lifetime Gun Bans in United States v. Cordova
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed argues that the Second Amendment protects muskets, not modern firearms. But the Supreme Court rejected that argument in 2008, and El-Sayed previously proposed replacing the amendment entirely.
Gun-control groups defending AR-15 bans are asking the Supreme Court to go further than ever. Giffords wants Bruen overturned if it prevents rifle bans, while Virginia argues AR-15s aren't even protected by the Second Amendment.