SCOTUS declined U.S. v. Hembree, leaving a Fifth Circuit ruling that a meth possession conviction alone cannot support a federal gun ban. Read the original story: DOJ Asked the Supreme Court to Restore a Felon-in-Possession Conviction Built on Simple Drug Possession. The Justices Said No.
The CDC has corrected its defensive gun use estimates to 500,000–2.5 million annually. The change follows a lobbying campaign by Gun Violence Archive’s Mark Bryant and other gun-control activists that helped get the figures removed in 2022.
Teachers Unify condemned DOJ’s conclusion that criminally enforcing the federal dealer handgun ban against law-abiding adults ages 18–20 violates the Second Amendment. Its response overlooks the central issue: these Americans are adults with constitutional rights.
DOJ says lawful self-defense carry falls within federal law’s exception for public national park buildings. NPS guidance still tells visitors otherwise.
Duval County is reconsidering its school gun policy after a principal was charged for having a loaded handgun in his vehicle on campus. The post Florida School District Rethinks Gun Ban After Principal Charged appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Three of the biggest names in the gun rights world just teamed up to take on one of the ugliest features of federal firearms law: the permanent disarmament of people who committed nonviolent crimes and have long since gone straight. If this sounds familiar, it should — this is the second time i...
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.