WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court agreed on June 30 to decide whether the AR-15 and similar semiautomatic rifles are protected by the Second Amendment. For millions of law-abiding owners, this is the case we have waited more than a decade to see. The justices granted review in Viramontes v. ...
The Justice Department has stepped into Virginia’s fight over its new “assault firearms” ban, filing a federal lawsuit as state court injunctions already block enforcement of the July 1 law.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two major Second Amendment challenges to bans on modern semiautomatic rifles. For gun owners, Grant v. Higgins and Viramontes v. Cook County could become the long-awaited test of whether AR-15-style rifles are protected “arms.”
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 Supreme Court’s decision in Wolford v. Lopez does more than defeat Hawaii’s private-property carry restriction. It also limits how lower courts can dodge Bruen and narrow the Second Amendment before history and tradition are even considered.
From deer woods and duck blinds to trap fields and patrol cars, the Remington 870 earned its place as America’s shotgun by being affordable, reliable, and endlessly useful.
A Virginia judge blocked the Commonwealth’s assault-firearms ban statewide until Dec. 31, refused to limit the injunction to one county, and denied the state’s request to stay the ruling.
The Supreme Court’s Hemani decision reinforces a simple constitutional reality: the government cannot restrict the right to keep and bear arms unless it can prove the restriction fits America’s historical tradition.
Virginia’s new semiautomatic firearm and magazine restrictions face five lawsuits, with two injunction hearings scheduled before the July 1 effective date.