New Mexico faces another federal lawsuit after continuing to enforce its seven-day gun waiting period despite a Tenth Circuit ruling against the law. The NRA, SAF, NSSF, firearm dealers, and an individual gun buyer are seeking additional relief.
ATF stopped enforcing NFA registration for suppressors, SBRs and SBSs on October 9, but state law never moved. New Mexico's waiting-period fight and Montana's felony statute show what that costs dealers at the counter.
NSSF, NRA and SAF sue New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez over the seven-day gun waiting period the Tenth Circuit already held unconstitutional. Read the original story: New Mexico’s Seven-Day Waiting Period Already Lost in the Tenth Circuit. NSSF, NRA and SAF Just Sued to Make the State Stop Enforcing It.
The Supreme Court has declined to review Maine's mandatory 72-hour firearm waiting period, leaving gun owners unable to take possession of purchased firearms even after passing a background check. The decision leaves unresolved a disagreement between federal appeals courts over whether the Second...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling against the federal government's lifetime firearms prohibition as applied to Edward Williams, whose decades-old nonviolent DUI conviction triggered the ban under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The post 3rd Circuit Court Rules For Nonviolent DUI Of...
Ohio's Fifth District Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction against Columbus gun ordinances on October 9, rejecting the city's five challenges to the lower court's order. The decision in Doe v. Columbus keeps the interim relief in place while the underlying dispute continues. The post ...
When the federal government in the form of the U.S. Department of Justice chose to not appeal a court ruling striking down the Biden Administration’s so-called “Engaged in the Business” rule, gun owners and gun-right groups cheered. After all, it was one of the most egregious anti-gun actio...
Edward Williams won his nine-year fight against a federal gun ban triggered by a 2005 DUI conviction. A companion Third Circuit ruling upheld disarmament tied to violent threats, leaving the constitutional fight over lifetime firearm prohibitions unresolved.
A federal judge refused to block Maryland's Glock ban, ruling the state can regulate what it calls excessively dangerous convertible pistols. Read the original story: Federal Judge Refuses to Block Maryland’s Glock Ban, Ruling the State Can Regulate ‘Excessively Dangerous Weapons’
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.