The full Fifth Circuit has vacated a ruling upholding Curtis Squire’s felon-in-possession conviction. The rehearing could test whether a gun’s past movement across state lines gives Washington permanent authority over local firearm possession.
Congressional researchers say the Supreme Court’s Hemani decision may reach beyond the marijuana gun ban and prompt lawmakers to examine other federal prohibited-person laws.
The Third Circuit ruled 10-5 that New Jersey's semi-automatic rifle ban and 10-round magazine limit violate the Second Amendment. What it changes, and what it doesn't.
The Justice Department has moved to abandon its appeal defending the federal post office gun ban, leaving a permanent injunction protecting present and future SAF and FPC members at ordinary post offices.
An en banc Third Circuit ruling invalidates New Jersey’s ban on semiautomatic rifles and magazines holding more than ten rounds. The decision creates the federal appellate split the Supreme Court will confront in Viramontes and Grant.
School officials searched 18-year-old Jack Harrington’s truck after learning he lawfully owned a handgun. They found nothing. SAF says gun ownership cannot erase Fourth Amendment protections.
Virginia is asking a court to declare AR-15s and standard-capacity magazines outside constitutional protection. Its motion in Crump v. Katz also revives interest-balancing language rejected by the Supreme Court.
The Wolford ruling could strengthen national carry reciprocity and shape the Supreme Court’s coming showdown over AR-15 and magazine bans.
Four major gun-rights groups say 1.17 million registered SBRs are protected arms. Their Sixth Circuit brief argues the NFA registry rests on a 1934 drafting accident, not American history.
ATF would eliminate the Biden administration’s formal presumptions for identifying unlicensed firearms dealers. Gun Owners of America warns that the replacement still preserves enforcement theories that could be used against ordinary gun owners.