Posts about "Third Circuit"
Koons Plaintiffs Tell Third Circuit: The Supreme Court Just Gutted New Jersey’s Carry Restrictions
PHILADELPHIA, PA — The gun rights coalition challenging New Jersey’s sweeping “sensitive places” carry law just filed a supplemental brief telling the en banc Third Circuit that the Supreme Court has already done most of the court’s work for it. The July 8 filing in Koon...
Delaware Keeps Fighting to Ban Guns for Adults Under 21
Delaware wants the federal challenge to HB 451 kept on ice despite binding Third Circuit law recognizing adults ages 18 to 20 as part of “the people.”
Third Circuit Orders New Briefing As New Jersey’s AR-15 Ban Defense Starts To Crack
The Third Circuit has ordered fast supplemental briefing in New Jersey’s AR-15 and magazine ban case, asking both sides to address the impact of the Supreme Court’s latest Second Amendment rulings in Wolford and Hemani.
SCOTUS Refuses 2 Cases Challenging Gun Bans For Young Adults 18, 19 And 20 Years Old
The Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to federal and Florida age-based gun restrictions but left intact a major Third Circuit ruling striking down Pennsylvania's carry ban for 18- to 20-year-olds The post SCOTUS Refuses 2 Cases Challenging Gun Bans For Young Adults 18, 19 And 20 Years Old...
Federal Judge Rules Missouri County’s Under-21 Handgun Ban Violated the Second Amendment
KANSAS CITY, MO — A federal judge has ruled that Jackson County’s short-lived ban on handgun purchases by adults under 21 violated the Second Amendment. In an order dated June 24, U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips granted partial summary judgment to plaintiff Leonard Wilson Jr., finding t...
Supreme Court’s Wolford Decision Could Blow A Hole In New Jersey’s AR-15 Ban Defense
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.
ATF Moves to Protect Gun Owners From Arrest During Interstate Travel Stops
WASHINGTON, DC — The ATF wants to make clear that stopping for gas, grabbing food, or spending the night in a hotel does not strip you of federal protection when you cross state lines with a firearm. The agency published a proposed rule on May 6 clarifying the scope of 18 U.S.C. 926A, the feder...
Florida Court Kills the Under-21 Concealed Carry Ban
Florida's ban on concealed carry for adults aged 18 to 20 is gone. On June 17, 2026, the state's Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled in Eubanks v. State that section 790.06(2)(b), Florida Statutes, is facially unconstitutional as to young adults ages 18 to 20. That's the pr...
Supreme Court Rejects Gun Ban for Marijuana User in Major 2A Win
The Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Hemani rejects automatic status-based disarmament under § 922(g)(3), telling the federal government that marijuana use alone does not erase the Second Amendment.