The Supreme Court’s Hemani decision was not just about marijuana users and gun rights. Its due-process language may become a major weapon against red flag laws that seize firearms first and offer hearings later.
Virginia’s universal background-check mandate is poised to return July 1 after the court unexpectedly dissolved an injunction blocking enforcement of the law.
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.
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The Second Amendment Foundation and two partner organizations have asked the Fifth Circuit to expand a court victory that struck down the federal ban on handgun sales to adults under 21, arguing the relief they won is being withheld from most of their members. In an opening br...
Residents of a South Carolina condominium community are pushing back after their HOA announced a ban on carrying firearms in common areas, despite the state's permitless carry law and questions about enforceability. The post HOA In Another Constitutional Carry State Tries To Ban Firearms In Commo...
The Supreme Court handed down its decision in United States v. Hemani this week, and the headline writes itself: Marijuana users can own guns. The Court ruled that the government can't prosecute Ali Danial Hemani under the federal law that bars drug users from possessing firearms, at le...
The Supreme Court’s 9-0 Hemani judgment rejected automatic disarmament based solely on regular marijuana use. Its rigorous historical analysis could also spell trouble for Hawaii’s “Vampire Rule” in Wolford v. Lopez.
Justice Clarence Thomas says the federal government’s constitutional problem may extend far beyond marijuana users. His Hemani concurrence invites courts to reconsider whether Congress has the authority to criminalize purely intrastate gun possession under §922(g).
Gun Owners of America has asked the Virginia Supreme Court to intervene before the state's new ban on commonly owned firearms and magazines takes effect July 1. The post GOA Petitions Virginia Supreme Court For Preliminary Ruling On Looming Gun Ban appeared first on The Truth About Guns.