The full Ninth Circuit reversed Yukutake v. Lopez, reviving Hawaii's handgun purchase deadline and police inspection rule under Bruen footnote 9. Read the original story: Two Lower Courts Struck Hawaii’s Handgun Purchase Deadline and Police Inspection Rule. The Full Ninth Circuit Just Put T...
Connecticut's convertible-pistol ban takes effect October 1 with felony penalties and two federal challenges pending. Virginia's attorney general has switched on civil enforcement, and the appeals courts now disagree about whether buying a gun is protected conduct.
A divided Ninth Circuit reversed another Second Amendment victory, treating Hawaii’s handgun-permit deadline and police-inspection mandate as presumptively constitutional because they sit inside a “shall-issue” system. Five dissenting judges said the majority misread Bruen and improperly sh...
In four days, DOJ stopped enforcing the under-21 handgun sales ban and the Fifth Circuit struck the interstate handgun purchase ban. Here is what the wider buyer pool does to FFL revenue and how to model it for Q4.
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel says the federal government cannot constitutionally punish gun dealers for selling handguns to otherwise law-abiding adults between 18 and 20.
The Supreme Court is preparing to decide whether governments may ban AR-15-style rifles. Here is every amicus brief filed in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, including the arguments supporting gun owners and two supposedly neutral briefs that advance anti-gun positions.
A new amicus brief in Johnson v. Jacobson argues that historical traveler exceptions gave interstate visitors more carry freedom than Minnesota permits today.
Gun Owners of America and Arizona resident Cynthia Ladd are challenging Oregon laws that block most nonresidents from obtaining a concealed-handgun license while recognizing no permits issued by other states.
Michigan accepted that 19-year-old Martinez Long lawfully stopped an armed mall attacker. It still sentenced him to two years of probation for carrying the pistol that allowed him to intervene.