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Affected firearm owners have no intention or incentive to surrender their guns to a political regime that will almost certainly be out of office before the confiscation deadline of 30 October 2025…
The case of Paris v. Lara, revolves around the rights of 18-to-20-year-old adults to carry firearms for self-defense under the Second Amendment.
Despite the emotional and tearful narratives presented by gun banners, including testimonies from gun violence victims, the court ruled that the preemption laws were within constitutional bounds.
The court denounced “those who seek to usher in a sort of post-Constitution era where the citizens’ individual rights are only as important as they are convenient to a ruling class..”
Concerning was Trump appointee Judge Amy St. Eve’s line of questioning, which suggested she might not fully grasp the basics of the second amendment case.
In Canada, PM Justin Trudeau’s gun ban is in trouble as the government finds resistance to the leftist plans.
If courts can uphold modern gun control laws without direct historical analogs, it could pave the way for more restrictive regulations that infringe upon Second Amendment rights.
The five-member Okeechobee, Florida city council and Police Chief Donald Hagan may each be forced to pay $5,000 personally – without using taxpayer dollars – for violating Florida’s powerful preemption statute.
Illinois law banning concealed carry on public transportation ruled unconstitutional. Learn about the ongoing legal battle and its implications.
The City of Okeechobee took advantage of the storm by prohibiting carrying, selling, or displaying firearms and ammunition during its state of emergency.
The bottom line would seem to be the State Fair does not own the land and has no legal authority to ban guns on property it leases.
Human Rights activist are pushing back against what they see as unconstitutional restrictions. On the other side, the state argues that these bans are necessary for “public safety.”
We believe the ruling should be affirmed. The government has provided no evidence of a historical tradition of disarming federal employees, same as it has shown no tradition of prohibiting firearms from postal facilities.
Suppressors are neither “dangerous” nor “unusual,” a standard set by the Court for determining whether an item can be banned. There are over three million legally registered suppressors in the United States…
During closing statements, Judge McGlynn invoked the 1917 East St. Louis race riots, where more than 30 Black individuals were killed. “How would that have been different if the Black victims had such firearms?”
The trial of multiple consolidated cases begins next week in the cases challenging Illinois’s unconstitutional ban on common semi-automatic firearms, magazines, and gun parts…
We are pleased the 9th Circuit has affirmed part of the injunction, however, SAF will continue to aggressively litigate this case to ensure Californians may exercise their Second Amendment rights in full.
The clock is ticking on the City of Dallas to take corrective action and direct the State Fair of Texas to rescind the ban….
Oregon lawmakers’ incessant urge to subjugate the people is truly insatiable, and Oregon’s judge’s blatant and arrogant disregard for the Supreme Court’s clear dictates is chilling.
The Harris/Biden ATF’s are arguing in court that that if something, anything, could potentially be modified into a machine gun, it should be regulated as one. This is a slippery slope.
Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the city, directing it to end this policy, which violates state law prohibiting restrictions on the carrying of firearms on property owned or leased by a governmental entity
WTF? “..assault weapons [common AR15 rifles] at issue …are military-style weapons designed for sustained combat operations that are ill-suited and disproportionate to the need for self-defense.”
A U.S. District Court Judge has issued a decision declaring Maryland’s bans on firearm carry in locations selling alcohol, private buildings or property without the owner’s consent unconstitutional…
A Federal District Court from New Jersey struck down part of the state’s “assault firearms” ban while letting the ban on “large capacity” magazines (LCM) stand.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has agreed to repeal the unconstitutional regulation which banned the possession of firearm near most of the waters in the State of Wisconsin.
Justice Thomas concluded Illinois’ bans are “highly suspect,” finding it “difficult to see how the Seventh Circuit could have concluded that the most widely owned semiautomatic rifles are not ‘Arms’ protected by the Second Amendment.”
The government assurances, like its misleading terminology, were meaningless. The ban included ordinary semiautomatic rifles and shotguns used by responsible hunters, trappers, farmers, sport shooters and Indigenous Canadians.
There is no valid reason the government can give that should supersede the rights of deceased veterans’ survivors, certainly nothing that would comply with the Bruen standard of history, text, and tradition at the time the Constitution was ratified.
The Fourth Circuit will likely rule against the Second Amendment advocates, either by upholding Maryland’s ban directly or remanding the case for further litigation….
A federal judge in New York has granted a temporary restraining order in a challenge of a public housing authority gun ban in Cortland, N.Y.
