On June 16 2015 the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals begins hearing an appeal of their own decision against the “good cause” requirement in California’s concealed carry process…
9th Circuit Court: Does the Second Amendment Apply Outside the Home?
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The KKK’s Gun Law Is Now New Hampshire’s ‘Suitable Person’ Rule
The “suitable person” law in 1923 gave in to the Ku Klux Klan’s political agenda. It is long overdue for New Hampshire to get rid of this disgrace…
Court Orders Rehearing of NRA-CRPA Second Amendment Case Securing the Right to Carry
This means the landmark opinion rendered in the Peruta case that found there is a right to carry under the Second Amendment which forbids sheriffs from requiring law-abiding adults to prove…
Second Amendment Foundation Funds Challenge To New Jersey Carry Law
The Second Amendment Foundation confirmed today that it is financially backing the legal challenge to New Jersey carry law…
Second Amendment Foundation Sues DC Over ‘Good Reason’ CCW Requirement
The Second Amendment Foundation filed a federal lawsuit challenging the District of Columbia’s highly restrictive concealed carry permit requirement…
Twenty Two Gun Rights Organizations File Brief in ‘Peruta’ ‘Right-To-Carry’ Lawsuit
Twebty two gun rights organizations and Second Amendment lawsuit plaintiffs argue that the Peruta decision should stand…
CA AG Seeks En Banc Review Of 9th Circuit’s Denial Of Her Request To Meddle In Perua
The AG’s latest request to the court comes after the court denied the AG’s and several gun ban advocacy groups’ requests to join the case once they learned Sheriff Gore had decided not to appeal…
California: One Step Closer to Shall Issue Gun Permits
We need to hold onto this great court victory so that these policies go into effect throughout California and the entire Ninth Circuit…
Ninth Circuit Court’s Concealed Carry ‘Good Cause’ Ruling to Shake Up Hawaiian Laws
California’s Peruta case has taken a new turn further strengthening the case for amending Hawaii’s may issue or show need concealed carry statute…
New Jersey Supreme Court Dodges on Second Amendment Case
After United States Supreme Court upheld New Jersey’s notorious carry license system and the “justifiable need” standard in the Federal Courts), the New Jersey Supreme Court did an about-face on a pen
Supreme Court Side-Steps Second Amendment Again
Once again, the US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal in a case concerning the Second Amendment and bearing arms for self-defense outside the home…
Supreme Court Still Considering New Jersey Gun-Permit Rights Case
The case of Drake v. Jerejian was expected to be heard in private conference by the nine Justices last Friday. Orders were issued today & the Drake case wasn’t among those cases denied or accepted by
NJ Attorney General Opposes Supreme Court Review Of NJ Gun Carry Law
While it is not unusual for an attorney general to defend state law, it is unfortunate to see such a blatant violation of fundamental rights be given legitimacy by bureaucrats…
California Attorney General Tries to Overturn Gun Carry Ruling in 9th Circuit
Just when residents of San Diego thought they finally had won back the right to bear arms in the county, state politicians are using dirty tactics to block it…
Right-To-Carry Rising
The next major step in Second Amendment jurisprudence, is Supreme Court affirmation of the right of self-defense with a firearm outside the home, otherwise known as Right to Carry…
Peruta v San Diego & Connecticut’s Ties to the Big Win in California
The Peruta decision makes clear that states and municipalities cannot deny their citizens the right to bear arms any more than they can deny their citizens the right to possess arms…
Comm2A Cites Ninth Circuit Right-to-Carry Case in Davis v. Grimes
Comm2A’s letter calls to the court’s attention recent decisions, realted to concealed carry, from other courts that directly bear on the issues presented in Davis…
Second Amendment Foundation Expresses Gratitude For Strong Amicus Briefs In SCOTUS Cert Petition
SAF extended its heartfelt gratitude to five groups, for their strong amicus curiae briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting SAF’s petition for review of the NJ carry challenge, Drake v. Jerejian…
Good Cause vs Inalienable Rights
Inalienable rights, like the right to bear arms, have been demoted to “privileges” by liberal politicians in CA and other places, privileges to be arbitrarily conferred, and arbitrarily withdrawn…
Ninth Circuit Holds California’s Carry License Laws Unconstitutional
California takes a step towards “shall-issue” handgun carry licensing…
Federal Court Says ‘Good Cause’ Requirement for Conceal-Carry Permits Violates the Second Amendment
This is another nail in the coffin for States like New Jersey and Maryland that require “Justifiable Need” as a condition of getting CCW permits…
NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney Tweets ‘He Will Never Support Concealed Carry’
In an ongoing twitter tweet battle the Democratic Senate President show his hand stating “I will never support carrying a concealed weapon”…
NRA Backs Legal Effort to Protect 2nd Amendment Right in NJ
The National Rifle Association announced today that it intends to file an amicus brief in a case that would help protect the rights of New Jersey’s law-abiding gun owners to carry handguns…
Nappen Law Firm files Second Amendment Brief with NJ Supreme Court
Without a permit to possess, the only way to legally possess a handgun in one’s home in New Jersey, is by exemption. Individuals, who rely on exemptions, are perpetually at risk of arrest & prosecution …
No Liability for NJ Officials in Short Hills Mall Murder ~ Video
The recorded 911 call from the desperate and traumatized wife of NJ Attorney Dustin Friedland, who was murdered just before Christmas in the parking structure of the Short Hills Mall were released.
Supreme Court Asked To Consider NJ Gun Carry Case Brought By ANJRPS & SAF
The Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs & SAF asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the appeal in their challenge to New Jersey’s unconstitutional carry laws…
Justifiable Need – New Jersey Courts Rule You Have None
Picture a woman registering to vote only to find the State has a law requiring her to undergo a background check, pay a fee, show proficiency in civics & write a summary justifying her need to vote…
Maryland’s Woollard Supreme Court Petition Denied
A denial of cert does not mean an affirmation of the ruling. This is a setback for 2nd amendment civil rights, but it is by no means the end…
NJ Second Amendment Society Files Amicus Brief In NJ Supreme Court Concealed Carry Case
The New Jersey Second Amendment Society filed a “friend of the Court” brief in a State Supreme Court appeal challenging New Jersey’s “justifiable need” requirement to obtain a Permit to Carry…
ANJRPC’s Files Brief In New Jersey Right To Carry Case
One way or the other, NJ’s carry laws will not stand, New Jerseyans have been denied their Constitutional right to protect themselves with a firearm outside the home, and we intend to change that…