In a unanimous opinion, the court ruled that it is unconstitutional for officers to stop and frisk someone based solely on suspicion that the person is carrying a gun.
A legislative effort to eliminate gun-free zones on public college campuses has died. But for its student sponsor, the fight isn’t over yet.
Three Second Amendment groups say the law violates the right to own arms in common use for self-defense and other lawful purposes.
Even as the Justice Department files lawsuits aimed at vindicating gun rights, it undermines them in other cases.
The civil liberties group, which long maintained that there is no constitutional right to arms, is singing a different tune at the Supreme Court.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon argues that both laws violate the Second Amendment by banning arms in common use for lawful purposes.
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If I can build a functional, unregistered handgun in less than two hours, so can you.
At best, the authorities will show up after the threat has already occurred.
The ban, which targets guns based on criteria that make little sense, seems vulnerable to a challenge under the Supreme Court's Second Amendment precedents.
Some gun-rights activists are blaming immigrants, but the real culprits are Virginia Democrats.
A Supreme Court case illustrates the potential for trans-partisan alliances between critics of gun control and critics of the war on drugs.
Alexander Ledvina was convicted of violating a federal law at the center of a Second Amendment case that the Supreme Court is considering.
Most of the justices seemed unsatisfied by the Trump administration's argument that the law is constitutional as applied to a Texas marijuana user.
"We see this as an important civil liberties issue," says an ACLU lawyer.
The Second Amendment protects your right to carry a gun at a protest.
The right to bear arms is inherently anti-authoritarian at a time when Trump wields authority.
The prosecutor's threat renewed concerns about the Trump administration's commitment to protecting Second Amendment rights.
Drug policy reformers and Second Amendment advocates team up in a case before the Supreme Court.
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They’re not getting the whole “shall not be infringed” part of the U.S. and Virginia constitutions.
The department now describes the threat as "several civilians" who were "yelling and blowing whistles."
The Liberty Justice Center is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a 5th Circuit decision rejecting the claim that cannabis consumers have no Second Amendment rights.
Federal officials suggested that carrying a firearm is inherently threatening and an invitation to police violence.
Although the president initially reinforced that plainly inaccurate narrative, his subsequent comments cast doubt on the initial justification for shooting the Minneapolis protester.
"The victims are the Border Patrol agents" who killed Alex Pretti, says one DHS official, who previously claimed Pretti wanted to "massacre law enforcement."
"Carrying a firearm is not a death sentence, it's a Constitutionally protected God-given right," writes Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.).
The right to keep and bear arms is about resisting tyranny.
The state requires carry permit holders to obtain advance permission before bringing firearms into businesses.
They are joining the Trump administration in urging the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law that disarms "unlawful" drug consumers.
The Supreme Court’s January docket is packed with big cases.
The ruling, which emphasizes the lack of historical support for such a law, is unlikely to survive en banc review.
The department's lawsuit notes that the prohibited firearms are "in common use" for "lawful purposes," meaning they are covered by the Second Amendment.
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Individuals and communities must take responsibility for their own safety.
The Justice Department's litigation positions are at odds with its avowed intent to protect Second Amendment rights.
It's not surprising that the NRA and other Second Amendment advocates spoke out against a trans firearm ban floated by the Trump administration.
The document remains remarkably resilient, even as Republicans and Democrats keep launching assaults on liberty.
Much of what the federal government does on a daily basis flouts constitutional protections and offends human decency.
Congress justified that National Firearms Act of 1934 as a revenue measure—a rationale undermined by the repeal of taxes on suppressors and short-barreled rifles.
Judge Willett thinks that some federal statutes have been interpreted and applied in ways that conflict with the notion that the federal government only has limited and enumerated powers.
The right to keep and bear arms occupies a curious place in American legal history.
Steven Duarte is one of several petitioners who are asking the justices to address the constitutionality of that absurdly broad gun ban.
Elsid Aliaj says the seizure violated state law and the Second Amendment.
Once we let our rights become privileges, government officials can revoke them on a whim.
His administration is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a prosecution for violating a federal law that bars illegal drug users from owning firearms.
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