Supreme Court Lets ATF Regulate (Some) DIY Firearms Kits
More litigation is required to find out which kits and unfinished parts are subject to regulation.
More litigation is required to find out which kits and unfinished parts are subject to regulation.
Canada long relied on the U.S. for protection. Now it needs to rediscover self-reliance.
A new Justice Department rule could help "prohibited persons" who pose no threat to public safety.
The Court's opinion upholding federal regulation of "ghost guns" makes passing reference to Loper Bright Enterprises.
Millions of people are barred from owning firearms even though they have no history of violence, and they have essentially no recourse under current law.
The Supreme Court will decide whether this threat to the Second Amendment is legally viable.
If the Mexican executive branch obeyed the Mexican Constitution, the Mexican people would be safer
Mexico's amici take shots at our brief in Smith and Wesson v. Mexico
The government failed to persuade the appeals court that 18-to-20-year-olds are not part of "the people" or that the age restriction is consistent with the "historical tradition of firearm regulation."
Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights.
The president-elect lost his Second Amendment rights thanks to a nonsensical gun ban.
Patrick Darnell Daniels Jr. was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for violating a federal law that bars drug users from owning firearms.
Measures restricting gun ownership still disproportionately harm black and brown people, says Maj Toure, founder of "Black Guns Matter."
More laws couldn’t have stopped the crime and won’t stop people from making their own weapons.
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Gabriel Metcalf argues that his prosecution under the Gun-Free School Zones Act violated his constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
The draconian penalties that Hunter Biden escaped affect many people whose fathers cannot save them.
Joe Biden says his son did not deserve prison for violating firearm laws that the president vigorously defends and has made more severe.
Stop accusing your political opponents of wanting to murder children.
U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn says the law bans firearms covered by the Second Amendment and is not supported by historical precedent.
The police targeted “sovereign citizens” for surveillance and disarmament.
Free and online, Oct. 18, from U. Wyo. Firearms Research Center.
The Supreme Court is considering whether a rule targeting "ghost guns" exceeds the agency's statutory authority.
"A couple million times a year, people use guns defensively," says economist and author John Lott.
Often, the best thing for lawmakers to do is nothing.
The ruling says some restrictions on guns in "sensitive places" are constitutionally dubious but upholds several others.
The case is another example of stretching criminal laws to hold parents accountable for their children's violence.
The ruling concludes that the government failed to show an Illinois ban is "consistent with this Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation."
Restrictions on carry, minors, and misuse were the norm -- not bans
The fifth-grader was punished as part of a law that requires students who make threats of "mass violence" be expelled for at least a year.
The 2024 Democratic platform devotes five paragraphs to firearm restrictions but does not even allude to the Second Amendment.
Does the Second Amendment allow the government to ban guns in common use for lawful purposes?
The decision shows that the Supreme Court has forced judges who like gun control to respect the Second Amendment anyway.
The candidate supports gun rights, wants to privatize government programs, and would radically reduce the number of federal employees.
Jaleel Stallings became an attack ad for Republicans. What they don't mention is that he was acquitted, and a police officer pleaded guilty to assaulting him.
Gov. Janet Mills’s office referred critical social media posts to the police. The FPC pushed back.
The president's decision to drop out after insisting he never would continued a pattern established by a long career of politically convenient reversals.
Defending the federal ban on gun possession by drug users, the government's lawyers seem increasingly desperate.
The party's neglect of the issue is consistent with its domination by Donald Trump, who pays lip service to the Second Amendment but has never been a true believer.
Although the FBI never produced evidence that Ali Hemani was a threat to national security, it seems determined to imprison him by any means necessary.
Although critics say the Court’s current approach is unworkable, it has been undeniably effective at defeating constitutionally dubious gun regulations.
The Court says "a credible threat" justifies a ban on gun possession but does not address situations where there is no such judicial finding.
The case hinged on the ATF’s statutory authority, not the Second Amendment.
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