Oregon Cracks Down on Gun Rights in the Name of Suicide Prevention
A newly passed bill in the state would let cops and judges decide who can exercise their Second Amendment rights.
A newly passed bill in the state would let cops and judges decide who can exercise their Second Amendment rights.
This confiscation, even beyond Second Amendment concerns, amounts to an unconstitutional taking of personal property.
Ten states and D.C. say you must.
"I find it extremely improbable that the Framers understood the Second Amendment to protect little more than carrying a gun from the bedroom to the kitchen."
Most gun-related deaths among minors are homicides, and four-fifths involve teenagers.
Responsible gun ownership could prevent terrorism.
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If you have to ask permission, it's a privilege, not a right. And maybe you shouldn't bother to ask.
SCOTUS may soon decide whether or not to hear arguments in Peruta v. California.
Due process protections preserved for those getting Social Security benefits.
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson urges judicial minimalism in Second Amendment case.
The appeals court says the prohibited guns and magazines are outside the scope of the Second Amendment.
Bad reporting, and bad attitudes, make a sensible move to prevent the government from discriminating against certain Social Security recipients seem like sheer madness.
Judge Diane Sykes strikes down Chicago gun range restrictions.
The consolidated case overturned the application of U.S. Code 922(g)(1) in two cases where the convicted criminals' crimes were not serious enough to deny them Second Amendment rights, according to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
Whatever the numbers are, they supposedly support the case for universal background checks.
How to dodge responsibility, whether you're a candidate or a cop.
Even in states that have legalized marijuana, using it means sacrificing your right to armed self-defense.
Yesterday's terrifying non-shooting at Ohio State exemplifies how the media is anti-gun and anti-freedom.
Washington's new law authorizing court-ordered disarmament is even worse than California's.
Huff was expected to remain on the team after his arrest, but was cut after pointing out many athletes carry guns.
If you want people to make their own automatic weapons, just restrict legal access to firearms of all sorts.
Past and present history give no reason to believe there'd be any public safety benefit to such a ban.
While Trump does not know what the Constitution says, his opponent doesn't care.
The Democratic nominee says "there's an individual right to arms" but does not think it includes handgun ownership or self-defense in the home.
The case founders on its extravagant definition of negligent entrustment.
Prohibited by federal and state law from owning a firearm because of a previous involuntary commitment.
The ruling also rejects an "assault weapon" ban, caliber restrictions for long guns, a heavy handgun tax, and registration requirements.
Clinton and Trump agree on a fantasy of presidential power to keep guns out of bad hands in a manner that would be effective, constitutional, and not harass the innocent more than stop the guilty. It can't be done.
'No fly, no buy' rears its unconstitutional head at the debate.
Fear mongering, despite the pretenses, is a bipartisan project.
Gun rights groups argue that the District of Columbia's restrictions on self-defense outside the home violate the Second Amendment.
Citing "a strong link between drug use and violence," the appeals court says it's reasonable to stop patients from buying guns.
Also, demonstrators carried sex toys around UT Austin to protest the law.
Forget stories of restrictive laws; predators have easy access to weapons, but honest people can get into trouble for defending themselves.
Lawsuit insists a combination of restrictions against both open and concealed carry of weapons in the state constitute a Second Amendment violation.
Make love, not liberty? Students urge the state to protect "cocks not glocks" on campus.
The billionaire blabbermouth is right about his Democratic opponent's hostility to gun rights.
But not for long, I bet.
Their platform and their presidential nominee disdain the constitutional right to arms.
Just a string of policies that would waste time and money, create a pointless new class of contraband, and rob many innocents of self-defense.
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