Abortion, Guns, and Hunter Biden.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the Selective Service.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the Selective Service.
Six justices agreed that federal regulators had misconstrued the statutory definition of a machine gun.
The president's son, who faces up to 25 years in prison for conduct that violated no one's rights, can still challenge his prosecution on Second Amendment grounds.
Their cases illustrate the injustice of taking away people’s Second Amendment rights based on nonviolent crimes
The president's son, who is charged with crimes that violated no one's rights, theoretically faces up to 25 years in prison.
The former president's loss of his Second Amendment rights highlights an arbitrary restriction that applies to many people with no history of violence.
The ACLU, another polarizing organization, was willing to defend the NRA in court. That should tell you that some things aren't partisan.
The state's gun permit policy underlines the absurdity of assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms.
Without providing any evidence, the paper says "loosened restrictions on firearms" contributed to gun violence in Columbus.
Dexter Taylor is now a "violent felon," even though his hobby was victimless.
Likening drug users to people who are "mentally ill and dangerous," the ruling says barring them from owning firearms is not unconstitutional on its face.
Academia values the appearance of truth over actual truth.
Vincent Yakaitis is unfortunately not the first such defendant. He will also not be the last.
Lower courts have been extremely skeptical of attempts to regulate unfinished parts as firearms.
The amended bill applies only to schools, polling places, and certain government buildings.
Legislators are taking a page from constitutionally dubious state laws that make carry permits highly impractical to use.
Hours before the president said "no one should be jailed" for marijuana use, his Justice Department was saying no one who uses marijuana should be allowed to own guns.
Citizens should be able to choose the same high-quality defensive arms that peace officers choose
A federal judge ruled that three men who committed nonviolent felonies decades ago are entitled to buy, own, and possess guns.
Several justices seemed troubled by an ATF rule that purports to ban bump stocks by reinterpreting the federal definition of machine guns.
In Cargill v. Garland, the Court should apply the National Firearms Act text that Congress did enact, and not the text that gun control advocates wish had been enacted.
The supposedly reformed drug warrior's intransigence on the issue complicates his appeal to young voters, who overwhelmingly favor legalization.
The decision likens the federal law to Reconstruction era restrictions on firearms near polling places.
Michigan jurors are considering whether Crumbley's carelessness amounted to involuntary manslaughter.
A watchdog group cites ATF "whistleblowers" who describe a proposed policy that would be plainly inconsistent with federal law.
The book Vote Gun criticizes the NRA’s rhetoric but pays little attention to gun control advocates' views.
Survey finds growing acceptance of civilian firearms among the country’s population.
California made carry permits easier to obtain but nearly impossible to use.
The state's law, which a federal judge enjoined last month, prohibits firearms in most public places.
After a federal judge deemed the state's location-specific gun bans unconstitutional, the 9th Circuit stayed his injunction.
Bans on standard magazines benefit criminals and endanger victims
The president's son is seeking dismissal of three felony charges based on his illegal 2018 firearm purchase.
The court upheld several other location-specific gun bans, along with the state's "good moral character" requirement for a carry permit.
Prosecutors have enormous power to coerce guilty pleas, which are the basis for nearly all convictions.
Law enforcement amicus brief against Colorado magazine ban.
By banning firearms from a long list of "sensitive places," the state is copying a policy that federal judges have repeatedly rejected.
The 4th Circuit’s rejection of Maryland’s handgun licensing system suggests similar schemes in other states are unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court mulls how to apply a mandatory minimum for gun possession by people convicted of drug felonies.
Before buying a handgun, residents had to obtain a "qualification license," which could take up to 30 days.
Deja Taylor is going to federal prison because of a constitutionally dubious gun law that millions of cannabis consumers are violating right now.
The case highlights the broad reach of a federal law that bans firearm possession by people with nonviolent criminal records.
The Trump administration’s unilateral ban on bump stocks turned owners of those rifle accessories into felons.
Fifth Circuit judges slap the ATF for making up illegal rules against homemade guns.
Good intentions, bad results
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar falsely claims a federal gun ban "requires individualized findings of dangerousness."
Plus: A listener asks the editors about requiring gun buyers to pass a psychological assessment.
In an upcoming Supreme Court case, the Cato Institute argues that the "threadbare procedures" required by federal law provide inadequate protection for constitutional rights.
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