Now both a violent and nonviolent felon have been found by lower courts to have a Second Amendment right to own weapons. The Supreme Court will likely consider the issue in the near future.
The government appears to agree that Charles Foehner shot a man in self-defense. He may spend decades behind bars anyway.
The man behind 3D-printed guns talks about beating the ATF, his abiding interest in cyberpunk culture, and what comes next for "practical anarchy."
California’s governor insists his “28th Amendment” would leave the right to arms “intact.”
The decision highlights the injustice of a federal law that bans gun possession by broad categories of "prohibited persons."
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As pot prohibition collapses across the country, that policy is increasingly untenable.
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The state defied a Supreme Court ruling by banning guns from myriad "sensitive places."
The former president reminds us that claiming unbridled executive power is a bipartisan tendency.
U.S. District Judge Robert Payne concluded that 18-to-20-year-olds have the same Second Amendment rights as older adults.
Mass shooters typically do not have disqualifying records, and restrictions on private gun sales are widely flouted.
A preliminary injunction in Illinois may signal the demise of a long-running public policy fraud.
Once again, firearm-averse legislators chase after a restriction-averse public.
A federal lawsuit notes that the new law draws arbitrary distinctions and targets guns in common use for legal purposes.
It took years to break our society; we’ll be a long time making repairs.
Decentralizing power is better than trying to jam one vision down the throats of the unwilling.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone was unimpressed by the Biden administration's argument that marijuana users are too "dangerous" to own guns.
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No, and that good news needs to be front and center in all discussions of gun control, especially after school shootings.
The Biden administration is defending a federal law that disarms Americans based on "boilerplate language" in orders that judges routinely grant.
The 5th Circuit noted that such orders can be issued without any credible evidence of a threat to others.
New study sees Chicago harassing and arresting people for paperwork violations, damaging their ability to live and work, without demonstrable effect on gun violence
Defending a categorical ban on gun possession by cannabis consumers, the Biden administration cites inapt "historical analogues."
The president wants to redefine federally licensed gun dealers in service of an ineffective anti-crime strategy.
Even as the president bemoans the injustice of pot prohibition, his administration insists that cannabis consumers have no right to arms.
The ruling has significant shortcomings and may be overruled on appeal. The Biden Administration's position in this litigation is wrong for much the same reasons as the Trump Administration was wrong to target immigration sanctuaries.
The president and his predecessor both tried to impose gun control by executive fiat.
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A New York Times story about the state's location-specific gun bans glosses over the vast territory they cover.
Although the law did not change, regulators suddenly decided to criminalize unregistered possession of braced pistols.
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The government argued that marijuana users have no Second Amendment rights because they are dangerous, unvirtuous, and untrustworthy.
The president seems to have forgotten his concession that such laws leave murderers with plenty of options that are "just as deadly."
The researchers identified 662 cases involving threats to multiple victims, but they concede that it's likely "there are many more threats than completed events."
The city has not granted a single permit since the Supreme Court upheld the right to bear arms last June.
an argument about post-Bruen gun legislation from Robert Leider.
By banning firearms from a wide range of "sensitive places," the state effectively nullified the right to bear arms.
The law is hard to defend on logical, practical, or constitutional grounds.
Because of a misdemeanor welfare fraud conviction, Bryan Range is no longer allowed to own guns.
The decision defends the separation of powers and the rule of law against an attempt to prohibit firearm accessories by administrative fiat.
The new ban, which has been blocked by a state judge, so far has fared better in federal court.
It’s a bold and probably unconstitutional goal that’s bound to alienate millions of Americans.
The state's ban applies unless the property owner posts a sign allowing firearms or otherwise gives "express consent."
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