"Leave the Community Alone," from the Sheriff of Polk County (Florida)
"The people of Polk County like guns, they have guns."
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Black Civilians Arm Themselves To Protest Racial Violence and Protect Black-Owned Businesses
They're using their Second Amendment rights to protect local businesses from riots and looting.
Alberta Cops Handcuffed a Woman in a Star Wars Costume Because Someone Complained About Her Fake Blaster
Considering Stormtroopers aren't known for their aim, the police had nothing to fear.
Canada's New Gun Ban Validates Fears of Arbitrary and Authoritarian Government
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unilateral order confirms suspicions that government is always on the verge of abusing its power.
18-to-20-Year-Olds and the Second Amendment: Challenge to Florida Law Can Continue
So holds a federal district court.
Canada Bans 'Assault Weapons' by Executive Order
Such bans have already proven to be essentially valueless for crime-fighting.
Virginia Court: Governor Lacks Power to Close Gun Ranges
The court was applying a specific Virginia statute that limited the Governor's emergency powers as to guns.
Virginia Man Shoots an Active Robber in Store, Is Arrested Himself
The store owner thought his employee acted in reasonable defense of property and self. The police disagreed.
Another Trump-Appointed Judge Benchslaps the Trump Administration for Rewriting Federal Gun Laws
“The federal government forgot the Tenth Amendment and the structure of the Constitution itself.”
Will Pandemic Fears Grease the Way for Authoritarian Gun Controls?
Lawmakers are peddling restrictions on self-defense and other rights to a frightened public.
Child Custody Conditions Restricting Parents' Speech and Gun Storage
An interesting, though inconclusive, case involving preppers.
Delaware Governor Changes Order, Allows Gun Shops to Remain Open,
though subject to stringent rules aimed at preventing coronavirus spread.
Can an Epidemic Justify Temporarily Forbidding Abortions (Except to Protect Life or Health of the Woman)?
Can it justify temporarily forbidding people to buy guns?
Champaign (Ill.) Emergency Order Doesn't Ban Guns, But Does Authorize (Likely Unconstitutional) Emergency Gun Bans
The order activates a pre-existing ordinance, which authorizes a wide range of actions, including curfews, alcohol sales, gun sales, property seizures, and more.
New Jersey Security Guard Arrested for Gun He Has Permit to Carry
When it comes to guns, pretty much nothing is legal in New Jersey, according to their police.
Cops Arrested and Handcuffed a 10-Year-Old Boy for Pointing a Toy Gun at a Car
"I was, at the time, very scared."
Husband of Embattled Los Angeles D.A. Pulls Gun on Protesters at Their Door
District Attorney Jackie Lacey faces re-election today against a tough field calling for more criminal justice reforms.
SCOTUS Denies Certiorari in Bump Stock Case (But Justice Gorsuch Blasts Lower Court's Reasoning)
A high-profile gun case actually presents meaty questions of administrative law
Gorsuch Throws Shade at Trump Administration for Rewriting Federal Gun Laws Without Congressional Approval
“Why should courts, charged with the independent and neutral interpretation of the laws Congress has enacted, defer to such bureaucratic pirouetting?”
Interesting Official Privilege Case,
stemming from a dispute about picketing and open carry.
Can Senseless Gun Regulations Be Constitutional?
Under New York's rules, licensed pistol and revolver owners were not allowed to leave home with their handguns unless they were traveling to or from a shooting range.
How Rob Long Went from Cheers to National Review to LSD
The long, strange, and unfinished trip of a sitcom-writing legend who turned right after the Cold War, co-founded a podcast empire, turned on to psychedelics, and got turned off to politics.
MLK Day + Virginia Gun Rights Rally =
a good reason to repost Prof. Nicholas Johnson's guest-post on 2014, based on his book Negroes and the Gun.
Inclusion in Texas Gang Membership Database Limits Gun Rights, Might Violate Due Process
An interesting federal court opinion.
Vermont Bill Criminalizing Cell Phone Use for Anyone Under 21 Is a Brilliant Troll
The proposal is parodying, not endorsing, the nanny state.
Bill Would Roll Back Prohibition-Era Gun Rules
The legislation aims to undo the "egregiously unconstitutional registration, taxation, and regulation of short-barreled rifles."
New Zealand's Mandatory Buyback Program Leaked Gun Owners' Personal Info
Law enforcement betrayed the trust of gun owners who were doing their best to comply with government-mandated confiscation.
Gun Control Returns to the Supreme Court
The justices will hear oral arguments today in a major Second Amendment case.
Rhode Island's Stun Gun Ban Challenged in Federal Court
Rhode Island is one of only two states that still prohibit civilian stun gun and Taser ownership.
California's Restrictive Gun Laws Still Can't Prevent Shootings
Instead of reducing the dangers posed by criminals, California's gun restrictions have increased the threat posed to decent people by the law itself.
America's Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement Is Alive and Well
Rural communities continue to resist their legislatures’ attempts to enact gun control by declaring themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries.”
New Gun Control Bill Encourages Financial Institutions to Report 'Suspicious' Firearm Transactions
You might want to think twice about putting that new gun on your credit card.
Colorado's Large-Capacity Magazine Ban Is a Colossal Failure
Can't buy it? That's okay, you can easily get the pieces to build one yourself.
Federal Government Can't Just Allow 3D Gunmaking Software To Proliferate Without a License, Federal Judge Declares
Various states sued to stop the feds from allowing such gun-making files to circulate legally. Now, a federal judge says the decision to not prohibit them was "arbitrary and capricious."
Biker Gang Leader's DIY Guns Are Part of a Predictable Prohibition Story
From Australia to Massachusetts, illegal gun makers step in to supply what legal markets aren’t allowed to produce.
Dave Chappelle: Second Amendment 'Is Just in Case the First One Doesn't Work Out'
The comedian received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in D.C. this weekend. His acceptance speech airs on PBS in January.
Colorado School Suspends 17-Year-Old After She Posted a Non-Threatening Gun Photo With Her Older Brother
She didn't break the law or threaten anybody, but her school still panicked.
Guns and Due Process
"Petitioner had absolutely no prior notice that either his mental health or the safe handling subsection would be at issue during the hearing before the trial court."
Tennessee Will Now Let Felons Possess Guns, but Only if the Guns Are More Than 120 Years Old
A change in Tennessee’s definition of a firearm allows for felons to own a gun provided it was manufactured before 1899.
