Court Kills California's One-Gun-a-Month Law
There’s no historical precedent for trying to ration constitutionally protected rights.
There’s no historical precedent for trying to ration constitutionally protected rights.
DIY firearms aren’t just an end-run around the law; they represent a libertarian political movement.
The case argues that, since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated taxes on the transfer of certain weapons, the constitutional basis for registering those weapons no longer exists.
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Despite record seizures and restrictive laws, New York City has struggled to stem the tide of untraceable firearms.
Golden State ammunition restrictions have been voided for violating the Second Amendment.
The contrast between the two cases illustrates the haphazard impact of an arbitrary, constitutionally dubious gun law.
In response to a Second Amendment lawsuit, the government says the restriction "serves legitimate objectives" and "only modestly burdens" the right to arms.
The taxes on sound suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns, originally enacted in 1934, were meant to be prohibitive, imposing bans in the guise of raising revenue.
Long restricted by federal law, suppressors are poised to be freed by litigation or legislation.
The Fifth Circuit hands down a highly fact-specific decision in a Second Amendment challenge to a federal law.
No, says a magistrate judge.
Unanimous rulings on discrimination, guns, and religion once again challenge the common media narrative that the Court is hopelessly polarized.
"A manufacturer of goods is not an accomplice to every unaffiliated retailer whom it fails to make follow the law."
My wife and I built our defensive skills with six days of sweat, dust, and the right mindset.
Joel Alicea’s defense of originalism demonstrates broad applicability of the text-history method.
It’s déjà vu all over again.
It’s a small step in the right direction for self-defense rights.
Is the small-government Democrat beefing up state power?
More litigation is required to find out which kits and unfinished parts are subject to regulation.
Narrow decision leaves ATF regulation in limbo.
Canada long relied on the U.S. for protection. Now it needs to rediscover self-reliance.
Good intentions, bad results.
"even though that necessity wasn't fully apparent in the moment."
The Supreme Court will decide whether this threat to the Second Amendment is legally viable.
Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights.
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