A Texas court holds that only self-defense—not defense of property—is excluded from such orders (which can also temporarily strip defendant of Second Amendment rights). And the same logic applies to force, even nonlethal force, used to defend your family members against another family member as well.
“An emergency operation, in order to allow as many citizens as possible to arm themselves.”
A strong case is made against the ban on gun possession by persons subject to a DVRO.
The decision is another rebuke to states that have imposed broad, location-specific limits on the right to bear arms.
The late California senator always seemed to err on the side of more government power and less individual freedom.
"Defendants' argument, which attempts to draw an ill-defined connection between a lawful gun raffle hosted on social media, and obviously tragic and unlawful mass shootings at schools, remains predicated upon numerous, dubious inferences ...—if not upon rank speculation."
The governor's attempt to rule by decree provoked widespread condemnation instead of the applause she was expecting.
No response to authoritarian government actions is quicker or more reliable than non-compliance.
Local police officials are leery of enforcing Michelle Lujan Grisham's ban on public carry, which gun rights groups have challenged in federal court.
The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
"I've seen signs in different people's yards in the past after these disasters, ... 'You loot, we shoot.' ... You never know what's behind that door."
Americans support tighter laws, but not as much as they distrust government and like owning guns.
"This appeal raises a question not yet addressed by any California court: whether a public official may be bribed with a promise to donate to the official's office."
The Government drops reference to the slave codes as a historical analogue in Rahimi.
Violators are rarely caught, while the unlucky few who face prosecution can go to prison for years.
The events expose an underappreciated downside to government registries: In addition to civil liberties concerns, so much information in a concentrated database is a potential privacy nightmare.
Promoting impunity for violating rights as a policy tool? What could go wrong?
Plus: A listener question concerning drug decriminalization and social well-being
A federal judge objected to two aspects of the agreement that seemed designed to shield Biden from the possibility that his father will lose reelection next year.
A judge's questions about his plea deal should not obscure the point that the law he broke is unjust and arguably unconstitutional.
A recently published statistical analysis of homicide rates in New York City finds strong support for the hypothesis that de-policing resulting from the George Floyd protests caused the 2020 homicide spikes.
A federal judge says the ATF can’t arbitrarily classify inert objects as gun parts.
Third Circuit briefing is ongoing in challenge to rifle ban signed into law just a week after Bruen.
Researchers report that many gun owners, especially newer ones, falsely deny owning guns.
The environmentalist and anti-vaccine activist talks about his presidential run and whether he'd jail climate change skeptics.
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.
If it's not a sweetheart deal, everyone else deserves the same leniency.
The ruling is likely the first by a state supreme court to undercut the popular forensic technique.
We once ranked No. 4 in the world, according to the Heritage Foundation. Now we're 25th.
The government appears to agree that Charles Foehner shot a man in self-defense. He may spend decades behind bars anyway.
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