Justice Breyer and others argue that gun regulations deserve special judicial deference because Second Amendment rights create risks to life. But the same is true of many other constitutional rights.
“Properly interpreted, the Second Amendment allows a ‘variety’ of gun regulations,” Kavanaugh writes, invoking Antonin Scalia
“Nothing in the Second Amendment’s text draws a home/public distinction with respect to the right to keep and bear arms,” says New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
Senators are mulling legislation that would expand the categories of people who are disqualified from owning guns.
Big rulings are coming soon on school choice, guns, and abortion.
and reverses a precedent that suggested that viewpoint-neutral speech restrictions in public K-12 schools are generally permissible.
The government should loosen laws, reduce conflict between government and the public, and let people defend themselves.
If Congress decides to encourage them, it should not overlook the importance of due process protections.
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Although the Arkansas senator claims to be targeting "violent felons," his draconian bill would affect many people who pose no threat.
What happened in Uvalde is part of a pattern, not an aberration.
Protective devices incapable of offensive use are now unavailable for legal purchase by New Yorkers.
The administration's slippery terminology illustrates the challenge of distinguishing between "good" and "bad" guns.
An analysis of such crimes suggests the president’s policy prescriptions are unlikely to have a meaningful impact.
The president implies that anyone who resists his agenda is complicit in the murder of innocents.
Democrats love to blame their troubles on Senate rules. They should look in the mirror instead.
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No hollow promise can replace our attachments to our children, spouses, friends, and our own lives.
Two federal appeals courts recently concluded that such age restrictions are unconstitutional.
The Charleston (West Virginia) incident from a few days ago, the FBI 2021 statistics, and more.
Don't conflate mass shootings with school shootings.
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The answer to “Why should these people go to prison?” should not be ill-informed gibberish.
There's much we don't know about the shooting in Texas that left at least 21 people dead, including 19 children. Nevertheless, Joe Biden knows exactly who to blame and how to stop future shootings.
It's not clear which guns she is talking about, and even Collins does not seem to know.
The problem is not sneaky entrepreneurs who sell accessories; it's legislators who ban guns based on functionally unimportant features.
The paper blames a "gun-buying spree" during the pandemic for the 2020 jump in murders.
It explains why laws requiring private property owners to allow guns on their land are an affront to property rights, and violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Nikki Fried, a Democrat, is suing the Biden administration, arguing that the policy violates the Second Amendment and a congressional spending rider.
The ATF used a lot of words that invite lawsuits and leave industry insiders baffled.
That perplexing situation underlines the hazards of police tactics that aim to prevent violence but often have the opposite effect.
Maybe it shows that the existing restrictions are not working as advertised.
The letter is dated April 29, 2021, when Martin was three years into a 10-year sentence for a brutal assault on his girlfriend; he was released in February.
My Duke Center for Firearms Law piece on why laws forcing private property owners to allow guns on their premises violate property rights and often qualify as takings requiring compensation under the Fifth Amendment.
Out of 27,900 research publications on gun laws, only 123 tested their effects rigorously.
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The argument for loosening restrictions on armed self-defense goes beyond the measurable impact on public safety.
