Dianne Feinstein Wants to Ban Parts That Make 'Assault Weapons' Legal Again
The latest version of the senator's "assault weapon" ban targets products that highlight the irrationality of "assault weapon" bans.
The latest version of the senator's "assault weapon" ban targets products that highlight the irrationality of "assault weapon" bans.
The policy is very popular and a top priority for House Democrats, but it would hurt innocent people without doing much to improve public safety.
Other circuit courts have reached the same result, though not all have used the same reasoning.
Control freaks have turned to dishonest rulemaking and outright censorship in doomed but still dangerous efforts to take people's weapons away.
Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation insist that law violates the First Amendment, Commerce Clause, and Supremacy Clause.
Currently, most Florida public school teachers can't carry in the classroom.
A ballot initiative that took effect this week bans sales to adults younger than 21.
J.D. Tuccille, Lisa Snell, and Rob Long discuss the democratization of everything at Reason's 50th anniversary celebration.
A federal lawsuit says the state is violating the Second Amendment by refusing to recognize the restoration of firearm rights by courts in other states.
Police officers, who can now charge people who own 15-round magazines with a felony, were outraged when it looked like they might receive equal treatment.
This might not be what lawmakers had in mind when they created this program.
The administration usurps Congress by redefining machine guns.
The "questionable" "editing choices," the court said, weren't sufficiently injurious to reputation to qualify as libelous (whether or not they conveyed a false message).
A 3rd Circuit judge says the decision approving New Jersey's 10-round limit treats the right to arms less seriously than other constitutional rights.
As the prison-industrial complex starts to crumble, get ready for the social-media-surveillance complex to replace it.
Meanwhile, the officers involved can't get their stories straight.
Sophisticated firearms are becoming ever-easier to illicitly manufacture in basic workshops, says a new report. We'll even show you how to do it!
Even the Obama administration recognized it didn't have the authority to ban bump stocks.
Police chief calls it a "spur-of-the-moment idea that seemed to have some merit to it."
Emantic Bradford Jr. may have had a gun. But he didn't deserve to die.
So holds a federal court, concluding that such e-mails with photos of gun crime victims, coupled with statements such as "Thought you should see a few photos of handiwork of the assault rifles you support," were protected by the First Amendment.
While Swalwell insists it was 'sarcasm' it's bad form to reply to a citizen aggrieved at openly threatening constitutional rights connected with self and civil defense with implied threat of mass murder.
The latest trial balloon from the perennial White House Hamlet contains more lead than the paint of a New York public school.
... extends to public high school students, holds a federal judge in Wisconsin.
An interesting motion for a temporary restraining order, arguing based on the First Amendment, the dormant Commerce Clause, 47 U.S.C. § 230, and more.
The state has some of the nation's strictest firearm laws.
The organization's lawsuit against New York's governor survives a motion to dismiss.
Outcoming Gov. Jerry Brown was no gun rights advocate, but if Newsom's voting record is any indication, he's likely to be even worse.
New York's governor is violating the First Amendment by pressuring banks and insurers to shun "gun promotion organizations."
The difference between exercising one's 2nd Amendment right and "looking very threatening and intimidating."
The NRA alleges that New York officials are trying to pressure banks and insurance companies not to deal with the NRA, because of the NRA's political activities.
University Police issued a warning even after admitting that the student did nothing wrong.
The New York Times continues to push the myth that there is something uniquely deadly about the guns Dianne Feinstein wants to ban.
Politicians' demands for stricter laws are notably lacking in detail and logic.
Officer Peter Casuccio lectured the kids for endangering their lives by doing something that was perfectly legal.
Reloaders and DIY gunmakers alike are motivated by innovation and a willingness to make for themselves what the government doesn't want them to have.
David Harsanyi's First Freedom: A Ride Through America's Enduring History with the Gun documents the unique presence of firearms in U.S. life.
After being trolled by Fox News, the Halloween actress ends up echoing Reagan when it comes to waiting periods and assault-weapon bans.
The former New York mayor's authoritarian record shows he has no real love for America's founding document.
Ilya Vett claims he was making the gun as a "gift" for his brother. But he was still arrested and charged with attempted criminal possession of a firearm.
Criminologist Gary Kleck debated Paul Helmke, the former president and CEO of the Brady Center, at the Soho Forum.
"You got the wrong address. Don't shoot my daughter."
His enterprising operation illustrates the valuable role porous borders play in undermining restrictive laws.
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