For Once, the TSA Is Right
Blame normal TSA incompetence, not the government shutdown, for allowing a passenger to smuggle a firearm through security.
Gun Rights
More on Guns and Strict Liability
An interesting opinion from an Illinois appellate judge, arguing against the Illinois rule under which it's a crime to possess a gun with a defaced serial number even if one has no reason to know that it's defaced.
Illegal Aliens, Guns, and Strict Liability
Federal law bans felons, illegal aliens, and others from knowingly possessing guns (or ammunition); does the government also have to show that the defendant knew he was a felon, illegal alien, or within some other prohibited category? [UPDATE: Last paragraph corrected.]
Assault Weapon Bans Are All About Appearance
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's latest bill classifies firearms not by what they do but based on how they look.
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.
4 Reasons Requiring Background Checks for All Gun Sales Is a Bad Idea
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.
Ninth Circuit Upholds Federal Ban on Gun Ownership by Illegal Aliens
Other circuit courts have reached the same result, though not all have used the same reasoning.
2018 Brought a Bumper Crop of Bad Gun Laws to Disobey
Control freaks have turned to dishonest rulemaking and outright censorship in doomed but still dangerous efforts to take people's weapons away.
Can New Jersey Ban the Distribution of Computer Files That Can Help Make Guns?
Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation insist that law violates the First Amendment, Commerce Clause, and Supremacy Clause.
Florida State Commission Recommends Arming Teachers to Keep Schools Safe
Currently, most Florida public school teachers can't carry in the classroom.
Washington Redefines All Semi-Automatic Rifles As 'Assault Weapons'
A ballot initiative that took effect this week bans sales to adults younger than 21.
Democratizing Gun Production, Education, and Media: Podcast
J.D. Tuccille, Lisa Snell, and Rob Long discuss the democratization of everything at Reason's 50th anniversary celebration.
California Says Residents With Vacated Out-of-State Convictions May Not Own Guns
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.
Gun Owners Don't Seem Eager to Comply With New Jersey's New Magazine Ban
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.
Baltimore Woman Says She'll Use Gun Buyback Cash to Pay for an Even Bigger Gun
This might not be what lawmakers had in mind when they created this program.
Trump's Bump Stock Ban Shows Once Again He Is Happy to Ignore Inconvenient Laws
The administration usurps Congress by redefining machine guns.
Fourth Circuit Rejects Libel Claims over Misleading Edits in Katie Couric's "Under the Gun"
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 Powerful Dissent Charges Judges Who Casually Uphold Magazine Restrictions With Disrespecting the Second Amendment
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.
N.Y. Lawmaker: Want a Gun? Give Us Your Social Media Accounts First!
As the prison-industrial complex starts to crumble, get ready for the social-media-surveillance complex to replace it.
Alabama Police Shot Innocent Man Three Times From the Back, Independent Autopsy Says
Meanwhile, the officers involved can't get their stories straight.
When Governments Restrict Guns, People Make Their Own By the Millions
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!
Trump Administration Set to Announce Pointless, Legally Dubious Bump Stock Ban
Even the Obama administration recognized it didn't have the authority to ban bump stocks.
Oakland University, a Gun-Free Zone, Is Giving Students Hockey Pucks to Defend Themselves from Mass Shooters
Police chief calls it a "spur-of-the-moment idea that seemed to have some merit to it."
Do Alabama Police Who Killed the Wrong Man Know What 'Brandished' Means?
Emantic Bradford Jr. may have had a gun. But he didn't deserve to die.
E-Mails With Graphic Anti-Gun Messages, Sent to Gun Rights Activist, Weren't Threats
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.
Rep. Eric Swalwell Thinks Gun Confiscation Will Work Out Fine Because Government Has Nukes
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.
Michael Bloomberg's Chances of Becoming President: Slim, None, and Fat
The latest trial balloon from the perennial White House Hamlet contains more lead than the paint of a New York public school.
Right to Wear T-Shirts That Depict or Mention Guns
... extends to public high school students, holds a federal judge in Wisconsin.
Lawsuit Challenging New Jersey Ban on Distributing "Digital Instructions" for 3D Printing of Guns
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.
California's 'Reasonable Regulation' of Guns Did Not Stop the Thousand Oaks Shooting
The state has some of the nation's strictest firearm laws.
Federal Judge Says It's Plausible That Andrew Cuomo Violated the First Amendment by Pressuring Banks and Insurers to Shun the NRA
The organization's lawsuit against New York's governor survives a motion to dismiss.
New California Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Been 'Vocally Anti-Gun Every Chance He Gets'
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.
Andrew Cuomo's Unconstitutional Assault on the NRA
New York's governor is violating the First Amendment by pressuring banks and insurers to shun "gun promotion organizations."
For Many Pro-Gun Republicans, Gun Ownership Is Skin Deep
The difference between exercising one's 2nd Amendment right and "looking very threatening and intimidating."
NRA's Free Speech Claims Against N.Y. Officials May Proceed
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.
Police Detained a College Student Over Terminator Costume
University Police issued a warning even after admitting that the student did nothing wrong.
Neither 'Capacity' Nor 'Power' Distinguishes 'Assault Weapons' From Other Firearms
The New York Times continues to push the myth that there is something uniquely deadly about the guns Dianne Feinstein wants to ban.
Calls for 'Commonsense' Gun Control Sound Senseless After Pittsburgh Shooting
Politicians' demands for stricter laws are notably lacking in detail and logic.
Columbus Cops Want Credit for Not Killing 2 Black Boys Who Had a BB Gun
Officer Peter Casuccio lectured the kids for endangering their lives by doing something that was perfectly legal.
Makers of 3D-Printed Guns Follow In DIY Tradition of Ammunition Reloaders
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.
Why 'Gun Culture' Is Every Bit a Part of America as 'Speech Culture': Podcast
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.
Jamie Lee Curtis: "I Fully Support the Second Amendment."
After being trolled by Fox News, the Halloween actress ends up echoing Reagan when it comes to waiting periods and assault-weapon bans.
Michael Bloomberg Is No Defender of the Constitution
The former New York mayor's authoritarian record shows he has no real love for America's founding document.
Lion King Puppet Technician Arrested Over 3D-Printed Pistol at Theater
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.
