Wells Fargo Resists Union Threats Aimed at Getting It to Drop Gun Manufacturer Clients
"I do not believe that the American public wants banks to decide which legal products consumers can and cannot buy."
Gun Rights
Second Amendment Does Not Apply to 'Assault Weapons,' Says U.S. District Judge
His obsession with Justice Scalia's aside in Heller about "weapons...most useful in military service" ignores Scalia writing of weapons "typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes."
My Family's Peashooter Is Now an Illegal 'Assault Weapon' in This Illinois Town
Deerfield would fine residents up to $1,000 for owning one of a dizzying array of firearms.
This 'Awesome Dude' Lost His Gun Rights by Saying Stupid Stuff on Reddit
A Florida case highlights the due process issues raised by gun violence restraining orders.
Banning 'Assault Weapons' Makes As Much Sense As Banning Opaque Backpacks
The gun control policies student activists favor are just as dubious as the school security measures they mock.
Video Shows YouTube Shooter Was Clearly 'Nuts.' What Happens Next Is Very Scary.
Get ready for ever-more-intrusive mental-health measures.
There's Almost Certainly Nothing Congress Could Have Done to Stop the YouTube Shooting
Looking for political or cultural calls to action in this act of violence is a fool's errand.
GOP Senate Candidate Austin Petersen Wants You to Be Able to Legally Buy a Machine Gun
"Let's get the conversation to where people are talking not about limiting gun rights but expanding them."
Mandatory Transparent Backpacks Violate Students' Privacy Rights
"My school is starting to feel like a prison."
Irrational Fear of Mass Shootings Can't Justify Unconstitutional Gun Control
Stinging insects kill more Americans than mass shooters do.
News Outlets Ignore Millennials' Skepticism of Gun Control
Youth opinion on firearms is far from monolithic.
California Politicians Propose Government Boycotts of Companies that Do Business With the NRA
Corporations are being asked to take sides in a gun control debate that has very little to do with them.
Young Anti-Gun Demagogues Copy Their Elders
"There cannot be two sides," say the adolescent activists, tarring their opponents as NRA puppets.
March for Our Lives Kids Don't Know Just How Safe Schools Are
Students say your right to own a gun conflicts with their right to feel secure.
Justice John Paul Stevens Is Wrong About the Second Amendment, Again
The retired justice wants to claw back parts of the Bill of Rights.
Sessions Distorts the Law to Give Trump the Bump Stock Ban He Demanded
The attorney general pretends to discover that the controversial rifle accessories are already illegal.
At the March for Our Lives, Kids Say Their Right to Feel Safe Trumps Your Right to Own a Gun
"Certain guns, like AR-15s, shouldn't even be accessible to the public."
YouTube Plans to Shut Down Gun Instructional Videos
Cody Wilson fears that major private institutions are trying to make gunmakers non-persons.
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The Million Mom March: Mass Mobilization Against Guns
In 2000, the Million Mom March brought hundreds of thousands of people together to demonstrate against guns.
Credit Card Company Requirements That Merchants Not Sell Guns to 18-to-20-Year-Olds
The companies likely must make exemptions for those states that ban the merchants from discriminating based on age.
These Two Cases Illustrate the Pitfalls of Florida's New Gun Seizure Orders
How much evidence should be required to suspend people's Second Amendment rights?
Fix NICS Bill Would Help Block Gun Sales to Peaceful People
The measure, which Congress may be on the verge of enacting, aims to improve enforcement of misguided rules.
D.C.'s Cache of Seized Illegal Guns Has Antique Rifles and Paintball Guns, But Few Bump-Stock-Compatible Weapons
I sent a FOIA request to the lab that processes guns seized by police in the nation's capital. Here's what I found out.
Why We Shouldn't Give Special Credence to the Political Views of Young People and Victims
Recent events such as the student walkout to promote gun control raise the issue of how much credibility we should give to the political views of the young, and victims of crime. At least as a general rule, there is no reason to give those views any special credence.
Teacher on Leave After Questioning Whether School Would Let Pro-Life Students Walk Out, Too
"Would that be allowed by the administration?"
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel Refuses to Explain His Office's Failures to Congress
He "let the American people down and also the citizens of Florida," according to Sen. Chuck Grassley.
The National School Walkout Reveals What Students Really Want: Safe Spaces
"It's about keeping people safe."
Your Right to Free Speech, Like My Right to Self-Defense, Isn't Open to Debate
Rallying to call for restrictive laws is a whole lot easier than getting people to submit to them.
Don't Deny Young Adults the Right to Self-Defense
Raising the purchase age for guns won't stop mass shooters but will hurt law-abiding Americans.
Illinois Woman Sues Public Housing Authority That Says She Can't Have a Gun to Protect Herself from an Abusive Ex-Husband
Can public housing authorities strip you of your Second Amendment rights?
Challenge to Gun Ban in East St. Louis Public Housing
The anonymous plaintiff offers a pretty compelling factual story -- but the legal analysis is surprisingly unsettled.
If You're Trying to Ban Guns, the Least You Could Do Is Learn the Basics
Sloppy thoughts, sloppy policies.
Government Wants Our Trust, but Where's the Accountability?
The foul ups by the Broward County Sheriff's Office don't inspire confidence.
President Trump To Meet with Video Game Makers Because…FBI Failed To Follow Up on Nikolas Cruz?
Politicians love to find scapegoats for mass shootings, especially if it lets them exonerate law enforcement and the social welfare state.
Michigan Lawsuit Against Dick's Sporting Goods for Age Discrimination in Gun Sales
Michigan public accommodations law bans discrimination based on age by businesses open to the public, including retailers.
In Defense of 'Gunsplaining'
Pedantry may be annoying, but sloppy firearms legislation is a lot worse.
Age Discrimination Suit Against Dick's Sporting Goods and Walmart for Refusing to Sell Rifle to 20-Year-Old
Oregon law generally bans discrimination in selling goods based on age, so this lawsuit looks like a winner.
3 States Pushing Stricter Gun Laws After Parkland (Plus 2 States That Want to Make Gun Ownership Easier)
Age restrictions, body armor bans, and constitutional carry.
'Assault Weapon' Banners Assert False Distinctions Because the Real Ones Are Silly
This arbitrary category of firearms is not distinguished by rate of fire or muzzle velocity.
Vilifying Gun Owners Doesn't Lead to a Better Society
Progressives push their luck with their totalitarian insistence that everybody is with them or against them on guns and so much else.
Guns, Code, and Freedom
Cody Wilson on his war against power, the irreversible course of the 3D-printed gun, and America's Weimar moment
Dianne Feinstein Touts Research Claiming the Assault Weapon Ban Reduced Mass Shootings
How to make an assault weapon ban look effective: include handgun murders
Are We Experiencing Peak Gun Rights?
A look into a more restrictionist future for the Second Amendment.
