Gun Rights
Supreme Court Takes Up ATF's Unilateral 'Ghost Gun' Rules
Lower courts have been extremely skeptical of attempts to regulate unfinished parts as firearms.
Second Amendment Roundup: ATF redefines "engaged in the business"
Agency pushes the envelope to require gun dealer licenses beyond the statute.
Colorado Legislators Ditch Plan To Ban Guns in Dozens of 'Sensitive Places'
The amended bill applies only to schools, polling places, and certain government buildings.
This Colorado Bill Would Abolish the Right to Armed Self-Defense in Many 'Sensitive Places'
Legislators are taking a page from constitutionally dubious state laws that make carry permits highly impractical to use.
Arizona County Again Defies State Protections for Self-Defense Rights
Tucson and Pima County have a history of passing restrictions that conflict with state law.
Another Judge Says Illegal Immigrants Have Second Amendment Rights
Some supposed defenders of the right to bear arms react with alarm.
Biden Decries Criminalization of Cannabis Consumers Even As He Insists They Have No Second Amendment Rights
Hours before the president said "no one should be jailed" for marijuana use, his Justice Department was saying no one who uses marijuana should be allowed to own guns.
Supreme Court Considers Claim That New York Regulators Violated NRA's First Amendment Rights
State officials “jawboned” financial firms into cutting ties with the gun-rights group.
Law Enforcement Trainers File Scotus Amicus Brief against Maryland Rifle Ban
Citizens should be able to choose the same high-quality defensive arms that peace officers choose
No, Imprisoning a School Shooter's Parents Isn't Justice
James Crumbley, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, may be an unsympathetic defendant. But this prosecution still made little sense.
Nebraska Municipalities May Not Ban Guns from Public Parks, Trails, and Sidewalks
So concludes the Nebraska AG's office, partly based on Nebraska state law and partly based on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Florida Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison After Shooting Down a Drone
Rather than destruction of property, Wendell Goney was convicted of possession of a firearm as a felon.
California Violated the Second Amendment by Disarming People Based on Nullified Convictions
A federal judge ruled that three men who committed nonviolent felonies decades ago are entitled to buy, own, and possess guns.
SCOTUS Ponders the Implications of Prosecuting Gun Owners for a Crime Invented by Bureaucrats
Several justices seemed troubled by an ATF rule that purports to ban bump stocks by reinterpreting the federal definition of machine guns.
Preview of Supreme Court Bump Stock Case
In Cargill v. Garland, the Court should apply the National Firearms Act text that Congress did enact, and not the text that gun control advocates wish had been enacted.
Biden Is Trying To Motivate Voters Who Oppose Pot Prohibition. Maybe He Should Stop Supporting It.
The supposedly reformed drug warrior's intransigence on the issue complicates his appeal to young voters, who overwhelmingly favor legalization.
Another Damn Impeachment
Plus: Suozzimentum, gun factories, body-count discourse, and more...
Hawaii's Supreme Court Insists There Is No Individual Right to Arms
Rejecting a challenge to the state's strict gun laws, the court is openly contemptuous of Second Amendment precedents.
Based on Loose Reasoning, a Federal Judge Rejects a Challenge to the Gun-Free School Zones Act
The decision likens the federal law to Reconstruction era restrictions on firearms near polling places.
Mom's Manslaughter Conviction for Her Son's School Shooting Sets a Dangerous Precedent
In some sense, the case seemed to hinge on what prosecutors wished the law said, not on what it actually says.
Jennifer Crumbley Case Hinges On Whether She 'Willfully' Ignored Her Son's Inclination To Commit Mass Murder
Michigan jurors are considering whether Crumbley's carelessness amounted to involuntary manslaughter.
Biden Reportedly Is Planning To Unilaterally Mandate Background Checks for All Gun Sales
A watchdog group cites ATF "whistleblowers" who describe a proposed policy that would be plainly inconsistent with federal law.
The 'No Compromise' NRA Is Neither New nor Uncompromising
The book Vote Gun criticizes the NRA’s rhetoric but pays little attention to gun control advocates' views.
Tennessee Says Residents Can't Vote If They Have Lost Their Gun Rights
People who were disenfranchised based on felony convictions face a new obstacle to recovering their voting rights.
The New Mexico Involuntary Manslaughter Prosecution of Alec Baldwin
New Mexico law is more pro-defendant in such cases than the laws of many other states.
War With Russia Teaches Ukraine To Value Private Guns
Survey finds growing acceptance of civilian firearms among the country’s population.
Gavin Newsom Defies the Supreme Court's 'Very Bad Ruling' on the Right To Bear Arms
California made carry permits easier to obtain but nearly impossible to use.
Guns, Germs, and Drugs Are Largely Responsible for the Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy
The Washington Post hectors Congress to make U.S. life expectancy a "political priority."
9th Circuit Temporarily Restores the Right To Bear Arms As It Mulls California's New Gun-Free Zones
The state's law, which a federal judge enjoined last month, prohibits firearms in most public places.
California's 'Repugnant' Restrictions on Public Gun Possession Just Took Effect
After a federal judge deemed the state's location-specific gun bans unconstitutional, the 9th Circuit stayed his injunction.
How Magazine Bans Thwart Self-Defense
Bans on standard magazines benefit criminals and endanger victims
This NRA Supreme Court Case Has Big Implications for Porn
The ACLU will represent the gun rights group in a case with widespread relevance for free speech.
112 Hostages
Plus: Segregationist Christmas parties, California cops, Israeli gun licenses, and more...
Hunter Biden's Lawyers Say the Gun Ban He Violated Is Unconstitutional, Widely Flouted, and Rarely Enforced
The president's son is seeking dismissal of three felony charges based on his illegal 2018 firearm purchase.
2nd Circuit Rejects New York's Default Rule Against Guns in Businesses
The court upheld several other location-specific gun bans, along with the state's "good moral character" requirement for a carry permit.
Hunter Biden's Multiplying Charges Exemplify a Profound Threat to Trial by Jury
Prosecutors have enormous power to coerce guilty pleas, which are the basis for nearly all convictions.
