The New York Times Is Surprised To Find Public Defenders Championing the Second Amendment
Yet the civil rights movement has long had a gun rights component.
Yet the civil rights movement has long had a gun rights component.
Recent polling suggests that Americans are starting to recognize that such laws make no sense.
A new state law prohibits localities from prohibiting or licensing "no-impact" home-based businesses. That's allowing a Des Moines couple to sell guns from their house located just across the street from the governor's mansion.
The Senate majority leader has repeatedly blocked a bill that would address the robbery threat to state-licensed pot shops.
No, these rifles are not "the weapon of choice in most mass murders."
Both laws seek to evade judicial review by delegating enforcement exclusively to private parties.
Ruling against town of Superior's law is the first post-Bruen decision on arms bans
That new crime, which is punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison, includes receipt of firearms by "prohibited persons."
Taking personal responsibility turns out to be a better idea than putting faith in the state.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act increases the penalties for violating arbitrary firearm bans.
Only you can be relied upon to protect you and your loved ones. Ignore anybody who claims otherwise.
The vast majority of federal firearm offenses involve illegal possession, often without aggravating conduct or a history of violence.
The Supreme Court unambiguously rejected the sort of reasoning that a federal appeals court used to uphold New York's ban.
The Institute for Justice urges SCOTUS to renounce that open-ended exception to the Fourth Amendment.
Perhaps, as we relearn the virtues of local decision-making, we'll also reacquire a taste for individualism.
Several states are retaining subjective criteria for carry permits or imposing new restrictions on gun possession.
While gun control enthusiasts rushed to defend Japan's firearm restrictions after Shinzo Abe's assassination, copying that approach in the U.S. is legally, politically, and practically impossible.
Some states promptly eliminated subjective standards, while others refused to recognize the decision's implications.
I asked scholars, podcasters, and passersby how they'd change the nation's founding charter. Here's what they told me.
The answers underline the limitations of laws that aim to prevent this sort of crime by restricting access to firearms.
"I don't need to have numbers," Gov. Kathy Hochul said when asked about the evidence supporting the law.
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Leading libertarian legal scholar Randy Barnett talks about abortion, gun rights, and worrying trends at the highest court in the land.
The gun control policies under discussion are fundamentally ill-suited to prevent mass shootings.
The Court told appeals courts to reconsider their conclusions in light of last week's ruling against New York's restrictions on public possession of firearms.
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The leading libertarian legal theorist talks about worrying trends at the Supreme Court as a conservative majority takes hold.
The ruling against New York's carry permit policy is a rebuke to courts that routinely rubber-stamp gun restrictions.
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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.
The legislation prohibits firearm sales based on juvenile records and subsidizes state laws that suspend gun rights without due process.
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.
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.
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.
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The president implies that anyone who resists his agenda is complicit in the murder of innocents.
Because there is no reliable way to identify future mass shooters, it is inevitable that many innocent people will lose their Second Amendment rights.
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.
Neither expanded background checks nor a federal "assault weapon" ban can reasonably be expected to have a meaningful impact on such crimes.
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