SCOTUS

Illinois Gun Rights Alliance Files Latest Challenge to New Gun Control Law as an Overmatched AG Struggles to Keep Up

This morning, the Illinois Gun Rights Alliance, a coalition of gun rights organizations, licensed gun dealers, gun clubs, and some of the best legal minds in Illinois have filed their answer to Governor JB Pritzker’s…

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The Brooklyn Subway Attack Just Unraveled the Anti-Gun Argument Presented in NYSRPA v. Bruen

The attack that occurred in New York City subway yesterday is proof positive that gun control does not work. Honest, hard-working people were going about their day, headed to work. Thanks to the intransigence of…


THE NATION: There’s No Second Amendment on the South Side of Chicago

I have been close to gun violence my entire life. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, I’ve seen my classmates carry firearms to keep themselves and their families safe from harm. And I…


NRA-ILA, Gun Control Orgs Weigh In On Biden Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

Joe Biden really loves his ice cream and as such was sorely disappointed to hear of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement. At the same time, even Stevie Wonder could see that Old Joe would…


Gun Control Groups Find Amy Coney Barrett’s Originalist View of the Constitution…Disturbing

Bigstock [I]f Barrett wins Senate confirmation, the court’s approach to the Second Amendment could be in for a big shift. Kris Brown, president of Brady United Against Gun Violence, said she has “grave concerns” about…



Barrett: Nonviolent Offenders Should Not Lose Their Second Amendment Rights

This image provided by Rachel Malehorn shows Judge Amy Coney Barrett in Milwaukee, on Aug. 24, 2018. (Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com, via AP) The categorical ban on gun possession by people with felony records is therefore…


The Supreme Court Fiddles While the Second Amendment Burns – Part 2

Bigstock [ED: This is the second in a three-part series. Click here to read Part 1] By John Velleco The first article in this three-part series recounted the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent, and deeply disappointing,…


Blackman: The Second Amendment is Now Up to the Fifth Circuit Now

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) And so it continues. Twelve years after Heller, we are in the exact same place. The government cannot ban the possession…


Gun Industry Deals With the Failure of the Supreme Court to Take Up 2A Cases

The massive bronze doors of the Supreme Court are seen in Washington, early Monday, June 15, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) From the National Shooting Sports Foundation: The NSSF, the firearm industry trade association, expressed…