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Gun-rights advocates were handed an unusual defeat this week when a Trump-appointed judge upheld numerous “sensitive places” restrictions in Texas. But that defeat comes with some potential long-term upside. US District Judge Mark Pittman on Tuesday upheld a trio of regulations that collectively criminalize the public carrying of firearms at racetracks, bars and restaurants that… Read more

This week, we’re taking a close look at the latest in the legal battle over “red flag” laws. To help understand the ins and outs of why gun-rights activists object to the temporary gun seizure orders, we have the director of legal operations for the group challenging Maryland’s version of the law. The Second Amendment… Read more

Texas produced a surprise gun ruling this week. But it may become an unexpected opportunity for gun-rights activists in the long term. As Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman explains, a Trump-appointed federal judge upheld several “sensitive places” restrictions in Texas. But, since the case is in the conservative-leaning Fifth Circuit, there’s good reason to think an… Read more

A lawsuit seeking to hold Glock liable for illegal conversions of its pistols into automatic weapons is moving forward in Maryland state court. On Monday, the Baltimore City Circuit Court denied Glock’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking restitution for the criminal use of Glock products. State Judge John Nugent ruled the suit falls within… Read more

A third federal judge ruled on the constitutionality of the ban on possessing guns at the post office this week and created a burgeoning circuit split in the process. On Wednesday, US District Judge Vernon D. Oliver upheld the ban against a Second Amendment challenge. That follows a 2025 ruling from US District Judge Reed… Read more

We have a circuit split developing on a national “sensitive place” gun restriction. It’s over the post office gun ban. This week, a federal judge in Connecticut became the first to uphold the ban, arguing that it fits within the sensitive places tradition. But he wasn’t the first federal judge to consider the question in… Read more

The ban on carrying firearms into the post office is constitutional, according to a new ruling from a federal judge. On Wednesday, US District Judge Vernon D. Oliver ruled against a Second Amendment challenge to the federal ban filed in the District of Connecticut. He found the modern ban did not violate the gun rights… Read more

Maryland can continue to disarm gun owners deemed by a judge to pose a threat to themselves or others, a federal judge has ruled. On Friday, US District Judge Brendan Hurson declined to block Maryland’s “Red Flag” law (RFL) in a case brought by a man who briefly had his firearms confiscated after a dispute… Read more

The Biden-era rule that sought to reclassify millions of pistols equipped with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles (SBRs) may be gone, but the logic underlying it is still very much alive within the agency tasked with enforcing the nation’s gun laws. In a Monday court filing, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)… Read more

This week, we’re talking with a New York Times reporter about his latest story that examines guntuber Brandon Herrera’s run for Congress. Charles Homans has been at The Times since 2014. Unlike his co-author Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who was on our podcast last year, Homans doesn’t focus on gun stories. Nor does he cover all 435… Read more