Second Amendment

New Rhode Island ‘Ghost Gun’ Ban Carries Upto 10 Yrs in Prison

Rhode Island gun owners with unserialized firearms could catch a decade in state prison under a new bill speeding to Gov. Raimondo. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) Lawmakers in Rhode Island’s Democrat-controlled General Assembly have approved a…


Kopel: The Second Amendment Meant No Person in the U.S. Could Be a Slave

By Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist. – http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c05555Harper’s weekly, 1868 July 25, p. 473., Public Domain, Link Just a few weeks after the Confederate States surrendered at Appomattox, Frederick Douglass declared: Now, while…


Grandmother Takes Virginia Handgun Rationing Law to Court

Virginia has tried to ration guns off and on since 1748, and the latest attempt, set to take effect in July, is the subject of a lawsuit. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) A Northern Virginia woman, with the…


The Supreme Court Confirms the Second Amendment Remains a Second Class Right

Justice Clarence Thomas (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) [I]n several jurisdictions throughout the country, law-abiding citizens have been barred from exercising the fundamental right to bear arms because they cannot show that they have a…


Supreme Court Snubs 2A by Turning Away 10 Gun Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court this week denied nine of the 10 pending gun rights petitions without comment, with the only action seen on two of the nine justices saying they would have heard a case…


California Assembly Shrugs off Shut Down, Passes Anti-Gun Bills

While Gen5 Glocks, like this G26, are available on the consumer market in most states, California will not approve it because it doesn’t meet the state’s “microstamping” requirements. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) While most of the…


Is A Peaceable Approach To RKBA Change Still The Best Way?

A protester in an Elmo mask dances during the Justice for George Floyd Philadelphia Protest on Saturday, May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Jay Inslee, governor of Washington state, recently tweeted: As George Floyd is…


Iowa Pro-Gun Bill Passes to the Governor’s Desk

Cities and counties looking to drop the hammer on gun owners in Iowa will find it harder under a pending bill headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) Lawmakers in the Hawkeye State last…


Florida Supreme Court Tosses ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Ballot Question

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody called the gun ban initiative misleading last year, and this month the state’s high court agreed. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com In a 4-1 ruling handed down last week, the Florida Supreme…