Assault Weapons Ban


Heller, McDonald and Bruen are Affecting How State Legislatures View Pending Gun Control Legislation

[Heller and McDonald] allowed opponents to wage new battles against longstanding gun laws. When District Judge Roger Benitez overturned California’s 34-year-old assault weapons ban two years ago, he pointed to Heller, saying that under the…



Oh, The Humanity: Latest Polling Shows a Majority of Americans Now Oppose an ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

Americans have purchased modern sporting rifles (MSRs) by the millions and are becoming more aware of the firearm’s functionality and operation. As a result, a new poll shows Americans increasingly do not support a national…



Illinois AG, Buried In Lawsuits, Has Bad Day At Gun Ban Court Date

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul finds himself in the unpleasant position of defending the indefensible.  It falls upon him to defend Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new gun and magazine ban in the courts.  At a court…


Halbrook: Like All Commonly Used Bearable Arms, the AR-15 Cannot Be Banned Under Bruen

In most of the 20th century, the antigun movement focused on banning handguns. Rifles and shotguns were said to be good, pistols and revolvers bad. The Colt AR-15 Sporter rifle hit the civilian market in…


Who Wants to Tell California AG Bonta that Access to ‘Weapons of War’ as a Check Against Tyranny is a Core Tenet of the Second Amendment?

  I spent much of the last week assisting my brilliant colleagues in preparing their supplemental brief in Duncan v. Bonta. This is the magazine-capacity case that kicked off the now-famous “freedom week” in California…



After Colorado Wins, NAGR Files Federal Suits in 4 More Circuits to Shut Down ‘Assault Weapon’, Standard Capacity Magazine Bans

After racking up wins last month in the Tenth Circuit challenging Colorado “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazine bans in four jurisdictions, the National Association for Gun Rights is taking its Bruen-powered show on the…