Law and the Courts


Van Sant: ‘Common Use’ Isn’t Defined by the Number of Banned Guns or Magazines Owned, but How Often They’re Used in Self-Defense

Since the Supreme Court upended the standard for determining the constitutionality of gun laws in 2022, defining common use has become hugely important, particularly in cases involving so-called hardware bans, such as prohibitions on AR-15 style rifles…


Waldman: The Stakes In Rahimi Are Too High for the Supreme Court to Stick With Bruen’s Originalism

As if the country’s gun laws weren’t absurd enough already, the court could make them even more so. In fact, if it wants to uphold the precedent established by Justice Clarence Thomas’s outrageous ruling in…


Fifth Circuit Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking Brace Ban Enforcement Against Plaintiffs in Mock v. Garland

For those of you keeping score at home, back in May, a three-judge panel of the Northern District of Texas issued an emergency injunction blocking the ATF from enforcing its new rule effectively banning pistol…


Sounds and Fury Signifying Nothing: N.J. Governor Emotes Over Challenge to ‘Sensitive Places’ Law

New Jerseys  Governor Phil Murphy lashed out in response to a ten day old filing by the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, in the challenge to the state’s “carry-killer” Bruen response law….


Ninth Circuit Puts its Finger on the Scale to Delay, Derail California Magazine Ban Challenge

By LKB As a federal trial attorney with appellate experience, including clerking for a United States Court of Appeals judge decades ago, I tend to discount a lot of the “conspiracy theories” non-lawyers often postulate…


With a New Term Starting Tomorrow, the Supreme Court Will Clarify Its Stance on Guns and Regulation

By Morgan Marietta, University of Texas at Arlington The first Monday in October, the traditional date for the beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term, is almost here: On Oct. 2, 2023, the court will…




District Court Judge Blocks Part of Maryland’s ‘Sensitive Places’ Concealed Carry Ban Law

A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland has granted in part a motion for a preliminary injunction in two cases—including one involving the Second Amendment Foundation—challenging Maryland’s “sensitive places” law, which is supposed to take…