Law and the Courts

Three Injunctions Now Block ATF’s Pistol Brace Ban, Protecting Members of Three Gun Rights Orgs

Last night, Fifth District Court Judge Drew Tipton issued an injunction blocking the ATF’s enforcement of its pistol brace rule that goes into effect today. As with an earlier Fifth Circuit ruling in Mock v….


Jury Selection Under Way in the Trial of ‘Broward Coward’ Scot Peterson for Inaction During the Parkland School Shooting

By Terry Spencer, AP Jury selection in the groundbreaking trial of a former sheriff’s deputy charged with failing to confront the killer of 14 students and three staff members at a Florida high school five…


NAGR Sues to Overturn Massachusetts ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

Massachusetts never liked the fact that the federal “assault weapons” ban was allowed to sunset in 2004. In response, the Bay State enacted its own AWB, signed into law by then-governor Mitt Romney. In 2016,…



Fifth Circuit Clarifies That Pistol Brace Injunction Covers Named Plaintiffs and All FPC Members

Earlier this week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction blocking enforcement of the ATF’s pistol brace ban until the case can be decided. But as Jeremy pointed out in our earlier post,…


Cook County Court Rules Chicago Has No Jurisdiction to Sue Indiana Retailer for Guns Used to Commit Crimes in the City

Cities with significant violent crime problems seem to be able to devote far more resources to going after lawful gun owners, retailers, and manufacturers than they are toward arresting and jailing violent recidivist felons. You…


NSSF Sues to Block California’s Law That Encourages Individual Civil Suits Against Gun Makers and Retailers

California made good on Gavin Newsom’s promise to use a Texas anti-abortion law as a model for his ongoing efforts to bankrupt gun sellers and manufacturers. California’s Firearms Industry Responsibility Act, allows individual citizens to…




Injunction Blocking New Jersey’s Bruen Response Law Hits All the High Notes

After the historic NYSRPA v. Bruen decision was handed down last June, some jurisdictions went to work subverting Second Amendment rights, regardless of the high court’s order. They enacted Bruen response bills, erecting new roadblocks…