Law and the Courts

Gun Owners of America Sues ATF to Block New Definition of Frame or Receiver Rule

John Crump at Ammoland reports that Gun Owners of America (GOA), Bridge City Ordinance, and North Dakota resident Eliezer Jimenez have sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over its new rule…


Bruen’s Aftermath: The Shall Issue Way Forward as the Blue States Strike Back

By Peter B. Elias and Theresa Inacker The Supreme Court of the United States recently released some landmark rulings in its just-concluded session. For those of us who live in states that systematically violate the…


Supreme Court Marshal Wants Maryland, Virginia Anti-Demonstration Laws Enforced Outside Justices’ Homes

By Sarah Rankin, AP The marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court has asked Maryland and Virginia officials to enforce laws she says prohibit picketing outside the homes of the justices who live in the two states. “For…



Firearms Policy Coalition Files 9th Circuit Motion to Lift Stay in California’s Assault Weapons Ban

Last year, Federal District Court Judge Roger Benitez ruled that California’s “assault weapons” ban is unconstitutional in Miller v. Bonta. Benitez applied the Heller decision’s ruling to his decision in the case. He then refused…



As Expected, ‘May-Issue’ States Are Going to Have to be Forced Into Compliance With the Supreme Court’s Bruen Ruling

As nearly ideal as the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision was, no one thought the states that exercise maximum control over who can fully exercise their Second Amendment rights — and who can’t — would go quietly….


Vespa: Even Californians Are Going to Have to Get Used to More Black People Carrying Guns

The Left still doesn’t get that the Second Amendment is for everyone. This [LA Times Op-Ed] proves it. Whatever the reason, you have a right to bear arms. Whatever the reason. And yes, while the…



SAF, FPC File for Injunction to Stop City of New York from Enforcing its Unconstitutional ‘Proper Cause’ Carry Permit Requirement

From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . Based on the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down New York State’s unconstitutional “good cause” requirement for concealed carry permit applicants, the Second Amendment Foundation…