Law and the Courts

Intimidation: California AG Posted the Names of All Carry Permit Holders After Bruen Ruling

By Lee Williams On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta posted the names and addresses of concealed-carry permit holders on a California Department of Justice website. At least for a time. In a press release,…


Bruen Puts Lower Courts’ Interest-Balancing Rationales for Upholding Gun Control Laws in Real Jeopardy

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen did more than strike New York’s “may issue” subjective concealed carry permitting scheme. The ruling also told lower courts that attempting to…



Public Defenders Back Bruen Decision’s Elimination of a Racist Gun Control Law

By Jennifer Peltz, AP When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s tight restrictions on who can carry a handgun, condemnation erupted from liberal leaders and activists. But some public defenders, often allies of progressive…



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After Bruen, NY State Bar Association Vows to Work to Continue to Violate New Yorkers’ 2A Rights

New York’s common sense and century-old law on concealed carry permits struck an appropriate balance between preserving Second Amendment rights and preventing weapons from being procured by those who should not have them. The reality…



BREAKING: Supreme Court Strikes Down New York’s ‘May Issue’ Concealed Carry Law

The United States Supreme Court has  struck down New York’s “proper cause” or “may issue” requirement for obtaining concealed carry permits in an opinion handed down today in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association…


City of Brooklyn Center Agrees to Pay Daunte Wright’s Family $3.2 Million in Wrongful Death Settlement

From the Associated Press . . . A suburban Minneapolis city has agreed to pay $3.2 million to the family of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a police officer who said she confused…


Wehle: To Do Something About Guns, We Need the Courts to Ignore the Law So Plaintiffs Can Bankrupt Firearm Manufacturers

  One way to address negative externalities is for the government to intervene through subsidies, taxes, or legal constraints on the producer. But when it comes to guns, Republican legislators are overwhelmingly unwilling to take…