Law and the Courts


BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Uses Strict Scrutiny To Strike Down California’s Ban on Semi-Auto Rifle Sales To Young Adults

Rob Romano, the creator of The Gun Case Tracker brings us some good news out of the Ninth Circuit in California.  The court there used strict scrutiny to strike down California’s ban on semi-auto rifles…


Greenlee: Americans Shouldn’t Have to Prove They Have the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

  Professor [Jake] Charles mistakenly asserts that “[text, history, and tradition] and arguments like those about self-made guns imply that government always regulates to the outer limits of its power.” To the contrary, THT analyzes…



Having Every Tom, Dick And Harriet Carrying a Gun Would Leave New York ‘Defenseless’

The last thing New York needs is for every Tom, Dick and Harriet on the street to be carrying. Moreover, the argument for reasonable restrictions on the Second Amendment is hardly new. Indeed, many conservative legal experts…


Dare to Dream: What if Politicians Could Be Sued for the Harm Caused By Their Dangerous Policies and Unconstitutional Laws?

California politicians are abusing their legislative authority to draft political reprisal bills. Left coast lawmakers want to pass a law allowing the state’s attorney general, city or county attorneys, or anyone regardless of whether they…


FPC Sues City of San Jose Challenging City’s Gun Owner Liability Insurance Mandate

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Attorneys for Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a new lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the City of San Jose’s ordinance…


Self-Defense and the Law: How Well Can You Articulate?

Armed self-defense is legal everywhere in America. Even in New York. Even if you’re black, Latino, gay, transgendered, Muslim or maybe all of the above simultaneously. But no matter where it happens, the color of…