Law and the Courts

South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses a Firing Squad Over the Electric Chair for April 29 Execution

By Michelle Liu, AP A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric…


Illinois Ghost Gun Ban Bill, Passed in Dead of Night, Appears to Ban the SIG P320 and P365, Unserialized AR Uppers

Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill in the middle of the night last night that bans dreaded “ghost guns.” But the bill’s wording would do much more than outlaw home built firearms….


Grand Jury: Kyle Carruth Won’t Be Charged in Shooting Death of Chad Read

The shooting death of Chad Read at the hands of his ex wife’s boyfriend, Kyle Carruth, last year was captured on video from a couple of angles and provoked much discussion. As we noted at…


Fifth Circuit Rules Against New Jersey in Defense Distributed 1st Amendment 3D Gun File Case

From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . The Second Amendment Foundation and Defense Distributed today are celebrating a court victory in a long-running battle to allow online publication of information related to the 3D printing of…


Please…Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Anti-Gun And Everyone Knows It

By Lee Williams You don’t need to be an expert Supreme Court prognosticator, a learned legal scholar or even a decent tea-leaf reader to know that any potential justice for the nation’s highest court who…


Judge Jackson Affirms Right to Keep and Bear Arms During Confirmation Hearings…Sort Of

By Larry Keane Anyone expecting Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing to be a firework show when it came to gun rights was disappointed. President Joe Biden’s nominee answered questions posed by probing U.S. senators,…



Fake News: Media Reports of America’s ‘Permissive’ Self-Defense Laws Don’t Reflect Reality

…Vox offered the perspective that “America’s self-defense laws are incredibly permissive, making it difficult to convict someone in a violent situation who claims to fear for their life.” A New York Magazine article similarly asserted that there is…


Brownells ‘Mag Dump’ Raises Funds to Fight Washington State Magazine Ban in Court

From Brownells . . . In response to the standard-capacity magazine ban passed in Washington state, Brownells will donate $2.00 to the Washington-based Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) for every aluminum Brownells AR-15 magazine sold. SAF…


THE NATION: There’s No Second Amendment on the South Side of Chicago

I have been close to gun violence my entire life. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, I’ve seen my classmates carry firearms to keep themselves and their families safe from harm. And I…