Law and the Courts

WA Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds State’s Preemption Law, Strikes Down City of Edmonds’ Safe Storage Law

From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . In a unanimous decision today, the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation against the City of Edmonds…


Cornell: A Radical Libertarian View of Gun Regulation Will Mean Anarchy in America

Over the course of generations, gun rights advocates have embraced a radical libertarian ideology that does not expand liberty for Americans, it undermines it. And though [former solicitor general Paul] Clement, [Justice Samuel] Alito and…



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,…