Law and the Courts

Boulder Dismisses Its Own Appeal of Ruling That Struck Down the City’s ‘Assault Weapons’, Hi Cap Magazine Bans

From the Mountain States Legal Foundation . . . The City of Boulder, Colorado, has dismissed its own appeal in a case about its sweeping gun control ordinance, which had previously been defeated in state trial court.  The dismissal of Chambers v. Boulder is also a victory…


With Its Anti-Gun ‘Nuisance’ Law Designed to Punish Gun Makers, New York Reconvenes Its Gun Control Circular Firing Squad

New York is not done with its circular firing squad on gun control. The New York nuisance law was crafted after a series of failures of similar such nuisance laws in areas ranging from paint to,…


Firearms Policy Coalition Ask Supreme Court to Strike Down Maryland’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) is asking the United States Supreme Court to strike down Maryland’s unconstitutional ban on so-called “assault weapons” in a petition filed today. FPC’s petition…


Gun Makers, NSSF File Suit Challenging New York’s Lawfare-Promoting ‘Public Nuisance’ Law

From the NSSF . . . The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and a group of fourteen firearm manufacturers, distributors, and retailers filed a lawsuit and moved for a preliminary injunction in federal court today challenging as unconstitutional a New York law designed…



Gavin Newsom Says He’ll Use Texas Abortion Law as a Blueprint to Further Limit Gun Rights in California

So this happened last night. California Governor Gavin Newsom, having nothing else to do on a Saturday evening, issued the following proclamation . . . If states can shield their laws from review by federal…


Center for Biological Diversity Suit Seeks to Kill Off Hunting on 2.3 Million Acres of Public Land…Because Science!

By Larry Keane The anti-hunting Center for Biological Diversity is once again trying to eliminate hunting on public lands within National Wildlife Refuges under the guise of “protecting endangered wildlife.” The activist organization’s latest lawsuit seeks to…


People Prosecuted Under Unconstitutional Gun Control Laws Should be Entitled to Restitution

By Rob Morse The case currently before the Supreme Court — New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen — hinges on the fact that government officials in New York state can choose whether…


An Inconvenient Truth: The Constitution Protects Home Made Guns

From the FPC . . . The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today a timely new scholarly article on the Second Amendment right to self-manufacture arms, including firearms. “The American Tradition of Self-Made Arms” is based on…


Oxford Michigan School District and Officials Sued for Failing to Remove Ethan Crumbley

By Corey Williams, AP Two lawsuits seeking $100 million each have been filed against a Michigan school district, its superintendent, principal and others after four students were fatally shot and others wounded at Oxford High School, a…