Law and the Courts

Carrying a Gun Is Easier Than Renting a Wood Chipper: Chicago Murderer Sentenced to Three Years Probation

Democrats in Illinois have championed “criminal justice reform” for a long time now, implementing their Chicago-style policies state-wide where and when they could. What has been the result? Well, a judge in Chicago sentenced a…


Kim Potter Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Accidental Shooting Death of Daunte Wright

By Amy Forliti and Scott Bauer, AP Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a motorist she shot during a traffic stop after…


‘Experts’ Say a Series of Mistakes Lead to Kim Potter Grabbing Her GLOCK Instead of Her TASER

By Stephen Groves and Kathleen Foody, AP The suburban Minneapolis police officer on trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright has said she mistakenly used her gun when she was trying to grab a Taser during a chaotic attempt to…


California’s ‘High Capacity’ Magazine Possession Ban On Hold Pending Supreme Court Appeal

Last month, an en banc ruling by the Ninth District Court of Appeals upheld California’s ban on so-called high capacity magazines…basically any magazine that will hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. The ruling outlaws…


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…