Law and the Courts

Heller and Beyond: The Gun Rights Movement’s Decades-Long Effort to Redefine the Terms of the Second Amendment

  Despite Scalia’s professed methodology, we can also understand his opinion for the majority [in D.C. v. Heller] as an example of the modern understanding of the right to keep and bear arms, itself heavily…


Dick Heller Sues District of Columbia Again, This Time Over the City’s ‘Ghost Gun’ Ban

[A] new lawsuit argues that the city’s law [banning “ghost guns”] is overly broad and outlaws all polymer-based guns, including the top-selling handguns made by Glock — which are issued to most D.C. police officers….


Liberal Interest Groups Split on the Supreme Court’s Upcoming New York Concealed Carry Case

  On one side is the American Civil Liberties Union and its New York state counterpart, which contend that the state law is justified to protect First Amendment rights in the public sphere. On the…


Trump Justices Could Topple Gun Control Laws as Court Prepares to Hear New York Concealed Handgun Case

By Eric Ruben, Southern Methodist University The stakes in one of the most significant Second Amendment cases in U.S. history are high. The Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v….



SAF, FPC Sue City of New York Over Stun Gun, TASER Ban

From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York state and municipal laws prohibiting private citizens from possessing and using stun guns and tasers,…


SCOTUS Denies Cert in Three Cases Challenging Ban on Gun Ownership by Nonviolent Felons

  In one of the cases before the court, a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in 2005 challenged the ban on purchasing or owning a gun. In another, a Pennsylvania woman…



One State’s Attorney General Is Taking Aim at ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Declarations

As Democrats in Washington, D.C. continue to push their anti-gun legislation, states and counties have been fighting back. Local and state officials throughout the nation have passed Second Amendment sanctuary legislation, effectively declaring that state…


Dershowitz: With Crime Increasing, SCOTUS Will Extend Heller to Open and Concealed Carry

“I do think that the justices will take into account the fact that people really need more protection than they used to need,” he said. “Crime is going up dramatically, particularly in inner cities. And…