Law and the Courts


ACLU: We Need to Restrict the Second Amendment to Preserve the First

  The America Civil Liberties Union, which has never been able to count to ten and remember to include number two, is apparently unaware that more than 40 states have either shall-issue or some form…


Biden Administration Files Supreme Court Brief Supporting New York’s May Issue Gun Control Law

New York’s longstanding proper-cause requirement does not violate the Second Amendment. A. The Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms, but that right is not absolute. For centuries, legislatures in England,…


California Forced to Re-Open ‘Assault Weapon’ Registration System Beginning January 13, 2022

From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . The California Department of Justice has announced the dates when it will re-open registration of so-called “assault weapons” required by a federal court as a result of…


Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Wants to Reduce the City’s Skyrocketing Crime by Suing Gang Members

  [Chicago Mayor Lori] Lightfoot said she’ll propose an ordinance Monday to allow the city’s lawyers to file such lawsuits [against gang members]. She said her proposed anti-gang ordinance isn’t her way of bypassing Cook…


Dershowitz: How To Use The New Texas Abortion Law To Choke Off Gun Sales

Maybe the professor isn’t familiar with the Protection of Legal Commerce in Arms Act . . . Consider this out-of-the-box proposal: Liberal, pro-gun-control states could apply the Texas bounty approach to gun control. New York…


Annenberg Constitution Project: The Modern Gun Control Movement is a Really a Prohibition Movement

In the 1960s, more violence brought a call for more federal gun laws.  “So the 60s is a time of incredible turmoil in America. You have assassinations.” … “We have the assassination of President Kennedy,…


BREAKING: Dick Heller Sues District of Columbia Over Ban on Home Made Firearms and ‘Ghost Guns’

Dick Heller, of Heller v. DC fame has filed suit today in US District court in the District of Columbia challenging the city’s ban on “ghost guns” and individuals making their own firearms. Here’s a…


Allowing Mexico’s Suit Against American Gun Makers to Go Forward Would Mean Limitless Liability for US Companies

Mexico’s lawsuit proposes to circumvent the application of the PLCAA by arguing this law does not apply because the shooting crimes committed by members of Mexican drug cartels took place in Mexico. This argument, however,…


Do Second Amendment Sanctuary Laws Really Carry Any Weight?

By Emily Taylor The number of states declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries is on the rise. This means a question asked with increasing frequency is coming to the forefront: Is the decision to make states…