Law and the Courts

Former Georgia DA Indicted for Failing to Prosecute Suspects in the Ahmaud Arbery Shooting

By Russ Bynum, AP A former Georgia prosecutor was indicted Thursday on misconduct charges alleging she used her position to shield the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery from being charged with crimes immediately…




FPC Files a Lawsuit Challenging Cook County’s Assault Weapons Ban

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging the ban on so-called “assault weapons” in Cook County, Illinois. Case documents in Viramontes v. Cook County,…






Court Rules Smith & Wesson Has to Turn Over Internal Marketing Documents to New Jersey Attorney General

The effort by the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex to get around the Protections of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act continues, as the state of New Jersey has won an important fight over producing discovery documents….


US District Court: Cuffing, Detaining, and Searching Lawful Gun Owners Violates the Fourth Amendment

In 2018, Basel M. Soukaneh stopped his car to check his phone in a questionable area of Waterbury, Connecticut. When he was approached by a police officer, he presented his driver’s license and pistol permit,…