Law and the Courts


DOJ to Missouri: Your New Law Doesn’t Nullify Federal Gun Laws

By Jason Balsamo, AP The Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can’t ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last week that bans police from enforcing federal gun rules. In…



New York’s New Anti-Gun Law Will Threaten Gun Makers From a New Angle of Attack

The anti-gun industry has been trying to find a way around the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms act for years now. The PLCAA became law back in 2005 with bipartisan support for very good…


Gould: Benitez is Wrong, the Founders Never Wanted Citizen Militias to be Armed

The preamble to the Second Amendment mentions service in a militia as a reason citizens have the right to keep and bear arms: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free…


FPC Sues Nevada Over the State’s New Ban on Self-Built Firearms

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Less than a week after it secured a historic victory in a post-trial judgment striking down California’s unconstitutional ban on so-called “assault weapons,” Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has filed a new…


Miller, Rupp, Duncan and What the Latest ‘Assault Weapons’ Ruling Means for Californians

By Chuck Michel United States District Court Judge Roger Benitez meant it when he took his oath to uphold the Constitution as he was sworn in as a federal judge in 2004. Indeed, in recent…


California AG: We’re Appealing the Miller v. Bonta ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Ruling, FPC: Bring It

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Moments ago, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in a press conference that the State has appealed FPC’s historic victory in our Miller v. Bonta lawsuit, which correctly held that California’s tyrannical…


America’s Anti-Gun Leftists Shriek About Swiss Army Knives While China Has Yet Another Mass Stabbing

US District Court Judge Roger Benitez knew exactly what he was doing when he crafted his opinion ruling that California’s “assault weapons” ban is unconstitutional. Declaring the ban a “failed experiment,” he now famously trolled…


Firearms Policy Coalition Files Second Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Massachusetts Handgun Ban

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Three days after it secured a historic victory in a post-trial judgment striking down California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed a new federal…