Law and the Courts


SIG SAUER Files P365 Magazine Patent Infringement Case Against Springfield

SIG Sauer announced today they are suing Springfield Armory alleging patent infringement on the P365 magazine design. I remembered the announcement of the new P365 like it was yesterday and was left wondering how the…


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DOJ Trustee Calls on Court to Dismiss NRA Bankruptcy Filing Or Appoint an Outside Monitor

The hearing into the bankruptcy filing by the National Rifle Association concluded yesterday. The NRA filed for Chapter 11 protection in January in a Texas Fifth Circuit court. Why would a New York-chartered organization that’s…



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OMG! The Supreme Court Might Rule the Second Amendment Means What it Says! OMG

The NRA has been relentless in its campaign to create an alternate history regarding guns and the myth that the Constitution somehow guarantees individual gun rights. Only a few decades ago, such notions were considered an…


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Judge Rules McCloskey Case Won’t Be Re-Heard by a Grand Jury

By Jim Salter and Heather Hollingsworth, AP A judge on Friday denied a defense request to return to a grand jury the case against a St. Louis couple accused of waving guns at racial injustice…



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Cornell: Originalism Means Gorsuch and Barrett Should Rule in Favor of Strict Gun Control

In another of Heller’s odd intellectual moves, Scalia read the Second Amendment backwards, and in the process effectively erased the text’s preamble. To justify this unusual reading strategy, an interpretive approach that Stevens reminded his colleagues on the bench…


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The Supreme Court Should Take a Close Look at What ‘Proper Cause’ Means in New York

The Duke Center for Firearms Law had a few comments on the Corlett carry permit case recently taken up by the United States Supreme Court: The case–New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett–centers…