Law and the Courts


The Supreme Court Fiddles While the Second Amendment Burns – Part 3, The Way Forward

Bigstock [This is the final article in a three-part series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.] By John Velleco This article concludes a three-part series explaining the courts’ shabby treatment of the Second…



News Flash: Another Journalist Uses Bad Data to Argue For Universal Background Checks [VIDEO]

Bigstock This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For another look at the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights at FPC. …


16 Attorneys General Declare Support for Ammunition Background Checks [VIDEO]

Dan Z. for TTAG   This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For another look at the topics discussed here, check out this week in…


The Supreme Court Fiddles While the Second Amendment Burns – Part 2

Bigstock [ED: This is the second in a three-part series. Click here to read Part 1] By John Velleco The first article in this three-part series recounted the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent, and deeply disappointing,…


District of Columbia Sues Polymer80 For Selling ‘Ghost Gun’ Parts to DC Residents

Courtesy Polymer80 The District says citizens can’t build their own guns or possess firearms (they’ve built) without serial numbers. The attorney general of the District on Wednesday filed suit against one of the largest makers…


Equal Justice Under Law? Not If You Want to Exercise Your Second Amendment Rights

Bigstock By Theresa Inacker From the Supreme Court’s website: Equal Justice Under Law, these words written above the main entrance to the Supreme Court Building, express the ultimate responsibility of the Supreme Court of the…


Supreme Court Fiddles While the Second Amendment Burns [Part 1 of 3]

(Leah Millis/Pool via AP) By John Velleco For the last decade, the United States Supreme Court has abdicated its constitutional duty to resolve “cases and controversies” involving the Second Amendment. It has run from its…