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NSSF Wins Preliminary Injunction Against California Law Allowing Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Industry

A U.S. District Judge has granted an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of California’s law that exposes firearms manufacturers and retailers to lawsuits in the state for lawful commerce in firearms that takes place entirely outside…

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New Mexico Governor Grisham Takes to Cable News to Spout All the Usual Anti-Gun Talking Points…Again…Still

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham knows exactly where to go to get fawning media coverage and an agreeable viewing audience for her all-call gun control platform. Gov. Lujan Grisham joined MSNBC’s Morning Joe just days following…


House Democrats Pledge to Ban Guns In Common Use by Law-Abiding Americans

House Democrats, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), are forging ahead with a so-called assault weapons ban even though it’s not clear that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has the votes…


California Enacts Firearm Maker ‘Nuisance’ Law, Acknowledging Its Background Checks, Waiting Period are Failures

By Mark Oliva California’s new law allowing state authorities and victims of crimes to bring lawsuits against firearm retailers and manufacturers is flawed in ways that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom never considered. Among them might…


Wehle: To Do Something About Guns, We Need the Courts to Ignore the Law So Plaintiffs Can Bankrupt Firearm Manufacturers

  One way to address negative externalities is for the government to intervene through subsidies, taxes, or legal constraints on the producer. But when it comes to guns, Republican legislators are overwhelmingly unwilling to take…


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…


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,…


House Bill Would Mandate ‘Safe Storage’ of Guns in Your Home..And Weaken the PLCAA

By Larry Keane There they go again. Antigun Democrats introduced legislation to force Americans to lock up their firearms in their homes. It’s another one-size-fits-all mandate from the government. The U.S. Constitution would like a…


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….