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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….


A Broken Sanctuary, ‘Community’ Guns and Kinder, Gentler Civilian Disarmament

This Week in Gun Rights is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal, legislative and other news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights.  Tennessee’s Broken Sanctuary Law In 2015, Tennessee enacted a kind of…


Lies and Falsehoods: Cuomo Pulls Out the Stops to Push His ‘Gun Violence’ Disaster Emergency Scheme

By Matt Manda New York’s Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo wasted no time peddling lies and frequently debunked falsehoods about the firearm industry while announcing his new first-in-the-nation criminal gun violence “Disaster Emergency” plans. The governor’s antigun track record runs longer than the Hudson…


New York’s New Nuisance Law Will Attempt to Hold Gun Makers Responsible for Any Gun Used in a Crime

By Timothy D. Lytton, Georgia State University Could calling the illegal use of firearms a “public nuisance” bring an end to the gun industry’s immunity from civil lawsuits? New York will soon test that notion….



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…