2022 Supplement for Firearms Law and the Second Amendment Learn about all the important developments in the last year Reason · Aug 31, 2022
Editorial: A Texas federal judge makes an indefensible ruling Mark Pittman, put on the federal bench in Fort Worth by Donald Trump, thinks that it’s just not constitutional to limit the sale of handguns to people age 21 and older. In an opinion issued Thursday agreeing with a gun group that sued to knock out Texas’ eminently sound prohibition… Tribune News Service · Aug 29, 2022
Third Circuit Sends Down to District Court the Second Amendment Challenge to N.J.'s Ban on >10-Round Magazines The appellate court would leave the matter for the district court to decide in the first instance, subject to appellate review; Judge Matey dissented, arguing that the appellate court should have considered the issue directly. Reason · Aug 25, 2022
Federal judge says Texas can’t ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, who cited the Second Amendment in his decision, stayed the ruling pending appeal. The Texas Tribune · Aug 25, 2022
Ninth Circuit Sends the Hawaii Concealed Carry Challenge Back Down to District Court The en banc panel majority (seven judges) ordered today, in Young v. Hawaii: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of this Court, 992 F.3d 765, and has remanded this case to us "for further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S.… Reason · Aug 19, 2022
The 'Gun Dude' and a Supreme Court case that changed who can own firearms in the U.S. An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture, but until Dick Heller came along, there was little actual legal framework to back that belief. WEKU · Aug 14, 2022
Fourth Circuit amicus brief on Maryland handgun licensing law Legal history before 1900 provides no support for licensing or training mandates for keeping an arm at home Reason · Aug 10, 2022
The Biden Administration Defends the Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Medical Marijuana Users The Justice Department says that policy is rational and consistent with the right to keep and bear arms. Reason · Aug 9, 2022
Restoring the right to bear arms, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen Article for Cato Supreme Court Review Reason · Aug 9, 2022
After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over issues including age limits and bans on AR-15-style guns The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
Fabiola Santiago: Parkland shooter’s trial should be required viewing for AR-15 advocates like Rubio Americans who hold the musket-rights granting Second Amendment near and dear to their hearts — and love high-velocity rifles more than our children — should be watching the Parkland shooter’s sentencing trial. Miami Herald · Aug 4, 2022
Democrats don’t care whether banning assault weapons is constitutional Even while conceding that the rifles they want to ban are commonly used for lawful purposes, Democrats refuse to grapple with the implications. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 3, 2022
Democrats Don't Care Whether Banning 'Assault Weapons' Is Constitutional Even while conceding that the rifles they want to ban are commonly used for lawful purposes, they refuse to grapple with the implications. Reason · Aug 3, 2022
The New York Times Is Surprised To Find Public Defenders Championing the Second Amendment Yet the civil rights movement has long had a gun rights component. Reason · Aug 1, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Jul 25, 2022 Commentary: Is California’s new gun law, modeled after the Texas abortion law, constitutional? The debate over California’s controversial new gun law, signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, seems to confuse two important questions: How can the law be challenged in court and, once challenged, is it constitutional?
Reason · Jul 23, 2022 Colorado U.S. District Court issues TRO against magazine and gun ban Ruling against town of Superior's law is the first post-Bruen decision on arms bans
Los Angeles Times · Jul 22, 2022 Newsom signs gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a controversial gun control bill modeled after Texas’ vigilante abortion law on Friday, teeing up a legal battle with a U.S. Supreme Court friendly to Second Amendment groups and firearm owners.
Salon · Jul 19, 2022 Abortion, racism, guns and the right Do things change? An early version of the racist "great replacement" theory drove the campaign to outlaw abortion
Reason · Jul 18, 2022 Second Amendment Rights of People Briefly Hospitalized for Mental Health Reasons Long Ago? From Judge Dale Drozd's opinion in Clifton v. U.S. DOJ (E.D. Cal.), filed Friday: In 2001, plaintiff was in eighth grade at Mt. Vernon Middle School in Los Angeles, California. He was thirteen years old at the time. Because plaintiff's mother had passed away and he never knew his father,…
Los Angeles Times · Jul 17, 2022 War on California gun laws revs up after Supreme Court’s ‘right to carry’ decision LOS ANGELES — For years, the relationship between Miranda and Richard Wallingford and their Huntington Beach neighbor Jessica Nguyen has been unhappy — if not outright hostile.
Reason · Jul 14, 2022 This Lawsuit Says a Recent SCOTUS Decision Makes It Clear That 'Assault Weapon' Bans Are Unconstitutional The Supreme Court unambiguously rejected the sort of reasoning that a federal appeals court used to uphold New York's ban.
Reason · Jul 14, 2022 AP Stylebook on "Assault Weapon," "Assault Rifle," and "Semi-Automatic Weapon" I don't agree with everything in the AP Stylebook, but I think this guidance is sound (and I think it's generally useful for prominent media organizations to offer such suggestions to writers): https://twitter.com/APStylebook/status/1547309549488640000 Thanks to Alan Gottlieb (Second Amendment Foundation) for pointing this out.
The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022 Matt Gaetz claims active shooter alert bill designed to make people ‘hate’ Second Amendment rights Bill would create local alert system
Los Angeles Times · Jul 12, 2022 California enacts sweeping gun control laws, setting up a legal showdown SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against restrictions on carrying firearms in public in a substantial victory for Second Amendment advocates, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed at least three major gun control measures into law to restrict access to the weapons and…