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Court won't revive suit against gun site over spa shooting :: 11/25/2019
WASHINGTON (November 25, 2019) — The Supreme Court won’t revive a lawsuit against a firearms website over a suburban Milwaukee spa shooting.
Democrat Judge Upholds University Of Missouri's Campus Gun Ban :: 11/21/2019
A former Democrat state lawmaker turned circuit court judge has upheld the University of Missouri’s ban on firearms in a case brought by a university professor who sought the ability to leave a firearm locked in the trunk of his car while at work.
Anti-Gunners: Symposium: Disrupting the consensus on Second Amendment doctrine would be a mistake :: 11/20/2019
In one sense, the stakes in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York couldn’t be lower: The challenged regulation, a one-of-a-kind New York City restriction on transporting licensed handguns outside city limits, has already been repealed, arguably rendering the case moot. But when it comes to Second Amendment doctrine and methodology, the stakes are higher than they’ve been in a decade.
Ohio Supreme Court To Decide Whether Gun Owners Can Drink At Home :: 11/18/2019
The idea of alcohol prohibition was settled almost a century ago when the Volstead Act was repealed by yet another constitutional amendment. It’s the only amendment that’s been passed, then repealed a short time later. In truth, prohibition was a complete and total disaster.
Gun Owners Seek Injunction Against California's Age-Based Ban :: 11/14/2019
SAN DIEGO, CA –-(Ammoland.com)- Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an amended complaint and new motion for a preliminary injunction in the case of Matthew Jones, et al. v. Attorney General Xavier Becerra, et al., a federal Second Amendment challenge to California’s ban on gun purchases by legal adults under age 21. The court filings are available online at www.firearmspolicy.org/jones.
Papa John's worker acquitted for shooting would-be intruder outside St. Louis restaurant :: 11/14/2019
ST. LOUIS — Clinton Eckenrodt fatally shot an intoxicated man last year outside a Papa John’s pizza store on South Grand Boulevard.
The Colorado Supreme Court Is Considering Undoing The State's Ban On Magazine Limits :: 11/14/2019
Gun rights groups are urging the Colorado Supreme Court to follow guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the state’s ban on gun magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.
Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook families' lawsuit against gunmaker proceed :: 11/12/2019
The Supreme Court is allowing families of the Sandy Hook massacre to proceed with a lawsuit against gun manufacturer Remington Arms. A survivor and relatives of nine victims of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Remington in 2015 over its Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle, saying the company should have never sold such a dangerous weapon to the public and alleges it targeted younger, at-risk males in marketing and video games.
NRA Drops Lawsuit Over 'Terrorist' Label :: 11/08/2019
When the city of San Francisco voted to label the National Rifle Association as “terrorists,” it upset a lot of folks. The idea of labeling someone a terrorist isn’t something to be done lightly. Further, there were absolutely no grounds for it. One would be hardpressed to find any links between the NRA and any mass shooter, much less one who was politically motivated.
Harvard law students ask for right-of-center legal clinics to balance leftist clinics :: 11/06/2019
Harvard Law School offers “unparalleled clinical education” for students – if they’re politically progressive.
SCOTUS To Decide If It Will Hear Case Stemming From Sandy Hook :: 11/06/2019
The Supreme Court doesn’t hear every case brought before it. It decides which cases it wants to hear and which cases it doesn’t. Ever since the McDonald decision almost a decade ago, though, the Court has been reticent to hear any further cases on the good old Second Amendment. Countless others have been declined.
Missouri Man Who Brought Rifle To Walmart Takes Guilty Plea :: 11/05/2019
You may remember the story of Dmitriy Andreychenko from a couple of months ago. He’s the young man from Missouri who thought it would be a good idea to strap on some body armor, grab his AR-15, and take a little stroll while filming himself inside his local Walmart as a “test” of his Second Amendment rights just days after the shootings at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
Dozens Of Members Of Congress Urge SCOTUS To Hear This Gun Case :: 11/01/2019
Ninety-four members of Congress are asking the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to a Massachusetts “assault weapons ban” enacted by Attorney General Maura Healey, who announced in 2016 that the ban, which was originally passed in 1998, had been wrongly interpreted for the past eighteen years, and was actually far broader and more all-encompassing than the way it had originally been enforced. Gun owners, firearms retailers, and Second Amendment groups cried foul and sued over Healey’s decision, which amounted to new law via a legal opinion rather than legislation.
Judge Blocks Last Minute Bid to Stop Oklahoma's Permitless Carry Law :: 10/31/2019
An Oklahoma County judge on Wednesday afternoon denied an attempt by opponents of Oklahoma’s new permitless carry law to stop the legislation from taking effect on Friday. The last minute legal maneuver was the latest attempt to block the law by State Rep. Jason Lowe, who claimed that the bill authorizing permitless carry violates a state law requiring legislation to deal with a single subject. It’s an argument without merit, and Judge Don Andrews declined to issue an injunction that would stop the law from taking effect.
The Truth About America's Founding and Slavery :: 10/31/2019
The New York Times’ 1619 Project is the latest attempt from the left to retell history. But Allen Guelzo thinks the Times made some key errors. “The hope of many members of the Constitutional Convention, that slavery could be abolished, was linked to their conviction that the abolition of slavery was simply one more step that needed to be taken to free us from the inheritance of British colonialism and British imperialism,” Guelzo, a research scholar at Princeton University, says. “The 1619 Project tends to invert that.”
Assault On Firearm Industry Fails: Federal Court Dismisses Ohio Lawsuit :: 10/23/2019
On October 9, a federal court in Ohio considered and dismissed, with prejudice, a lawsuit against Smith & Wesson, Remington, Sig Sauer, and other gun manufacturers, arising from a class action brought by Primus Group LLC. Primus Group LLC v. Smith & Wesson Corp., et al, No. 2:19-cv-3450, 2019 WL 5067211 (S.D. Ohio, Oct. 9, 2019).
Montana's Supreme Court Strikes Down Universal Background Check Law :: 10/23/2019
The Montana State Supreme Court rejected a “universal background check law” put on the books in Missoula, saying the local ordinance conflicts with the state’s firearms preemption law that leaves gun legislation in the hands of state lawmakers, not local officials.
Washington State Judge Strikes Down City's Gun Storage Law :: 10/21/2019
A judge in Snohomish County, Washington has ruled that a local gun storage law passed by city council members in Edmonds violates the state’s firearms preemption law, handing a victory to gun owners and Second Amendment organizations, and possibly setting up a fight in the state Supreme Court as well.
Appeal Planned In Lawsuit Over 21 To Buy Handgun Law :: 10/15/2019
If you’re 18-years-old in this country, you can do damn near anything you want. You can get married, enlist in the military, buy a car, get a credit card, take on debt, just about anything and all without asking a parent’s permission. After all, at 18, you’re an adult.
Maine Man Challenges Gun Ban For Medical Marijuana Users :: 10/12/2019
A 58-year old man from Maine is challenging the state’s ban on gun possession for those who are “an unlawful user of or is addicted to any controlled substance and as a result is prohibited from possession of a firearm”, arguing that individuals like himself who are certified medical marijuana users are unconstitutionally losing their right to keep and bear arms.
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