Firearms Owners Against Crime
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Man charged while open carrying files federal lawsuit :: 05/09/2016
A Minnesota gun owner is suing the city of St. Cloud and three police officials after he was arrested while walking in public with his rifle.
Man Sues St. Cloud Because He Got a Ticket After Carrying an AK47 in Public :: 05/06/2016
A growing number of Minnesotans have permits to carry firearms, according to numbers from the state. But one Minnesotan with a permit claims the City St. Cloud denied him his right.
Pennsylvania: Lansdale man charged with manslaughter in fatal church shooting :: 04/28/2016
NORRISTOWN >> A Lansdale man had no lawful justification to fatally shoot a fellow parishioner during a disturbance at a Montgomery Township church service where the victim was “only armed with his Bible,” authorities have concluded.
Gun group drops out of federal terror watchlist suit :: 04/26/2016
Gun rights group Gun Owners of America dropped out of a lawsuit brought against the federal government over alleged constitutional violations, according court documents.
Gun store sues 64 individuals for trying to pressure it out of business :: 04/26/2016
A Northern Virginia gun shop billed as the closest one to Washington D.C. is hitting back against its detractors — including state lawmakers — in court.
Judge will hear arguments to quash FireClean case :: 04/24/2016
A federal judge agreed Friday to hear arguments to quash charges in a libel case against George Fennell, the owner of a gun lubricant company accused of starting the rumor that FireClean is Crisco cooking oil.
Machine Gun Rights Case Has Broad Support Across Country :: 04/24/2016
Ehline Law Firm’s president, Michael Ehline, had the opportunity to attend oral augments in the case of Hollis v. Lynch, et al, Civil Action No.3:14-cv-03872-M in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
5 Ex-cops get plea deal in Hurricane Katrina shootings :: 04/21/2016
Bringing to a close the 11-year saga of the Danziger Bridge shootings, five former New Orleans police officers received sentences of up to 12 years in prison for the shooting of a half-dozen civilians.
High court expresses doubts about drunk driving laws :: 04/20/2016
The Supreme Court is expressing doubts about laws in at least a dozen states that make it a crime for people suspected of drunken driving to refuse to take alcohol tests.
Drive a Car - Waive Your Constitutional Rights :: 04/19/2016
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Birchfield v. North Dakota, an important Fourth Amendment case that should be of interest to everyone who drives a car.
Federal lawsuit filed over carry rights for resident aliens in Montana :: 04/19/2016
A 34-year old Slovakian woman who is a legal resident filed suit in federal court Monday after being denied a concealed carry permit for the past two years.
Missouri university countersuing professor who wants to carry on campus :: 04/18/2016
An attorney for a tenured professor suing the University of Missouri over their gun free zone contends the school is playing hardball in court.
Civil Rights Suit Alleges CA Gave 'Exemptions' to Former Officers to Secure Gun Ban :: 04/16/2016
The suit alleges that the state violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by creating a group who can carry concealed: former police officers; and a group who cannot: concealed carry permit holders. And the suit accuses of the state of doing this in order to win the support of “anti-gun ‘peace officer’ political organizations.”
The Sandy Hook lawsuit :: 04/15/2016
Anyone with basic human decency can understand the pain felt by the people who lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook shooting. Expressions of empathy sound hollow, since we recognize that no words will restore to life the twenty-seven human beings murdered in that outrage. This may seem like a call to action, but not every action is justified.
Families sue Wal-Mart, Others for Selling Guns Used in Murders :: 04/14/2016
The families of the victims in the Overland Park shooting are suing the stores that sold firearms to a straw purchaser that were later used to murder three innocent people in Kansas.
The Reno Case Illustrates Judge Garland's Danger to the Second Amendment :: 04/13/2016
New York, NY -(Ammoland.com)- President Barack Obama and those who support the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court wax poetic about Judge Garland’s many positive traits, naming among these: great intelligence, perceptive analytical ability, meticulous, methodical attention to detail when deciding a case, personal integrity, collegiality, even modesty – and so forth and so on.
Brady Campaign Sues Gander Mountain Based on NSSF's "Don't Lie for the Other Guy" Campaign :: 04/11/2016
“They made an odd pair,” our friends at Michael Bloomberg’s thetrace.org report, “the scruffy 61-year-old William Spengler and his 22-year-old neighbor, Dawn Nguyen, when they went to browse long guns at a Gander Mountain sporting goods store near Rochester, New York. In a scene later described in court papers, Spengler — a convicted felon who was prohibited from purchasing a firearm — spoke for the two when a clerk asked if they needed help . . .
Wal-Mart settle's lawsuit over firing of workers in Utah :: 04/08/2016
A group of former Wal-Mart workers in Utah who said the company violated their right to self-defense by firing them for disarming suspected shoplifters has settled their lawsuit against the mega-chain.
Missouri suit against gun store who sold pistol to mentally ill woman allowed to proceed :: 04/07/2016
A lawsuit backed by the Brady Center on behalf of a woman whose mentally ill daughter was sold a gun over her protests that was later used in a murder has been approved by the Missouri Supreme Court.
New Jersey Pays Big Money In Lawsuit Over Firearms & Open Records :: 04/07/2016
Jersey – -(Ammoland.com)- In an unprecedented (partial) victory the New Jersey Second Amendment Society (NJ2AS) was awarded $101,626.59 for legal fees stemming from a lawsuit we filed against the State in 2011.
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