Firearms Owners Against Crime
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Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Trial date set for Sig 'muzzle device' case against ATF :: 05/11/2015
A trial date has been set for determining whether or not a Sig Sauer muzzle device is a silencer like federal regulators say or a muzzle brake as the company claims.
3D Printed Gun Makers File Lawsuit in First Amendment Fight :: 05/09/2015
Gun manufacturing advocacy group Defense Distributed and gun rights group the Second Amendment Foundation have filed a lawsuit against the State Department in the battle over a 3D-printed pistol, according to Wired.
7th Circuit Decision Opens the Door to Mandatory Gun Ownership :: 05/09/2015
Can public opinion require you to buy a gun? We can make that claim sound nicer and call it community standards instead of public opinion. Two federal judges said we can deny or demand firearm ownership.
Ann Arbor schools looks to insurance to cover gun lawsuit expenses :: 05/08/2015
Ann Arbor Public Schools officials do not expect the district's liability insurance cost to rise because of a gun lawsuit.
Judge says State Police must release NY SAFE Act numbers :: 05/08/2015
A state Supreme Court justice has ordered the State Police to release data regarding the registration of newly defined assault weapons as required by the controversial NY SAFE Act gun control law.
SAF mulls next move after court setback on I-594 lawsuit :: 05/08/2015
Second Amendment Foundation Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb is mulling his next move after a federal district court judge today dismissed without prejudice the lawsuit against provisions of Initiative 594, the 18-page gun control measure passed by voters in November following a multi-million dollar campaign push by the gun prohibition lobby.
3-D Printed Gun Lawsuit Starts the War Between Arms Control and Free Speech :: 05/07/2015
This week marks the two-year anniversary since Cody Wilson, the inventor of the world’s first 3-D printable gun, received a letter from the State Department demanding that he remove the blueprints for his plastic-printed firearm from the internet. The alternative: face possible prosecution for violating regulations that forbid the international export of unapproved arms.
Harrisburg moves to sanction gun lawsuit plaintiffs for 'misconduct' :: 05/06/2015
Attorneys for the city of Harrisburg asked a federal judge this week to dismiss a gun lawsuit and sanction the plaintiffs for "egregious misconduct" and "fraud."
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners pays state fine for campaign-finance fail :: 05/05/2015
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners has paid an $8,450 fine for failing to file spending reports for mailers it sent last year targeting candidates in heated Jefferson County Republican Party primary campaigns.
Ann Arbor school officials 'prepared to meet challenge' of gun lawsuit :: 05/01/2015
Ann Arbor Public Schools officials say they are prepared to meet the challenge of a lawsuit Michigan Gun Owners filed against the district, which claims a new weapons policy violates state laws.
Harrisburg ordered to hand over names, addresses of donors to legal defense fund for gun lawsuits :: 05/01/2015
An attorney representing a gun rights group suing Harrisburg wants the city to hand over the names, addresses and phone numbers of every donor who contributed to its legal defense fund.
7th Circuit judge: Don't limit gun choices to government :: 04/29/2015
A federal appeals court judge yesterday delivered a blunt dissent in a 2-1 ruling by a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in which he asserted that allowing government to determine which firearms people may own transfers too much power to government, according to Newsmax.com.
Federal court upholds magazine, assault weapon ban citing feel-good reasons :: 04/29/2015
Writing that such bans “may increase the public’s sense of safety,” a federal appeals court gave its blessing Monday to an Illinois town’s prohibition on large capacity magazines and certain firearms.
Federal Judge Attacks Pro-Police 'Orthodoxy' in 4th Amendment Case :: 04/29/2015
Federal Judge Janice Rogers Brown, a George W. Bush appointee frequently criticized by liberals for her “libertarian” jurisprudence, filed a blistering opinion today challenging the “prevailing orthodoxy” in Fourth Amendment cases which, she said, permit the police to conduct “a rolling roadblock that sweeps citizens up at random and subjects them to undesired police interactions culminating in a search of their persons and effects.”
Michigan Gun Owners files lawsuit against Ann Arbor Public Schools :: 04/29/2015
The question of whether guns will be allowed in Ann Arbor Public Schools is headed to the courtroom.
More on the Friedman vs. Highland Park Decision :: 04/29/2015
Yesterday the 7th Circuit Court of appeals issued a decision in the case of Friedman vs. Highland Park, a challenge to a local semi-auto ban that was enacted after Illinois passed it’s concealed carry law. The panel consisted of Chief Justice Easterbrook, Justice Williams (upholding the ban) and Judge Manion dissenting. As you read the opinion a little history is in order; Justice Easterbrook was on the McDonald and during NRA’s rebuttal told Professor Halbrook that he should simply reserve his time as we all know this isn’t the last stop for this case. And despite his displeasure with Heller, he seems to be daring SCOTUS once again to take up a case . . .
Court Upholds Chicago Suburb's Assault Weapons Ban :: 04/28/2015
A U.S. appeals court Monday upheld a Chicago suburb's assault weapons ban that had become a focus in the statewide debate over gun control, though a dissenting judge sharply criticized the majority opinion.
Grand jury presentment: PA AG Kane lied, attempted to cover up leak :: 04/28/2015
NORRISTOWN — Attorney General Kathleen Kane lied to a grand jury investigating her and tried to cover up her directive to release secret material to a Philadelphia newspaper last year, according to the grand jury's presentment made public Monday.
State restrictions on concealed carry by noncitizens are unconstitutional :: 04/27/2015
A federal district court in North Carolina held Friday that North Carolina may not discriminate against permanent resident noncitizens in issuing licenses to carry concealed guns. (Messmer v. Harrison.) The U.S. Supreme Court’s D.C. v. Heller decision said that general bans on concealed carry of guns are constitutional, because the have been around in many states starting with the early 1800s.
Wisconsin's Shame: Even Salon Agrees the Raids Were Wrong :: 04/27/2015
I’ve been interested to see how the Left would respond to the revelations of armed pre-dawn raids in Wisconsin’s “John Doe” investigations — raids that featured battering rams, police officers walking into sleeping kids’ rooms, secrecy mandates, and screaming, taunting investigators.
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