Two mass shootings in less than a week appear may spur President Joe Biden to put his spending plans on the back burner and push a series of gun control initiatives that are unlikely to have prevented either event. Gun control advocates have been frustrated that executive orders on gun control were not among the […]
In a 7-4 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled there is no constitutional right to bear arms in public. The en banc ruling in the case, Young v. Hawaii, set aside a 2-1 panel decision that found Hawaii's system for permitting open carry of firearms was an unconstitutional violation of the Second Amendment. […]
Moving quickly on President Joe Biden's gun control agenda, the House of Representatives passed two bills that would make some of the stringent background check laws in place in Restricted States applicable nationwide. Nationwide Universal Background Checks The first bill, H.R. 8 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, requires residents of the same state […]
Last week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the 2-1 panel decision handed down last August in Duncan v. Becerra that found that California's arbitrary ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds was an unconstitutional infringement on Second Amendment rights. A majority of the judges on the Ninth Circuit, despite the best efforts […]
Over the weekend, on the third anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., President Joe Biden finally unveiled his gun control agenda, calling for "commonsense" regulations that aren't commonsense and would have done nothing to prevent the crimes they allege to care about. Biden called on Congress to […]
When politicians insist that they're only in favor of "commonsense" gun control laws, they're lying—every time. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) has introduced H.R. 127, the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act, which is as audacious as it is draconian. As is typical, Jackson-Lee named her bill after one of the victims of the 2018 […]
Amidst increased crime due to the release of criminals from prison early due to the COVID-19 epidemic and a policy that allows rioters free rein, gun and ammo purchases have skyrocketed. New York City is no different in that the number of residents wishing to own a gun to protect their home or business has […]
Broward County, Florida, the site of the 2018 shooting at Margory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 dead and 17 more injured, has a serious cop problem. The Parkland Shooting First, some recent history. The Broward County Sheriff's Department, headed at the time Sheriff Scott Israel, acted deplorably that day. School resource […]
Last Friday night, gunshots erupted at the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, Wis., leaving eight people injured. All are expected to survive. Yesterday, police arrested a 15-year-old boy for the shooting, and noted that several others had been arrested in connection with the shooting. Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride released a statement Friday evening that demonstrated just […]
A coalition of gun rights groups, individuals and firearms retailers have filed suit in an attempt to rid California of its so-called "Safe Handgun Roster." A brief history of the handgun roster A largely similar case, Pena v. Horan, was one of the 10 Second Amendment cases that were denied a hearing before the Supreme […]
For the second time this week, Second Amendment groups are taking aim at states with the most restrictive concealed carry regimes. First it was New Jersey, now it is New York. The lawsuit, Greco v. City of New York, filed Tuesday, follows a similar path to that aimed at New Jersey. New York City's handgun […]
Yesterday, the Firearms Policy Coalition, the Second Amendment Foundation, and the New Jersey Second Amendment Society filed suit in federal court in New Jersey over that state's "may issue" scheme for issuing permits to carry a loaded handgun outside the home. The case, Bennett v. Davis, alleges that New Jersey's system for issuing permits for the […]
