18+ hour, 17+ min ago   (505+ words) In less than a month, the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts will hear oral arguments in a case that could determine whether local licensing officials can continue to use (and abuse) their own discretion in deciding who is "suitable" to…...

21+ hour, 16+ min ago   (341+ words) Plaintiffs residing outside of New York are challenging a Manhattan regulation that limits carriers to a single firearm. The challenge was raised in the District Court of Southern New York. The case Hendrick et al. v. New York City was filed…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (511+ words) It's no surprise that Everytown for Gun Safety isn't happy with the Trump administration taking the position that bans on AR-15s and other centerfire semi-automatic rifles are unconstitutional. If the Viramontes case was playing out at the Supreme Court during…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (428+ words) If, as expected, the Supreme Court strikes down bans on so-called assault weapons when it issues its verdict in Viramontes v. Cook County next year, the gun control lobby isn't just going to give up on its efforts to make AR…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (435+ words) The onslaught of amicus briefs in the Viramontes case created a bonanza of solid rhetoric. One penned by attorney Daniel Schmutter takes a head-on approach to issues with flawed logic. Since the High Court has agreed to hear Viramontes and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (597+ words) Yes, many of us want the ATF abolished. Yes, Robert Cekada is the first ATF director who doesn't suck, at least as far as I can remember, and he's doing a lot of good things. However, I still want him…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (412+ words) Did Texas Democrat James Talarico just have his "Beto" moment? Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke famously declared that "hell yes" he was coming for AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles during his brief run for president in 2019. O'Rourke tried backing away from…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (206+ words) Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has fired a rhetorical shot across the bow of San Jose's City Hall, warning officials that a lawsuit is coming if the city doesn't take immediate steps to bring down the outrageously high fees the…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (338+ words) We've been waiting for years for something like Viramontes to come before the Supreme Court. While a few years ago, the outcome might have been more in doubt, the Supreme Court of today looks little like the one that decided…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (353+ words) The cases of Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins are, in essence, one and the same. They challenge assault weapon bans in Illinois and Connecticut, respectively, and they're perhaps set to be one of the most important Supreme Court decisions…...