NAGR Sues to Overturn Massachusetts ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
Massachusetts never liked the fact that the federal "assault weapons" ban was allowed to sunset in 2004. In response, the Bay State enacted its own AWB, signed into law by then-governor Mitt Romney. In...
Lawfare: Suits Against Gun Companies Target Discovery of Design and Marketing Decisions
Timothy Lytton, distinguished professor at Georgia State University College of Law and editor of the book Suing the Gun Industry: A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts, said litigation can help to...
Fifth Circuit Clarifies That Pistol Brace Injunction Covers Named Plaintiffs and All FPC Members
Earlier this week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction blocking enforcement of the ATF's pistol brace ban until the case can be decided. But as Jeremy pointed out in our earlier...
Guns Rights and Marijuana Use: The Times May Finally Be A-Changin’
By: C.D. Michel
In a 2021 article for California NORML, I discussed how federal gun laws intersect with California’s legalization of recreational marijuana use. In that article, I examined Ninth Circuit authority holding that federal...
Cook County Court Rules Chicago Has No Jurisdiction to Sue Indiana Retailer for Guns...
Cities with significant violent crime problems seem to be able to devote far more resources to going after lawful gun owners, retailers, and manufacturers than they are toward arresting and jailing violent recidivist felons....
NSSF Sues to Block California’s Law That Encourages Individual Civil Suits Against Gun Makers...
California made good on Gavin Newsom's promise to use a Texas anti-abortion law as a model for his ongoing efforts to bankrupt gun sellers and manufacturers. California's Firearms Industry Responsibility Act, allows individual citizens...
Gun Control Groups Trying to Extract Pledges from Law Students to Never Work for...
Gun control groups are big Shakespeare fans, apparently. They’re taking a page from the famed Elizabethan-era bard’s Henry VI as the next play on foisting gun control on the American public.
“The first thing we...
BREAKING: Fifth Circuit Issues Injunction on ATF Pistol Stabilizing Brace Ban
Minutes ago, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction (download the PDF HERE) against the DOJ's and ATF's unconstitutional attack on firearms equipped with a pistol stabilizing brace. The lawsuit, brought...
Injunction Blocking New Jersey’s Bruen Response Law Hits All the High Notes
After the historic NYSRPA v. Bruen decision was handed down last June, some jurisdictions went to work subverting Second Amendment rights, regardless of the high court’s order. They enacted Bruen response bills, erecting new...
Firearms Policy Coalition Wins Injunction Against NJ Gun Control Law
Gotta love good news! Firearm Policy Coalition won a solid first step fighting back New Jersey law that made it effectively impossible to carry a concealed firearm in public, even with a license. FPC's...
Chris Murphy Predicts a ‘Popular Revolt’ if the Supreme Court Nixes Gun Control Laws
There could be a “popular revolt,” if the Supreme Court blocks some kinds of gun control legislation, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday.
“If the Supreme Court eventually says that states or the Congress can’t...
The American Suppressor Association is Working to Legalize and Deregulate Cans For You and...
The American Suppressor Association is a gun rights org that you may not be aware of. Unlike more well-known three- and four-letter operations (think: NRA, SAF, FPC, GOA, NAGR), they have a more focused...