ATF Admits It Lacked Regulatory Authority to Ban Bump Stocks
You know that bump stock ban that the Trump administration imposed upon Americans? As I've written before, I suspect the President knew the regulatory reclassification of these obscure accessories lacked enforceability in court. And...
Trump’s Surprise Gift, Suspect Polls, and CEOs Who Know About Everything
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights.
Trump's Surprise Gun Legislation and Background Check Apps
I've always been a big fan of surprises. As...
Politicians are Dead Wrong About the Danger of Red Flag Laws
By the Firearms Policy Coalition
In the era of “just do something” public policy, legislators on both sides of the aisle are pitching red flag legislation as a moderate form of gun control; one having...
States, Politicians Join NRA in Backing Remington in Sandy Hook Lawsuit Supreme Court Appeal
In March, the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling throwing out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook parents and one survivor against Remington Arms. Remington made the Bushmaster rifle used in...
Couple Who Survived El Paso Shooting Sues Walmart Over Inadequate Security
Well this is awkward. Earlier this week, Walmart caved to the braying anti-gun chorus and announced that they're ending the sales of handgun ammunition (and apparently .223/5.56 as well) in their stores. They also...
For Whom The Red Flag Waves…Increasingly, It’s for You
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights.
Red Flags Continue to Wave, But For What?
In a manner that's beginning to make me feel...
SAF Applauds Senate Republicans for Condemning Democrats’ Supreme Court Threat
BELLEVUE, WA -- The Second Amendment Foundation today applauds all 53 Senate Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for defending the U.S. Supreme Court from bullying by five Democrats who openly threatened the...
US Court of Appeals Upholds Chicago’s Assault Weapons Ban
Just as the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Maryland's "assault weapons" ban in 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has now upheld Chicago's prohibition on certain scary-looking black rifles.
This is just the...
Firearms Policy Foundation et al. Submit Cert. Petition with Supreme Court in Bump Stock...
You can read the motion for cert here. The appendix is here. (both docs PDF)
U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Reign in Federal “Administrative State” and Clarify or Overturn Chevron Precedent
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 29, 2019)...
Pennsylvania Superior Court Rules ‘Finger Gun’ Gesture is a Crime
Would we kid about something like this? Not in 2019, we wouldn't. A Pennsylvania court has found a Manor Township man guilty of disorderly conduct for making a "finger gun" gesture at his neighbor....
Anti-Gun Democrat Senators Declare War on the Supreme Court
By Austin Sarat
Legal briefs, in even the most high profile cases, rarely make headlines. They are technical documents intended to persuade judges in a case about particular points of law.
In American law schools, students now take...
Let Them Go – Don’t Use Deadly Force to Defend Your Property
The US Law Shield people have sponsored a number of free legal seminars in Illinois and I attended one last week. It helped that I knew the attorney delivering the presentation and who went...