New York State Bill Would Allow NYC to Keep Restrictions at the Heart of...
The panic has officially set in regarding New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York. A number of observers on the anti-gun side have written articles warning of the effects...
TTAG Weekly Gun Law Roundup: Dueling Sovereigns, Concealed Carry, and the fallen Swiss
This week looked to be a slow one, then on Wednesday things kicked off. Some good, some bad, some silly. Let's take a look.
State Supremacy - Dueling Sovereigns
A Louisiana bill advanced to the state capitol...
Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Against Riverside, CA County Sheriff CCW Denials
FED. JUDGE PERMANENTLY ENJOINS RIVERSIDE COUNTY’S CCW APPLICATION DENIALS
BELLEVUE, WA – A senior U.S. District Court judge in California has issued a permanent injunction against the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s longstanding policy of “dissuading,...
Working to Save the Right to Keep and Bear Arms – State Level Success...
By Chris W. Cox
When I started with NRA in 1995, most of the attention our organization received was over legislative efforts in Congress. Firearm-related legislation at the federal level obviously has an impact on...
US District Court Judge Paves the Way for Washington I-1639 Lawsuit
Last year, Washington State voters approved a raft of gun control measures collectively known as I-1639. It was a wide-ranging group of Second Amendment infringements including a minimum age of 21 to purchase semi-automatic...
Lone Star Gun Rights Sues Texas House Speaker Bonnen For Blocking Access to His...
Texas gun rights advocates have been going at it with Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen for months now. The Speaker is no fan of constitutional carry and kept a bill to legalize permitless carry...
Judges Matter: Contrasting Decisions Demonstrate Importance of the Judiciary to Second Amendment Rights
By Chris W. Cox
I’ve said it before: President Trump’s nomination of conservative judges may well be his most important legacy.
Here, “conservative” does not refer to political ideology. It means a legal philosophy that seeks...
BREAKING: PA Judge Issues Stay Blocking Illegal Pittsburgh Gun Laws
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pittsburgh’s three gun-control ordinances will not be enforced until after legal proceedings, according to an order issued by an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge Monday.
All parties agreed to the stay during...
Trump Administration and Pro-Gun Heavyweights Support NYSRPA v City of New York
By NRA-ILA
As NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox reported in March, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken up a challenge by an NRA state affiliate to a New York City gun control scheme that...
With Support from the NRA, Guns Save Life Challenges Illinois FOID Act’s Constitutionality
Imagine being denied your Second Amendment rights because state government bureaucrats claim you have a criminal conviction in your past. Yet at the same time, local government officials remain unable to produce any supporting...
Justice Stevens Doesn’t Regret Heller, He Regrets the Second Amendment
By Larry Keane
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is starting to sound like a jilted suitor whose “promposal” was flatly rejected.
We get it. We’ve all been dumped. Most of us, though, learned and...
SAF, CCRKBA, JPFO File Joint Amicus Brief in NYSRPA Challenge to NYC Gun Law
Gun owners are watching New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York very closely. The case has the potential, if it goes the way many observers (even those on the...