Firearms Policy Foundation, GOA Ask SCOTUS to Stop Bump Stock Ban Enforcement
This is a follow-on to our earlier post regarding the Firearms Policy Foundation and the GOA. If you've been keeping score, three Circuit Courts have now ruled on requests for a delay in enforcement...
Federal Judge Denies Motion by WA State AG to Compel SAF Discovery in 3D...
Last year, just before an agreement between the US State Department, the Second Amendment Foundation and Defense Distributed to settle a pending lawsuit that stopped distribution of DefDist's 3D gun plans went into effect,...
BREAKING: DC Circuit Expands Bump Stock Ban Temporary Stay to All Firearms Policy Foundation...
We've reported in the last week that federal judges in both the Tenth and DC Circuits have issued temporary stays of the ATF's bump stock ban which is due to take effect tomorrow. Those...
Illinois Circuit Judge Rules FOID Card Unconstitutional; Attorney General Reportedly Appealing to IL Supreme...
In February 2018, a White County, IL Second Judicial Circuit Court judge ruled Illinois Firearms Owners Identification Card Act unconstitutional. Eight months later, after pleadings and motions to reconsider the initial decision, the judge...
BREAKING: DC Circuit Issues Gun Owner a Temporary Stay of ATF’s Bump Stock Ban
Thursday, a Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the ATF's new rule that re-classifies bump stocks as machine guns. That ruling only applies to the plaintiff who filed...
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Carrying Tasers/Stun Guns
Depending on the location, persons caught carrying a stun gun or TASER in Illinois could face a felony conviction. That was until Thursday when the Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously to strike down the...
TTAG Weekly Gun Law Roundup: Preserving the 2A, Mandating ARs and No Fly, No...
Matthew Larosiere
What a week for the inaugural gun law roundup, where we break down recent developments—using that term in the loosest sense—in the right to bear arms. This week we’ve seen an attempt to...
BREAKING: Illinois Judge Permanently Blocks Deerfield’s ‘Assault Weapon’ and Magazine Possession Bans
Today, an Illinois judge in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court for Lake County, IL ruled for gun owners in the case of Guns Save Life, Inc. v. Village of Deerfield. The order issued today...
BREAKING: US District Court Strikes Down New York’s Ban on TASERs and Stun Guns
New York, being opposed to citizens having the ability to adequately defend themselves, either within our outside their homes, has had a longtime ban on the possession of electronic dart (TASER) and stun guns....
Activist Court Turns the Law Designed to Protect the Firearm Industry from Frivolous Lawsuits...
By NRA-ILA
On Thursday, the Connecticut Supreme Court created a dangerous new exception to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), a strong safeguard for our right to keep and bear arms.
Repealing or...
Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Nuisance Lawsuit Against Gun Makers May Continue
The Connecticut Supreme Court today over-ruled an appeals court, allowing a nuisance lawsuit against gun makers to go forward. The suit claims gun makers had some responsibility for the Sandy Hook school massacre, and...
Federal Judge Denies Massachusetts AG’s Attempts to Stall “Assault Weapons” Lawsuit
Back in 2016, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey unilaterally "re-interpreted" the state's 1998 assault weapons ban and issued an "Enforcement Notice." By expanding the AWB's reach and doing so in a painfully vague manner,...