BREAKING: DC Circuit Issues Gun Owner a Temporary Stay of ATF’s Bump Stock Ban

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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...
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Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Carrying Tasers/Stun Guns

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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...
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TTAG Weekly Gun Law Roundup: Preserving the 2A, Mandating ARs and No Fly, No...

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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

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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...
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BREAKING: US District Court Strikes Down New York’s Ban on TASERs and Stun Guns

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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....
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Activist Court Turns the Law Designed to Protect the Firearm Industry from Frivolous Lawsuits...

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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

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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...
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Federal Judge Denies Massachusetts AG’s Attempts to Stall “Assault Weapons” Lawsuit

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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,...
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Firearms Policy Coalition Files for Expedited Appeal of Bump Stock Ban Ruling

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Last week and DC District Court judge OK'd President Trump's bump stock ban which arbitrarily re-classifies bump fire stocks as machine guns. Now the Firearms Policy Coalition and their co-plaintiffs have filed for an...
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More Second Amendment Tea Leaves From the Supreme Court

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By LKB Reading the tea leaves of what may be going on behind the tightly closed doors of the Supreme Court is always a dicey proposition. However, it's becoming increasingly clear to me that the...

10 Self-Defense Lessons From Illinois’ Version of the George Zimmerman Trial

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Thankfully, jury trials in legitimate self-defense cases don't happen very often. Unfortunately, we just had one of those cases here in America's heartland with the Illinois murder trial of James Love. The entire affair...
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Massachusetts Gives In, Will Process Some Gun Permits Under Court Order

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It's come to this: it's now news when the state of Massachusetts decides to comply with court orders requiring them to reinstate firearms licenses for some applicants. They may be relenting, but they're still...