CRPA is supporting a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on suppressors, Sanchez v. Bonta. The lawsuit, started by a pro se litigant and is now in the Ninth Circuit will decide the critical question of whether suppressors are “arms” and thus subject to the full historical analysis laid out in Heller and Bruen. This case has far-reaching implications to several … Read more
Last week’s ruling in in FFL-IL v. Pritzker represented a significant victory for a 2A community that has fought hard over decades to protect one of the Constitution’s most fundamental rights. The ruling overturned the state’s bans on so-called “assault weapons” and on standard capacity magazines. Bans like those imposed by Illinois, and cases challenging them, will sound familiar … Read more
By Chuck Michel Governor Newsom held a press conference Wednesday at which he signed almost two dozen new gun control laws all designed to make it harder and more expensive to buy or have a gun to defend yourself or your family in California. Two of those bills have gotten the most attention – Senate … Read more
The debate around what types of “arms” the Second Amendment protects has been revitalized in the wake of Bruen’s renewed focus on our historical tradition as the determinative factor in Second Amendment cases. Thus far, several district courts have upheld state “assault weapon” bans in part by ruling that the Second Amendment applies only to … Read more
By C.D. Michel The Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen set off a fierce backlash in the anti-gun owner states. Several states passed (or plan to pass) Bruen response bills that undermine the right to carry both by making CCW permits harder to get and, more nefariously, making nearly … Read more
By C.D. “Chuck” Michel Last Friday, the Second Amendment Law Center, joined by several prominent pro 2A groups including Gun Owners of America, the Hawaii Rifle Association, California Rifle & Pistol Association, Gun Owners of California, and Gun Owners Foundation filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief in US District Court in Hawaii in … Read more
By CD “Chuck” Michel The Second Amendment Law Center is pleased to announce that some very impressive and persuasive amicus briefs were filed in the Third Circuit Court of Appeal on Monday supporting three critical cases pending before the Third Circuit: Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association v. Delaware DHS, Gray v. Jennings, and Graham v. Jennings. These cases all challenge … Read more
By C.D. Michel Monday was the deadline for the state defendants to file their reply briefs and to file amicus (friend of the court) briefs in several cases challenging Illinois’ “assault weapon” and standard capacity magazine bans in the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. The oral argument is scheduled for Thursday, 6/29, in … Read more
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 law makes it illegal for all marijuana users to possess a firearm. Since then, however, Second Amendment rights jurisprudence has … Read more
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