Trump Justices Could Topple Gun Control Laws as Court Prepares to Hear New York Concealed Handgun Case

By Eric Ruben, Southern Methodist University The stakes in one of the most significant Second Amendment cases in U.S. history are high. The Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, expected by mid-2022, could declare a New York state restriction on carrying concealed handguns in public places unconstitutional. Such … Read more

What SCOTUS’s New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. Mootness Means Now

By LKB As was reported earlier, the Supreme Court has punted today in NYSR&PA v City of New York, finding in a short, unsigned per curiam opinion that New York’s last-minute gamesmanship rendered the case moot. At the same time, the Court indicating that on remand, the plaintiffs could raise the issue of whether they would … Read more

Salon Throws in the Towel on NYSRPA v. City of New York

We’ve extensively covered the pending New York State Rifle & Pistol Association case (see here). There’s no way of knowing how the court will rule, of course, but the gun control advocates at Salon and other media outlets seem to be girding for a decision that slaps down the city of New York and furthers … Read more

New York Desperately Tries to Squirm Out of SCOTUS Case

This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights.  New York City’s Desperate Attempt to Kill the NYSRPA Case Last January, the Supreme Court agreed to hear N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Assn’ v. The City of New York (NYSRPA), a Second Amendment challenge to … Read more

NRA Statement on New York City’s Desperate Attempt to Avoid Supreme Court Review

Once the Supreme Court granted cert in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York it began to dawn on the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex just how much the case puts their ever-growing web of Second Amendment infringing gun control laws at risk. The Heller and McDonald decisions had been openly … Read more

More Second Amendment Tea Leaves From the Supreme Court

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 Court is indeed gearing up for a major overhaul of Second Amendment jurisprudence. As TTAG readers will recall, the Court … Read more