This Week in Gun Rights is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal, legislative and other news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For another look at the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights at FPC. Ex-San Diego Sheriff’s captain pleads guilty to illegal gun sales On Wednesday, Marco Garmo, a … Read more
More than a dozen states have enacted “red flag” laws. Oklahoma is not one of them. The U.S. Constitution prevents states from nullifying federal laws. But both [Senator Nathan] Dahm and [Representative Jay] Steagall said they were concerned about the possibility of the federal government enacting such a law or offering grants to states or … Read more
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For a deeper dive into the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights at FPC. Judge Blocks California Ammo Restriction Law, Ninth Circuit Reinstates It Finally, some good news from California. On Thursday last … Read more
By Alan Suderman, AP Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed several new gun restrictions he championed during this year’s legislative session, cementing gains by gun control advocates they hope will serve as a “blueprint” for states around the country. The Old Dominion has been the epicenter of the nation’s gun debate after Democrats took full … Read more
Thus [Second Amendment sanctuary supporters] are convinced that the rather mild bill before the House Judiciary Committee (it would marginally strengthen the existing state “red flag” law allowing temporary confiscation of firearms from a person accused of domestic violence) is merely a prelude to taking [their guns] away. “Most of the gun control groups have … Read more
Reader Alan Smithee writes . . . I still hear the word “compromise” used by politicians and anti-gun activists seeking to further restrict citizens’ access to firearms. Or even by those who want to take guns away from law-abiding gun owners. “Compromise” is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “an agreement or settlement of a dispute that … Read more
“Red flag” confiscation laws are a legal abomination. By design, they deliberately eliminate due process protections by suspending an individual’s Second Amendment rights without a hearing (at least one where the targeted gun owner is present). Red flag laws, or gun violence restraining orders as they’re sometimes called, also eliminate the need for evidence, since … Read more
By Robert B. Young, MD With all due respect to Henny Youngman, King of the One-Liners, I mean exactly that in certain cases. We fight hard against any form of confiscation that denies us our natural right to keep and bear arms in self-defense. That includes opposing all the “red flag” laws so far enacted and … Read more
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For a deeper dive into the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights at FPC. New year, new laws going into effect It’s the new year and governments across the country have resolved to … Read more
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