A measure before the California State Assembly that would have imposed a duty to retreat upon citizens before using lethal force to protect themselves from threats has been pulled from consideration by the bill’s author. The measure had been introduced by Democratic Caucus Chair Rick Chavez Zbur, who touted the measure in a recently released … Read more
In what could only be described as very interesting timing, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on March 14 upheld Florida’s law banning those under 21 years of age from buying firearms. The ruling came at the same time that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers in the Sunshine State are pushing legislation to … Read more
With no action on the topic more than two months into the Trump Administration, Gun Owners of America (GOA) has announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over a gag order placed on its attorneys in the matter of secret surveillance documents gained through a Freedom … Read more
An effort by the Maine attorney general to persuade a federal judge to reinstate Maine’s controversial three-day waiting period for firearm purchases while awaiting consideration by a federal appeals court has failed. Last month, a federal judge in Portland granted a request from gun rights groups to temporarily pause the three-day waiting period on gun … Read more
Big news for my fellow Oregonians: the fight over gun rights here in the pacific northwest is heating up again. As of March 12, 2025, Measure 114—the voter-backed gun control law from 2022—and a fresh legislative push, HB 3075, are here to attempt to further muddle the waters of Oregon’s ever-increasing firearms laws. If you’re … Read more
A radical plan in Colorado to ban most semi-auto firearms and create a permit-to-purchase requirement for gun buyers is quickly moving through the legislative process. And at a recent committee hearing on the measure, one Colorado sheriff spoke out pointedly against the proposal. The measure, Senate Bill 25-003, would ban “specified semiautomatic firearms,” which are defined … Read more
Representative Dusty Johnson has re-introduced the Traveler’s Gun Rights Act, a bill attending to a Second Amendment issue constraining firearms rights of those who do not use a permanent physical address, such as many active-duty military personnel and those who live and travel via RV. Companion legislation currently in the Senate is being led by … Read more
Last June, when President Joe Biden’s Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a “public health crisis,” it raised eyebrows for a number of reasons. For one thing, he used fake numbers from the discredited Gun Violence Archive (GVA) to bolster his argument. For another, most of us are aware that the problem isn’t “gun … Read more
We all know that while, in theory, a restraining order carries the weight of the law behind it, in practice, it’s just a piece of paper that won’t stop an angry attacker who has already set out to break a more serious law like assault or murder. That’s why it’s a good idea to also … Read more
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