A federal court has ruled it is constitutional to block a defendant’s Second Amendment rights while they are awaiting trial. On March 18, the three-judge panel in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the restriction on the rights of Jesus Perez-Garcia and John Thomas Fencl to bear firearms is constitutional because […]
HARRISBURG, Pa.—The former president and current frontrunner for the GOP nomination for the 2024 presidential race vowed before hundreds of NRA members to support them in their fight for the Second Amendment. President Trump was the keynote speaker at the Presidential Forum in the 2024 NRA’s Great American Outdoors Show on Feb. 9. “Your second […]
The state of California has been legally allowed to continue its practice of requiring people to undergo background checks to buy ammunition after a divided federal appeals court on Monday put on hold a judge’s ruling that had declared the rule unconstitutional. In a one-page ruling, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel, on […]
The U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment does not protect President Joe Biden’s son from felony gun charges, federal prosecutors said in a new brief. “Anglo-American law has long recognized that the government may disarm those who, by their conduct or characteristics, present an increased risk to public safety if they possess firearms,” prosecutors said in the […]
A Florida judge ruled on Friday that the U.S. government’s decision to arrest an individual for possessing a firearm in a post office violated the person’s Second Amendment right to bear arms. Postal worker Emmanuel Ayala was indicted by the United States on charges of violating Section 930(a) of the U.S. Code, which regulates the […]
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance holds a hearing on “Second Amendment Rights Empower Women’s Rights” at 2:00 p.m. ET on Dec. 13 to examine how firearms ownership empowers women across America and assists in self-defense as violent crime continues to plague the nation. Witnesses: Geneva Solomon, Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL); […]
The latest push to curb Second Amendment rights comes in the form of a Democrat-led bill that seeks to impose a sweeping firearms ban with exceptions that gun rights groups say are so fuzzy that the prohibition could prohibit nearly all semi-automatic handguns. The bill, dubbed the Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act (GOSAFE) that a […]
An Illinois firearms retailer and a national gun rights group asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time on Wednesday to block a Democratic-backed state-wide ban on semiautomatic firearms and larger-capacity magazines enacted after a deadly mass shooting in Chicago’s Highland Park in 2022. The National Association for Gun Rights and Mr. Robert Bevis, […]
The Biden administration told the Supreme Court on Nov. 7 that a lower court ruling invalidating a federal law that bars people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from possessing firearms should be overturned. The case of United States v. Rahimi (court file 22-915) concerns a February ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
After a gunman killed 18 people in Maine, President Joe Biden issued a statement calling for more gun control measures, prompting a Second Amendment advocacy group to denounce his remarks as a “disgusting politicization of a tragedy.” The suspect in Wednesday night’s mass shooting in Lewiston is Robert Card, who at the time of reporting […]
The Supreme Court has refused to reinstate a novel Missouri law that won’t allow local police to work with the federal government to enforce gun laws. The court’s unsigned order in Missouri v. United States (court file 23A296) was issued late in the business day on Oct. 20. This is not the final word on […]
The Supreme Court has again reinstated on an emergency basis the Biden administration’s rule regulating so-called ghost guns that can be assembled at home. The ruling is not the final word on the issue. The case continues in the lower courts. It could also return to the Supreme Court in the future. “Ghost gun” is […]
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from criminally prosecuting or taking civil action against owners of specialty firearm trigger devices, known as forced-reset triggers (FRTs), that allows them to fire their weapons more rapidly. In a March 2022 letter, the ATF announced […]
The Supreme Court on Oct. 6 stayed a lower court order blocking the Biden administration’s rule regulating so-called ghost guns that can be assembled at home, allowing the policy to remain in force until Oct. 16. The new order from Justice Samuel Alito came late in the day on Oct. 6 in an emergency application […]
A federal judge has upheld the ATF’s ban on bump stocks, devices that boost firing speed. U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish ruled on Sept. 29 (pdf) that the prohibition on bump stocks imposed administratively by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) several years ago was appropriate. “This court concludes that the […]
A federal judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction allowing firearms in specific locations, in a pivotal decision just days before a new Maryland state law was set to restrict the carrying of firearms in public. The ruling, which blocks part of the law and allows part of the law, was praised by both Republicans […]
The House Committee on Rules meets at 4 p.m. ET on Sept. 18 to discuss a resolution condemning New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for depriving citizens in the state of their right to bear arms.
The Supreme Court voted 5–4 midday on Aug. 8 to allow the Biden administration’s rule regulating so-called ghost guns that can be assembled at home to remain in force while the case remains pending before a federal appeals court. The government’s rule goes back to April 2022. It requires individuals who assemble homemade firearms to […]
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on whether people under domestic violence restraining orders have the right to possess firearms, announcing Friday that it will hear a case on the matter during its next term. The court on Friday agreed to review an appeal by President Joe Biden’s administration of a lower court’s ruling that […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday signed a sweeping gun control bill into law, including universal background checks and a “red flag” measure that lets law enforcement intervene if someone is deemed at high risk of injuring themselves or others with a firearm. The gun control measures were folded into a broader public safety bill, […]
