Ninth Circuit Panel Vacates State AGs’ Injunction Blocking Distribution of 3D Gun Files
What a long strange trip it's been. And it still isn't over. Long ago, in a world that now seems far, far away, 22 state attorneys general plus the AG from the District of...
Defense Distributed Releases All 3D Gun Files to the Public Following Ninth Circuit Decision
On Tuesday, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel vacated a lower court's injunction that had blocked Defense Distributed from sharing electronic files for 3D printed gun and parts. It was the latest...
The Supreme Court Should Take a Close Look at What ‘Proper Cause’ Means in...
The Duke Center for Firearms Law had a few comments on the Corlett carry permit case recently taken up by the United States Supreme Court:
The case–New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett–centers...
Cornell: Originalism Means Gorsuch and Barrett Should Rule in Favor of Strict Gun Control
In another of Heller’s odd intellectual moves, Scalia read the Second Amendment backwards, and in the process effectively erased the text’s preamble. To justify this unusual reading strategy, an interpretive approach that Stevens reminded his colleagues on the...
David Dell’Aquila Raising Funds to Make His Lawsuit Against LaPierre and the NRA a...
David Dell'Aquila is the dissident NRA donor who has been working to dislodge Wayne LaPierre from his perch atop the National Rifle Association for almost two years now. He started a movement to get...
Judge Rules McCloskey Case Won’t Be Re-Heard by a Grand Jury
By Jim Salter and Heather Hollingsworth, AP
A judge on Friday denied a defense request to return to a grand jury the case against a St. Louis couple accused of waving guns at racial injustice...
OMG! The Supreme Court Might Rule the Second Amendment Means What it Says! OMG!
The NRA has been relentless in its campaign to create an alternate history regarding guns and the myth that the Constitution somehow guarantees individual gun rights. Only a few decades ago, such notions were considered...
Supreme Court Denies Cert in Suit Challenging Maryland’s Bump Stock Ban
This week's news from the Supreme Court isn't as promising as it's been lately.
From the Associated Press . . .
The Supreme Court is declining to take up a challenge to Maryland’s ban on bump...
DOJ Trustee Calls on Court to Dismiss NRA Bankruptcy Filing Or Appoint an Outside...
The hearing into the bankruptcy filing by the National Rifle Association concluded yesterday. The NRA filed for Chapter 11 protection in January in a Texas Fifth Circuit court. Why would a New York-chartered organization...
SIG SAUER Files P365 Magazine Patent Infringement Suit Against Springfield Armory
SIG Sauer announced today they are suing Springfield Armory alleging patent infringement on the P365 magazine design. I remembered the announcement of the new P365 like it was yesterday and was left wondering how...
BREAKING: Bankruptcy Court Dismisses NRA’s Chapter 11 Petition, Rules It Was Filed in Bad...
In a lengthy opinion, United States Bankruptcy Judge Harlin DeWayne Hale has dismissed the Chapter 11 petition filed by the National Rifle Association. The case was dismissed “without prejudice,” meaning the NRA could theoretically...
Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down Warrantless ‘Caretaking’ Firearm Searches
The Supreme Court has unanimously struck down warrantless so-called "community caretaking" searches of homes for firearms in a decision handed down today. In the search prompting Caniglia v. Strom, Rhode Island police responded to...