Ninth Circuit Panel Issues Stay of District Court Ruling Overturning CA ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
As expected, a Ninth Circuit three-judge panel has issued a stay of US District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez's ruling that California's "assault weapons" ban is unconstitutional. The state has appealed the decision and...
Texas’s New Suppressor Law Explained: Nothing Will Change Any Time Soon
By LKB
At long last, the pro-2A side in Texas had a decidedly winning record in the last legislative session. Finally free from years of obstructionist RINO House Speakers, the Texas House passed a slew...
Betting on the Court’s Courage to Defeat the ATF’s Proposed AR-15 Pistol Brace Ban
It’s not certain what a court faithful to the law can do to block the proposed rule on stabilizing braces, short of striking down the NFA on the grounds that its per-firearm $200 tax...
DOJ to Missouri: Your New Law Doesn’t Nullify Federal Gun Control Laws
By Jason Balsamo, AP
The Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can’t ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last week that bans police from enforcing federal gun rules.
In a...
Mark and Patricia McCloskey Plead Guilty to Misdemeanors, Pay Small Fines
What began with serious felony charges against the two St. Louis attorneys has now finally been settled as a far less serious matter. Mark and Patricia McCloskey became infamous last year when photos and...
New York’s New Anti-Gun Law Will Threaten Gun Makers From a New Angle of...
The anti-gun industry has been trying to find a way around the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms act for years now. The PLCAA became law back in 2005 with bipartisan support for very...
Gould: Benitez is Wrong, the Founders Never Wanted Citizen Militias to be Armed
The preamble to the Second Amendment mentions service in a militia as a reason citizens have the right to keep and bear arms: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a...
FPC Sues Nevada Over the State’s New Ban on Self-Built Firearms
From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . .
Less than a week after it secured a historic victory in a post-trial judgment striking down California’s unconstitutional ban on so-called “assault weapons,” Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has filed a new...
Miller, Rupp, Duncan and What the Latest ‘Assault Weapons’ Ruling Means for Californians
By Chuck Michel
United States District Court Judge Roger Benitez meant it when he took his oath to uphold the Constitution as he was sworn in as a federal judge in 2004. Indeed, in recent...
California AG: We’re Appealing the Miller v. Bonta ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Ruling, FPC: Bring...
From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . .
Moments ago, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in a press conference that the State has appealed FPC’s historic victory in our Miller v. Bonta lawsuit, which correctly held that California’s tyrannical...
America’s Anti-Gun Leftists Shriek About Swiss Army Knives While China Has Yet Another Mass...
US District Court Judge Roger Benitez knew exactly what he was doing when he crafted his opinion ruling that California's "assault weapons" ban is unconstitutional. Declaring the ban a "failed experiment," he now famously...
Firearms Policy Coalition Files Second Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Massachusetts Handgun Ban
From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . .
Three days after it secured a historic victory in a post-trial judgment striking down California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed a new federal...