New legal strategy argues the ATF may have misinterpreted the Hughes Amendment’s 1986 machine gun ban. Gun law expert Stephen Halbrook explains the argument and how states could force a court challenge.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit overturned a machine gun possession conviction against an Iowa police chief in United States v. Brad Wendt, while leaving fraud convictions intact.
Delaware, New Jersey, and New York have stepped into the legal fight over the federal ban on mailing handguns.
The justices’ questions today suggest the federal government’s ban on gun ownership by marijuana users is on shaky constitutional ground.
A new federal lawsuit, Roberts v. ATF, argues the National Firearms Act registration scheme is unconstitutional after the $200 tax stamp was reduced to zero.
In the post-Bruen era, where historical tradition has been reaffirmed as the controlling interpretive framework, norm-based reasoning warrants heightened scrutiny.
FPC files motion for summary judgment in FPC v. Platkin, arguing New Jersey’s short-barreled rifle ban fails the Supreme Court’s Bruen test. The post Gun-Rights Group Files Motion For Summary Judgment In New Jersey SBR Ban Challenge appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
The case sits in limbo at the U.S. Supreme Court, repeatedly relisted for conference without a decision on whether to grant review.
In the corridors of Washington, D.C., whispers of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's potential retirement have grown into a roar.
This created a dilemma for Hawaii’s gun owners, the post explained, because it “left residents seeking lawful training with no independent way to confirm who was approved.”