The DOJ says San Jose's $1,591 concealed carry permit fee is unconstitutional and has given the city days to fix it. Read the original story: “Constitutional Rights Aren’t for Sale”: Harmeet Dhillon Puts San Jose on a Six-Day Clock Over Its $1,591 Carry Permit Fee
Texas DPS Director Freeman Martin agrees that the state’s bans on carry at racetracks, 51-percent alcohol businesses, and sporting events are unconstitutional. Yet Texas wants the Fifth Circuit to dismiss the lawsuit without issuing an injunction.
Four FFLs reportedly passed ATF inspections after 4473-only suppressor transfers, August gun sales rose for a seventh straight month, and the Third Circuit revived NSSF's challenge to New Jersey's gun industry liability law.
The Third Circuit revived NSSF's challenge to New Jersey's gun industry liability law, rejecting the state's Catch-22 timing argument. Read the original story: Third Circuit Rejects New Jersey’s ‘Catch-22’ and Revives NSSF Challenge to Gun Industry Liability Law After State Sued Glock
A federal judge has struck down Delaware’s blanket bans on possessing and making unserialized firearms, holding that the Second Amendment protects both the firearms and the ability of law-abiding citizens to build them at home.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is challenging ATF’s continued registration of suppressors and short-barreled firearms after Congress eliminated the tax that supported the NFA scheme.
Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway sued the ATF, arguing NFA registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles is unconstitutional. Read the original story: Tax Zeroed, Registry Kept: Missouri Attorney General Sues ATF to Strike NFA Registration for Suppressors and Short-Barreled Rifles
New Jersey argued that NSSF sued too early before enforcement and too late after the state began targeting firearm businesses. The Third Circuit rejected that Catch-22 and revived NSSF’s challenge to the state’s “reasonable controls” law.
DOJ amended its Virgin Islands lawsuit to add claims against Act 9113's AR-15, magazine, and suppressor bans and its new carry restrictions. Read the original story: Sued Over Permit Delays, the Virgin Islands Passed an AR-15 Ban. Now DOJ Is Suing Over That Too
With briefing complete in Novotny v. Moore, the Supreme Court will consider whether to review Maryland’s sweeping “sensitive places” carry restrictions at its September 28 conference.