WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that adults aged 18 to 20 cannot be barred from carrying a concealed firearm, striking down the state’s 21-and-older requirement as a violation of the Second Amendment. The court held that section 790....
A new AP-NORC poll shows a sharp partisan divide over whether the right to keep and bear arms is under threat, with Democrats far less concerned than Republicans and independents.
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The Firearms Policy Coalition has taken Texas to the Fifth Circuit over three laws that strip law-abiding gun owners of the right to carry in places people visit every day. FPC filed its opening brief on June 15 in Ziegenfuss v. Martin, asking the federal appeals court to stri...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says the state will not appeal after the Fourth DCA ruled Florida’s concealed-carry ban for adults under 21 unconstitutional.
In a monumental 5-2 decision issued on Monday, June 15, 2026, the Colorado Supreme Court established that employees have an inalienable right to self-defense in the workplace, ruling that private employers may not terminate at-will workers for lawfully protecting themselves from imminent danger. ...
The Supreme Court is expected to release decisions soon in Wolford v. Lopez and United States v. Hemani, two Second Amendment cases that could clarify how lower courts apply Bruen after Rahimi.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The change I wrote about this spring is now the law. As of June 12, 2026, any West Virginia adult 18 and older can carry a concealed deadly weapon without first getting a license. That date marked 90 days from the passage of House Bill 4106, which Governor Patrick Morrisey s...
As of June 12, 2026, West Virginia permitless carry starts at 18. HB 4106 didn't just lower the age, it erased the separate legal rules for 18 to 20 year olds.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a sweeping federal civil rights investigation into the Philadelphia Police Department’s (PPD) Gun Permit Unit. The probe, orchestrated by the Civil Rights Division's newly formed Second Amendment Section, will evaluate whether the city is utiliz...