A Florida appeals court ruled that 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds cannot be barred from carrying concealed firearms, finding that young adults enjoy the same Second Amendment protections as other adults. The post Florida Appeals Court Restores Concealed Carry Rights For Young Adults Under 21 appeared...
MARTINEZ, CALIF. — The Second Amendment Foundation has sued Contra Costa County over carry restrictions that, by the group’s account, exist nowhere else in the country. The federal complaint, filed June 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenges Sher...
The Supreme Court’s 9-0 Hemani judgment rejected automatic disarmament based solely on regular marijuana use. Its rigorous historical analysis could also spell trouble for Hawaii’s “Vampire Rule” in Wolford v. Lopez.
Justice Clarence Thomas says the federal government’s constitutional problem may extend far beyond marijuana users. His Hemani concurrence invites courts to reconsider whether Congress has the authority to criminalize purely intrastate gun possession under §922(g).
A young Palm Coast mother, Courtney Price, acted entirely within her legal rights under Florida's Stand Your Ground statute when she shot an aggressive, repeat offender who forced his way into her residence. The suspect, 33-year-old Michael McDonald, breached the Big Bear Lane home on Sunday, Jun...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the unanimous judgment protecting Ali Hemani’s Second Amendment rights. Her concurrence, however, called Bruen a “failed experiment” and urged a return to government-friendly means-end scrutiny.
Gun Owners of America has asked the Virginia Supreme Court to intervene before the state's new ban on commonly owned firearms and magazines takes effect July 1. The post GOA Petitions Virginia Supreme Court For Preliminary Ruling On Looming Gun Ban appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Virginia is defending its new gun restrictions by portraying AR-15s as “weapons of war.” From colonial muskets to surplus M1 Carbines, American history tells a very different story.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — The National Rifle Association and three Michigan gun rights groups have dragged the state’s pistol purchase permit system into federal court, and they picked a strong target. The lawsuit, Moser v. Nessel, was filed June 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Western ...
NEW ORLEANS, LA — Two federal appeals courts just looked at the same question weeks apart and gave opposite answers. The question was simple. Is a silencer an “arm” the Second Amendment protects? On June 18, the Fifth Circuit said yes. On June 3, the Ninth Circuit said no. That disa...