In a monumental development that will shape the future of American firearm regulation, the U.S. Supreme Court officially agreed yesterday to review the constitutionality of state and local bans on semiautomatic rifles, frequently classified by legislatures as assault weapons. By granting certiora...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have one of the stranger things to roll out of Italy in the 1980s. This is the SITES Spectre HC, the semi-auto pistol version of the Spectre M4 submachine gun built in Turin. The full-auto original was made for close-quarters work, VIP protection...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two major Second Amendment challenges to bans on modern semiautomatic rifles. For gun owners, Grant v. Higgins and Viramontes v. Cook County could become the long-awaited test of whether AR-15-style rifles are protected “arms.”
KANSAS CITY, MO — A federal judge has ruled that Jackson County’s short-lived ban on handgun purchases by adults under 21 violated the Second Amendment. In an order dated June 24, U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips granted partial summary judgment to plaintiff Leonard Wilson Jr., finding t...
A new Supreme Court ruling in Wolford v. Lopez may undercut New Jersey’s defense of its semiautomatic firearm ban by clarifying that “Arms” are protected at Bruen’s plain-text stage.
A federal judge ruled that Jackson County’s repealed ban on handgun and handgun ammunition sales to adults under 21 violated Leonard Wilson Jr.’s Second Amendment rights.
The NRA's Moser v. Nessel lawsuit challenges Michigan's permit-to-purchase scheme as unconstitutional. Here's the case, and why Colorado and Illinois should watch.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Justice Department put California on notice this week: drop the Glock ban or get sued. On June 24, Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, sent Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta a formal notice of suit. She gave the stat...
The Trump Justice Department has warned Gavin Newsom and Rob Bonta to stop enforcing California’s Glock ban or face a federal civil-rights lawsuit.
Virginia’s new semiautomatic firearm and magazine restrictions face five lawsuits, with two injunction hearings scheduled before the July 1 effective date.