Limiting the law to blocking the use of guns while a person is high effectively guts the statute that reduces gun violence, the Justice Department told the Supreme Court. They’re asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court’s decision.
Guided by the Supreme Court’s holding in Bruen, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and concludes that the New York firearm statute is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment as applied to Plaintiffs Votruba and Harris.
If Jones can lose his company for speech deemed harmful, who is to say that a future lawsuit couldn’t target a gun rights group for “dangerous rhetoric” about the Second Amendment? The chilling effect here is undeniable.
Unfortunately for Adamiak, the ATF knows that the items that became evidence at his trial were not illegal, but since the prosecutors used them successfully, they will likely also be used as evidence during his appeal.
“The decision in Nguyen v. Bonta is both an unusual example of the Ninth Circuit unanimously striking down a gun restriction under the Second Amendment and, potentially, a sign of greater receptiveness to Supreme Court cues at the appellate level.”
What is noteworthy about this development is that it marks the first time a panel of this Court has invalidated a gun control measure under the Second Amendment without the full Court subsequently reversing or modifying the decision en banc.
The state of Washington’s lawsuit accuses Wentz and Gator’s of violating the state’s Consumer Protection Act when it sold standard capacity magazines to two state “investigators” on two occasions.
Sure, there’s a chance SCOTUS could take the case and set things straight. But let’s be honest. Banking on nine justices in D.C. to fix decades of erosion of gun rights is a gamble firearm owners can’t afford to make.
In a major Second Amendment ruling, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down California’s
In essence, New Jersey AG Matt Platkin’s office is making up the laws on firearms commerce one enforcement action and court decisions one at a time. What future requirements might be added are only limited by their imagination.
