Pro-Gun Decision More Popular Than Supreme Court
Depending on where you sit politically, there’s good news and bad news about the Supreme Court according to a recent […]
Law and the Courts
Shooting Survivors Using Copyright Law to Ensure Victims are Remembered
In June, a survivor of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, was granted copyright over the shooter’s name, thereby preventing its reproduction without permission.
SCOTUS Overturns PA Ruling Allowing 18 to 20-Year-Olds to Carry Guns
The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling from Pennsylvania that allowed residents under 21 to carry firearms in public, though the justices declined for now to hear arguments in the case themselves.
Ted Cruz Backs the Gun Industry in the Supreme Court and Rolling Stone Is Very Unhappy About It
The Texas senator has spearheaded — along with other far-right Congress members like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — an amicus brief, or friend-of-the-court filing, that reads more a friend-of-the-gun-industry beef.
Everytown’s Misleading Defense of the Microstamping Mandate is a Mess
The Bloomberg anti-gun group Everytown for Gun Safety has posted a defense of the impracticable microstamping technology on its The Smoking Gun web site. The article has enough glaring errors and omissions that a response is warranted.
District Court Rules New York’s Private Property Carry Ban Unconstitutional
A federal district court judge has ruled New York’s restriction against concealed carry on private property open to the public is unconstitutional, handing a victory to the Second Amendment Foundation in a case known as Christian v. James.
Justices Struggled to Determine What Comprises a Gun in VanDerStok Arguments
The justices spent much of the oral argument grappling — in sometimes colorful and humorous terms — with when a
US Solicitor General: Cap Guns Can Fire Bird Shot
A cap gun is an example of [a firearm]. It — it expels bird shot, and so, therefore, it would fit within the functional definition. But it’s not a weapon because it’s not an instrument of combat or intended to be used in that way.
Expert Panel Analysis of Supreme Court Arguments in Garland v. VanDerStok
Joining LKB to break down the arguments in VanDerStok were Independent Institute senior fellow Steven Halbrook, California Rifle & Pistol Association President Chuck Michel and NRA-ILA Director of Constitutional Studies Joseph Greenlee.
Finally, A Vista Deal and Some Suggestions for the NRA From the New York Attorney General
Two stories that have managed to stay alive far longer than anyone expected are the sale of Vista Outdoor and