14+ hour, 14+ min ago   (505+ words) In less than a month, the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts will hear oral arguments in a case that could determine whether local licensing officials can continue to use (and abuse) their own discretion in deciding who is "suitable" to…...

17+ hour, 14+ min ago   (341+ words) Plaintiffs residing outside of New York are challenging a Manhattan regulation that limits carriers to a single firearm. The challenge was raised in the District Court of Southern New York. The case Hendrick et al. v. New York City was filed…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (428+ words) If, as expected, the Supreme Court strikes down bans on so-called assault weapons when it issues its verdict in Viramontes v. Cook County next year, the gun control lobby isn't just going to give up on its efforts to make AR…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (206+ words) Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has fired a rhetorical shot across the bow of San Jose's City Hall, warning officials that a lawsuit is coming if the city doesn't take immediate steps to bring down the outrageously high fees the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (338+ words) We've been waiting for years for something like Viramontes to come before the Supreme Court. While a few years ago, the outcome might have been more in doubt, the Supreme Court of today looks little like the one that decided…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (386+ words) It's been four years since the Supreme Court struck down "may issue" concealed carry licensing regimes, but some states are still using subjective standards of "suitability" to block some applicants from legally keeping or bearing arms. One of those states…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (353+ words) The cases of Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins are, in essence, one and the same. They challenge assault weapon bans in Illinois and Connecticut, respectively, and they're perhaps set to be one of the most important Supreme Court decisions…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (489+ words) The operative part of the Second Amendment is "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Yet bearing arms — the act of actually carrying them on your person — is treated like a privilege in…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (211+ words) While Massachusetts ended its outright prohibition shortly thereafter, New York City has kept its ban on the books. A district court judge and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals have upheld the ban, arguing that the plaintiffs failed to "provide…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (332+ words) The amicus brief submitted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the Viramontes case claims to be in support of neither the plaintiffs nor the defenders of "assault weapon" bans, which is an odd take considering what the…...