Almost exactly one year ago, the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a monumental ruling on American gun rights—a ruling that has spawned hundreds of lawsuits across the nation, aiming to peel back decades of anti-gun legislation. And those lawsuits are beginning to actually bear fruit—meaning that advocates of gun rights are…
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Federal Judge Hears Challenges to Oregon’s New Gun Laws
June 11, 2023
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A trial held in Portland last week aims to determine whether Oregon’s voter-approved gun-control measure is constitutional in light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer. Should Ballot Measure 14 survive this legal test, the state would have among the strictest gun laws in the nation. The measure at issue would ban the manufacture…
Texas Lawmakers Advance Bill to Raise Age for Buying Semiautomatic Rifles to 21
Texas state lawmakers advanced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to raise the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle to 21, just days after a mass shooting in Allen. Two Republicans on the House Select Committee on Community Safety joined the committee’s Democrats to approve moving House Bill 2744 to the full chamber for a…
Supreme Court Intervenes After Gun Rights Advocates Challenge Bans in Illinois City
The Supreme Court has requested a further response from city officials in Naperville, Illinois, after they introduced a law restricting gun rights, prompting the National Association for Gun Rights and the owner of a gun store to file a lawsuit against the measure. Justice Amy Coney Barrett has asked the city to provide further information…
‘An All-Out Assault on the Second Amendment’: Gun Rights Groups Respond to Biden’s New Executive Order
March 15, 2023
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Second Amendment advocates responded quickly to President Joe Biden’s newest executive order designed to advance his gun control agenda and his repeated call for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines. “Crimes are committed by criminals. Until President Biden and his allies decide to go after violent criminals, violence will continue to spiral…
Connecticut Legislature Holds Emotional Hearing on Proposed Gun Control Legislation
The Connecticut General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Judiciary held a public hearing on March 6 on firearms and gun-control legislation that lasted about 12 hours (approximately 9 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.) and which, at times, got testy and emotional. Close to 5,000 people submitted written testimony, and more than 150 delivered their remarks in person…
Discover Credit Cards Will Track Gun Purchases From April
Credit card provider Discover Financial Services will soon allow its network to track purchases made using payment cards at gun stores—triggering criticism that such activity leads to targeting gun owners. In September, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) had launched a Merchant Category Code (MCC) for gun retailers. ISO is the organization responsible for classification…
Media Hysteria Fuels Anti-Gun Panic
February 17, 2023
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Commentary Emotionalism is the worst way to deal with policies. Yet it’s the main force behind the media hysteria pushing gun control. Especially by the Los Angeles Times, the main gun-control force in California. This is shown by two recent opinion articles they ran. Calina Ciobanu, a teacher and writer in Los Angeles, on Feb….
Federal Law Banning Marijuana Users From Having Firearms Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
February 5, 2023
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A federal law barring marijuana users from possessing guns violates the Constitution, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled. The decision cites last year’s landmark Supreme Court ruling that affirmed an individual right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The ruling came as challenges to gun laws across the nation have escalated since the Supreme…
More Gun Laws Would Not End Massacres
January 31, 2023
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Commentary Like everyone else, I’m horrified at the recent spate of massacres using guns in California. My hopes and prayers go out to the victims and their families. But in my job, it’s always incumbent on me to point out the policy implications of any proposed attempts at remedies. The emotions of the moment must…
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