Second Amendment Protects Right to Open Carry, Ninth Circuit Panel Holds (2-1)

A short excerpt from today's very long opinion in Baird v. Bonta by Judge Lawrence VanDyke, joined by Judge Kenneth Lee: ...

US appeals court strikes down California's open-carry ban in major Second Amendment ruling

Federal appeals court strikes down California's open-carry ban affecting 95% of state residents, ruling the restrictions ...
Newsday

Appeals court keeps New York's gun restrictions in place, including Times Square and subway ban

NEW YORK — No guns for Elmo, Spider-Man or anyone else in New York’s Times Square — and don’t try sneaking them into the subway, either. That is the decision Friday from a federal appeals court ...
Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: The U.S. Defends NFA Restrictions Lacking a Tax Nexus

As I previously explained in "The Zero Tax on NFA Firearms," serious constitutional issues arise about the constitutional validity of the registration and other requirements of the National Firearms ...
West Hawaii Today

SCOTUS turns away 2nd Amendment challenge to blue-state bans on assault weapons

WASHINGTON — A closely divided Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to the bans on semi-automatic rifles in Maryland, California and eight other blue states. Gun rights ...
RealClearMarkets

The Federal Trade Commission Takes On the 2nd Amendment

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) recently sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson requesting the FTC investigate whether the Biden Administration’s Office ...

Restrictions on semiautomatic firearms: Trump administration sues Washington DC over gun laws; cites Second Amendment violations

Donald Trump-led US administration is suing the Washington, DC, government over its gun laws, arguing that restrictions on certain semiautomatic firearms violate the Second Amendment rights. The US ...