By Dave Workman State preemption laws, which place sole authority for regulating firearms in the hands of state legislatures, have been popular for several years, with more than 40 states having such statutes on the books. Preemption prevents local municipalities and county governments from creating a patchwork of local ordinances which may conflict with one […]
New CA Lawsuit Challenges Newsom’s Glock Ban; ‘Handgun Derangement Syndrome’
By Dave Workman A group of gun rights organizations have swiftly moved to challenge California Assembly Bill 1127, signed into law by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, and the head of another gun group has asserted the liberal Golden State governor suffers from “handgun derangement syndrome.” The new law bans Glock pistols in the state on […]
Fed. Judge Vacates October Order for Gun Groups’ Membership Lists
By Dave Workman A U.S. District Court judge in Louisiana has vacated his own order, issued earlier this month, which required gun rights groups involved in a lawsuit to provide lists of their members as they existed in November 2020, in a case known as Reese v. ATF. As reported earlier by TGM, Judge Robert Summerhays, […]
SAF Attorney Announces Legal Strategy to Eliminate NFA
By Dave Workman The Second Amendment Foundation’s director of Legal Operations has revealed the legal strategy his organization plans to use in an effort to gut the National Firearms Act (NFA), adopted more than 90 years ago as a taxing mechanism to discourage ownership of several firearms and suppressors (silencers). According to a mass email message sent Friday by […]
Grand Jury Indicts NY Atty. General Letitia James
By Dave Workman A federal grand jury in Virginia on Thursday indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James—who led legal efforts against the National Rifle Association and Donald Trump—on a fraud charge, and the way this is being reported noticeably differs between news agencies. According to Fox News, “Earlier this year, the Justice Department opened […]
How the DOJ Should Target all of California’s Unconstitutional Anti-gun Laws
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press Late last month, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced that the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, “due to their pattern or practice of infringing the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens seeking […]