A Q&A with retired ATF Senior Special Agent Daniel O’Kelly By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Retired ATF Senior Special Agent Daniel O’Kelly has personally examined more than 100,000 firearms and even more ammunition during his 34 years in law enforcement – 10 years as a police officer and detective in northwest Indiana and […]

The Department of Justice has submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals supporting plaintiffs in a case challenging the “Protect Illinois Community Act,” which bans so-called “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines,” asserting the ban violates the Second Amendment, and is therefore unconstitutional. The brief, submitted by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet […]

In a stunning move Tuesday, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced it was withdrawing its opinion, issued earlier this year, that firearm suppressors (aka “silencers”) are not protected by the Second Amendment. The case is known as USA v. Peterson. There was no explanation about the court’s decision to withdraw. In a statement posted on […]

A coalition of 26 state attorneys general, led by Montana A.G. Austin Knudsen and Idaho A.G. Raul Labrador, has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the high court to “intervene and halt Hawaii’s unconstitutional gun ban” by granting certiorari in a case known as Wolford v. Lopez. This follows an unprecedented […]