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 […]

In a 7-2 ruling, the Washington State Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on so-called “large-capacity magazines,” declaring in a 19-page decision that such magazines are not “arms” protected by the Second Amendment. Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Charles W. Johnson stated, “LCMs also fall outside either protection of the right to bear […]