The U.S. Supreme Court convened Monday amid a swirl of controversy as the justices, with what many believe is a clear conservative majority, look at cases challenging abortion, religion and gun rights, the latter being the long-awaited case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. As noted by the Associated Press, this […]
DOJ Asks More Time to Process Over 211K Comments on Proposed Arm Brace Rule
Nine months after the Second Amendment Foundation sued the Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in federal court over ATF’s flip on how it regulates stabilizing braces on pistols, the DOJ and SAF jointly asked for a continuation of a stay in the legal action to allow processing of more […]
Florida Supremes to Consider Case Challenging State Preemption
Politico is reporting that the Florida Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the state preemption statute, adopted in 1987 and strengthened by amendment in 2011, saying the case could result in a ruling “on the politically contentious issue of Second Amendment rights in the middle of the 2022 midterms.” Gun rights are invariably a […]
San Freak-cisco: Pay ‘High-Risk Individuals’ to Not Shoot People
In a city rivaling Seattle as a Far-Left political mecca along the West Coast, San Francisco may have just left the Jet City in the philosophical, anti-gun dust by announcing a pilot program that, according to Fox News, “will pay high-risk individuals to not shoot anyone as gun crimes tick up in the city.” San Francisco is […]
Gun Rights Groups Submit Letters to ATF Regarding Stabilizer Braces
Two prominent gun rights organizations have submitted comments to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regarding a proposed rule change on pistol stabilizer braces that would re-classify them as regulated by the National Firearms Act. According to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, such a change “will threaten […]
Federal Lawsuit Challenges Cook County, IL ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban
The Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the prohibition on so-called “assault weapons” in Cook County, Illinois, the latest in a growing list of legal actions in which SAF and FPC have collaborated. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The […]
