Almost immediately in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s landmark 6-3 ruling striking down the “good cause” requirement to receive a concealed carry permit in the state of New York, attorneys general in two other states with the same onerous requirement issued directives to all law enforcement agencies in their respective states to drop that […]
Gun Prohibitionists Go Ballistic as Right-to-Carry Affirmed
The gun prohibition lobby is going ballistic over Thursday’s 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that struck down New York State’s century-old gun control restriction that required applicants for a concealed carry permit to provide a “good cause” justification in order to exercise a constitutionally protected right to bear arms. Writing for the Court, Justice Clarence Thomas […]
SAF Reacts as Supreme Court Turns Down 10 Second Amendment Cases
In a blistering reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of ten gun rights cases for review, the Second Amendment Foundation declared Chief Justice John Roberts “owes every gun owner in the United States an explanation about why the high court declined to hear a number of important Second Amendment cases.” The cases, from across […]
Should Travel Ban Critics Also Oppose CCW Restrictions?
What’s the difference between opposing travel restrictions on people from six Middle Eastern nations and opposing restrictions on concealed carry in California and other states? One is about allowing foreign nationals into the country and the other is about that inconvenient old Second Amendment right of individual U.S. citizens to keep and bear arms. Both […]
‘Disfavored Right?’— SCOTUS Denies California Carry Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has once again avoided an opportunity to rule on whether the Second Amendment protects a right to bear arms outside the home, with Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing a blistering dissent. “We should have granted certiorari in this case,” Justice Thomas wrote. “The approach taken by the […]
