The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to dismiss a challenge by New York State gun owners of a handgun control law in New York City despite a not-so-veiled threat by Capitol Hill Democrats to “re-structure” the court if it allowed this case to move forward. When the high court agreed earlier this […]
Dem Anti-Gunners Ripped by GOP Senate Majority over SCOTUS Brief
In a scathing letter to the clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court, signed by every member of the U.S. Senate’s Republican Majority, five Senate Democrats were blasted for filing an amicus brief with the high court that essentially threatened to pack the court if it does not dismiss a case challenging an extremist New York […]
Dem Senator wants SCOTUS to Dismiss New York Handgun Case
The Daily Caller is reporting that U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States that seeks to have a case challenging a restrictive New York City handgun regulation dismissed, apparently fearing that the new conservative majority is laying the groundwork for more Second Amendment-based cases. According […]
Unintentional Admission? NYC Officials Want to Avoid SCOTUS Fight
What might be called an unintentional admission by New York City officials that they know they’ve crossed the line against the constitutional rights of Big Apple gun owners recently occurred and was duly reported by the New York Times. In a story headlined “Fearing Supreme Court Loss, New York Tries to Make Gun Case Vanish,” […]
NYC: Another Gun Control Failure as Murder Rates Surge 55%?
New York City, which has been touting its success in lowering homicides in recent years due at least in part to tough gun control laws, may have to re-think that sales pitch in the wake of a New York Daily News revelation that homicides so far this year are up 55 percent over the […]
SCOTUS Awakens to Hear Challenge to NYC Gun Restriction
The Supreme Court of the United States, with two Donald Trump-appointed justices now on board has evidently awakened from a ten-year slumber, agreeing to review a challenge to a handgun transport restriction in New York City. According to NBC News, “Lower courts upheld the restriction, and the city urged the Supreme Court not to take […]