Despite being in a state with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, Baltimore, Maryland is rolling up another staggering body count for a city its size, suggesting that gun control is a dismal failure. According to the Associated Press, “Baltimore could wrap up 2019 with its highest per-capita homicide rate on record…” […]
Justices Hear Arguments in 2A Challenge of NYC Gun Control Law
In a case being closely watched by advocates on both sides of the gun issue, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday heard arguments challenging a New York City law that was actually changed earlier this year in an effort to derail the case, a move one national gun rights organization publicly derided. “The only reason that […]
SCOTUS Allows Challenge to NYC Gun Control Law to Move Forward
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,” […]