Writing for the Washington Civil Rights Association, contributor Marion Bishop warns Evergreen State lawmakers now backing legislation to ban so-called “high capacity magazines” such a ban would be unconstitutional “and will certainly be met with a judicial challenge should they become law.” While anti-gun Democrat State Senators Jeannie Darnell, Patty Kuderer, Marko Liias, Jamie Pedersen, […]
‘2A Protects Right to Carry in Public for Self-Defense,’ Says 9th Circuit
In a 2-1 bombshell opinion issued Tuesday, a panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that, “for better or for worse, the Second Amendment does protect a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense” and that the open carrying of firearms for that purpose “falls within the core of the […]
Florida case challenging open carry ban highlights 2A dilemma
Attorneys representing a Florida man challenging that state’s ban on open carry have, unintentionally or otherwise, raised an interesting problem for the U.S. Supreme Court, which they have petitioned for review. The case of Dale Lee Norman v. State of Florida may not wind up being heard by the high court but it does […]