The NRA, Firearms Policy Coalition and plaintiff Daniel Maines filed Maines v. Bethel in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania challenging 18 Pa.C.S. § 6109(b), which bars 18- to 20-year-olds from obtaining a license to carry. The suit argues that leg
Lancaster County Circuit Judge John S. Martin on Nov. 2 enlarged the Crump v. Katz preliminary injunction so the Commonwealth, its agencies and employees cannot enforce Virginia’s assault-firearm and 15-round magazine limits through Dec. 31. The expa
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon gave Glendale, California, until November 4 to halt first-time concealed-carry fees of about $2,000 and $1,300 renewals or face a federal civil-rights lawsuit. The threat frames the city’s permit charges as
Patrick Tate Adamiak and Pastor Russell Fincher, both fully pardoned in September, were denied FBI NICS checks when they tried to buy firearms. The Second Amendment Foundation says prohibited-person records have not been updated to reflect the presid
A Justice Department final rule published October 27 authorizes federal firearms licensees to voluntarily run no-fee NICS checks on eligible employees and contractors who can access firearms, effective November 27. The NSSF-backed Firearm Handler Che
A coalition of 11 governors led by New York’s Kathy Hochul filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Cook County and Connecticut AR-15-style rifle restrictions ahead of December arguments in Viramontes v. Cook County.
The NRA and Second Amendment Foundation told the Fifth Circuit in United States v. Cordova that historical tradition supports lifetime firearm prohibitions only for people who pose a proven threat of violence, not for nonviolent felons.
The Second Amendment Foundation asked a federal court for a preliminary injunction after New Mexico kept enforcing its seven-day firearms cooling-off period against everyone except two prior litigants. NSSF, NRA and SAF had already sued seeking state
A Fifth Circuit panel held that switchblade knives are Arms under the Second Amendment’s plain text and that the 1958 manufacturing and interstate-commerce restrictions fail Bruen’s historical-tradition test.
U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. granted summary judgment to Firearms Policy Coalition plaintiffs in Heeter v. James, holding that defensive body armor is a protected arm and permanently enjoining New York’s purchase and sale restrictions, sub
In a 5-2 ruling issued today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that the state’s bar on license-to-carry permits for adults under 21 is consistent with founding-era militia traditions and affirmed a 20-year-old’s unlicensed-carry convicti
The Justice Department has filed a notice of appeal seeking to reverse a Texas district court judgment that vacated ATF’s Biden-era firearms-dealer definition rule. The appeal puts the Gun Owners of America win that blocked the expanded ‘engaged in t