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Lawsuit filed challenging California's open carry ban :: 08/18/2016
Taking a cue from an appeals court decision upholding the state’s strict “may issue” concealed carry doctrine, gun owners in the Golden State filed suit Wednesday seeking to carry them openly again.
Court rejects continued challenge to restrictive May-Issue concealed carry practices :: 08/17/2016
A federal appeals court this week sided with California Attorney General Kamala Harris and declined to rehear a combined case that the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm for self-defense in public.
Jury: A.G. Kane guilty of perjury, obstruction, all other charges :: 08/15/2016
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was convicted Monday of perjury, obstruction and other crimes after squandering her once bright political future on an illegal vendetta against an enemy.
Civil Rights Groups File Appeal to Ninth Circuit in 14th Amendment Equality Lawsuit :: 08/13/2016
Los Angeles, CA -(AmmoLand.com)- A civil rights lawsuit challenging a special, legislatively-created exemption to the “California Gun-Free School Zone Act” for retired government employees as unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause is being appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals following Central District of California Federal District Court Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell’s August 5 order granting the State of California’s motion to dismiss.
DC Residents Likely to Stun Capital City in Yet Another Second Amendment Case :: 08/13/2016
Gun rights advocates have fired a new salvo in the ongoing saga against the District of Columbia’s overly restrictive gun laws.
The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment: Understanding the Court's Landmark Decisions :: 08/13/2016
The Second Amendment is one of most fundamental provisions of the Bill of Rights, and one of the most fiercely debated. Since it was first put to paper, legal scholars, gun owners and anti-gun activists have engaged in an endless discussion over the meaning and scope of the Second Amendment, and for most of that time, gun owners have been on the losing side of the argument.
Lawsuit calls New Jersey stun gun ban unconstitutional :: 08/12/2016
NEW YORK A gun rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging a New Jersey law that bans private individuals from owning stun guns, Tasers and other electronic weapons as unconstitutional.
Court: Man wrongfully terminated for having gun in vehicle at work :: 08/11/2016
A unanimous three-judge panel found on Monday that a Mississippi man could sue his former employer after being fired for keeping a gun in a locked vehicle on the job site.
Seattle judge upholds ATF's decision banning ammo designed for AK-47s :: 08/10/2016
The decision came in a lawsuit brought by Redmond-based P.W. Arms Inc., which obtained permits to import more than 100 million rounds of the Russian- and Eastern European-made ammunition.
Calls to prosecute pastor over AR-15 raffle snafu mount :: 08/08/2016
At least one state lawmaker wants an Oregon clergy member prosecuted after he spent $3,000 of his church’s discretionary fund on raffle tickets for a gun he may have transferred illegally.
Suit filed over suppression of tyrant registry of anti-gun lawmakers :: 08/08/2016
A gun rights group is backing a lawsuit in federal court brought by a blogger whose post was removed from WordPress after pressure from the California Legislative Counsel.
Leupold sues Nightforce over patent infringements :: 08/06/2016
Riflescope maker Leupold & Stevens, Inc. filed a lawsuit earlier this week in an Oregon federal court against Nightforce over patent infringements.
Gun industry group challenging expanded Mass. gun ban in court :: 08/04/2016
The National Shooting Sports Foundation announced on Thursday they will be seeing Massachusetts Attorney Gen. Maura Healey in court over her recent “assault weapon” ban expansion.
Accused of illegally banning guns in courthouse, Waller County sues guns rights activist :: 08/03/2016
AUSTIN -- In the ongoing battle over where guns can be banned at Texas courthouses, one county near Houston has taken the unusual step of suing a person for questioning the firearms policy at its main court facility.
Texas AG seeks to head-off frivolous suit against campus carry :: 08/03/2016
State Attorney General Ken Paxton this week filed paperwork opposing a lawsuit by three University of Texas professors who do not want legal concealed carry in their classes.
Lawsuit filed over NICS denial due to misdemeanor from 1978 :: 08/02/2016
A former law enforcement officer submitted information to the feds back in 1981 to ensure his status to possess firearms, but he is still being denied when he tries to buy one.
Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Austin over City Hall gun ban :: 07/29/2016
The Texas attorney general argues that state law allows guns into most government facilities.
NH: Courts rebuff Governor, Atty. Gen. over NICS expansion :: 07/28/2016
New Hampshire’s judges are refusing to comply with a directive from the state attorney general to report the names of some with mental illnesses to a federal database of prohibited gun possessors.
Judge dismisses FireClean's defamation case against bloggers :: 07/27/2016
A defamation suit against two bloggers who published test results showing a gun lubricant’s chemical composition as nearly identical to cooking oil was dismissed last week in federal court.
Marine seeks appeal of classified data case citing breaks given to Hillary :: 07/26/2016
A highly-decorated Marine officer pending separation from the military for using his private email to send a warning to fellow Marines now wants the same consideration given to Hillary Clinton.
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