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Knife Rights: The Unseen Side of the Second Amendment :: 07/25/2016

While congressional Democrats and Republicans go head-to-head over gun control, proponents of a smaller, often overlooked facet of the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms pursue a battle of their own—the right to carry a knife.

Ginsburg goes full partisan :: 07/21/2016

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg soiled herself and laid bare the lunacy of those that think the Supreme Court is some kind of impartial arbiter of the law last week when she stepped into the political fray and began advocating for the Witch of Chappaqua to be elected president.

Cane gun could land gun dealers 10 years in prison :: 07/14/2016

The owners of a Florida gun store pleaded guilty to possessing an unregistered .38-caliber cane gun in a Miami federal court this week.

Illinois gun restrictions unfairly target foster parents, lawsuit claims :: 07/14/2016

Kenneth and Colleen Shults want to permanently welcome a foster child into their Fairmount, Ill., family, but claim in a federal suit filed this week they are being forced to surrender their Second Amendment rights to do it.

Long-pardoned man challenges NICS denial, sluggish appeal process :: 07/12/2016

A Texas man granted a full pardon in 2012 has filed suit in federal court after he was denied a legal firearm transfer by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in May.

Monumental Decision from the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania Regarding Mental Health Commitments and the 2nd Amendment :: 07/11/2016

Today, Judge John E. Jones, III. of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania held in Keyes, et al. v. Loretta Lynch, et al. that an individual, who was involuntarily committed on a single-isolated occasion, can successfully challenge a prohibition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4).

Church shooters attorney calls state prosecutor reckless :: 07/09/2016

The attorney representing the man who faces dual-death penalty trials for killing nine churchgoers called a South Carolina prosecutor’s desire to go to trial before federal authorities “reckless and shortsighted,” the Associated Press reported.

FFL holder sentenced to 15 weekends in jail for machine gun possession :: 07/09/2016

A Louisiana licensed gun dealer will serve 15 weekends in jail for illegal possession of a machine gun and lying to federal agents.

Charges dropped in Caetano v. Massachusetts Second Amendment stun gun case :: 07/08/2016

In March, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Massachusetts high court decision that upheld the state’s stun gun ban. The Massachusetts court’s justifications for upholding the ban, the Supreme Court said, were inadequate:

Cinemark looks to recoup $700k in fees over Aurora shooting suit :: 07/07/2016

The movie theater chain wants its legal costs paid in defending themselves from a negligence suit filed by survivors of the 2012 mass murder that took place in one of its outlets.

Keep That Patriotic Feeling Going with Justice Scalia's Best Quotes About America :: 07/06/2016

Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, died Feb. 13, 2016, after serving on the court since 1986. The conservative jurist was known to be a great wit who loved his country dearly. On America’s birthday, here are some of his most notable remarks:

Charleston Families and Survivors Sue Government for Failing to Stop Dylann Roof From Getting a Gun :: 07/04/2016

Last year, the city of Charleston suffered a devastating tragedy after Dylann Roof walked into the predominantly black Emanuel AME church and gunned down nine people. Reports revealed that Roof, who sympathized with white supremacist groups, should never have passed a background check to allow him to buy a firearm, because he had been previously arrested for drug possession.

A Congress that Took the Oath Seriously would Impeach Judge Richard Posner :: 07/01/2016

“I see absolutely no value to a judge of spending decades, years, months, weeks, day, hours, minutes, or seconds studying the Constitution, the history of its enactment, its amendments, and its implementation (across the centuries—well, just a little more than two centuries, and of course less for many of the amendments),” Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner writes in Slate. “Eighteenth-century guys, however smart, could not foresee the culture, technology, etc., of the 21st century. Which means that the original Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the post–Civil War amendments (including the 14th), do not speak to today.”

Supreme Court rules domestic abusers can lose gun ownership rights :: 06/27/2016

The Supreme Court voted today to uphold the broad reaching ban of gun ownership for those convicted of domestic violence.

GOP lawmaker plans bill holding gun-free businesses liable for firearm injuries :: 06/26/2016

A Republican state lawmaker said he plans to introduce a bill that would hold gun-free zone businesses legally liable for injuries inflicted by weapons banned on their property.

Those rallying around the Second Amendment seem to ignore the Fourth :: 06/22/2016

Relax, people. Your Second Amendment rights are in no danger of being eroded. But your Fourth Amendment rights? They're as good as gone.

Supreme Court lets Connecticut assault weapon ban stand :: 06/20/2016

The nation’s highest court on Monday declined to take up a challenge to Connecticut’s 2013 assault weapon ban expansion rushed through in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting.

High court to consider whether to hear assault weapons ban challenge :: 06/15/2016

WASHINGTON — Fresh off the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, the Supreme Court will consider whether to hear a challenge to the assault weapons ban passed in Connecticut after the Newtown elementary school massacre of 2012.

Tragedy in Orlando could persuade court decisions :: 06/14/2016

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) - The nation's gun debate is a hot topic once again.

9th Circuit ruling in Peruta faces unclear future at SCOTUS :: 06/13/2016

In the continual struggle with the judiciary to secure rights that judges too often think they grant us, we win some fights and appeal others—to the Supreme Court, to Congress, and to public opinion. In the latter case, we make it clear to our leaders that we want our rights to be protected rather than curtailed, and if they can’t find a way to do that, we’ll replace them.

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