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Wrongful death suit filed against three gun-related companies :: 03/10/2016

A wrongful death suit has been filed in Colorado’s U.S. District Court against three firearms-related companies, alleging they bear some responsibility in the death of a teenage girl in 2014.

Federal court agrees to rehear Maryland assault weapon ban challenge :: 03/09/2016

Just a month after riddling an earlier decision and sending it back down to a lower court to rehear, the U.S. Fourth Circuit has voted to do the job themselves.

Pa. Supreme Court Justices question roots of NRA-backed Preemption law :: 03/09/2016

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Wednesday signaled it was unlikely to reinstate a controversial law that gave the National Rifle Association the right to challenge municipal gun ordinances across the state.

Foes of New York 'Safe Act' Press Pause After Scalia's Death :: 03/08/2016

A development in a Second Amendment case in New York death is the latest example of how the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is forcing appellate litigants to rethink their legal strategies.

Judge sides with DC in ongoing lawsuit over gun law :: 03/08/2016

WASHINGTON — A federal judge sided Monday with the District of Columbia in an ongoing dispute over the city's strict gun law, agreeing that the city can continue to enforce it while a lawsuit proceeds.

Lawsuit against Lincolnwood over local gun store regulations dismissed :: 03/08/2016

A lawsuit filed by Rev. Michael Pfleger and a group of activists last year that said lax local gun laws in Lincolnwood were to blame when guns sold by the town's only firearms dealer ended up at Chicago crime scenes has been dismissed by a Cook County judge.

Owning An Assault Weapon Is No Longer A Fundamental Right -- For Now :: 03/07/2016

A federal appeals court on Friday reversed course and agreed to reconsider a February ruling on Maryland's stringent gun control law, which includes a ban on so-called assault weapons.

11th Circuit to Hear Challenge to Repudiation of the Medicalization of Gun Control :: 03/04/2016

The Eleventh Circuit court of appeals, in an unusual decision, has decided to hear the case of Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, et al. v. Governor State of Florida, et al. in the matter of the Privacy of Firearms Owners Act.

Lancaster (PA) police sergeant charged with perjury, simple assault :: 03/04/2016

A man who swore to uphold the law now stands accused of violating it.

Friendly Reminder: SCOTUS Could Decide On Constitutionality Of 'Assault Weapons' Bans :: 03/03/2016

Yes, I know that there’s no such thing as assault weapons, but let’s just entertain this awful piece of liberal jargon for the sake of argument. Over at Hot Air, Jazz Shaw noted that it might be time for the high court to definitively rule on whether it was a constitutional right for Americans to own AR-15 rifles.

Former Ohio cop sentenced to five years on gun conviction :: 03/02/2016

A former policeman in the Cleveland-area was sentenced to five years in prison for selling guns to felons, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Torrance quietly liberalizes its tough gun laws in wake of two legal cases :: 03/01/2016

Torrance’s strict gun control laws have been loosened by two separate, but related legal cases that were resolved with so little fanfare that even lawyers who follow the issue closely were unaware of the changes.

Hatch: 'Advise and consent' is to protect Supreme Court :: 02/27/2016

The fight over a replacement for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is heating up this week, with plans for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, to meet with Barack Obama over the issue.

Appeals court rejects District's request to revisit D.C. gun-control case :: 02/26/2016

A Ruger P94 9mm semiautomatic — with extended magazine and 34 rounds — was seized by D.C. police in August. (D.C. Metropolitan Police)

Litigation for negligence :: 02/25/2016

The families of nine of the victims of the December 2012 Sandy Hook shooting have filed a lawsuit against Bushmaster, the manufacturer of the rifle used, the firearm’s distributor, and the gun store where the shooter’s mother made her purchase. They make the claim that the defendants are guilty of negligent entrustment for selling a gun to the general public that they say has no “legitimate civilian use.”

Ninth Circuit Considering Firearms Purchase Waiting Period, Gun Advertising Ban :: 02/23/2016

On February 9th, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments for two Second Amendment cases. In Jeff Silvester v. Kamala Harris, the [lower] District Court ruled against the California statute requiring a waiting period for a firearm purchase.

Desperate Maryland Attorney General Appeals Assault Weapon Ban Case :: 02/22/2016

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh loves gun control. Because of that, he’s terrified of a three-judge panel’s ruling in Kolbe v. Maryland.

Woman jailed for refusing federal order to commit perjury :: 02/21/2016

When a federal court and the federal government ordered Doreen Hendrickson to sign a form under penalty of perjury that she believed to be inaccurate, the mother of two initially refused to comply.

Frosh seeks review of assault weapons ruling :: 02/20/2016

Maryland attorney general wants court to review ruling on assault weapons ban. Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is seeking a review of an appeals court decision that dealt a blow to the state's 2013 law that bans assault rifles.

Kansas Supreme Court dismisses conviction of Mical Barlow under stand-your-ground law :: 02/20/2016

In a series of decisions Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court dismissed the conviction of a man for murder under a stand-your-ground law, vacated a conviction for aggravated burglary because jurors were misinformed and determined sexually violent defendants can be committed to an institution if they are mentally incompetent to stand trial.

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