Washington— Less than a year after the Supreme Court issued itsmajor decision expanding gun rights, the new legal test laid out by Justice Clarence Thomas in his majority opinion has reshaped the legal landscape for firearms laws and led to uncertainty over whether measures that aim to curb gu...
While the case does not involve the Second Amendment, it comes on the heels of a June 2022 Supreme Court decision thatexpanded gun rights. The high court is alsoconsidering the legalityof a rule that regulates unserialized firearms called ghost guns, though that case involves whether the Bureau...
The decision not to hear the Minnesota case was somewhat surprising because both sides sought the Supreme Court’s review and courts around the country have come to different conclusions about whether states can limit the gun rights of people aged 18 to 20 without violating the Constitution. Adver...
The Firearms Policy Coalition, one of the gun rights groups that challenged the ATF rule, said it was disappointed with the court’s “misguided decision.” “This is only one battle in a multi-generational war over the scope of government and pre-existing right to keep and bear arms,”...
The Supreme Court tried to clarify things with a decision last year when it upheld a federal law that bars people who are the subject of certain domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns. After reviewing the New York case in light of the decision on restraini...
Supreme Court is in its final stages of pretending to carefully consider the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns. The oral arguments in March hinted at the final decision, given that, while questioning counsel, Justice Antonin Scalia was also cleaning his Glock 9mm autom...
A Massachusetts State Police trooper has sued the agency’s top official to regain his suspended gun license, in the latest constitutional challenge to the state’s gun laws following a landmarkUS Supreme Court decisionthat strengthened gun rights. ...
Prelogar said the standard for "responsible" citizen should be "dangerousness" with respect to the use of firearms. The justices will vote on the case and spend the upcoming months drafting a decision, which is expected for release by the end of June....
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal ban on firearms for domestic violence offenders.