Wayne LaPierre, an American gun rights lobbyist who has led the National Rifle Association (NRA), touted the Supreme Court ruling as a win for the politically influential gun lobby organization while lashing out at the Senate gun bill. "The decision comes at an important time -- as the Senat...
The law wasstruck downby a three-judge appeals court panel after a landmark2022 Supreme Courtruling that expanded gun rights and said firearm laws must have strong roots in the country's historic traditions. It waslater revived, though, by the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ...
Stec’s suit, while unusual for involving a state trooper suing the agency’s leader, is just the latest challenge to Massachusetts’ gun licensing laws that may eventually go before the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. In 2022, the nation’s highest court issued a landmark ruling which found...
The law wasstruck downby a three-judge appeals court panel after a landmark2022 Supreme Courtruling that expanded gun rights and said firearm laws must have strong roots in the country's historic traditions. It waslater revived, though, by the full 4th U.S. Circuit Cou...
Wilson's bid to toss out the charges was denied, but soon after, the Supreme Court handed down its June 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights and laid out its history-and-tradition test for evaluating the constitutionality of firearms rules. ...
The court on an 8-1 vote ruled in favor of the Biden administration, which was defending the law — one of several federal gun restrictions currently facing legal challenges. The ruling indicates that some longstanding gun laws are likely to survive despite the court's 2022 decision that expand...
Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit had put that ruling on hold while it considers the case. Challengers to the law had asked the high court to step in and allow Suddaby's ruling blocking parts of the law to go into effect while the case continues. It was that request the justic...
President Joe Biden said in a statement he was “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court ruling. It “contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all,” he said. He urged states to pass new laws. “I call on Americans across the country to make th...
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The Supreme Court’s eventual ruling, expected by late June, could also affect other similar lawsuits stemming from mass shootings. That aspect of the case didn’t appear to be a heavy focus during oral arguments, however. Smith & Wesson attorney Noel Francisco said in a statement that the ...