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The 2nd Amendment Opinion That Scrambled the Partisan Script

Second Amendment Roundup: The Militia of the Sea

The Marque and Reprisal Clause as Textual Proof of Private Heavy-Arms Ownership at the Founding

Supreme Court AR-15 Brief Defends Militia Arms—Then Abandons Machine Guns

A new Supreme Court brief correctly argues that the AR-15’s militia value strengthens its Second Amendment protection—then undercuts that principle by abandoning machine-gun rights...

27 States Tell Supreme Court AR-15 Bans Violate the Second Amendment

Twenty-seven states are urging the Supreme Court to strike down Illinois’ and Connecticut’s AR-15 bans, arguing that commonly owned rifles cannot be prohibited under the Second Ame...

Supreme Court Brief Makes the Case Against Banning Militia Arms

A new Supreme Court brief argues that Cook County and Connecticut have the Second Amendment backward: The AR-15’s militia utility strengthens its constitutional protection rather t...

Second Amendment Roundup: 1st Volley of Briefs Filed in Viramontes

AR-15 ban issue attracts filing of 45 amicus briefs in Supreme Court.

Second Amendment Roundup: Seventh Circuit Decides Barnett

After the Supreme Court grants cert on the identical issue, the circuit court offers a last hurrah

Virginia Revives Collective-Right Theory to Defend Its Gun Ban

Virginia is defending its firearm and magazine ban by reviving the collective-right theory and claiming the state right to keep and bear arms is tied to militia service—not an indi...

Second Amendment Roundup: New Jersey Rifle and Magazine Bans Bite the Dust

The Third Circuit takes Second Amendment rights seriously.

Wisconsin Appeals Court Counters County: Upholds Foster Parents' 2A Rights

Wisconsin's Court of Appeals District III (CAD III) countered Washington County's gun control rules for foster parents, rebuking the county for some of the controls and completely...

Heller and Bruen are here to stay

The October 2025 Supreme Court Term was a good one for the Second Amendment. In United States v. Hemani, the court held by a 9-0 vote that it violates the Second Amendment to disar...

Supreme Court Ducks the 1791 vs. 1868 Second Amendment Fight—Again

After striking down Hawaii’s “vampire rule” in Wolford, the Supreme Court again refused to settle whether 1791 or 1868 controls the Second Amendment’s historical test.

SCOTUS rejects ‘end run’ around Second Amendment protections

John Commerford writes for the Daily Signal about a significant recent US Supreme Court decision. Hawaii’s most recent Second Amendment defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court was both a...

Design Defect Claim That Sig Sauer Fired Without Trigger Pull Not Necessarily Blocked by Second Amendment

From Judge Thomas Thrash (N.D. Ga.) Friday in Harvard v. Sig Sauer, Inc.; note that Harvard is just plaintiff's last… The post Design Defect Claim That Sig Sauer Fired Without Trig...

No Second Amendment Right to Carry Gun on Your Government Job

From Tyson-Phipps v. Rubio, decided yesterday by Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein (S.D.N.Y.): [The Complaint] alleges that defendant's decision to discipline… The post No Second...

Ninth Circuit Forced to Deliver Rare Second Amendment Win Against Hawaii’s ‘Vampire Rule’

The Ninth Circuit reinstated an injunction against Hawaii’s private-property “vampire rule” after the Supreme Court held that the default ban on licensed carry violates the Second...

Cuccinelli to Argue Militia Clause Protects AR-15s in Supreme Court Brief

Ken Cuccinelli is preparing a Supreme Court amicus brief arguing that an AR-15’s suitability for militia use is an affirmative reason for constitutional protection—not an excuse fo...

Louisiana Lets 18-Year-Olds Carry Guns but Denies Them Permits

Louisiana allows adults as young as 18 to carry concealed handguns without permits—but refuses to issue them permits that provide crucial federal school-zone exemptions. FPC says t...

New York Glock Ban Hit With Federal Second Amendment Lawsuit

New York wants dealers facing felony charges for selling common Glock and Glock-style pistols. A new federal lawsuit says the state’s “convertible pistol” law is an unconstitutiona...

No Second Amendment Right to Export Guns (Including to Haiti)

"John Adams, Oliver Ellsworth, Rufus King, Albert Gallatin, Robert Morris, James Monroe, Joseph Story, Jonathan Trumbull, James Madison, Henry Clay, [and] John Quincy Adams ... kne...

Glendale’s $1,078 CCW Fee Puts Second Amendment Out of Reach

Is the Supreme Court’s ‘Common Use’ Test Really Originalist?

The Supreme Court’s “common use” test provides powerful protection for AR-15s and other widely owned firearms. Second Amendment plaintiff Charles Nichols argues, however, that the...

Second Amendment Roundup: $0 Tax Left NFA with No Constitutional Basis

Northern District of Texas decides that registration requirements for non-taxed NFA firearms are no longer grounded in Congress’ power to lay and collect taxes.

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Clyde Leads House Coalition in Pro AR-15 Amicus Brief

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R) is leading a House coalition urging SCOTUS to overturn bans on the AR-15 and similar rifles.  The post EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Clyde Leads House Coalition in Pro AR-1...