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Appeals court backs Hawaii’s gun permit window, inspection mandate

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Hawaii’s requirements that gun owners have 30 days to use a permit to acquire a handgun and some new guns have to be brought...

SAF Files Amicus Brief in Massachusetts Challenging Carry Permit Denials

SAF and partners are challenging Massachusetts carry permit denials in Pratt v. Westbrook. Their brief argues that allowing officials to deny permits based on subjective “unsuitabi...

SAF Files Amicus Brief Challenging Subjective Firearm Permit Denial

SAF filed an amicus brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court supporting A.A.R.’s appeal of his denied firearm ID card. SAF argues the state’s subjective “character or temperament” s...

Appeals Court Rules Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales Unconstitutional

By Jill McLaughlin The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2–1 against the federal government’s ban on interstate transfers of handguns on Sept. 18, finding the nearly 60-year-old...

SAF Challenge to Non-Resident LTC Process in Massachusetts Advances

A federal judge has rejected the government’s bid to dismiss SAF’s lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’ licensing process for non-residents. The suit targets lengthy waits, mandatory...

DOJ Sets Start for Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Program

A grant removes only the federal disability covered by the application. It does not cancel an independent state or tribal prohibition, and it does not excuse firearm possession bef...

SAF Files Opening Brief with Supreme Court in ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Lawsuit

The Second Amendment Foundation and partners filed an opening brief with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging assault weapons bans in Illinois and Connecticut, arguing states cannot...

New: 9th Circuit Upholds Hawaii Handgun Permit Deadline

Gun Rights Groups Ask Supreme Court to End Lifetime Gun Bans for Nonviolent Felons

Joseph Johnson’s 2015 marijuana-cultivation conviction left him barred from possessing firearms or ammunition. NRA, FPC and SAF are asking the Supreme Court to hear his challenge,...

SAF Urges Supreme Court to Reject Lifetime Gun Bans for Nonviolent Felons

SAF and NRA urge the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lifetime firearms ban for nonviolent felons in Johnson v. United States, arguing Bruen and Rahimi require gun restrictions to al...

Restriction on Handgun Sales to Out-of-State Residents Violates Second Amendment

So held Elite Precision Customs L.L.C. v. BATFE, decided today by Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith, joined by Kurt Engelhardt;… The post Restriction on Handgun Sales to Out-of-State...

The 3rd Circuit Upholds the Gun Rights of a Man Who Committed a Nonviolent Misdemeanor 2 Decades Ago

The appeals court said it was unconstitutional to permanently disarm Edward Williams based on a 2005 DUI conviction.

Denial of Pistol Permit Based on Allegedly "Unsubstantiated" Past Allegations of Sexual Misconduct and Child Abuse

The government's argument, which the court apparently found persuasive: "The denial was not arbitrary but based on documented allegations, even if unsubstantiated."

Third Circuit Rejects Lifetime Gun Ban Over Decades-Old DUI Conviction

Edward Williams won his nine-year fight against a federal gun ban triggered by a 2005 DUI conviction. A companion Third Circuit ruling upheld disarmament tied to violent threats, l...

Ninth Circuit upholds HawaiК»i firearm licensing requirements

In theВ opinion, the court upheld HawaiК»i's requirements establishing a 30-day period to use a permit to acquire a handgun and requiring certain newly acquired firearms to be brou...

Court Rules Man With Drunk Driving Convictions Can’t Be Stripped Of Gun Rights

by Harold Hutchison at CDN - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that multiple drunk driving convictions were not sufficient to strip a person’s gun rights. Under 18 USC 922(g)(...

SAF Seeks Supreme Court Review in New York ‘Sensitive Places’ Carry Ban 

SAF and partners are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review New York’s “sensitive places” carry ban in Christian v. James. After victories challenging private-property restriction...

Second Amendment Roundup: 5th Circuit En Banc to Rehear Felon Gun Ban Cases

Two cases raise Commerce Clause and Second Amendment issues.

Second Amendment Rights Not Forfeited by Past Drunk Driving Conviction

From yesterday's Third Circuit en banc opinion in Williams v. Attorney General, written by Judge Paul Matey (and citing, among… The post Second Amendment Rights Not Forfeited by Pa...

Ninth Circuit Flips Bruen’s Burden to Uphold Hawaii Gun-Purchase Restrictions

A divided Ninth Circuit reversed another Second Amendment victory, treating Hawaii’s handgun-permit deadline and police-inspection mandate as presumptively constitutional because t...

Massachusetts Fails to Kill Lawsuit Over Nonresident Carry Permit Delays

Massachusetts failed to dismiss the central claims in an SAF lawsuit alleging that recurring delays, one-year licenses, and no renewal grace period leave nonresident gun owners dis...

Washington’s new gun permit system moves ahead as one sheriff calls law ‘insane’

(The Center Square) - Washington’s new permit-to-purchase requirement for firearms is moving from the statehouse to implementation, with the Washington State Patrol now building th...

Hanaway sues ATF to defend the Second Amendment and stop unlawful federal overreach

The complaint argues the federal government’s restrictions are unconstitutional as applied to suppressors and short‑barreled rifles.

SAF Challenges New Jersey Gun Permit Denial Over Protected Speech

New Jersey upheld a firearm purchaser identification card denial based partly on offensive online posts. SAF argues protected speech cannot become grounds for denying Second Amendm...