National 2A News

While the “Aloha Spirit” wasn’t invoked in the ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a mixed bag ruling regarding so-called “sensitive places” in cases from Hawaii and California. Some see this as the glass half full while others see it as the glass half empty. Read more and decide for yourself.

A recent ruling by a US District Court judge ruled that an Illinois ban on the legal carry of concealed firearms on public transportation is unconstitutional. The judge’s opinion cites the 2022 Bruen ruling in reaching its conclusion.

Bruen is the SCOTUS gift that just keeps on giving. Most recently, in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a decision was handed down declaring two provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 922 to be unconstitutional. The court held that a person cannot be disarmed merely because they are a user of marijuana. The door was left open for the potential disarmament of a presently intoxicated person though.

In a state not known as friendly to the Second Amendment in general or our God-given right to self-defense, the Massachusetts Supreme Court just ruled 5-0 that switchblades are protected arms.

In a rare, yet constitutionally-based decision, Judge Broomes of the US District Court for the District of Kansas, dismissed a machinegun possession case on Second Amendment grounds. Reading through the judge’s decision, this may be the best application of Bruen yet.

Yet another judge with a disdain for the Second Amendment and a willful ignorance of the Bruen ruling presides over a gun rights case in federal court.

In a yet unexplained turn of events, the NSSF has refused to allow its Director of Research to testify in a Colorado “high capacity magazine” ban lawsuit brought by the National Foundation for Gun Rights. As a result, NFGR has been forced to withdraw its suit.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) just filed a lawsuit in the state of Florida, challenging the state’s ban on open carry, which dates back to segregation-era laws. One of only a small handful of states that ban open carry, the law is unlikely to pass Constitutional muster.

With oral arguments having been heard over a year ago, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit completely disregards established precedent. The court has ruled that “assault weapons” like the AR-15 fall outside the Second Amendment’s protection. Such willful disregard makes this case a great candidate to be heard by SCOTUS during the 2024-2025 term.

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania struck down an unconstitutional law requiring a permit for open carry in a vehicle to be considered lawful. Suarez v. Paris challenged numerous aspects of the state’s Uniform Firearms Act. Some elements were struck and some elements upheld.

Drawing upon precedent in numerous other concurrent Second Amendment cases, yesterday the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas enjoined the ATF’s redefinition of Forced Reset Triggers as “machine guns.”