Minnesota attorney general seeks to restore state ban on people under 21 carrying guns
5 months, 1 week ago

Minnesota attorney general seeks to restore state ban on people under 21 carrying guns

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to consider restoring a state law that bans people ages 18 to 20 from getting permits to carry guns in public. Ellison argued the panel failed to consider the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June to upholding a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence. “I believe the court erred earlier this month in ruling that the Second Amendment requires Minnesota to allow open carry by youth as young as 18,” Ellison said in a written statement. “Respectfully, I believe the court reached the wrong conclusion on the facts and the history, especially in light of the Supreme Court’s recent, common-sense decision to uphold a federal law criminalizing gun possession by domestic abusers.” In the July decision Ellison is challenging, the three-judge appeals court panel cited a 2022 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights.

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Lawsuit challenges Hawaii’s gun ownership ban for young adults
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lawsuit challenges Hawaii’s gun ownership ban for young adults

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — The latest lawsuit to take aim at Hawaii’s gun laws challenges the state’s ban on gun ownership for young adults 18 to 20 years old, which Second Amendment advocates say is an unconstitutional restriction on the right of Americans to bear arms. “That’s not an accident, but it hasn’t stopped extremists from attacking Hawai’i’s gun laws at every …

Trump-Appointed Judge Deals Major Blow To Gun Reform
2 months ago

Trump-Appointed Judge Deals Major Blow To Gun Reform

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A federal judge overturned an Illinois assault weapons ban Friday, contending that the law enacted in response to the 2022 mass shooting at a Highland Park parade violated the Second Amendment in its entirety. The 168-page ruling, by Donald Trump-appointee Stephen McGlynn, deals a sharp blow to reformers and marks the latest major court ruling to expand …

Massachusetts strikes down a 67-year-old switchblade ban, cites landmark Supreme Court gun decision
4 months, 1 week ago

Massachusetts strikes down a 67-year-old switchblade ban, cites landmark Supreme Court gun decision

Associated Press  

Residents of Massachusetts are now free to arm themselves with switchblades after a 67-year-old restriction was struck down following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 landmark decision on gun rights and the Second Amendment. In its decision, the Supreme Judicial Court reviewed this history of knives and pocket knives from colonial times in following U.S. Supreme Court guidance to focus on …

Federal judge says New Jersey’s ban on AR-15 rifles is unconstitutional
5 months, 1 week ago

Federal judge says New Jersey’s ban on AR-15 rifles is unconstitutional

Associated Press  

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s ban on the AR-15 rifle is unconstitutional, but the state’s cap on magazines over 10 rounds passes constitutional muster, a federal judge said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan’s 69-page opinion says he was compelled to rule as he did because of the Supreme Court’s rulings in firearms cases, particularly the 2022 Bruen decision that …

Federal judge says New Jersey’s ban on AR-15 rifles is unconstitutional
5 months, 1 week ago

Federal judge says New Jersey’s ban on AR-15 rifles is unconstitutional

LA Times  

An AR-15-style rifle is fired at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives facility in Martinsburg, W.Va. New Jersey’s ban on the AR-15 rifle is unconstitutional, but the state’s cap on magazines over 10 rounds passes constitutional muster, a federal judge said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan’s 69-page opinion says he was compelled to rule as he did …

Minnesota’s ban on gun carry permits for young adults is unconstitutional, appeals court rules
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Minnesota’s ban on gun carry permits for young adults is unconstitutional, appeals court rules

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s law that bans people ages 18 to 20 from getting permits to carry guns in public is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, affirming a lower court decision that concluded the Second Amendment guarantees the rights of young adults to bear arms for self-defense. And it established a new test for evaluating challenges to gun restrictions, …

Supreme Court sidesteps several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court sidesteps several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. The moves came after the justices upheld a gun law intended to protect victims …

Pennsylvania can’t stop young adults from openly carrying guns during emergencies, US court rules
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania can’t stop young adults from openly carrying guns during emergencies, US court rules

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Young adults in Pennsylvania cannot be arrested for openly carrying guns in public during a declared state of emergency, at least while a court fight over the issue plays out, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. “Our question is whether the commissioner has borne his burden of proving that evidence of founding-era regulations supports Pennsylvania’s restriction on 18-to-20- …

US appeals court says people convicted of nonviolent offenses shouldn’t face lifetime gun ban
1 year, 7 months ago

US appeals court says people convicted of nonviolent offenses shouldn’t face lifetime gun ban

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — A U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday that nonviolent offenders should not be subject to lifetime gun bans, the latest fallout from a recent Supreme Court decision that instructs judges to look to history and tradition to weigh the constitutionality of gun control laws. “Range remains one of ‘the people’ protected by the Second Amendment, and his eligibility to …

Banning gun sales to young American adults under 21 is unconstitutional, judge rules
1 year, 7 months ago

Banning gun sales to young American adults under 21 is unconstitutional, judge rules

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that a law banning licensed federal firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under 21 violates the Second Amendment and is unconstitutional. Payne’s ruling is the latest decision striking down gun laws in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year that changed the test courts have …

Minnesota Court of Appeals rejects abortion challenge bid
1 year, 9 months ago

Minnesota Court of Appeals rejects abortion challenge bid

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected an attempt by the Traverse County prosecutor to appeal a judge’s decision last year that threw out most of the state’s restrictions on abortion as unconstitutional. Ramsey County District Judge Thomas Gilligan ruled last July, in a lawsuit filed by abortion rights supporters, that Minnesota’s restrictions — including …

Minnesota gun ruling is latest citing Supreme Court decision
1 year, 9 months ago

Minnesota gun ruling is latest citing Supreme Court decision

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal court ruling that a Minnesota law prohibiting 18-to-20-year-olds from obtaining permits to carry handguns in public is unconstitutional remained on hold Monday while the state pursues a potential appeal. A reluctant U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez struck down the state law on Friday, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on gun rights last …

Judge halts New Jersey’s stricter gun carry law, for now
2 years ago

Judge halts New Jersey’s stricter gun carry law, for now

Associated Press  

TRENTON, N.J. — Suggesting that New Jersey’s recent concealed carry law infringes on the public’s Second Amendment rights, a federal judge on Monday put a temporary hold on the legislation drafted after the U.S. Supreme Court expanded gun rights last year. “As Plaintiffs lament, the challenged provisions force a person permitted to carry a firearm in New Jersey to navigate …

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Minnesota State Fair gun ban
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Minnesota State Fair gun ban

Raw Story  

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by gun rights activists challenging the Minnesota State Fair’s ban on guns, ruling the ban does not violate the activists’ Second Amendment rights. “At the same time, it’s unconscionable for a subdivision of government, like the State Fair, to prevent a law-abiding citizen from exercising their constitutional right to bear arms.” …

Court: California’s under-21 gun sales ban unconstitutional
2 years, 7 months ago

Court: California’s under-21 gun sales ban unconstitutional

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that California’s ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday the law violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms and a San Diego judge should have blocked what it called “an almost total ban on semiautomatic centerfire rifles” for …

Supreme Court seems poised to expand Second Amendment rights and strike down NY handgun law
3 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court seems poised to expand Second Amendment rights and strike down NY handgun law

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court seemed ready to expand Second Amendment rights after hearing arguments for over two hours and expressing skepticism about a New York law that restricts individuals from carrying concealed handguns outside the home for self-defense. Residents must show that they have a great need for the license and that they face a “special or unique danger …

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