Year: 2021

SCOTUS takes up the first 2A case in 10 years. Below is my column in the Hill on the makings of a blockbuster case in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, the first major gun rights case before the Supreme Court in ten years. Justices have been openly discussing a case

Major victory for gun rights. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In a major legal victory for gun rights organizations, the state Supreme Court has upheld the right of organizations and individuals to sue municipalities that enact gun safety measures. Pennsylvania has a state preemption law that forbids municipalities from enacting their own gun legislation. But many communities

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN LIGHT OF THE EFFORTS TO DISARM LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS IN THE NAME OF “GUN SAFETY”. THERE IS NOTHING SAFE FOR A DISARMED POPULACE. History has shown us again and again that when a nation is disarmed by their government, tyranny follows. Adolph Hitler famously said, “To conquer a nation,

‘The Patriots at Lexington and Concord who refused government arms confiscation orders were all criminals in the eyes of the law. Coincidentally, their firearms all qualified as “ghost guns.”’ U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart announced proposed legislation on Thursday that would ban the sale and possession of ghost guns,” Fox 2 reported Friday. “Sheriff Dart

Bow and Arrow-free zones needed. Steve mentioned a bizarre news story out of a small town in Norway, where an apparently deranged individual armed with a bow and arrows killed five people and wounded three others. The case is now generating controversy because police were quickly alerted to the threat, but were unable to stop the murderer because they

Excellent article from 2017 but still on target and nothing has changed. There are several reasons Second Amendment advocates aren’t running to your side of the argument, and it might not be the ones you think. I’ve seen my friends and colleagues on the Left side of the gun control debate dumbfounded at why Second

“…[former Solicitor General Paul] Clement begins his thorough takedown of New York’s defense by noting that the state has in essence conceded that a right to bear arms outside the home exists, and now they’re just arguing over how much the state can intrude on that right.” In less than a month the Supreme Court

109 Penn State Law Review 17 (2004). In PDF. More by Kopel on Judaism. I. Introduction The first five books of the Bible are sometimes called the Pentateuch. Jews call them the Torah, which means “teaching” or “instruction.”[1] The Torah is by far the most important of Jewish scriptures. The Jewish Bible contains the same

“Gun rights groups want federal courts to apply a more strict standard when deciding when laws can prohibit gun ownership. Under that more restrictive approach, states would have to demonstrate a compelling interest and also show that the law was written as narrowly as possible to achieve that government interest.” WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court

“If the right to bear arms was intended to preserve slavery, why did civil-rights leaders insist that black Americans should be armed to protect themselves?” Left-wing academic Carol Anderson’s new book, The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America, is all over the news. “The Second Amendment is not about guns — it’s about anti-Blackness,