Firearm Related News Stories
Far Left Tennessee Democrat Loses It After His Anti-Gun Bill Is Defeated - March 28, 2025
Chaos erupted in a Tennessee House Criminal Justice Subcommittee meeting this week, as far-left State Representative Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) lost his cool in a dramatic outburst. After his anti-gun bill was soundly defeated, Pearson, unable to handle the rejection, lunged at a Republican colleague in a fit of rage. The volatile scene unfolded with Pearson hurling insults and pointing fingers, a clear demonstration of the left’s growing intolerance for opposing views and their increasingly desperate attempts to push divisive, far-left agendas.
Washington Democrats Advance Permit To Purchase Bill - February 28, 2025
Washington state lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday requiring a "permit-to-purchase" to buy and possess firearms.
The Appropriations Committee approved House Bill 1163 on Thursday, setting the stage for the Rules Committee to schedule a floor debate before sending it to the Senate for consideration. If approved, Washington would join several states mandating the permit system.
Former Gov. Jay Inslee asked his party to pass the legislation years ago, but attempts in 2023 ended with Democrats removing the "permit-to-purchase language." Instead, the Legislature passed a bill requiring mandatory background checks, waiting periods and safety training.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_a955165e-f61d-11ef-bdf1-8749bbf8574f.html
Federal Judge Puts Maine 3 Day Waiting Period On Hold - February 14, 2025
A federal judge on Thursday put a hold on a new three-day waiting period for gun purchases in Maine after reviewing a lawsuit filed against the rule by gun rights groups.
Maine's new gun rule took effect in August and was one of several gun control measures the state's Democratic-controlled Legislature passed after an Army reservist killed 18 people in Lewiston in October 2023 in the deadliest shooting in state history. Gun rights advocates challenged the waiting period law and asked for it to be paused pending the outcome of their case.
The gun advocates contend the law violates their 2nd Amendment rights. Federal judge Lance Walker wrote that the act "employs no standard at all to justify disarming individuals," and that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed.
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/02/14/gun-rights-advocates-notch-big-win-in-maine-n1227680
President Trump Signs Executive Order To Protect 2nd Amendment Rights - February 8, 2025
President Donald Trump took a bold step this week by issuing an executive order to evaluate potential violations of Americans' constitutional right to keep and bear arms. This decisive move reflects Trump's unwavering commitment to protecting the Second Amendment and ensuring that law-abiding citizens can exercise their right to self-defense without government overreach. In an era where liberal policies have increasingly targeted gun ownership, Trump’s order serves as a reminder that safeguarding American’s freedoms is a top priority.
Trump took his first action as the 47th President to protect the Second Amendment and fulfill his promises to advocate for Americans' right to bear arms. The executive order stressed the importance of preserving security and liberty in the U.S., adding that 2A is a fundamental right Americans hold to own a firearm to protect themselves, their family, and their neighbors.
The executive order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to review various federal orders, regulations, guidance, and international agreements to identify any "ongoing infringements" on constitutional gun rights. Within 30 days, Bondi must present a proposed plan of action to the President through the Domestic Policy Advisor to protect all Americans' Second Amendment rights. Following this, Bondi will finalize and implement the plan.
National Reciprocity Bill Introduced - January 10, 2025
Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced a bill that would allow those who possess concealed carry licenses in their states to carry firearms in all 50 states.
If passed, the bill could be a massive victory for Second Amendment rights, which have been under attack in blue states after the Supreme Court’s ruling in New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
Kennedy said the bill "would affirm Americans' fundamental liberties while respecting every state's right to make their own laws," in a press release.
Cornyn noted that the proposed legislation “would reduce unnecessary burdens for law-abiding citizens and allow them to carry a concealed firearm in every state that permits it.”
Several other Republican lawmakers have cosponsored the measure.
The law aims to standardize concealed carry laws by ensuring that those who have gone through the process to obtain a license will not be prohibited from carrying their firearms in other states.
The legislation would bar states from imposing additional restrictions on non-residents who have a license that go further than laws that apply to residents.
Federal COurt Rules Non-Violent Felons Can Own Guns - December 26, 2024
A nonviolent conviction from the mid-1990s shouldn't interfere with a Delaware man's right to arm himself, the Third Circuit ruled en banc, doubling down on a previous finding that was vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"We are pleased that the en banc Third Circuit has once again held that it is unconstitutional to disarm Bryan Range on the basis of a decades-old, nonviolent offense," Peter Patterson, Range's attorney, told Courthouse News Tuesday following the opinion’s late Monday evening release.
In its 13-2 ruling, the appellate court reversed a federal court decision that barred a Range from gun ownership after he fraudulently obtained $2,458 in food stamps approximately three decades ago. The circuit court was in favor of reinstating Second Amendment rights to Range, who pleaded guilty to welfare fraud in 1995, was sentenced to probation and was unknowingly stripped of those rights by federal law because the crime was punishable by over a year in prison.
Federal Judge Strikes Down New York Restriction On Carrying On Private Property - October 12, 2024
A federal judge said a newly enacted state law that bans licensed firearms owners from carrying concealed weapons on all private property, unless the owners permit weapons with a sign or by express consent, violates the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
"At least as to private property open to the public (the subject of this motion), New York's restriction is unconstitutional," wrote U.S. District Court John Sinatra, Jr., a Trump appointee.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-gun-control-regime-handed-defeat-court
Ninth Circuit Issues Mixed Ruling On Guns In 'Sensitive Places' - September 7, 2024
California may enforce its recent ban on guns in 'sensitive places' when it comes to parks and playgrounds, bars and restaurants that serve alcohol, casinos, stadiums, amusement parks, zoos, libraries, museums, athletic facilities and the parking areas associated with them, a federal appellate court ruled Friday.
However, the state may not enforce similar restrictions in hospitals or other medical facilities, on public transit, at places of worship or financial institutions, or in the parking areas associated with or shared by those places, the three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined.
Pennsylvania House Passes 'Ghost Gun' Bill - April 6, 2024
A proposal to ban the purchase, sale, and production of untraceable gun parts passed the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives last Wednesday, with Democrats in the House using their majority to propel gun control after years of stagnation in a divided state government.
The legislation passed the House 104-97, with almost all Democrats and three Republicans voting in favor of it.
The bill will likely face a cold reception in the GOP-controlled state Senate, which has not taken up gun control measures advanced by the House this session.
So-termed "ghost guns" are firearms that don't have serial numbers, making them difficult to trace. The measure would criminalize the sale of firearms or firearm parts without serial numbers. Anyone who purchases a gun or gun part, such as a muffler or silencer, that lacks a serial number would also face felony charges.
https://philasun.com/local/pennsylvania-house-advances-measure-to-prohibit-ghost-guns/
South Carolina Governor Signs Constitutional Carry Into Law - March 7, 2024
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday signed permitless carry into law, marking the second Republican led state in two days to adopt constitutional carry gun laws.
"This new law will provide strict increased penalties for illegal gun use and possession by criminals. Now, law enforcement, prosecutors and judges can keep career violent criminals behind bars where they belong, where they can no longer hurt innocent South Carolinians," McMaster said this week of the legislation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/south-carolina-becomes-29th-state-nation-constitutional-carry-law
Louisiana Governor Signs Constitutionall Carry Into Law - March 5, 2024
Louisiana became the 28th state in the nation to enshrine into law the right of its residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit.
"Today, we join 27 other states in passing Constitutional Carry. I promised the folks of Louisiana that I would champion Constitutional Carry into law, and within two months, I have honored that commitment," Republican Gov. Jeff Landry told Fox News Digital.
"It's fundamentally clear; law abiding citizens should never have to seek government permission to safeguard themselves and their families. Today, we have secured an incredible victory for liberty in Louisiana. I want to thank Louisiana’s NRA members for their great work."
The law goes into effect July 4th, 2024
Hawaii Supreme Court Rules Citizens Have No Right To Carry Firearms In Public - February 8, 2024
Hawaii's highest court on Wednesday ruled that Second Amendment rights as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court do not extend to Hawaii citizens, citing the "spirit of Aloha."
In the ruling, which was penned by Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins, the court determined that states "retain the authority to require" individuals to hold proper permits before carrying firearms in public. The decision also concluded that the Hawaii Constitution broadly "does not afford a right tp carry firearms in public places for self defense, further pointing to the "spirit of Aloha" and even quoting HBO's TV drama "The Wire."
"Article I, section 17 of the Hawaii Constitution mirrors the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution," the Hawaii Supreme Court decision states. "We read those words differently than the current United States Supreme Court. We hold that in Hawaii there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public."
Biden Tries To Push Gun Control Via Executive Order - January 25, 2024
President Joe Biden is coming for your guns; if you needed any more of a reason to vote him out of office.
On Thursday, the White House announced that Biden would use executive action to further restrict law-abiding American citizen's right to the Second Amendment.
However, this time, the president's actions will be designed to take action against gun storage.
Biden's executive action will "promote safe storage of firearms that implement President Biden's Executive Order on promoting safe gun storage in order to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer," according to a White House statement.
In the 14-page document that outlines how gun owners can store their weapons to prevent children or others in the home from accessing them, the White House claims that safe storage of firearms can reduce "school shootings, youth suicides, unintentional shootings, and theft of firearms."
The Biden Department of Justice is expected to release guidelines in a nationwide letter to school principals. The note urges school staff to talk to parents of school children about gun storage safety, providing them with a communication template school leaders can use when talking with parents about firearm storage.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/25/biden-implements-more-gun-control-n2634180
Federal Court Strikes Down Pennsylvania Ban On Carrying During Emergencies - January 18, 2024
The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Pennsylvania laws that ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying firearms in public during a state of emergency are unconstitutional.
The federal appeals court cited a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights and marked the latest instance of a court striking down a gun law after the Supreme Court's conservative majority changed the landscape of firearms regulation with its June 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
U.S. Circuit Judge Kent Jordan wrote that "It is undisputed that 18-to-20-year-olds are among 'the people' for other constitutional rights such as the right to vote, freedom of speech, peaceable assembly, government petitions, and the right against unreasonable government searches and seizures."
California Ban On Concealed Carry Blocked By Federal Court - January 6, 2024
A new California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places was once again blocked from taking effect Saturday as a court case challenging it continues.
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel dissolved a temporary hold on a lower court injunction blocking the law. The hold was issued by a different 9th Circuit panel and had allowed the law to go into effect Jan. 1.
Saturday's decision keeps in place a Dec. 20 ruling by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney blocking the law. Carney said that it violates the Second Amendment and that gun rights groups would likely prevail in proving it unconstitutional.
The law, signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, prohibits people from carrying concealed guns in 26 types of places including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks and zoos. The ban applies regardless of whether a person has a concealed carry permit.
California Ban On Gus In Most Public Places To Go Into effect Jan 1 After Federal Court Ruling - December 30, 2023
A federal appeals court on Saturday put a temporary injunction on hold for a California law that would bar most gun owners from carrying guns in many public spaces, including banks, playgrounds and churches, that goes into effect on New Year's Day.
The Dec. 20 injunction called the law, "sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court" after gun owners, the California Rifle & Pistol Association, the Second Amendment Foundation and Gun Owners of America sued over it.
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney wrote in his Dec. 20 ruling that the law, "turns nearly every public place in California into a 'sensitive place,' effectively abolishing the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding and exceptionally qualified citizens to be armed and to defend themselves in public."
The law was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September, and prohibits gun owners from carrying firearms in 26 types of "sensitive" places and would include permit holders. It also bars owners from carrying concealed weapons in a privately owned business open to the public; like a restaurantl unless the owner posts a sign that concealed guns are allowed.
Federal Judge Refuses To Block Massachusetts Assault Weapon Ban - December 23, 2023
A federal judge in Massachusetts shut down an attempt to block the state's assault weapons ban Friday, arguing that the law does not break with recent Supreme Court precedent that has severely shaken gun control legislation.
District Judge Dennis Saylor said the state ban keeps with “historical tradition” of gun control regulation, after the high court ruled last year in the landmark New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen decision that all gun control legislation must keep with that tradition.
"The relevant history affirms the principle that in 1791, as now, there was a tradition of regulating 'dangerous and unusual' weapons - specifically, those that are not reasonably necessary for self-defense," Saylor wrote.
Federal Judge Denies Injunction In Illinois 'Assault Weapon' Registration Lawsuit - December 22, 2023
The decision by U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn isn’t exactly unexpected. In fact, he hinted that he was inclined to deny the request during a hearing earlier this month. But today's order does come with a silver lining for gun owners and the plaintiffs who are challenging the state's ban on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines, as well as its requirement that existing owners register their prohibited firearms with the state by January 1, 2024.
In his decision, McGlynn made it clear that he still has grave concerns about the constitutionality of the Protect Illinois Communities Act and the "emergency" rules that are in the process of being promulgated by the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, and one of the reasons McGlynn gave for not issuing an injunction now is that it could delay giving gun owners the relief they’re asking for.
Federal Judge Strikes Down Californi Sensitve Places Bill - December 21, 2023
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez isn't the only Second Amendment 'saint' in California who miraculously adheres to the text, tradition, and history of the right to keep and bear arms. Judge Cormac Carney has delivered a stern rebuke of his own to state lawmakers who imposed a host of new “sensitive places” where lawful concealed carry is forbidden, granting an injunction against their enforcement just a little more than a week before the state’s carry'killer legislation known as SB 2 is set to take effect.
In a 43-page opinion handed down late Wednesday, Carney described SB 2 as "repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court." The law "turns nearly every public place in California into a 'sensitive place,'" according to Carney, "effectively abolishing the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding and exceptionally qualified citizens to be armed and to defend themselves in public."
Carney ruled in favor of the gun owners and Second Amendment organizations who brought the May v. Bonta and Carralerro v. Bonta litigation on every one of their challenges; granting an injunction against the following 'gun-free zones" established under SB 2
Supreme Court allows Illinois semiautomatic weapons ban to stay in place - December 15, 2023
The Supreme Court has allowed an Illinois law banning high-powered semiautomatic weapons to remain in place.
In a Thursday order with no noted dissents or explanation of its decision, the Supreme Court denied a request from the National Association for Gun rights, which asked for a preliminary injunction.
The ban, signed by Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in January, includes penalties for individuals who, "carries or possesses… manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or purchases any assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-allows-illinois-semiautomatic-weapons-ban-stay-place
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