Second Amendment
370 pieces filed under this topic.
Hawaii’s Anti-Gun Law Comes Back to Life
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower court’s 2021 injunction against Hawaii’s severely restrictive handgun permit law.
Appeals Court Tramples the Second Amendment, Upholding ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
The idea that the government should ban America’s most popular rifle is that politicians are fighting crime, but the opposite is true.
SCOTUS Puts a Stake in the Heart of Hawaii’s ‘Vampire Rule’
Thanks to six Supreme Court justices, it turns out that Second Amendment protections also apply in the Aloha State.
Virginia’s Anti-Gun Laws Under Fire
Will Old Dominion’s legal losing streak continue? The state’s radical Democrats banned various guns, and now they’re headed to court.
That Rocky Mountain High-Capacity Magazine, AR Ban
President Trump’s Justice Department is taking on Colorado’s Second Amendment infringement — gun laws that clearly violate the Constitution.
Shall Not Be Infringed
In the state that produced the author of the U.S. Constitution and the fifth president, James Madison, a foreigner is seeking to disarm Americans.
Virginia Dems Infringe on Second Amendment
The radical Democrat leadership in Virginia pushes unconstitutional gun bans in the name of “safety.”
Bungling the Second Amendment Message
In the wake of Alex Pretti’s death in Minnesota, people on both sides of the political divide have thoroughly botched the explanation about gun rights.
The Right Suddenly Goes Anti-Gun
Republicans are bizarrely pointing to Alex Pretti’s legal possession of a firearm as the problem.
Hawaii Wants to Say ‘Aloha’ to Second Amendment Rights
Several Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical that Hawaii’s restrictions, which pit private property rights against gun rights, meet constitutional muster.
Why America Has the Second Amendment
Recent events attest to the folly of so-called gun control endeavors. In the end, they only serve to enable the lawless at the expense of the law-abiding.
Australia’s Fake Gun Control
Ironically, it turns out that the tragedy at Bondi Beach has hurt the gun controllers’ hopeless cause.
‘Stand Your Ground’ Under Attack
The Wall Street Journal makes a specious case for allowing an aggressor to attack and possibly kill you — and its timing sure seems suspicious.
The FBI’s Gun Data Fail
A new report exposes that the Bureau’s data on instances of armed civilians stopping or preventing mass shootings is inaccurate and vastly undercounted.
The Civil Duty to Protect
The ideal society may not need firearms, as the Left argues, but a civilized society needs firearms to protect itself from uncivilized entities acting in asymmetric and random ways.
Gun Control?
I have read news statements declaring that the shooter in Minneapolis, just as in Nashville, “legally” purchased their firearms. I disagree. Here’s why.
ATF in the Crosshairs
The pro-2A Trump administration rightly wants to downsize the ATF’s bureaucracy, but merging the agency with the DEA creates competing objectives and undermines the mission.
Six Justices Continue Avoiding the Second Amendment
Justice Clarence Thomas was abundantly clear in his dissent: “Until we are vigilant in enforcing it, the right to bear arms will remain ‘a second-class right.’”
Colorado Targets Guns
The Democrat-controlled state legislature has passed what amounts to a near-total ban on all semiautomatic firearms.