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Law Enforcement Officers Are Part of “the People”, Not Above Them 0
- Other Courts, Prohibition of Arms
- December 11, 2023
Originally published on Reason.com Two weeks ago, I filed an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in Colorado, in Gates v. Polis, a case challenging the Colorado legislature’s 2013 ban on magazines over 15 rounds. The brief was on behalf of Sheriffs and law enforcement training organizations: the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, the
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Preliminary Injunction Against New York Bans on Licensed Carry 0
- Other Courts
- November 7, 2022
Originally published on Reason.com Today U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby issued a preliminary injunction against many portions of New York’s recently enacted “Concealed Carry Improvement Act.” The act had been passed shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which upheld the Second Amendment right to
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Fourth Circuit Amicus Brief on Maryland Handgun Licensing Law 0
- Other Courts, Particular Gun Controls
- August 10, 2022
Originally published on Reason.com Today Joseph Greenlee and I filed an amicus brief in the Fourth Circuit case Maryland Shall Issue v. Hogan. Our brief is on behalf of the Firearms Policy Coalition Action Foundation (where he works) and Independence Institute (the Denver think tank where I work). The case had previously appeared in the Fourth
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Ninth Circuit Holds There Is No Right To Bear Arms Outside the Home 0
- Other Courts
- April 1, 2021
Originally published on Reason.com The en banc Ninth Circuit last week held that the Second Amendment does not extend to open public firearm carriage. The new in Young v. State of Hawaii complements the Circuit’s en banc from five years earlier, Peruta v. San Diego, which held that concealed carry is outside the Second Amendment. According to the Ninth
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Magazine Confiscation Splits Third and Ninth Circuits 0
- Other Courts
- September 8, 2020
Originally published on Reason.com California and New Jersey have enacted laws to confiscate firearms magazines holding more than 10 rounds. On Aug. 14, a 2-1 panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled California’s confiscation unconstitutional, in Duncan v. Becerra. The Third Circuit, Sept. 1, upheld by 2-1 confiscation in New Jersey in Association of New Jersey Rifle
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Preliminary Injunction against Dysfunctional California Ammunition Background Checks 0
- Other Courts, Particular Gun Controls
- April 24, 2020
Originally published on Reason.com On April 23, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California issued a preliminary injunction against California’s background check law for ammunition purchases. As the court found, the failed system improperly prevents lawful purchases by very large numbers of law-abiding citizens. Starting in 2018, California prohibited consumers from purchasing ammunition
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