2nd amendment

How Magazine Bans Thwart Self-Defense 0
- Prohibition of Arms
- June 21, 2025
Originally published on Reason.com Proponents of bans on standard firearms magazines claim that the bans do not affect lawful self-defense, and do impair mass shooters. Supposedly, victims will be able to escape or fight back during the “critical pause” when a mass shooter is swapping magazines. The claims are not plausible, as explained in an amicus
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Colorado’s “Progressive” Clowns Trample on U.S. Constitution 0
- CONSTITUTION
- April 16, 2025
Colorado’s legislative Bozos have decided to get clever—or what in Clownland passes for clever.
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The Supreme Court’s New “Bump Stock” Firearms Case: A Victory for Gunowners and a Defeat for the “Deep State”0
- CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court
- June 25, 2024
The real significance of this case is that it tells us the notorious “Chevron doctrine” is on the way out.
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Preview of Supreme Court Bump Stock Case 0
- Prohibition of Arms, Supreme Court
- February 27, 2024
Originally published on Reason.com Tomorrow, February 28, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Garland v. Cargill; the case challenges the administrative prohibition on bump stocks imposed by the Trump and Biden administrations, via interpretation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). The Supreme Court docket is here. I co-authored an amicus
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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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The Solicitor General’s Response to my Amicus Brief in Rahimi 0
- Supreme Court
- October 31, 2023
Originally published on Reason.com On November 7, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the only Second Amendment merits case this term, United States v. Rahimi. (Docket page.) In that case, twenty-one amicus briefs urged the Court to affirm the Fifth Circuit’s decision. On October 25, the Solicitor General, who is asking the Supreme Court
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