For years, gun control activists tried to force the federal government to regulate all kinds of objects that do not meet the legal definition of a “firearm.” Now, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) are doing the work for them.
Never let anyone tell you that the movement for gun rights is marginal, or confined to one demographic.
Recently, Joel Osterhoudt of Reason published an interesting piece recognizing the rise in Second Amendment “sanctuary” states and cities across the nation. But in recognizing this important revelation in protecting individual rights, the article confuses two very distinct concepts—Anti-Commandeering and Nullification.
Gun control disproportionately impacts the poor and minorities and puts them at greater risk of prosecution.
Denver, CO – July 16, 2021 – As the Supreme Court moves toward its first major firearms decision in over a decade, Mountain States Legal Foundation’s Center to Keep and…
Case Summary Contrary to the natural rights of the People, as protected by the Second Amendment, ordinary citizens of New York are unable to carry firearms for self-defense outside the…
Recently, President Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ), along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), issued two proposed rules to “reinterpret” (see: make new law) existing federal gun control statutes.
Mountain States Legal Foundation’s Center to Keep and Bear Arms (CKBA) is urging the United States Supreme Court to take up an appeal brought by George K. Young, Jr., who has fought—since 2011—to have constitutionally protected gun rights honored in Hawaii.
Hawaii’s open carry permitting scheme is so restrictive that it constitutes a de facto ban.
Since 2018, with limited exception, New Jersey has banned the possession of firearm magazines able to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. But these magazines are protected by the Second Amendment and are commonly owned, often as a standard part of guns kept by law-abiding Americans. New Jersey’s ban on these magazines violates the People’s natural right to keep and bear arms, as protected by the Second Amendment. Accordingly, the Center to Keep and Bear Arms filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing against New Jersey’s unconstitutional ban.