Cory Booker’s Unsafe Gun Control Ideas
MSLF attorney Cody Wisniewski was cited by Reason magazine, explaining why California’s gun regulations, similar to those proposed by Senator Booker, could actually make guns less safe.
Second Amendment
New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York
New York's Second Amendment Showdown
New York City officials act as if they believe the Second Amendment does not apply to them. They made it illegal to transport a licensed, locked, and unloaded handgun to a home or shooting range outside of city limits. This regulation must be overturned.
The Litigator
MSLF Files Appeal on Behalf of Boulder, Colorado Firearms Owners
Boulder city council members voted unanimously to ban some of the most commonly owned firearms and magazines in the United States. Council members also raised the age of legal gun ownership in the city from 18 to 21.
Caldara v. City of Boulder
Our Freedom Includes the Right to Self-Defense
The city of Boulder imposed a sweeping ban of the most popular and widely-owned firearms and magazines in America. Residents of Boulder now face heavy fines and jail time for the mere possession of firearms that are legal throughout the United States. In a blatant act of discrimination against a political minority, the city council also unconstitutionally raised the minimum age for firearm possession in Boulder city limits to twenty-one.
Nesbitt v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
2nd Amendment Rights Must Be Protected on Federal Lands
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees vast areas of recreational lands that are open to the public, unconstitutionally prohibits visitors from exercising their Second Amendment protected right to self-defense in every way imaginable. Thanks to Mountain States’ victory on behalf of its clients, Elizabeth Nesbitt and Alan Baker, the Corps of Engineers is currently prohibited from enforcing its unconstitutional ordinance in the State of Idaho.
Morris v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether the total ban by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the possession of functional firearms for self-defense on Corps-managed lands violates the Second Amendment? Plaintiffs:…
Bonidy v. United States Postal Service
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Second Amendment prohibits the Postal Service from denying the right to keep and bear arms on Post Office property? Plaintiffs: Tab Bonidy; National Association for…
Mishaga v. Monken
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Second Amendment prohibits a State from denying the right to keep and bear arms to nonresidents? Plaintiff: Ellen Mishaga Defendant: Jonathon E. Monken, Director of…
Baker v. Drozdoff
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to possess functional firearms in tents within state parks? Plaintiff: Al Baker Defendant: Allen Biaggi, Director of the…
McDonald v. City of Chicago
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is incorporated as against the States by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities or Due Process Clauses?…