Gun advocates have doggedly petitioned the Supreme Court for a review of assault weapons bans despite the justices’ reluctance to put the issue on their docket until now.
The ruling comes four days after a judge on the opposite side of the state blocked Virginia State Police from enforcing the ban on high-capacity semi-automatic weapons and magazines holding more than 15 rounds.
The case brought by Gun Owners of America and the Virginia Citizens Defense League happened as the NRA argued for similar relief nearly 400 miles away.
Hawaii enacted a default gun law requiring permission for carrying on private property after the Supreme Court upended the island’s tight firearm restrictions in 2022.
A magistrate judge dismissed three claims in a lawsuit brought by passengers in boxer Terence Crawford’s car who say Omaha police unlawfully detained them at gunpoint during a traffic stop.
A Ninth Circuit panel heard arguments Tuesday over whether California can restrict semiautomatic rifle sales to 18- to 20-year-olds and require hunting licenses for some firearm purchases.
The case differed from other similar efforts to block the ban in that it focused on a clause governing militias in the Virginia Constitution.
The latest iteration of the high court’s Second Amendment history test juxtaposed modern-day drug users and founding-era habitual drunkards.
A three-judge panel called the law prohibiting 18- to 20-year-olds from holding concealed carry permits unconstitutional — a position conceded by the state attorney general.
A three-judge panel in January reversed a lower court that sided with the state, leading to Wednesday's hearing before the en banc court.
A Manhattan jury in 2024 found that LaPierre spent NRA donor funds on designer Italian suits, private flights and insider contracts.
