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Appeals Civil Rights Law 

Gun Rights

August 26, 2020August 27, 2020 BRIEF
concealed-carry, Guns, New York, Second Amendment, Second Circuit

The Second Circuit upheld the dismissal of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association’s claims that the state’s requirement that anyone who wants to carry a concealed weapon outside the home had to show a “proper cause” to do so. The requirement does not violate the Second Amendment, the court ruled.

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Appeals Civil Rights Criminal Regional 

Concealed Weapon

July 27, 2020July 28, 2020 BRIEF
concealed-carry, firearms, Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a handgun partially tucked into a person’s waistband, leaving the handle visible, does not automatically count as a concealed firearm.

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Civil Rights Law Regional 

New Yorkers Lose Bid to Carry Guns in Public

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 NICK RUMMELL
concealed-carry, Guns, licensing, New York, Second Amendment

In another blow to gun rights groups in New York state, a federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit from two gun owners seeking to overturn the state’s tight restrictions on concealed-carry licenses.

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Courts Government Law 

Ohio Concealed Carry Fee Challenged by Two Gun Owners

May 21, 2018May 22, 2018 DIONNE CORDELL-WHITNEY
concealed-carry, Guns, Ohio

Two gun owners are challenging Ohio’s longstanding law that imposes a fee to obtain a concealed carry license and also prohibits gun owners from accessing loaded firearms from inside a vehicle.

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Civil Rights Government Politics Regional 

DC Circuit Declines En Banc Hearing on Gun Permit Rules

September 29, 2017October 2, 2017 BRANDI BUCHMAN
concealed-carry, en banc, Guns, Washington DC

Local officials who want to see tougher restrictions on conceal-carry permits were dealt a loss Thursday when the D.C. Circuit declined to hold an en banc hearing on a prior ruling that made it easier to get those permits.

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Civil Rights Education Government 

Professors Sue Georgia for Allowing Concealed Guns on Campus

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 KAYLA GOGGIN
college, concealed-carry, Georgia, Guns, higher education

Six professors at University of Georgia colleges sued the state this week, challenging a law that allows students to carry concealed guns on college campuses.

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Civil Rights Law Regional 

Gun Bans

August 25, 2017 BRIEF
concealed-carry, Cook County, forests, Guns, Illinois, Second Amendment

An Illinois man sued to challenge a state law and local ordinance banning firearms in Cook County forest preserves, claiming it unlawfully bars citizens with concealed-carry licenses from carrying a handgun for self-defense “in non-sensitive areas.”

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Appeals Civil Rights Regional 

Court Rejects D.C. Mandate for ‘Good Reason’ to Carry Gun

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 DANIEL W. STAPLES
concealed-carry, Guns, Second Amendment, Washington DC

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday shot down Washington’s requirement that citizens have a “good reason” to fear that their lives are in danger to carry a concealed firearm in the capital city.

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Appeals Civil Rights Courts Government Law National 

SCOTUS Won’t Hear Calif. Gun Rights Case

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 LACEY LOUWAGIE
California, concealed-carry, firearms, Guns, Ninth Circuit, Second Amendment, U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case from a man who sued San Diego County for the right to carry a concealed firearm in public.

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Civil Rights Government 

Gangsters’ Target Sues Police for a Gun Permit

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 CHRISTINE STUART
concealed-carry, Guns, Long Island, New York, Second Amendment

A Long Island man sued his police commissioner for refusing to give him a concealed carry permit, claiming gang members who threatened to kill him two decades ago are being released from prison.

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Education 

Cops Cleared for Arresting Gun-Toting Vice Principal

March 7, 2017July 9, 2018 REBEKAH KEARN
California, concealed-carry, Guns, Police, schools

A federal judge cleared Bakersfield police officers who arrested a junior high school vice principal for having a loaded gun on campus, with a concealed carry permit.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government Politics Regional 

Florida Supreme Court Upholds State Open-Carry Ban

March 3, 2017June 20, 2017 ALEX PICKETT
concealed-carry, firearms, Florida, Guns, Second Amendment

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld state restrictions on openly carrying a firearm, affirming the law does not violate citizens’ Second Amendment rights.

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Appeals Civil Rights 

Pro-Gun States Urge Justices to Take On California

February 17, 2017December 4, 2017 TIM RYAN
California, concealed-carry, Guns, Ninth Circuit, San Diego County, Second Amendment, self-defense, U.S. Supreme Court

Saying high court intervention is needed again on gun rights, the attorneys general of 26 states signed an amicus brief Thursday that calls on the justices to put California’s tough restrictions on concealed-carry permits in their crosshairs.

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