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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreTwo 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.
Read moreLocal 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.
Read moreSix professors at University of Georgia colleges sued the state this week, challenging a law that allows students to carry concealed guns on college campuses.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreA 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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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld state restrictions on openly carrying a firearm, affirming the law does not violate citizens’ Second Amendment rights.
Read moreSaying 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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