Category Archives: Court Rulings

Supreme Court strikes down ATF bump stock reinterpretation

In a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court has dealt yet another blow to the ATF’s rampant administrative overreach. In the case of Garland v. Cargill, embedded below, the court ruled that, despite the emotional pleas underlying the push … Continue reading

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District Court grants summary judgment in case challenging ATF arm-brace rulemaking

Today the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted summary judgement in favor of the plaintiffs (gun owners) in the case of Mock v. Garland. As you may remember, this was a suit challenging the ATF … Continue reading

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Is Virginia’s one-handgun-a-month law unconstitutional? A California case may provide the answer.

In Nguyen v. Bonta, a case challenging California’s one-gun-a-month (OGM) law, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California has ruled that the OGM law is unconstitutional and must be enjoined under the historical analog test laid … Continue reading

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Supreme Court rules unanimously in NRA’s favor in Vullo case

In today’s Supreme Court decision regarding National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, the key issue centered on whether a New York state regulator’s actions violated the NRA’s First Amendment rights. Specifically, the case examined whether Maria T. Vullo, then … Continue reading

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Important Supreme Court decisions that are expected by the first week of July

The clock is ticking down for several key Supreme Court cases that impact the firearms community. The first of these cases is United States v. Rahimi which concerns the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), a federal law that prohibits … Continue reading

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