Automated license-plate reader cameras scanning traffic near the U.S. Capitol beside the Fourth Amendment

Burchett Bill Aims to Stop Flock Cameras From Tracking Americans — Including Gun Owners

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Virginia’s AR-15 Ban Lawsuits Hit Strategic Pause as Supreme Court Takes Up AR-15 Question

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Virginia’s ban on commonly owned semi-automatic rifles and standard-capacity magazines remains blocked, even as two major lawsuits have been paused. The stays in Santolla v. Katz and McDonald v. Katz preserve the current legal battlefield while the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to decide whether states may ban America’s most popular rifles.

DOJ Says Virgin Islands Replaced One Unconstitutional Gun-Control Regime With Another

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The Justice Department says the Virgin Islands cannot erase years of alleged Second Amendment abuses by replacing its former may-issue licensing system with Act 9113. A July 29 filing details unauthorized firearm restrictions, licensing delays, warrantless home-inspection demands, and new gun-control provisions DOJ says remain unconstitutional.

Burchett Bill Aims to Stop Flock Cameras From Tracking Americans — Including Gun Owners

Automated license-plate reader cameras scanning traffic near the U.S. Capitol beside the Fourth Amendment

Rep. Tim Burchett has introduced legislation that would block federal agencies from buying, operating or accessing Flock Safety cameras and other automated mass-surveillance systems. The bill would also restrict federal funding for state and local deployments, raising important Fourth Amendment and gun-owner privacy questions.