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Everytown ranks Washington among America’s strongest gun-control states. But the group’s own data says Washington’s gun homicide rate rose 33% from 2015 to 2024—more than twice the national increase.
The Seventh Circuit has upheld Illinois’ ban on AR-15s and standard magazines, doubling down on Bevis just days after the Supreme Court agreed to hear Viramontes and Grant. Chief Judge Brennan warned the court is allowing Illinois to ban “the best-selling rifle in America and its standard magazine.”
A new SAF petition in Calce v. City of New York could give the Supreme Court another reason to reject bans on AR-15s and other modern arms.
The Supreme Court’s decision to take up two major AR-15 cases shows the justices were not ducking the Second Amendment. Mark Smith argues the delay was strategic, setting up a cleaner fight over semiautomatic rifle bans in the October 2026 Term.
A Washington County judge has clarified that the injunction in Santolla v. Katz applies statewide, blocking enforcement of Virginia’s new assault-firearm and magazine ban while the NRA-backed lawsuit moves forward.
Gun-rights groups have opened a new front against Denver’s firearm restrictions, suing over the city’s so-called “assault weapon” ban and Colorado’s magazine limits just as the Supreme Court prepares to hear major AR-15 ban cases.
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Viramontes and Grant could finally force lower courts to answer whether AR-15-style rifles are protected arms under the Second Amendment.
Virginia tried to pull four separate challenges to its new gun-control laws into one courtroom. A judicial panel rejected the move, ruling the cases are too different and too far along to justify transfer.
The Justice Department has stepped into Virginia’s fight over its new “assault firearms” ban, filing a federal lawsuit as state court injunctions already block enforcement of the July 1 law.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two major Second Amendment challenges to bans on modern semiautomatic rifles. For gun owners, Grant v. Higgins and Viramontes v. Cook County could become the long-awaited test of whether AR-15-style rifles are protected “arms.”
Virginia’s new gun ban was supposed to limit so-called “assault weapons.” Instead, it helped drive massive crowds to XCAL, where more than 1,000 rifles were sold.
A packed Supreme Court docket may explain why AR-15 and magazine ban cases did not make the cut this term. But the next term could be a different story.
A new Supreme Court ruling in Wolford v. Lopez may undercut New Jersey’s defense of its semiautomatic firearm ban by clarifying that “Arms” are protected at Bruen’s plain-text stage.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Wolford v. Lopez does more than defeat Hawaii’s private-property carry restriction. It also limits how lower courts can dodge Bruen and narrow the Second Amendment before history and tradition are even considered.
A Virginia judge blocked the Commonwealth’s assault-firearms ban statewide until Dec. 31, refused to limit the injunction to one county, and denied the state’s request to stay the ruling.
The Supreme Court’s Hemani decision reinforces a simple constitutional reality: the government cannot restrict the right to keep and bear arms unless it can prove the restriction fits America’s historical tradition.
Virginia is defending its new gun restrictions by portraying AR-15s as “weapons of war.” From colonial muskets to surplus M1 Carbines, American history tells a very different story.
GOA, GOF, VCDL, and John Crump have asked the Supreme Court of Virginia to step in before Virginia’s July 1 “assault firearms” and magazine ban takes effect.
Virginia’s new “assault firearms” law is already creating confusion before enforcement begins, with the Senate and House sponsors offering conflicting explanations about what conduct is actually illegal.
Simply put, as noted in the Statement of Facts, “The weapons banned by the act are the arms of the citizen militia.”
Virginia’s defense of SB749 goes beyond public safety claims. In Crump v. Katz, the Commonwealth argues that Article I, Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution is a militia-tied right, not an individual Second Amendment-style protection.
Ten Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys have reportedly said they will not enforce Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s new assault firearms ban. Their position is simple: prosecutors swear an oath to the Constitution, not to unconstitutional gun-control schemes.
Virginia’s new gun-control law is running into resistance before it even takes effect. Several Commonwealth’s Attorneys and sheriffs say they will not turn peaceful gun owners into criminals over a ban they believe violates the Second Amendment.
An NSSF-backed lawsuit, Black v. Hook, is challenging Virginia’s SB749 ban on so-called “assault firearms” and magazines over 15 rounds. Plaintiffs are also seeking an emergency injunction before the law takes effect July 1.
GOA, VCDL, John Crump, and other plaintiffs are asking a Virginia court to block Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s new “assault firearm” and magazine ban before the July 1 effective date.
Minnesota’s latest assault weapons ban died at the Capitol, but Minneapolis Democrats are trying to keep the gun-control push alive despite state preemption. Meanwhile, DOJ is taking aim at AR-15 bans in court, putting the anti-gun agenda on a collision course with the Second Amendment.
Reacting with lightning speed Thursday, the Second Amendment Foundation and National Rifle Association filed a federal lawsuit challenging Virginia’s new restrictive gun control law.
A new Virginia lawsuit challenges Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s gun-control package, arguing it bans common firearms, standard-capacity magazines, and public carry protected by the state constitution.
DOJ is now challenging both Denver’s AR-15 ban and Colorado’s statewide magazine ban. The Supreme Court already has hardware-ban cases in front of it. It should take one.
The Justice Department has sued Denver over its long-standing ban on so-called “assault weapons,” arguing the city is violating the Second Amendment by banning AR-15-style rifles and standard-capacity magazines commonly owned by law-abiding Americans.
