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The D.C. Court of Appeals has granted rehearing en banc in Benson v. United States, vacating its earlier opinion and setting up a full-court fight over the District’s magazine ban and its licensing and registration requirements.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger returned Virginia’s controversial HB 217 with amendments instead of signing or vetoing it, days after DOJ warned it may sue over proposed restrictions on AR-15s and other commonly owned semi-automatic firearms.
Judge Roger T. Benitez retired from federal service on April 2, 2026, ending a judicial career that made him a central figure in major Second Amendment cases, including Duncan v. Bonta, which remains pending at the Supreme Court.
Tyree Benson is asking the D.C. Court of Appeals to strike a new filing from Pirro’s office after the government said it would no longer defend the District’s magazine ban while still fighting to preserve his other firearms convictions.
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that Columbus can immediately appeal a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the city’s gun ordinances. While the justices did not decide whether the laws are constitutional, the decision gives anti-gun municipalities a new procedural path to keep local gun control fights alive longer.
A federal judge has narrowed Hanson v. District of Columbia, dismissing every plaintiff except Tyler Yzaguirre in the latest challenge to Washington, D.C.’s magazine ban. The ruling keeps the case alive, but only as an as-applied challenge tied to Yzaguirre’s denied registration attempt.
After Benson struck down D.C.’s magazine ban, the District sought rehearing while New Jersey tried to limit the ruling’s reach. The split could push the Supreme Court to act.
New Jersey is scrambling to defend its AR-15 and magazine bans after the Benson ruling struck down D.C.’s ban on magazines over 10 rounds, putting more pressure on similar laws.
Armed Virginia gun owners rallied at the Virginia Capitol to protest sweeping gun control bills awaiting Governor Abigail Spanberger’s signature. Magpul PMAG 30-round magazines were distributed in response to proposed magazine bans and semi-automatic firearm restrictions.
Minnesota Senate committee passes sweeping semi-auto and magazine ban on party-line vote as gun rights groups mobilize opposition.
New legal filings highlight a growing split among courts over magazine bans, increasing pressure on the Supreme Court to review Duncan v. Bonta and other major Second Amendment cases.
In a 2-1 ruling, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has struck down the district’s ban on magazines which hold more than ten cartridges.
The case sits in limbo at the U.S. Supreme Court, repeatedly relisted for conference without a decision on whether to grant review.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether to hear Duncan v. Bonta, a major challenge to California’s magazine ban.
“Cars, Twitter and blood alcohol tests also didn’t exist in 1859. The fact of the matter is the Constitution of Oregon, and the United States applies to things that did not exist when the document was written.”–Attorney Tony Aiello, Jr.
…it is “the United States’s view that a complete ban on large capacity ammunition feeding devices as defined in D.C. Code § 7-2506.01(b) cannot survive constitutional scrutiny,” and, “As a result, the United States is not prosecuting violations…
Trump DOJ declares DC magazine ban unconstitutional, moves to vacate conviction in landmark Second Amendment reversal.
Being from “free America”, Kyle went to get his carry handgun, which also happened to have a magazine with more than 10 rounds in it. Which, of course, is illegal in Massachusetts, where liberty was born. And has died.
The arguments put forward by the Trump administration is doing more to restore Second Amendment rights than any other administration.
It’s a case certain to cause tremors beyond Washington’s borders if the high court grants review. The case is known as Gator’s Custom Guns, Inc. v. State of Washington…
“The Supreme Court needs to step in to uphold Americans’ right to keep and bear arms. Lower courts, including the Washington Supreme Court, are attempting to attack and rewrite the Second Amendment,” Attorney General Knudsen said.
Walter Wentz, owner of Gator’s Custom Guns in Kelso, Washington, talked to the Second Amendment Foundation about the battle he is waging against Washington State over the Second Amendment.
Rep. Tony Wied’s (R-WI) FIRE Act seeks to standardize magazine laws by eliminating state and local restrictions.
If “legal” doors are closed to gun owners, do the prohibitionists really believe there won’t be a critical mass of Americans prepared to defy, and if intolerable pushing persists, to resist?
The Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear a case challenging Maryland’s “assault weapons” ban and a case challenging Rhode Island’s “large capacity” magazine ban.
The arguments supporting magazine bans are dubious at best and it’s a breath of fresh air to see a high-ranking state judge do exactly that.
By a 7-2 vote, the totally-left-of-center Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that so-called large-capacity magazines” (LCMs) are not “arms” protected by the constitution.
Senate Democrats recently introduced legislation to prohibit high-capacity magazines, a long-time desire of the gun control crowd.
Not all of us have the high capacity for swallowing disinformation and utter hogwash we find in the average Giffords supporter.
The suit accuses Wentz and Gators of violating the state’s Consumer Protection Act when it sold standard capacity magazines to two state “investigators” on two occasions.
