Four major gun-rights groups say 1.17 million registered SBRs are protected arms. Their Sixth Circuit brief argues the NFA registry rests on a 1934 drafting accident, not American history.
The Third Circuit has ordered fast supplemental briefing in New Jersey’s AR-15 and magazine ban case, asking both sides to address the impact of the Supreme Court’s latest Second Amendment rulings in Wolford and Hemani.
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.
Following the Supreme Court’s Wolford decision, the Hawaii Firearms Coalition is urging businesses to think twice before posting “No Firearms Allowed” signs, arguing they deter only law-abiding permit holders while raising broader questions about customer safety and security responsibilities.
A Seventh Circuit panel led by Judge Frank Easterbrook signaled that lifetime gun bans for people once committed to a mental institution may require proof of present dangerousness.
California is fighting the DOJ’s lawsuit over AB 1127 by arguing Glock-style pistols can be restricted because of their alleged convertibility into machine guns.
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.
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.
The Supreme Court’s Wolford v. Lopez decision is more than a win over Hawaii’s “vampire rule.” It is a reminder that the right to armed self-defense exists before government permission.
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.
The Supreme Court ruled that Hawaii cannot make concealed carry illegal by default in businesses open to the public, handing gun owners a major post-Bruen victory.
The Supreme Court’s 9-0 Hemani judgment rejected automatic disarmament based solely on regular marijuana use. Its rigorous historical analysis could also spell trouble for Hawaii’s “Vampire Rule” in Wolford v. Lopez.
In a unanimous 9-0 ruling, the Supreme Court rejected the federal government’s attempt to disarm a regular marijuana user under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), strengthening Bruen and requiring individualized evidence before Second Amendment rights are stripped away.
The Supreme Court is expected to release decisions soon in Wolford v. Lopez and United States v. Hemani, two Second Amendment cases that could clarify how lower courts apply Bruen after Rahimi.
Two major Second Amendment cases are sitting before the Third Circuit, and the court’s silence may be strategic.
The 2025–2026 Supreme Court term and related lower-court litigation could define the next phase of post-Bruen Second Amendment law, from public carry and prohibited-person restrictions to AR-15 bans and the future of NFA registration.
The citizen militia lives. The Republic endures. The responsibility to protect both remains with us.
The Second Amendment is not a suggestion, not a privilege, and not a right that evaporates when lawmakers grow uncomfortable with armed citizens.
Wolford v. Lopez a case before the U.S. Supreme Court is far more consequential—and potentially far more dangerous—than the question formally presented for review.
he Court’s decision will likely clarify how far states can go in turning ordinary, public-facing private spaces into de facto “sensitive places” through default rules that can then ban your constitutional GOD given rights…
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Jan. 20, 2026, in the case of Wolford v. Lopez, they will have a stack of amicus briefs from various gun rights organizations, and a 43-page brief from the U.S. Department of Justice, supporting the plaintiffs
The DOJ has now filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the petitioners, arguing that Hawaii’s law infringes on Americans’ constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms.
Upholding Hawaii’s disarmament edict “fails every aspect of the analytical framework established by Bruen,” Beck and Petitioner Co-Counsel Mark W. Pennack argue.
The Supreme Court is gearing up for a major Second Amendment showdown — and attorney Alan Beck is ready to drive a stake through the heart of Hawaii’s so-called “Vampire Rule.”
The United States Supreme Court announced it would review a significant Second Amendment challenge to Hawaii’s firearm carry restrictions.