Eighteen-year-olds “may vote, serve on juries, be drafted, and face adult criminal penalties,” and now they can purchase handguns and handgun ammunition from a licensed firearm dealer without the dealer being prosecuted by the DOJ if they are otherwise eligible, Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser announced in a statement Friday. The DOJ’s Office of […]
"The provision prevents young adults, who are members of 'the people' to whom the Second Amendment applies, from owning 'arms' in common use for self-defense," the OLC opinion read.
‘No historical evidence can justify a ban’
A federal judge in Delaware ruled the state's ban on building and owning so-called "ghost guns" violates the Second Amendment, a decision that forced lawmakers to confront the constitutional cost of a law they championed just four years ago. The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware handed down the opinion in Rigby v. […] The post Federal court strikes down Delaware's ban on homemade firearms as unconstitutional appeared first on American Almanac .
A federal judge in Delaware ruled the state's ban on building and owning so-called "ghost guns" violates the Second Amendment, a decision that forced lawmakers to confront the constitutional cost of a law they championed just four years ago. The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware handed down the opinion in Rigby v. Jennings, finding that Delaware's prohibitions on possessing and manufacturing unserialized firearms cannot stand under the Constitution. The Firearms Policy Coalition, one of the plaintiffs in the case, announced the ruling on X , calling it "a major Second Amendment victory." The case targeted provisions rooted in Delaware's H.B. 125, a bill passed in 2021 that criminalized the possession, sale, and…Open
‘In the Eighth Circuit’s view, an individual’s Second Amendment rights are confined to the borders of the state of where he holds a firearm permit.’
‘This is unconstitutional’
‘chills the present exercise of their fundamental right’
Phillips was convicted of a “minor misdemeanor” involving marijuana possession in 1994
Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to throw out Pennsylvania’s lifetime carry ban for people with misdemeanor drug convictions. The Supreme Court narrowed the applicability of 18 USC 922(g)(3) in a unanimous ruling issued June 18 in the case of Hemani v. United States. GOA and GOF cited the Hemani decision in their complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. (RELATED: Liberal Justices Join Unanimous SCOTUS Ruling Favoring Pro-Gun Groups — But They Couldn’t Leave Well Enough Alone) “In United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court recently explained that the federal drug-related ‘unlawful users’ prohibition, 18…Open
Phillips was convicted of a “minor misdemeanor” involving marijuana possession in 1994