‘This court has concerns about the treacherous patchwork of enforcement’
A Virginia judge informed state officials in a Tuesday letter that a newly passed ban on modern semiautomatic firearms was blocked across the state, citing the potential for a “treacherous patchwork” within Virginia. Shortly after Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the ban on so-called “assault weapons,” SB 749, into law on May 14, pro-Second Amendment organizations, including the National Rifle Association (NRA), Gun Owners of America (GOA), Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed lawsuits seeking to have the ban invalidated on Second Amendment grounds. The letter from Washington County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Campbell extending…Open
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) petitioned the Supreme Court Tuesday to take a case involving a stun gun ban, accusing a federal appeals court of flouting a decade-old ruling by the high court. The Supreme Court ruled in Caetano v. Massachusetts that a ban on stun guns was unconstitutional on Second Amendment grounds in a unanimous per curiam (unsigned) ruling released on March 21, 2016. SAF referenced the 2016 decision at the opening of its petition for a writ of certiorari. (RELATED: California Almost Completely Ignores Recent SCOTUS 2A Ruling While Defending Glock Ban From DOJ Suit) “This case essentially is Caetano 2.0. In Caetano v. Massachusetts, this Court summarily vacated a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision…Open
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s army-appointed prime minister declared victory last week in the long-running civil war against the rebel Rapid Support Forces, while holding court with foreign journalists in a borrowed conference room of the minerals department. The ad hoc meeting space represents the Sudanese Armed Forces attempt to exercise a degree of normalcy in [...]
AI:Following a recent shooting in Minneapolis, gun rights organizations including the NRA, GOA, MGOC, and SAF are calling for "responsible public voices" to help lower the political tension surrounding the incident.Open