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It’s been about a month since the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its decision in McDonald vs. Chicago, a successful challenge to the city’s handgun ban. It was decided on the basis that the 14th Amendment extends the prohibitions of the Bill of Rights to state governments, and thus the Second Amendment applies. So let’s look [...]
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Cordillera homeowner shot and killed an “aggressive” bear Saturday after it had repeatedly broken into the person’s home, wildlife officials said. The bear entered the home twice Saturday and was chased off by the homeowner both times, said Randy Hampton, of the Colorado Division of Wildlife. When it returned a third time, the homeowner shot [...] A Colorado legal foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Nevada’s law that generally bans the possession of loaded guns in state parks. Attorneys for the Mountain States Legal Foundation in Denver, along with Elko attorney Robert Salyer, filed suit in U.S. District Court for Nevada this week in behalf of Al Baker, an Idaho [...] The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago upheld an individual’s right to privately own a handgun in Chicago. This decision reflected a similar ruling two years ago when the court struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia. However, the McDonald decision effectively guaranteed the constitutional right [...] The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against Westchester County, visit web New York and its handgun permit licensing officers, seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of a state law that allows carry licenses to be denied because applicants cannot show “good cause.” SAF is joined in the lawsuit by Alan Kachalsky and [...] Who says a city council cannot act quickly to address an emergency? Less than one week after the United States Supreme Court ruled Chicago’s 28-year old gun ban unconstitutional, approved the city’s mayor and compliant council rushed through a new firearms ordinance designed to address what they apparently viewed as a crisis, if not a [...] As always, gun control proponents say they merely want “reasonable” gun control laws. Yet, when listing the actual laws they favor, they go well beyond what most people would possibly consider “reasonable.” Just look at the gun bans in Chicago and Washington, D.C. that local politicians and gun control organizations. And the list of odd [...] By a five to four majority last week, visit web the United States Supreme Court ruled that neither a state nor a city acting under a grant of authority from the state, sickness can deny a person the right to possess a firearm as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Interestingly, of that [...] Gun advocates can thank two African-American men for the significant roles they played in this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed U.S. citizens’ right to own a gun for self-defense wherever they live. Justice Clarence Thomas’ vote in favor of the ruling in McDonald vs. Chicago was steeped in the 14th Amendment and the [...] On Thursday, Gun Owners of America had the important opportunity to testify concerning the Second Amendment views of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. William J. Olson, counsel of record on amicus briefs for GOA in both the Heller and McDonald Supreme Court cases, testified at the hearing that Kagan has demonstrated “visceral hostility” to the [...] |
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