Glock sued, accused of racketeering again
Glock Lawsuit: Gun Biz Run Like the Mob — click for details.
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Litigation
Litigation in the 4th and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing a challenge to Maryland’s “assault weapons” and magazine ban law. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered an en banc rehearing of the Peruta v. San Diego and the related Richards v. (Yolo County Sheriff Ed) Prieto decisions (made by 3-judge panels). We understand that now a larger panel
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MS municipal gun restrictions falling
Mississippi gun rights activist Rick Ward, represented by attorney Reed Martz, has been busy fighting illegal local government gun bans. Attaboy, Rick!
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Court: 2nd Amendment protects some nonviolent felons
The US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has ruled that the Second Amendment protects the rights of people convicted of certain old, nonviolent felony gun crimes which heretofore had made them “prohibited persons.”
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Lamestream media didn’t cover pro-gun federal court win
[From February 20, 2015 2A News email] We note that the lamestream media did not cover last week’s major news that the federal ban on interstate handgun sales was struck down in federal court, and which also applied the strict scrutiny standard, which holds the government to the strictest interpretation of constitutional restrictions against it. Well, if they had covered
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Legal test of Indiana “Castle Doctrine Against the Cops” law
Indiana has apparently had the first legal test (on appeal) of its “Castle Doctrine Against The Cops” law, and the castle won. Keep in mind that this may not be the same as any other castle law, and that presumably the public servant was committing a criminal entry. http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/pdf/03111501ewn.pdf
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Lawsuit against the ATF over the federal machine gun ban
A new plaintiff has filed a lawsuit against the ATF over the Hughes Amendment (federal machine gun ban). In the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Ryan S. Watson and his family Trust is suing the ATF for enforcing the federal law, and administering “statutory and regulatory provisions [that] generally act as an unlawful de facto ban
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Federal antics (again)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley held up the nomination of Department of Justice attorney Jeanne Davidson for Judge of the US Court of International Trade, citing recently unsealed documents in the case of retired agent Jay Dobyns against the ATF, in which that judge said the feds, led by the nominee, had committed “fraud on the court.” Judge Allegra
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