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September 2019

Litigation Highlight: Duncan v. Becerra

Posted by on September 18, 2019

In March, a federal district court in California became the first federal court in the land to strike down a ban on large-capacity magazines. In a striking opinion stretching for 86 pages, Judge Roger Benitez touted the timeless principles of “[i]ndividual liberty and freedom” when he held that California could not constitutionally prohibit the transfer […]

The Other Supreme Court Challenges

Posted by on June 3, 2019

The Supreme Court in January agreed to hear its first Second Amendment challenge after a decade of (relative) silence. But other than New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York (NYSRPA), there are—by my count—five other pending petitions asking the Court to review lower courts’ Second Amendment (or related firearms) rulings, […]