- Gun rights champion Dick Heller sues DC again, this time over ammo limits
A man whose lawsuit against the District of Columbia 14 years ago led to the Supreme Court’s recognition that the Second Amendment safeguards an individual right to own firearms, is suing the capital city again, this time over its strict limit on how much ammunition may accompany a person’s concealed handgun in public. This new lawsuit (pdf) argues that a D.C. regulation [...]
- Maryland governor ends state’s tough handgun permitting regime
After resisting a Supreme Court gun rights ruling for almost two weeks, the blue state of Maryland will stop enforcing its tough concealed carry handgun permitting rule because it violates the U.S. Constitution, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said on July 5. On June 23, the Supreme Court struck down a New York law and recognized a constitutional right to carry firearms in public [...]
- New lawsuit challenges ban on concealed carry of firearms on DC area public transit: Current law allegedly leaves riders defenseless in a transit system that is ‘soft target’ for terrorists
Gun owners in the nation’s capital are suing in hopes of being allowed to carry firearms on the region’s crime-ridden public transit system. The lawsuit is one of several filed nationwide after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling June 23 recognizing a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The author of the 6-3 opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas, [...]
- Supreme Court to hear fraud appeal related to Cuomo-era scandal
The Supreme Court has agreed to review the wire fraud conviction of Louis Ciminelli, who was involved in the scandal-plagued “Buffalo Billion” development plan in upstate New York when Andrew Cuomo was the governor. The case grew out of the ambitious Buffalo Billion Investment Development Plan (pdf), which envisioned the construction of a solar panel factory among other [...]
