Jeff Pittman

Litigation Judge Lawrence VanDyke, writing for a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, ruled last week that two California counties that shut down gun stores as nonessential businesses in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic violated the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Los Angeles and Ventura county had separately previously won lower court decisions stating that […]

Litigation CT Supreme Court says a pellet gun is not a lethal weapon. But they can kill you so don’t point them at anyone. A county court judge in Ohio told a convicted felon who was later the victim of an armed assault and robbery, that if he hadn’t had a gun that day, he would be dead. Enemies Alabama

Action item Use this GOA page to urge your U.S. Senators to support the Senate filibuster, which is the only thing stopping passage of a lot of gun control these days. Takes 1 minute. Both Mississippi senators are already on board. Judiciary Democrats seek to ram through Biden judicial nominee despite criminal record. Defense Distributed vs. ATF Defense Distributed has

More ATF overreach The Justice Department has published a new federal gun control rule requiring FFLs to have gun storage or safety devices available onsite for potential buyers. According to the department, a secure gun storage device is defined as “a safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box or other device that is designed to be or can be used

Litigation Unconstitutional trespassing and searches The Firearms Policy Coalition is asking the United States Supreme Court to strike down Maryland’s unconstitutional ban on so-called “assault weapons.” Courts President Biden has made more judicial nominations in his first year in office (73) than did Donald Trump (72). The Senate has so far confirmed forty of these, which is double what Trump

Reminder: No newsletter next week. Merry Christmas, yawl. NRA updates Directors put on notice. New York AG’s Suit To Dissolve NRA Highlights Critical Reminders for Nonprofit Boards Document List In NY Case Litigation We wrote last week about the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals letting stand the Trump administration’s bump stock ban, and this week a panel of the

Litigation The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed – by a tie 8-8 vote – the ruling of a lower court judge who upheld the Trump administration’s federal ban on “bump stock” devices in 2019. The court sided with the administration’s argument that the ban falls within the scope of alleged authority Congress gave federal agencies to regulate