Litigation

FL law restricting unnecessary gun questions by doctors upheld for 2nd time

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For the second time in little more than a year, a federal appeals court has upheld the Florida law that restricts doctors from asking irrelevant questions and recording information about patients’ gun ownership. The 2-1 decision was made by a panel of the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Wollschlaeger v. Governor. Writing for panel majority US

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Litigation: FL & SCOTUS

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We have a report that the Florida Supreme Court has now ruled that a claim of a “stand your ground” defense shifts the burden of proof back to the victim. In other words, he would be guilty until it is proved that stand-your-ground applies, which apparently is NOT what the statute indicates. The US Supreme Court has declined to review

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Stop-and-frisks. Aurora mass murderer. NY SAFE Act.

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About those stop-and-frisks A jury has found the Aurora theater mass murderer, whose name is irrelevant, guilty on all counts. Jurors were apparently unpersuaded by his attorneys’ arguments that he was schizophrenic and suffering a psychotic episode when he killed 12 people and injured another 70 during a Batman movie on July 20, 2012 in a designated gun-free Cinemark theater.

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Litigation update on 3 federal cases

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Last week the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled against Tab Bonidy in the case Bonidy et al v. U.S. Postal Service et al, 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 13-1374. Bonidy, joined by the National Association for Gun Rights, sued after learning he would be prosecuted if he carried a firearm into a post office

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Litigation roundup for June 26, 2015

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A court decision in Puerto Rico has eliminated the firearms registry and licensing requirements to purchase and carry in the Commonwealth. The Ladies of the Second Amendment (LSA) group brought the lawsuit in a Puerto Rican Commonwealth court, rather than a federal court. Puerto Rico is a US territory subject to US federal court jurisdiction. LSA is affiliated with SAF

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DC gun control “good reason” requirement temporarily blocked

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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked a decision made last month by US District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. that stopped the District from enforcing the provision in its gun laws that requires a person to state a “good reason” for carrying a weapon in order to obtain a permit from police. The Appeals

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SCOTUS refusal. 2nd Amendment not ‘completely destroyed.’ Illegal MS judges. More.

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The US Supreme Court has refused to grant certiorari and hear an NRA challenge (Jackson et al v. City and County of San Francisco, 14-704) to a San Francisco law that requires people who store handguns at home to either put them in a lockbox or disable them with a trigger lock (but allows people to carry loaded handguns on

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SCOTUS undo Heller? Wrenn v. DC update.

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Will SCOTUS undo Heller? Last week, US District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. granted a preliminary injunction in the case Wrenn v. D.C., that blocks the District of Columbia from enforcing part of its new CCW permit law requiring people to prove a specific “good reason” in order to receive a concealed-carry permit. Then D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine asked

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