Federal Firearm Laws

The e mails started filling Naples Mayor Bill Barnett’s inbox in early September. The letters mostly said the same thing: Community members criticized him for his decision and asked him to resign. But it wasn’t irrigation water or annexation that prompted hundreds of residents to e mail and call Barnett’s office. Instead, it was a [...]

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is expected to decide whether a state law that requires residents to apply for gun licenses with their local police departments is unconstitutional. Source: nra-ila-updates

A year after its landmark ruling that the Second Amendment secures an individual, not collective, right to possess firearms, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it will accompany it with another historic decision — whether that right applies to states and localities. Source: nra-ila-updates

Gun control is once again on the agenda for the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2008, the court struck down the District of Columbia’s handgun ban, and in the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller decision, said the Second Amendment granted individuals the right to own a gun for self defense. But the District, of course, [...]

A report from the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition urges Obama to adopt more gun controls. Source: nra-ila-updates

Urgent: Two Anti-Gun Bills Still on the Governor’s Desk in California Source: nra-ila-updates

A Pittsburgh area community college says it will no longer require students to get prior approval to pass out leaflets. The Community College of Allegheny County had previously argued that 24 year old Christine Brashier didn’t follow proper rules when she passed out leaflets trying to form a group advocating the right to carry concealed [...]