Federal Firearm Laws

As Chicago prepares to implement its new firearms ordinance Monday, gun advocates have begun a legal assault, filing two lawsuits that constitutional law experts said could be the next round of challenges to how cities can regulate personal gun ownership. Less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for citizens to [...]

As always, gun control proponents say they merely want “reasonable” gun control laws. Yet, when listing the actual laws they favor, they go well beyond what most people would possibly consider “reasonable.” Just look at the gun bans in Chicago and Washington, D.C. that local politicians and gun control organizations such as the Brady Campaign [...]

Proposed or enacted gun bans on public property in two Iowa communities likely violate state law as well as a person’s constitutional right to bear arms, gun rights activists told local officials last week. Last week, the National Rifle Association sent West Burlington city leaders a letter that said the group will oppose the city’s [...]

Gun control advocates and critics are gearing up for a showdown on Gov. Deval Patrick’s crime bill in the waning days of this year’s legislative session. Saying the matter could come to a vote as early as next week, the National Rifle Association this week asked supporters to call members of the House Ways and [...]

The National Rifle Association reloaded and fired off another attempt Friday to strike down Pittsburgh’s lost or stolen gun ordinance. The NRA is appealing a June ruling from state Commonwealth Court that upheld a city ordinance requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen guns to police within 24 hours of discovering they are missing. [...]

Who says a city council cannot act quickly to address an emergency? Less than one week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Chicago’s 28 year old gun ban unconstitutional, the city’s mayor and compliant council rushed through a new firearms ordinance designed to address what they apparently viewed as a crisis, if not a catastrophe [...]