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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2013 23 Comments

The game plays out every time there is a high-profile act of criminal violence.  There is an immediate media and left-blogsphere search to tie the shooter to a "right-wing" entity ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 25, 2013 6 Comments

We noted before that New York was going to abandon the 7-round magazine limit in the new handgun law. We didn't expect it would be done so quietly, by folding it into a provision in the budget, via Bloomberg News: Governor Andrew Cuomo’s seven-round limit on magazines...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 18 Comments

The NY Gun law effectively banned the purchase of new pistols because pistols are not generally made to hold 7-round magazines, and even if some manufacturers would produce such magazines for the NY market, it still presented a constitutional problem:  Under the Heller and McDonald...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2013 28 Comments

We have written before about the severe ammunition shortage ever since Democrats announced broadened gun control plans, with store shelves almost bare. Reader Danelle writes about a shortage of .22LR ammunition affecting youth shooting groups: As you know, one of my other jobs is teaching youth shooting...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 48 Comments

Via Mediaite: On Thursday, during a committee hearing in the U.S. Senate on gun control legislation, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) engaged in a heated exchange over the constitutionality of her support for stricter gun control laws. In posing a question regarding...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2013 44 Comments

Can we just officially declare the anti-gun hysteria to have reached the point of insanity? We're punishing 7-year olds for biting pastry into the shape of a gun? These school officials have lost their minds, 7-year-old suspended for alleged ‘pastry gun’: But WAIT, it gets worse: https://twitter.com/CamEdwards/status/308954366507900928 UPDATE...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2013 31 Comments

From David: Greetings from Fort Worth, Texas. I was at the local Walmart tonight and thought I’d check out their ammo section to see what kind of selection they carry. I was so shocked at how picked over it was. There were 2 signs on the glass...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 33 Comments

In  Heller v. D.C. and McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme Court made clear that sweeping gun bans are unconstitutional. In response, we are seeing a new trend -- don't "ban" guns, but make it so costly, burdensome, and fraught with legal risk of an innocent mistake...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2013 18 Comments

The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA), the Westchester County Firearm Owners Association (WCFOA), the Sportsmen’s Association for Firearm Education (SAFE) and AR-15.com.LLC have taken the first step in legal challenges to the recently-enacted NY gun law. The groups filed a "Notice of Claim"...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2013 37 Comments

On January 29, 2013, I attended a discussion between Alan Gura, the attorney who successfully argued the Heller v. D.C. and McDonald v. Chicago 2nd Amendment cases in the Supreme Court, and Cornell Law Professor Michael Dorf.  Gura was invited by the Cornell Law Federalist...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 28, 2013 55 Comments

I recently reported that California was targeted for a massive effort by gun control activists intent on creating new and wide-ranging restrictions. Now, the Chief of Police in my hometown of San Diego has unwittingly unveiled the real goal behind this movement: The complete disarming of...

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