Second Amendment

[ad_1] While legal scholarship on firearms has grown tremendously since I first started writing on the issue in the late 1980s, one topic that has never been addressed in detail in any law journal is machine guns. My new article in the Wyoming Law Review, Machine Gun History and Bibliography, aims to fill the gap.
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[ad_1] When are you ready to carry your firearm? This question goes beyond simply owning a firearm—it is about responsibility, training, and preparedness. Carrying a firearm means accepting the gravity of the decisions and actions that come with it. It is not enough to purchase and holster a weapon; you need to cultivate the mindset
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[ad_1] Senate bill targets Al Capone-era taxes on firearms as 2nd Amendment battle intensifies Senate moves to eliminate 91-year-old NFA taxes on short-barreled firearms and suppressors. GOP legislation removes “Any Other Weapons” category from federal firearms taxation. Congressional Byrd Rule hurdles test whether tax reforms survive Senate procedural challenges. Grassroots
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[ad_1] Some issues split the American populous right down the middle. Think climate change, immigration, abortion, and universal health care, for instance. Another issue with the power to divide is gun rights. Liberals generally believe in more stringent gun control while conservatives want more access. So what should we make of Wake Forest University sociology
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans’ tax bill would eliminate federal taxes and regulations on short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and silencers as well as preempt state or local licensing requirements in a win for gun-rights advocates. The legislation unveiled by the Senate Finance Committee on Monday would expand on House legislation exempting silencers under the National
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[ad_1] On June 13, 2025, the Civil Rights Division of President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice announced the filing of an amicus brief supporting an NRA lawsuit against Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban. The brief was announced by Assistant Attorney General for DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon. In a post to X, Dhillon noted, “The Second
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[ad_1] By Selwyn Duke October 14, 2017 The latest firearm-equipment boogeyman is the “bump stock,” a device allowing one to fire a semi-automatic rifle more rapidly. Liberals learned of bump stocks because Las Vegas murderer Stephen Paddock had modified 12 of his rifles with them. This has made them a target for prohibition, and an
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[ad_1] By Stone Washington March 20, 2018 “For more than four decades, this event has served as a forum for our nation’s top leaders, activists, writers, and thinkers. Year after year, leaders have stood on this stage to discuss what we can do together to protect our heritage, to promote our culture, and to defend
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[ad_1] By Steve A. Stone February 24, 2025 Originally written February 27, 2017 The Democratic Party has chosen its new National Committee leadership. Tom Perez is now installed as the party chairman. He named Congressman Keith Ellison as his deputy. The attempt to buy party unity on the cheap is obvious, but it
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[ad_1] By Cliff Kincaid May 10, 2013 “Beck Crosses the Line Again” was the headline over a Jonathan Tobin Commentary article about Glenn Beck’s attack on Michael Bloomberg at the NRA convention. Tobin insisted that Beck “spoke in front of a large backdrop that photo-shopped Bloomberg’s face into what appears to be a famous photo
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[ad_1] By Selwyn Duke December 22, 2012 Since removing constitutional rights is all the rage now, I have to ask: when does dislocation from reality become severe enough to justify involuntary commitment? A good study case is NYC’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who recently uttered a real gem on his weekly radio show. Writes Politicker.com:
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[ad_1] By Selwyn Duke March 21, 2013 Upstate New York’s Catskill Mountain Range is a bucolic place near and dear to my heart. It’s where storybook character Rip Van Winkle enjoyed his legendary slumber, and its scenery hasn’t changed much since he was born of Washington Irving’s fertile imagination. Yet, like Van Winkle, if I’d
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[ad_1] Hour 3 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers a dynamic and wide-ranging discussion from Washington, D.C., where Clay and Buck are meeting with key political figures, including President Donald Trump and top senators. This hour features in-depth commentary on Second Amendment rights, as Buck shares his recent NRA Pistol Instructor Certification
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[ad_1] “Arrogant.” “Dishonest.” “A plague upon our state’s gun owners.” Aaron Dorr, the face of more than a dozen interconnected gun-rights groups across the country, has inspired some harsh descriptors from influential gun enthusiasts who theoretically should be on his side. But according to these critics, Dorr is actually a bully with few legislative accomplishments
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[ad_1] Lawmakers heard hours of testimony on Wednesday from supporters and opponents of a proposed “red flag” gun law, offering a glimpse of the coming public debate over a controversial referendum on the November ballot. Wednesday’s hearing was largely perfunctory because voters — not lawmakers — will decide this fall whether Maine should join roughly
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[ad_1] The Moore Township Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, June 3. During reports, Patrolman Thomas D. Roberts provided the police department’s monthly report for May, which included 273 total incidents, seven written/verbal warnings issued, 16 traffic citations issued, one non-traffic citation issued for harassment, two arrests made for DUI and theft, four reportable accidents
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[ad_1] Having won in the House with its demand that the so-called “big, beautiful bill” eliminate the tax on firearms suppressors, Second Amendment advocates are now pushing the Senate to eliminate the tax and registration requirement on short-barreled rifles. The industry is moving swiftly to build support for its call to include the Short Act
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